Adrian Sherwood - C/D, S & D?

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new solo album by adrian sherwood is a lot more mellow than previous releases.

none of the usual on-u style edginess, which i have to admit takes a bit of getting used to.

I've been finding it pleasant enough, in the background while reading or whatever. But yeah, it sure doesn't seem much like an Adrian Sherwood album.

exactly.

its pleasant.

i dont normally listen to on-u for pleasant.

its a definite late night/reading soundtrack kind of album, which of course sounds amazing.

i thoroughly, thoroughly recommend stirmonster's MONSTER mixes linked just four posts above this one, btw.

I'm a HUGE Adrian fan, and I stumbled on the New Age Steppers shortly after it came out (thank you Ray Farrell). The new album is dreadful IMHO.

well, i ignored this statement and picked up the new new age steppers album today.

its certainly not dreadful, i suspect AMS wanted to make a 'final' album worthy of one his best friends so made sure the album covers all sorts of bases, its good, but i concur it's not a classic.

it is a solid on-u album, and even in 2012 that's always going to hit the spot for me.

oh, and the new solo album by AMS has clicked.

once i readjusted my expectations i have really come around to loving it.

boxset is never going to happen is it ..

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19299-creation-rebel-new-age-steppers-threat-to-creation/

reissue

originally released in 1981

classic. going to play "chemical specialist" at max volume right now.

Been listening to Starship Africa, which is awesome

news just in :

"Various Artists: Sherwood At The Controls Volume 1: 1979 – 1984
Double vinyl / CD / download, out 6th April 2015, via On-U Sound

· Compilation of early tracks produced or remixed by the legendary Adrian Sherwood; a pioneering blend of post-punk, mutant disco, dub, funk and electro

A1. Medium Medium – Hungry, So Angry (1981)
A2. Maximum Joy – Let It Take You There (1982)
A3. Nadjma – Some Day My Caliph Will Come (1984)
A4. Mark Stewart + The Maffia – Learning To Cope With Cowardice (flexi version) (1983)
B1. The Fall – Middle Mass (1981)
B2. Gardening By Moonlight – Strange Clues (1983)
B3. Shriekback – Mistah Linn He Dead (1984)
B4. Voice Of Authority ft. Congo Ashanti Roy – Running (Feeling Wild) (1984)
C1. The Slits – Man Next Door (1979)
C2. Annie Anxiety (aka Little Annie) – Third Gear Kills (1984)
C3. Prince Far I – Nuclear Weapon (1983)
D1. Singers & Players – Reaching The Bad Man (1981)
D2. African Head Charge – In A Trap (1982)
D3. Vivien Goldman – Private Armies Dub (1981)

"

oh and according to the PR :

"This is the first release in an extensive On-U Sound reissue campaign that will be coming out over the next few years."

hahahaha .. i have lost count the number of times i have had my hopes raised by such a statement.
but you never know ..

(ahem ... boxset .. )

Ha, was just about to post this here, thank ya Mark.

Very short trailer for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxJLCI3qDJg

hopefully this does not mean the collaboration with pinch has been dropped off the release schedule as i am really looking forward to that.

in 2015 it is a weird thing for me to still get PR mailouts about things of interest to me.

actually thinking about it, and checking the tracklisting, i suspect this is the result of the work he probably put into the boxset.
i.e. these are the only tracks he could get for clearance at a price that would make the project worthy.

so, any love for the ams/pinch album ?

unsurprisingly, i love it.

its so deep and warm, and yet, still an on-u album.

only complaint : 35 minutes is way too short.

"Various Artists: Sherwood At The Controls Volume 1: 1979 – 1984
Double vinyl / CD / download, out 6th April 2015, via On-U Sound

· Compilation of early tracks produced or remixed by the legendary Adrian Sherwood; a pioneering blend of post-punk, mutant disco, dub, funk and electro

This is awesome

2nded

3rded

4thed

The Annie Anxiety track does it for me the most

the album it's from, "soul possession", is an all time fave, as is "jackamo" the sherwood mixed album she did after that.

i can't believe prince far i's "nuclear weapon" off this went unreleased for so long. so great!

Soul Possession is all time, yes

I need to find "Jackamo" for sure. Have always wanted to hear that one.

@thewiremagazine: On-U Sound have released their full back catalogue containing over 70 albums from the label's archive: http://t.co/TU8ByqKYTW

Trevor Jackson compiles Science Fiction Dancehall Classics for Adrian Sherwood’s On-U Sound

Triple vinyl set coming in October.

Audio-visual artist Trevor Jackson, fresh off his first album in fifteen years, has teamed with Adrian Sherwood’s On-U Sound for a compilation of electronic, dub and post-punk entitled Science Fiction Dancehall Classics.

“Not only did On-U sound and Adrian Sherwood’s early production work introduce me to dimensions of sound I’d never experienced, inspire me to start making music and start my own record label, his live mixing at a notoriously loud Mark Stewart and the Maffia gig during the mid-80’s also gave me lifelong tinnitus,” Jackson writes.

