As a producer for U-Roy, Big Youth, Ken Boothe, and Horace Andy, he created the masterpiece dub album Pick A Dub—one of the first official dub albums in history—and the unique, psychedelic, exotic reggae masterpiece Flesh Of My Skin, Blood Of My Blood, known as the first concept album in reggae history "Flesh Of My Skin, Blood Of My Blood"—these are the works of dark-side reggae legend Keith Hudson, who in 1974 released the psychedelic, exotic reggae masterpiece "Playing It Cool & Playing It Right," a psychoacoustic journey into the depths of his own being, recorded and produced at Wackies in New York, which also hints at a reggae & dub, is now available as a long-awaited remastered analog LP reissue. In a sense, this is a masterpiece of psychedelic dub for deep listening—a work that transcends the boundaries of reggae and dub, undulating and shimmering. It features a total of 12 tracks, combining original and dub versions. Time and space warp. Wonderful.
Julius Eastman’s “Stay On It,” Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O’Rourke’s “Lifetime Of A Flower,” Suzanne Ciani’s “Improvisation On Four Sequences,” Slapp Happy’s “Sort Of,” Fred Frith “Guitar Solo / Fifty,” Jards Macalé “Jards Macalé,” and Joyce “Passarinho Urbano”—the Week-End Records label, launched by the Week-End Festival in Cologne, Germany, which has been consistently releasing a string of incredibly cool, carefully curated releases, presents its long-awaited 10th new release. The liner notes include a rare interview with Lloyd “Bullywackie” Barnes. While the price is quite high, this is a masterpiece record worthy of being a family heirloom—a must-have for every household. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)