Bush Chemists

Bush Chemists – Light Up Your Chalice –

Dubhead

Dougie Wardrop's Conscious Sounds studio

in Hackney as long been a meeting place for

those with a love of dub and steppers.

Currently he's got nearly 50 productions

released. This set was one of his first.

A dub album of course – it rests alongside

those of people like Dub Judah, The

Disciples, and Keety Roots.

Its music made for the sound system. And is a

good reflection of where its made.

Waterhouse the home of King Tubby in the

seventies gained a reputation as being a very

violent place. That tension seeped into the

mixing of Tubby – and his team of engineers,

Jammy, Scientist, Chemist and so on.

Hackney is the front line between East

London and North London. And here you

find that same tension. You can feel it. And

can certainly hear it in the music of the Bush

Chemists.

Its not music for the weakheart. Its full of

sound FX and also features some great

melodica playing from Chazbo – the

apprentice engineer at Conscious Sounds.

You can't be a reggae studio without an

apprentice!

Some will say that UK Roots as not moved on

from the Eighties – but that is an unrealistic

expectation. It is what it is. Without no

apology!!!