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New Age Steppers
New Age Steppers（数量限定／ブラック・ヴァイナル／日本語帯付き／解説書封入）
BEAT RECORDS /- Cat No: ONULP1BR
- updated:2026-06-11
The first release from ON-U SOUND, the UK's post-punk avant-garde dub cornerstone and legendary genius ADRIAN SHERWOOD's label, and the label's first release, NEW AGE STEPPERS, a 1981 exploration of cutting-edge dub sounds with 17 of his London underground pals from Pop Group, Slits, The Flying Lizards, Raincoats, Roots Radics, Aswad, and Creation Rebel. New Age Steppers", the debut album of NEW AGE STEPPERS, explored cutting-edge dub sounds with 17 elite members of London underground, Pop Group, Slits, Flying Lizards, Raincoats, Roots Radics, Aswad, and Creation Rebel, and was released in 1981. In addition to the commentary by Adrian Sherwood and Shunichi Otaka on the 2003 reissue, an updated commentary by writer Yusuke Kawamura in 2025 is enclosed. It was released on LP with a Japanese obi!
Track List
Jamaican classics Junior Byles "Fade Away" and Bim Sherman "Love Forever" are spun vividly, crisply and carefully with Ali Up's voice, starting with the unspoken, madly famous covers A1 (sample 1) and B3 (sample 3), Post-punk, new wave, rock, reggae, dub, free jazz, avant-garde experimental music, etc. are explored and expressed with unique balance and aggressiveness by ADRIAN SHERWOOD and others, creating an unprecedented creative avant-garde dub sound. 8 tracks in total. The miracle masterpiece, whose innovativeness is still increasingly appreciated even today, is released as an imported LP with Japanese obi! In addition to the commentary by Adrian Sherwood and Shunichi Otaka on the 2003 reissue, the LP also includes an updated commentary by Yusuke Kawamura, a well-known writer of the classic book "Introduction to Dub". (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)