Dub is in the air, it sometimes seems. And on NTS,
my radio station of choice, you never seem to be too far away from some
variation on the dub template, which is a cause for celebration in these
desperate times. Among the station’s residents is Jack Sapsed whose monthly All
Fruits Ripe programme is usually a great listen and generally features dub
in all sorts of mad varieties.
Back in February of this year his show ended with the More Rockers mix of Virginia’s ‘Rainbows’, one of my very favourite things in this whole wide world and one of the greatest examples of prime Bristol blues & roots from back in the day. On the same show Jack also played the Smith & Mighty mix of ‘Love to the Power of Each’ by Dub Ghecko, which completely threw me as it also featured the unmistakable vocals of Virginia. And it sounded amazingly wonderful, yet it was completely new to me. As someone who privately prides himself on knowing a thing or two about dubby downtempo music of the 1990s, that hurt!
