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Emotional Rescue returns after a much-needed, year-long hiatus, refreshed and ready, as it moves into its 15th year, to further explore the environs of oft-forgotten musical secrets and present them to new heads and minds.

To celebrate, the label looks back to one of its favourite collaborations, the music of French Ethno-Industrialists Vox Populi! in presenting a truly unique EP of “In Dub”, inspired remixes by 4 fellow Paris based artists of today in Full Circle, Froid Dub, Krikor and Shelter.

“In Dub” takes a selection of songs from the series of albums reissued or compiled on Emotional Rescue and sister label, Platform 23, and gives the master tapes to this talented ensemble to offer their own, unique dub reworks. The project explores the on-going advances in technology offered, mixed with pure talent and a respectful homage.

Formed by Axel Kyrou and including wife Mitra, as well as long-term music and art partners Pierre Jolivet aka Pacific 231 and Francis Lafont aka FR6 Man, they forged a path from obscure, drum and drum-based cassette releases on to fully realized albums and compilations on their now cult Vox Man Records.

Alexis Le Tan and Joakim’s Full Circle project starts, with their electronic dub remake of "Soleyman Dub" from the "Alternatif Réalisme" compilation. With releases on Good Morning Tapes, Offen and their own Released label, their plaudits as master diggers and producers of dubby, tripped-out inspired electronics – releasing slowed trance some 10 years before anyone else – is inspired. Tuning in and turning on the original dub into a mantra style slow-breaks (digi)dub is the perfect experimental flavour.

"Jube Man" is next, a twisted, psychedelic dub out by rising stars Froid Dub. The stand-out from the "Magiques Creations" release, an album that explored Vox Populi’s furtive post-industrial period of 1984 to 1988, "Jube Man" was the perfect selection by the duo of François Marché and Stéphane Bodin.

Froid Dub have steadily developed their cold styled digidub to much acclaim – releasing a steady flow of dub inspired electronics on their own label Delodio, as well as recently appearing on sister label Emotional Response’s 10th year anniversary collection, "All Trades". Their haunting, shuffling and murky acid / piano dub, with the drifting space echo of Mitra’s vocals from the live desk mix, creates a ghostly version to effect.

Next, master mixer, producer and engineer Krikor serves a steppers remake with his OverDub of "Zen-Dub". With a career that spans releases on Tigersushi, LIES and Soul Jazz, his sound has developed from electro, house and techno, to acid, bleep, mutant dancehall, industiral digi-dub and touches of gabba. Taken from Vox Populi!’s master-opus "Aither" , the first of our reissues dating back to 2016, Zen-Dub’s pacey, lo-fi dub experience is transformed and overdubbed into an incessant sound system throb, a true bass quaking steppa

To close, "Micro Climax" is put through Shelter’s increasing avant dub exposition. Appearing on the likes of Growing Bin, Emotional Response and his own Protopost, as well for – and being in-house designer – on the much-missed Séance Centre, Alan Briand aka Shelter productions have developed from Balearic, edits and house to explore avant, ragga and live dub productions.

Appearing on the recent "Ethniques Pyschedeliques" compilation on Platform 23, in original form "Micro Climax" is a sprawling 10-minute ethno-dub of whispered vocals, drone and sub bass. Shelter strips it back, keeping background effects, adding live bass and percussion to create a wonky, slow, shuffling ska-lite excursion to complete a true "In Dub". 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A roster of modern bass technicians take on tracks from the dubwise industrialists' catalogue with tectonically devastating results.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Soleymani Dub (Full Circle Sannyacid Dub)
A2. Jube Man (Froid Dub Tonk Stretch Dub)
B1. Zen-Dub (Krikor OverDub)
B2. Micro Climax (Shelter Wickeder Dub)