Dreamy Days

Doureuh! So I just got back from an amazing 4 days at Dour festival in sunny Belgium and thought I'd share some highlights.



First up is Roots Manuva's dub rework of his album 'Run Come Save Me'. Manuva impressively managed to pull of a festival hiphop set without it sounding rehearsed or sing-along whilst keeping the crowd moving. Except clearly being tired of 'Witness' he seemed to be loving his set and kept laughing at the crowd's wack dancing and costumes. This album is not the most obvious choice but it shows off the dubwise heritage of Manuva's sound and is a solid piece of work in it's own right.

Roots Manuva - Dub Come Save Me

Label: Big Dada Recordings
Catalog: BD040
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP
Country: UK
Released: 2002
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Dub, Downtempo
Credits: Written-By - R. Smith*

Tracklisting:

A1 Man Fi Cool
A2 Revolution 5
B1 Tears
B2 The Lynch
B3 UK Warriors
C1 Highest Grade Dub
C2 Styles Dub
C3 Witness Dub
D1 Dreamy Days (SFA Dub)
D2 Brand New Dub

TRY: http://rapidshare.com/files/258422377/RM-DCSM.rar



Next is the latest release from the producer behind what was probably my favourite set of the weekend. Proxy's dirty techno sound was perfectly suited to the massive, strobe-filled dance tent at 1:30 on Friday night. Starting out with an epic war of the worlds sounding intro, he played a blinding set which felt far shorter than an hour!

Proxy - Raven

Label: Turbo
Catalog: TURBO 056
Format: 5 x File, MP3
Country: Canada
Released: 27 Oct 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Electro

Tracklisting:

1 Raven (Original Mix) (5:22)
2 Raven (Marseille Remix) (5:45)
3 Raven (Polymorphic Mix) (5:49)
4 Raven (Les Petits Pilous Remix) (3:12)
5 Raven (Live Edit) (5:52)

TRY: http://rapidshare.com/files/258401169/Pr-Rav.rar



To finish, here's a release from Ratatat which is dominated by the 9 minute rework by the Animal Collective. Having bought the hype around 'Merriweather Post Pavillon', I was excited to see hear how the album's acid-folk madness would translate in a live show. I was not disappointed. Starting out slowly with layers of whirling noise which gradually rose and the fell back in on themselves, the set resulted in a noticable section of the crowd falling into a near coma and sitting / lying on the dusty floorboards for most of the set. Bliss.

Ratatat - Mirando

Label: XL Recordings
Catalog: XLT367
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 2009
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Indie Rock

Tracklisting:

A Mirando
B Mirando (Animal Collective Remix)

TRY: http://rapidshare.com/files/258411112/R-M_ACR_.rar