Creation Rebel / New Age Steppers - Threat To Creation (Cherry Red, 1981)

One of the most startling albums in the early Adrian Sherwood catalog, "Threat to Creation" is nominally a compilation of recent dubs transformed into a pulsating ménage of rhythms and dubs, through which shoot some truly devastating effects - is there any greater demonstration of the On-U technique than "Chemical Specialist" (itself a mogadon retread of the title track rhythm)? Elsewhere on this remarkable disc, the New Age Steppers' own "My Whole World," "Got to Get Away," and "Guiding Star" all reappear in dub form, as "Painstaker," "Final Frontier," and the echoing, creaking "Eugenic Device," respectively. Other dubs here include Bim Sherman's "Devious Woman" ("Last Sane Dream") and "Satta Massagana" ("Ethos Design"), both chillingly reworked to strip away almost every last semblance of the original.  - allmusic.com

Despite its obscurity, Threat to Creation is an important record, and not just for the historical value of the post-punk supergroup that came together to make it, or the fact that the record carries roots in Sherwood’s future ventures in electronic music. It’s a sublime listening experience and a profound statement about the power of experimentation, and over twenty years after the fact it still sounds shockingly new. - pitchfork.com

Tracklist:

A1	Chemical Specialist Written-By – A. Phillips*
A2	Threat To Creation Written-By – J. Vincent*
A3	Eugenic Device Written-By – L. Sibbles*
A4	Last Sane Dream Written-By – A. Maxwell*
B5	Painstaker Written-By – J. Vincent*
B6	Earthwire Line Written-By – J. Byles*
B7	Ethos Design Written-By – Abyssinians*
B8	Final Frontier

Creation Rebel / New Age Steppers - Threat To Creation (Cherry Red, 1981)
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