Fela Kuti In Dub [LP]

Captain Yossarian - Fela Kuti In Dub [LP]

“Fela Kuti in Dub” is a showcase album clocking in at just over 33 minutes, containing four essential songs by Fela Kuti in the style of a Jamaican Discomix, evolving from an instrumental cover version to a dub version, celebrating the musical heritage of Nigeria and Jamaica likewise. Please understand this work as an homage to both musical cultures.
The four tracks were chosen because they are a timeless witness to the political potential of music, that being proofed by their actuality. The songs feature essential dub effects like echoes, reverb, and filtering but also feature analog sound effects underlining and sonically illustrating the missing lyrical content. These vary from thundery spring reverbs and percussion instruments imitating the pouring rain on “Water No Get Enemy” to marching soldiers and shot gun like reverbs on “Zombie”, from a cash register on “Expensive Shit” to the dub sirens created live on a Korg MS10 on “Everything Scatter”.

A1. Zombie in Dub (7:24)
A2. Water Get No Enemy in Dub (8:47)
B1. Everything Scatter in Dub (8:37)
B2. Expensive Shit in Dub (8:38)