Dub Session - Episode 54 - Revolutionary Dub Chronicles




Dub Session Podcast show

Summary: Make my funk the G-Funk. I wants to get Funk Dub! The spirits of Bootsy Collins, King Tubby, Snoop Dogg, Les Paul, Django Reinhardt, Elvis, P-Funk, Dr Dre, Spearhead, Lee Scratch Perry, and The G-Funk All Stars bring us the Revolutionary Dub Chronicles, where the Godfather meets the Doggfather inna dub session stylee. You are dubbin with the Don, doggy style. We kick of Dub Session 54 with some west coast chronic dub poetry from the Long Beach's revolutionary doggfather. Then we plug in the amps, kick up the dials to 11 Spinal Tap stylee with reggae rocker Michael Franti's punky reggae revolution. The UK's Asian Dub foundation shows us a New Way, New Life and keeps the chronic train rolling, while the Salmonella Dub brings the thunder from down under inna Bromley East Roller stylee. Next up, we've got the stickiest of the ickiest electrofunk from Kieser Van Helten's version of Tosca's Honey. The Cars keep the chronic revolution Moving in Stereo to Vienna where Tikiman meets Stereotyp with some electrofunkdafied dub poetry in 'My Sound.' Le Printemps' Pepe LePeu takes a left turn down Orange Street in Paris, where Django's jazz guitar meets the heavyweight sounds St Germain in Montego Bay Spleen. Next, we head to sounds of the underground in Boozoo Bajou's Berlin bunker where the King of Rock meets the the Afronaut inna jazzy space jam titled Chocolate Elvis. Back on the mothership, 1979's Player of The Year Bootzilla summons us to Keep That Funk Alive inna "Brixton Fatboy meets the Brooklyn Beasties" mashup by DJChillWill. Rreewind for the signature sound of 1976 funky wah-wah title track of Kingston's Rockers, followed by a 20th anniversary remix of the 1977 reggae rock classic Roxanne. Back in Los Angeles, ska-groovers Fishbone ask the timeless question "Where'd You Get Those Pants?" Last stop: the sweet chariot swings down and lets me ride behind the scenes of The Chronic sessions' Outro, where Compton meets LongBeach in The Roach.