"Docking Sequence: BSI Campaign Vol. 1" BSI Records 015-2 (2000) (70:08)
Manifest: Digitaria Inro (:15)
Ben Wa "Break That Stone (Granite mix)" (5:15)
Black Faction "Afghan Front V2.1" (3:11)
Muslimgauze "Untitled"
(2:04)
Dubcreator "Deep Dub" (5:27)
He-Man meets The Rootsman "Killer" (3:12)
Jah Warrior "So Much Dub (Docking mix)" (3:30)
Phase Selector Sound "Sky
Cup" (4:34)
Eternal Golden Void "The Five Pearls" (3:26)
Sound Secretion "Perpetual Next..." (3:19)
J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science "Gemini Dub" (5:40)
Alpha & Omega "Wicked Man Drop (BSI Dubplate)" (4:08)
Twilight Circus "Depth Charge (TC Sound System mix)"
(5:03)
Raz Mesinai (aka Badawi) "Excerpt from The Unspeakable"
(3:17)
Onry & Oldominion "Jezebelian" (4:54)
Otaku "Patterns of Interference (Lobotomized mix)" (6:33)
DJ Spooky "Anodyne (main)" (6:20)
This is what all various artists compilations should be like: 70+ minutes of nothing but solid, exclusive tracks reasonably priced at $12 post paid. "Docking Sequence" is the fifteenth release and first compilation from Portland, OR based label BSI Records. The cd (and double LP which features 4 extra tracks) brings forth just about every flavor of (mostly) instrumental, modern dub imaginable - digital/analogue, programmed/live, hip hop, noise, ambient, experimental - from peoples, places and studios worldwide. Names that will likely draw you in are Muslimgauze, The Rootsman, Twilight Circus and DJ Spooky, but the playing field is evened out by all the others. Black Faction brings the Afghan front to Manchester, UK with mellow Middle Eastern backgrounds and smooth beats. Sweeping strings and bird calls permeate a brief but stunning untitled Muslimgauze track. He-Man growls ragga styled vocals over string sample stabs and snare rhythm. Phase Selector Sound lay down an indelibly *deep* ambient bass groove with "Sky Cup". Sound Secretion's "Perpetual Next..." is an onslaught of scratching, cut-up rap samples and massive beats. Drifting female sighs are the perfect touch to J-Boogie's laid back "Gemini Dub". Alpha & Omega conjure up King Tubby with generous helpings of melodica in "Wicked Man Drop". Twilight Circus present an even deeper mix of "Depth Charge" from the recent "Dub Voyage" album. Raz Mesinai's "Excerpt from The Unspeakable" is a tense stringed nightmare. Onry & Oldominion's "Jezebelian" begins and ends with a hilarious list of shout outs and a super smooth double MC and sample flow sandwiched in-between. Otaku's "Patterns.." slices and dices with serious drum 'n bass fills. And last and probably least, the much over hyped DJ Spooky (the exception being the "Object Unknown" single) wraps things up with a rather drab dub collage. Altogether "Docking Sequence" is a crossbred success. As much as I'm looking forward to a 2nd volume, I need to do some catch up on many of these bands back catalogs first ...
Where did I get this cd? - mail order via BSI Records.