Linton Kwesi Johnson - In Dub, Vol. 3

Poet and social critic (as the name Poet and the Roots suggests) Linton Kwesi Johnson — born in Jamaica, raised in London — helped bridge the gap between reggae and punk, infusing the music with powerful political content and an urge for freedom rooted in his experience as a black man living in Brixton.

Linton Kwesi Johnson has garnered serious respect among reggae aficionados both as a stirringly political poet ("Inglan is a Bitch" stands as an excellent chronicle of a Jamaican immigrant in Ol' Blighty) and as a consummate master of dub. It's a tricky balance, in that Johnson must simultaneously stand on his ability with words and on his ability to work without them.

"LKJ In Dub, Volume 3" continues a series that began in 1980 and, inasmuch as dub whittles reggae down to its barest, most primal essence -- the beat and the bassline -- Johnson pushes dub even further. Recorded in Switzerland, this collection is a perfect distillation of dub's power: achingly sparse and profoundly deep.


Tracklist:

1 Dirty Langwidge Dub 7:15
2 Rootikal Dub 6:58
3 Liesense Fi Dub 6:51
4 Dubbin Di Tradition 4:24
5 Time Fi Dub 6:39
6 Row Man Tik Dub 5:57
7 Mensch Dub 5:23
8 Afro-German Dub 6:47
9 Dubbin Di Diaspora 6:57
10 Poetic Dub 6:25

Linton Kwesi Johnson - In Dub, Vol. 3
(192 kbps, cover art included)