“On-U’s timeless releases portray a savage disregard for conformity, representative of an era where attitude and ethos spoke volumes. An uncontrived mix of cultures, minds and powerful personalities combined to produce revolutionary sonic adventures that sound as unique and vital today as they did over 30 years ago. Putting this compilation together is nothing short of an honour.”

The compilation bounds from Neneh Cherry and Massive Attack’s Shara Nelson to On-U Sound regulars Singers & Players, Mark Stewart + The Maffia and more. It is due out on October 2 and is available to pre-order now.

http://www.factmag.com/2015/07/22/trevor-jackson-science-fiction-dancehall-classics-compilation-adrian-sherwood-on-u-sound/

bloody hell, that's a brilliant compilation.

wasn't that interested in the mothmen release (tried a few tracks online, and realised it's not one for me), had most of the 'controls' compilation, so not bothered about that one, but this hits all the right spots.

loving the cover art.
my very first on-u track was a 'science fiction dancehall classic' remix, so it's great to see the re-use of the phrase.

this is a very far-out compilation.

From David Toop's A to Z of Dub

C is for Cyberdub
Iconic in William Gibson's Neuromancer ("the long pulse of Zion dub") as the humanistic healing force in a wired world, a naive touch of natural magic, dub has become a sci-fi soundtrack for techno-Gaians, hippie zippies and cyborg animists. C also stands for Crusties. The perfect environment for observing the evolution of the crustie look during the 80s was at Gary Clail's On-U Sound System parties, where the white rasta look of blond dreadlocks and ratty paramilitary fatigues interlocked with On-U's mix of urban noise terror and spiritual bass.

Every size is sold out anyway. Cool shirt though.

wow that comp looks great

doesn't it just.
i have rarely been this excited re a compilation, but that tracklisting just is insane.

ok, i have clicked that link re the t-shirt now 3 times and get a website timeout message.

please advise as to what it is.

thankfully i have bought several copies of all the t-shirts available via the old on-u shop, but that seems to be out of action now.

It's a fake label logo inspired by Neuromancer:

http://i.imgur.com/e6F1Ztm.jpg

ah .. fair enough .. i care not then.

ordered the boxset of the trevor Jackson compilation.

pretty good price for what you get : £50 gets you 3 slabs of vinyl (incl. exclusive 12" with edits), 2cd, t-shirt, poster, stickers.

for once, I have a feeling this deal with warp/bleep could be good for the on-u catalogue, after all, it has had a troubled life over the years (so many broken promises .. )

just found in the archive : che - narcotic.

someone on the on-u list sent me a copy of this years ago, and I never paid any attention to it.

opening track, scream like a swift = duran duran vs on-u sound.

oh my, lets hope the rest of the album is as good.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61jJV0GBDUL._SY300_.jpg

just noticed, one track on the album is actually called : be my powerstation

ha !

ahh .. the powerstation track uses a lot of the same samples as the voice of authority track, 'middle east power station'.

silly me, should have guessed.

still, its rather good.

Great that the Tackhead Tape Time album is available via the On-U webstore, but I wish they'd gather all the original 12" singles and their B-sides into a single compilation...

ahh .. to get all the various tackhead 12" versions, then you need to track down the power inc series.
the problem is that the tackhead material is not part of the on-u sound catalogue.
it appears that keith leblanc owns the rights to that stuff, and so releases his own compilations via his own various labels/licencing deals, that are often short lived.
however, the TTT set is a brilliant entry into the tackhead noise machine, as is the slash&crash mixtape that came out during the short lived on-u/EMI era.

i LOVE about 50% of that Che album - Imperfections, Be My Powerstation, View From A New Perspective and Celebrating Life are all so good.

12" of Be My... also ace.

http://www.discogs.com/Che-Be-My-Powerstation/master/293895

CHE from hereon will be a massive playlist fave, even the tracks that aren't officially produced by AMS have massive on-u-isms due to the band being Tackhead.
however, it's nothing in comparison to my other find that I have ignored for years :
Flux of Indians - Uncarved Block.
this is like the best of shriekback vs on-u sound (which of course happened with various 12"/jam science etc)
it's truly immense.
again, someone sent me a cd-r of it years ago, and I filed it away.
f*ck was I wrong.

re uncarved block : much to my amazement, this album is asily available.
time to replace my cd-r copy as its the best thing I have heard in ages.
well, ok, since the three johns boxset last weekend, but hey ..

I really, really, really love "uncarved block". i'm working on a comp at the moment that will hopefully feature a track of it. there was meant to be a follow up 12" ep to it but sadly it never saw the light of day. the original album also has phenomenal packaging.

of the two new discoveries, carved block, is by far the better
how on earth I missed this when I was sent it baffles me.
out of guilt I have ordered a proper copy.
well, a basic cd edition which I doubt does not have the packaging you mention.
other mentionables : the annie anxiety/jackomo album.
I have a vinyl edition of it, but I once saw a gorgeous cd/tin edition of it,
but I was with bh at the time, who did not understand why I needed another copy of it in another format.
needless to say, I have never seen that edition since, and have regretted it ever since.