It took a global pandemic to give me enough time, and focus, to go through various hard drives, zip disks, mini discs, and tapes to mix edit and master what I had found.

I have always dabbled a bit playing Reggae/Ska/Dub over the course of many years, as much interested in the playing of it, as of the recording techniques involved. Always been fascinated by the sounds of Lee Scratch Perry's recordings from the Black Ark studios, King Tubby also the Trojan Label.

Being a teenager in London in the late 70's this music along with Punk went hand in hand, with Dub/Reggae being played at clubs and gigs everywhere. Punk bands such as The Clash/The Members/Ruts etc always had versions of Reggae influenced tracks on their albums; someone was always including a Dub version of their single on a B side. I was absorbing this it all at the time, it seems.

I sometimes get a feeling of 'imposter syndrome' when recording Reggae tracks. Also being aware of the term 'Cod Reggae' aimed at white bands years back for doing their versions (10cc dreadlock holiday) I received a comment many years ago, when playing one of my early fore's into Dub to someone, they said to me "best leave it alone mate" I think this made me more determined!

You can hear the influences are quite obvious on a couple of these tracks, whilst others have more of a hybrid approach to the genre. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I have had recording these over the years. Releasing this album will give me closure on my 'CIS' (Cod Imposter Syndrome)

Coming soon: 20 years of Disco. Watch out!

1. 3 Foot Slip
2. End of the Pier
3. Hold Tight Zero Payback
4. J Dub
5. Juan Hernandez Skank
6. No Returns
7. On The 16
8. On Track
9. One Stop
10. Red Dodge
11. Road to Brentford
12. Rude Cowboys
13. Tasty Geezer
14. The Rock Steady Mod Can Can
15. Top Deck Shandy Dub
16. Flame

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 12/30/2021
Conway Hambone lives in London England

Tagged as: Hard Rock, Alt Rock, Instrumental Rock, Reggae, Electro Rock

1. Jenny by David Modica: layers of lush acoustic guitar
2. Music of Fernando Sor by Daniel Estrem: colorful classical guitar
3. Mystic Journey by Suzanne Teng: world flute with a serene energy
4. Horizons by Heavy Mellow: relaxing acoustic guitar duets
5. The Art of Persuasion by Magnatune Compilation: the best music from Magnatune
6. A Celtic Celebration by Da Camera: Celtic Renaissance/Baroque Ensemble
7. Undone by Artemis: Alternative / Downtempo / Electro-pop
8. Autumn Monsoon by Suzanne Teng: world flute with a serene energy
9. Angel by David Modica: layers of lush acoustic guitar
10. Music from Braid by Sieber, Kammen and Fulton: dreamy music from the acclaimed video game Braid
11. r a r h by Windcheater: House, and Tech-House from the UK via Japan
12. Off the Rails by The Old Recruits: a new take on old funk
13. Silenzio by Almaghrib: Relaxed pop and reggae music made in Italy
14. Hindsight by LehtMoJoe: a booty-grooving, intensely melodic, splice-o-matic masterpiece
15. Ambiencellist by Claire Fitch: ambient cellist
16. Ethnic by Shiva in Exile: Gothic Arab/Indian World Music
17. Enchanted Wind by Suzanne Teng: world flute with a serene energy
18. Liquid Harmony by Giorgio Costantini: Intense and minimalist new-classic piano and cinematic orchestration
19. Auralei by Artemis: Alternative / Downtempo / Electro-pop
20. Beat Beat Beat by Burning Babylon: Super fine dub

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