Damaged – Ghost Dubs

Released on The Bug’s Pressure imprint, Ghost Dubs is a collection of earth-shattering dubwise basement techno from German producer Michael Fiedler aka Damaged aka Jah Schulz. While the components here are nothing unexpected i.e. slithering sub bass grooves, spectral chords, pitched-down vocals, saturated percussion, the veteran bass producer manages to present a fresh take on dub techno with his total command of the mixing board. Drum beats are completely broken apart or heavily processed through spring reverb leaving just a ghostly trace of sound that somehow grooves even harder. The technique reminds us a lot of the pioneering experimental dub duo Sub Dub, especially their 2001 Sub Tools EP, which strips apart reggae drum rhythms and puts all the emphasis on the deep basslines and sub frequencies.

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