David Berthy Posts

Today I've got some reinterpretations of Jamaican dub from the early
eighties. First up is the Clash's "Shepherd's Delight," which comes
from their sprawling 1980 album Sandanista. I never get tired of the
mix of sounds here, especially the one that sounds like the squawk of
a baby dinosaur. "How Much Are They?" is a solo effort by Can's
legendarily eccentric bassist Holger Czukay. There's a Can documentary
I saw once where Czukay gives up the bass to play an assortment of
what appear to be ham radios. The rest of the band members sort of
shrug, maybe because occasionally his knob-twiddling produced
something as singular as this. As a bonus, I'll throw in something
closer to the source: "Justice to the People," from Lee "Scratch"
Perry's album The Upsetter.

Dub Interpretations