21st Century Dub

• Artist: Various Artists
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1980
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Reggae

Review

This is a combination rerelease of Pecker Power and Instant Rasta, two albums recorded by Japanese percussionist Pecker in conjunction with Jamaican musicians. It's an interesting effort, combining a certain Jamaican rawness with a sophisticated Japanese surface, and it certainly comes equipped with the reggae muscle to kick it along -- Sly & Robbie on the one hand, and the Wailers band on the other, and both Channel One and Tuff Gong studios (if only they'd managed Federal as well, but that might have meant the Dragonaires as a backing band). I'm not sure exactly how much of Pecker's work is really being heard on this album, but that really isn't the point -- the point is more that it's a good reggae and dub set. ROIR is the home of some killer reggae, and this album is no exception to Neil Cooper's rule. ~ Steven McDonald, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Mystical Cosmic Vibration			(5:24)
Dr. Dr. Humanity			(1:19)
International Orchitis			(4:09)
Pecker Power, Pt. 2			(1:24)
Pecker Power, Pt. 1	Aston Barrett		(5:07)
Concrete Jungle	Bob Marley		(5:11)
Militant Sniff			(4:28)
Jamming	Bob Marley		(4:05)
Mystical Electro Harakiri			(5:02)
Beggars Suite, Pt. 1			(4:54)
Beggars Suite, Pt. 2			(3:32)
Beggars Suite, Pt. 3			(2:48)
Dub Jam Rock	Aston Barrett		(4:51)
Kylyn	Ryuichi Sakamoto		(6:43)

Credits

Judy Mowatt (Vocals), Judy Mowatt (Voices), Akira Sakata (Clarinet), Akira Sakata (Clarinet (Alto)), Akira Sakata (?), Annicia Banks (Bass), Annicia Banks (Voices), Aston Barrett (Bass), Aston Barrett (Guitar (Bass)), Carlton "Carlie" Barrett (Drums), Errol Brown (Engineer), Mikey Chung (Guitar), Mikey Chung (Guitar (Synthesizer)), Tyrone Downie (Piano (Electric)), Tyrone Downie (Vocals), Tyrone Downie (Fender Rhodes), Sly Dunbar (Drums), Sly Dunbar (?), Sly Dunbar (Synthesizer Drums), Marcia Griffiths (Vocals), Marcia Griffiths (Voices), Augustus Pablo (Piano), Augustus Pablo (?), Pecker (Percussion), Pecker (Conga), Pecker (Sound Effects), Pecker (Vocals), Pecker (Vocals (Background)), Pecker (Multi Instruments), Pecker (Talking), Pecker (Surdo), Pecker (Overdubs), Pecker (?), Pecker (Mixing), Pecker (Bird Calls), Pecker (Synthesizer Drums), Pecker (Toy Instruments), Robbie Shakespeare (Bass), Robbie Shakespeare (Guitar (Bass)), Robbie Shakespeare (Producer), Robbie Shakespeare (?), Robbie Shakespeare (Mixing), Uziah "Sticky" Thompson (Percussion), Skully (Percussion), Vitamin Dread (Vocals), Vitamin Dread (Voices), Vitamin Dread (Producer), Vitamin Dread (Engineer), Vitamin Dread (Overdubs), Vitamin Dread (Mixing), Rico Rodriguez (Trombone), Rico Rodriguez (?), Superman Goto (Producer), Superman Goto (Engineer), Superman Goto (Overdubs), Superman Goto (Mixing), Wire Lindo (Piano), Minako Yoshida (Sound Effects), Minako Yoshida (Vocals), Minako Yoshida (Voices), Minako Yoshida (Overdubs), Minako Yoshida (Mixing), Minako Yoshida (Bird Calls), Mark Falls (Illustrations), Crucial Bunny (Engineer), Crucial Bunny (Mixing), Naoya "The Emperor" Matsuoka (Organ), Naoya "The Emperor" Matsuoka (Clavinet), Naoya "The Emperor" Matsuoka (?), Sigaharu Muhai (Voices), Sigaharu Muhai (Contrabass Trombone), DJ Yoshida (Vocals), Tuff Gong (Engineer), Tuff Gong (Mixing), Tsutomu Ueno (A&R), Minnie Yoshida (Bass), Minnie Yoshida (Vocals), Minnie Yoshida (Voices), Minnie Yoshida (Vocal Arrangement), Al Anderson (Guitar), Kenji Ohmura (Guitar), Keith Cahoon (Liner Notes)