Chillbase

This album is based upon their personal experiences and observations of joy within hardship while travelling three deserts - Arizona’s Sonoran, Rhajistan’s Thar and the Northern Sahara. The album includes field recordings of Sonoran desert winds, Moroccan bazaars and the desert dwelling musicians of Jaisalmer.

Already familiar with the work of Bluetech, Shulman and to a lesser degree Hibernation and Omnimotion I was intrigued to discover what delights this compilation had to offer. So I pressed play, sat back and began my journey.

BudNubac is the project of Nightmares On Wax keyboardist Robin Taylor-Firth. A melting pot of traditional Cuban sounds fused with Jamaican dub (hence the anagram of Cuban dub). This concept isn’t too far from the roots of Cuban music. Which in it’s self developed from the mixed ancestry of the island utilising the percussion instruments of Africa, the guitar from Spain and naturally incorporating sounds from neighbouring islands and the United States.

Que Se Yo has been re-released by Blanco Music as a predecessor of the long awaited follow up album “See The Sun Rise”. Robin has drafted in a range of vocalists and musicians to the project which has added an authentic flavour to the album. Additional percussion has been added to the re-release by Shovell (of M-People fame) who has recently joined the project.

It’s 2010 a New Year, a time for change. For many of us this year the saying probably applies more than most. However, there were some good things to come out of 2009 and with this release L.S. is reminding us that his “The Intergalactic Slapstick” album was definitely one of them.