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Dub Gabriel: Bass Jihad
by Chris M. Slawecki
Primarily written, performed, and produced by Dub Gabriel, Bass Jihad spans and touches all four corners of the world--if all four corners means Jamaica, India, the Middle East, and Brooklyn.
Gabriel begins this mystical electrical journey alongside Ahad Nazarzadeh-Saaz with War in the Poppy Fields, a panic of Middle Eastern wind and percussion instruments that drops down into--then yanks the beat back from--spacious reggae chords and echo effects.
All Gabriel's influences--sitar, electronics, percussion, loops, and scratches--come ...
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