Fri 26 Oct 2007
18. augustus pablo - stop them jah
i’m currently going track by track through a mix i recently did for a website called research and development - find out more here.
18. augustus pablo - stop them jah
i think its fair to say that i’m criminally uneducated when it comes to augustus pablo, and i think its also fair to say that i’ve come to the works of augustus pablo from perhaps a relatively unlikely direction - like many around melbourne i’ve been enthralled by the dub-meets-shaggs experimentation of melbourne indie duo fabulous diamonds, who list augustus pablo as their first influence on their myspace page (and what greater show of musical indebtitude is there than that)
fabulous diamonds:
fabulous diamonds are part of melbourne’s wonderful mistletone family of artists.
i’ve downloaded an augustus pablo more or less at random, and gave it some repeated listens. i want to hear more but don’t know where to start - his catalogue, like so many legends, is overwhelming enough to seem impenetrable. so if anyone wants to let me know where to start.. ? how do you come at the works of a proliferous icon? its easier when you’re introduced by a friend, a fan who knows the ins and outs, where to start.
like, i could probably tell you where to start if you want to be introduced to ween’s vast back catalogue? the answer? anywhere! its all so fucking awesome!
October 26th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
yeah, id be keen for a good entry point to augustus pablo. all of his stuff seems really good, some seems way ncier and heavier dub than the rest, though. mmm, bass.
those soul jazz comps always have good dub. i think he pops up a few times on those
October 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
that could be a good place to start.. aside from that you’re NO HELP AT ALL