For fans of: Post Punk Meets Dub
What they're saying: Simon Tucker at Louder Than War notes the surprising necessity of this remixed classic: “The biggest surprise of Y In Dub is that it surprises you. You would think that hearing the original for the first time could not be topped but with his reworking, Bovell has managed to make a beautifully strange and odd album stranger and odder.” And here is Daryl Worthington from The Quietus on the new dimensions revealed by Y in Dub: “Bovell’s edits here tend to peel back the in-the-red cacophony and let more nuance shine through, the riot collapsing into a conversation where each instrument is allowed to be heard.” And from Jeff Terich at Treble on the timelessness of The Pop Group: “There’s also no date stamp or expiration for either an album this bold or a similarly bold reimagining.”
What we say: Y’s original producer Dennis Bovell remixing the pioneering post punks’ legendary 1979 debut album in a dub style. It’s great!