Basement 5 - In DubThe long forgotten yet seminal work of Basement 5 on CD for the first time in years. The CD includes both 1965 1980 and In Dub, with rare and unseen images and quotes. The albums were produced by sonic alchemist Martin Hannett. In Dub is the companion piece to the classic 1965 1980. Partly formed out of the Art Department of London's Island Records HQ in 1978, Basement 5 were an innovative and highly original black post punk group who created a kind

combining the lightness and bounce of their best singles with the sonic textures of field recordings

each in a 104 page book full of never-seen photos along with detailed liner notes by Nigerian musicologist and researcher Uchenna Ikonne (Who Is William Onyeabor

while a number of Scott‰۪s close musical friends stepped in to make some key contributions

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lonely and bored

Phil Manzanera etc are amongst the players

Genre: Punk Rock / Rock

and the struggle to govern and be governed

and The Rolling Stones

punk energy and aesthetic ('territorial pissings

from the pops and clicks of the CR-78 and acoustic strums on the album-opening My Old Man