Green & Copper [LP Snake Skin Green Vinyl]

Flying Vipers - Green & Copper [LP Snake Skin Green Vinyl]

Boston roots reggae band's loving tribute to dank 1970s dub reggae, all tracks deeply in debt to the original Jamaican engineers who turned their mixing consoles into the lead instrument a la Lee Scratch Perry and King Tubby. The band's sound digs heavily into 80s post-punk as well, with influences from Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound imprint and acts like New Age Steppers and Gary Clail's Tackhead. This release compiles the band's first two cassette albums on one heavywight vinyl edition. Twelve dubwise instrumentals drenched in spring reverb, cosmic tape delay and mystic vibes. The Vipers lay down steady drum & bass driven rhythms with jazz tinged melodies and post-punk attitude, the songs are manipulated with twists and turns of the console, saturated tape delays and exaggerated EQ until the track becomes something new. Available once again, now on viper skin green vinyl limited to 200 copies. Side A 1 Dragon Snout 2 Bell Crickets 3 Coffee Kush 4 Cannabaceae 5 Tape Hiss 6 Beacon Street Version Side B 1 Cheeba Hawking 2 Smoke & Dagger 3 Mighty Mezz 4 Heady Topper Headon 5 Arkade Session 6 Warriors Of The Eternal Dub