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Rip It Up, Issue 75, 1 October 1983, Page 34

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The Chant Hot on the heels of the Rip's locally recorded live tape comes the Chant's posthumous homeproduced effort. Attempts to improve on the Rip's taped quality prompted Damian Woodhouse to record the tape at his house and process it through an eight-channel

mixer. The results are only fair with the synth dominating the mix] and the vocals and rhythm section taking a back seat. But the songs speak for themselves. Woodhouse and guitarist William Field have a melodic flair particularly evident on 'ln, the Deadroom', Tonight' and 'Silver Screen'. The keyboard lines are infectious and haunting, reviving innocence and simplicity that is reminiscent of Syd Barrett. Definitely recommended. Send $3.50 and a stamped addressed envelope to:. 33 Ruru Avenue, St Leonards, Dunedin. Bob Marley and the Waiters Buffalo, Soldier (Island) This cassette.' single gives you the extended version and version (ie: dub) and is thus good value for the dance floor. Nice cover art too, but I wish these factory cassettes had quieter and more efficient mechanism. DC Dub Syndicate One Way System (ROIR) From that New York cassetteonly label comes a little experiment in one of the toughest art forms to master; Adrian Sherwood, , the producer, has worked with New Age Steppers, Singers and Players, Prince Far I and Bim Sherman, to'name but a few. For this collection he assembles various Roots Radics and ex Aswads, among many others. The result is an interesting exercise in the engineer's art, but has precious little to do with the art of dub. Dub music was made for DANCING and only, a couple of tracks here qualify. The pace is otherwise pedestrian, and the constant whooshing back and forth of sound gets boring after a while. Sherwood needs to listen closer to the dubbing masters, to get the real idea. DC