Gussie P

Gussie P

Various Artists - Roots & Dub Vol 1 -

Sip A Cup

Gussie P as been around on the UK reggae scene for a long long long

time now. Early eighties at a guess. He's seen it all. The rise and

fall of lovers rock, the rise and fall of the fast style. When he

finally started his own label - he made some of the best Digital tunes

that have been produced in the UK on his Digikal label. In the

nineties he turned his attention more to roots. Producing great works

with Judah Eskender Tafari and Fredlocks. From 2000 onwards he's

worked with the likes of Earl Sixteen producing the excellent

'Wonderous Works' set. This latest batch of music includes another

album from Earl, The Twinkle Brothers, Robbie Valentine, this set and

the two below that. Six albums.. way to go Gussie P!!! This set is

presented in showcase and is basically a round up of his latest works,

plus great tunes from Jux and Cornell Campbell. Which could well mean

that's he's got albums with both of them as well. Its all great stuff.

The solid kind of production you would expect from the man. And easily

puts him on top of the premier league of UK producers.

Firehouse Dub Vol 1 - Sip A Cup Meets Negus Roots.

Negus Roots released some great sets in the early eigties and decades

ago put out a couple of dub sets mixed by the Mad Professor. Now its

the turn of Gussie P to work those controls of his and see what he can

get of these magnificent rhythms. Gussie's attention seems to

concentrate on the bass drum - on this set. Not sure who the drummer

is - but the patterns he's producing are outstanding - and its

something that you don't hear much at all in reggae. Gussie also gives

the organ and the piano a good run out - and of course adds a whole

battery of sound FX which are truly shocking!!! Not to be played by

people with a weak heart - - well dub is not meant for people like

that anyway - but you have to consider health and safety Gus!!!

[Matichorns]

Matic Horns - 400 Years - Sip A Cup

I cannot remember the last time anyone put out a horns album!!!

Instrumental sets are so rare - you would think it was illegal to

produce them. Thankfully Gussie P - does not think about such things

and so here it is. And its a truly a great set. For fans of rhythms -

there are so big big rhythms here - but they are not recut in the

traditional style - every track as got a edge to it in some way. The

Matic Horns have been around a long long time. And you think that they

would have an album before this set, but I think this could be their

debut album. Its so great to hear them. Some of the UK's finest horn

players working together - hopefully this will be successful enough

for more albums to come. Gussie should be given some kind of medal for

releasing this set!!!

Gussie P - Oriental Dub - Riverbank- LP

Gussie's been engineering in the UK for years, and is a great fan of

dub. As far as I know he's never mixed a ragga dub set until now, and

with this set produced by Paul 'Fu Man Cho' he shows how it can be

done. Step one is to keep everything moving - the drum is given a

little bit more space than normal. The effects though are kept to a

minimum anyone excepting to hear a selection of weird and wonderful

90's fx is going to be disappointed. Thankfully that approach to

dubmaking is gone.