Description:	USED Three track 180g 12" with special artwork (!!!!) on Hyperdub EX+/EX-
	Format:	12" (vinyl)
	Condition:	Used
	Genre(s):	Dubstep / Bass Music
	Label:	Hyperdub
	Price:	£5.99
	Availability:	Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

5
...according to our Ant on 04 June 2009.

As expected from King Midas Sound the 'Dub Heavy - Hearts and Ghosts EP'on Hyperdub is wicked. 'I Dub' is a haunting slice of late night dub wonder that sounds like it's possessed by the ghost of King Tubby. There are lovely crackly fizzing effects dissolving over a bassline that's incredibly simple, but one should not underestimate its hypnotic power. It's great to finally have some proper dubby action back on the Hyperdub label. 'Ting Dub' increases the spookiness with Roger Robinson's (???) distant and dislocated vocals which sound like they're trying to break through from the other side, while twisted howls mutate into siren sounds like some weird ghost train ride through the ghettos of Kingston. 'Too Long Dub' is aimed more at the dancehall and is super deep. I can imagine being lost in plumes of ganja smoke at 4am wandering around, lost on the dancefloor. Kevin Martin's dub alter ego is proving to be as powerful as his material as The Bug. For me this is the finest release on the label in ages. Superb stuff to say the least.

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What their label says...

As a seductive taster and spectral glimpse of the forthcoming King Midas Sound full length, ‘Dub Heavy - Hearts And Ghosts’ is an EP of three of that album’s tracks dubbed into new alien versions. King Midas Sound is the duo of Kevin Martin, known for his groundbreaking work over the last decade as The Bug, teamed with Roger Robinson, reputed writer and spoken word performer. The pair first worked together in 2003 on The Bug’s ‘Pressure’ album, but within these King Midas grooves, the visceral drive characteristic of The Bug’s fevered sound is replaced by deeper core energies, and graced with Robinson’s gentle soul lilt, the combination is blissfully, crushingly powerful. On these tunes, song structure and vocal are intoxicated with unsettling fx and consumed with reverb, pressing the music into haunting and unfamiliar territory. ‘I Dub’ marries booming bass and gaseous echo to grime hand-claps and a tense chilling melody. Centrepiece ‘Ting Dub’ fuses ominous distant sirens, shifting vocal streams, decelerated hip hop boom bap and a geologic subsonic rumble into a wraith-like miasma, while on ‘Too Long Dub’, the sinister chiming pendulum motif and decaying vocals dissolve into a delirious haze of toxic audio reflections. Burning like an endless fuse, this special release will be available only for a limited period, pressed on high grade 180g heavy guage vinyl, and is also Hyperdub’s first ever individually artworked 12”, housed in a photo jacket with gold-embossed detail.