WRECK THIS MESS > DISQUES > DIGIDUB > LINER NOTES

DIGIDUB : "The Golem Of"

01 L.S. Diezel + Launch DAT - Mystery remixed by N.U.F. & Egon Zo

02 L.S. Diezel + Launch DAT - Mystery remixed by Styward

03 Mashed feat. Levi Roots - Beware Of Your Enemies remixed by MudSkipper

04 Mashed - 5 Bars remixed by S.P.A.Z.

05 Mashed - Conquering Lion remixed by the Moody Boyz

06 Mashed - Zin Zo remixed by Dodo

07 Nepturanus remixed by Marc Em

08 Smart Alec + Trevor Cloggs - Purple Boyz remixed by Shimmon + Woolfson

09 Mashed feat. Levi Roots - Beware Of Your Enemies remixed by SoundProof

10 R.I.P. - Donkey Rider remixed by Hedonastik

11 R.I.P. - Donkey Rider remixed by the Resonator

Compiled, P+C DigiDub, 1988. Mastered by Jay Burnett at Node. Liner-Notes by Laurent Diouf. Artwork re-mixed by Frédéric Voisin aka the Wicked Studio.

Available on DigiDub Rec., P.O. Box 4133, London SE1 4TY, UK.

DigiDub. Not just a name, but a rallying cry uttered by Lord DAT who - as Pied Piper of Hameln did - pulls along in his wake a troop of musicians and DJs : Makine Madness, L S Diezel, Mashed, etc. This first circle, represented on this album by Styward, Mudskipper and Dodo, has more than Five Years Of dubwise activities.
In a way, this collection of remixes draws the map of DigiDub's connections with other activists. Shimmon & Woolfson and The Moody Boyz had already joined them on EP's side B. N.U.F. & Egon Zo remind of their noticcable appearance on Incoming! A passing-through embodied in 16 Millionths Of An Inch which is still echoeing. The Resonator testifies of their meeting for a Joint Venture on Ninebar Rec.
Golem : according to Jewish mythology this harmless figure of clay changed into a bloodthirsty monster. But it only took the smile of a child to temper its agressiveness... The title of this record is quite relevant. Musically, dub is as plastic and mouldable as clay. This "soft machine" can be dangereous if accompanied with the impulse of breaks, beats, effects, samples and other inserts. But this violence can be attenuated by the simple fall of dead leaves... Remenber Autumn Leaves by Smart Alec & Clevor Clogs.
In fact, from new-roots with Sound Proof to techno sounds via Hedonastik, this album brings out all the aspects of dub. The whole different versions gathered in this anthology highlight the musical specificity of DigiDub. Past and future merge. In this digital configuration, dub keeps its analogical resonances, or so to speak, such numerical processes don't exclude a deep-rooted memory. The "positive vibes" of the bass line carry an electronic flavour and are often boosted by frenzied rhythmics.
Drum-n-bass or breakbeat & dub ? This "new alliance" now rules, as Spaz and Marc Em prove it. Yet, at the beginning dub was bass then rhythmics. But electronic music has inverted the process: beat + groove = techno, drum and bass. What will the next step be ? Beware of recessive characters... Even more so when this junglistic equation takes on the dark side of industrial music, it then becomes a post-moderm form of rhythm and blues...
Urban-music for the 21st century : this could be a definition of industrial music. This musical trend is keen on any sound experiments - the same way dub is. DigiDub couldn't ignore it. Transcend asserts it. 2001 - 2008 on N-Tone - a futuristic and environmental project - was in a way the experimental continuation of their LSD Zoo sound-system. Mad Max of sorts, they used part of a gas pipe to generate infra-bass sounds...
Bass-music for industrial people : this approach is back on the scene. For the show "Scrap Bodies" by the Swedish Su-En Butoh Dance Company, DigiDub gave birth a stricking and interactive "dub-n-drum" entity with sounds found in a scrap metal yard. At The Skrot (screwdance) : the next Golem Of DigiDub will be metallic ! W.T.M...

[text by Laurent Diouf aka WTM, translated from the French by Nicole Macintos]

contact / email: Wreck This Mess