Dennis Bovell Decibel (Pressure Sounds) Rating: NNNN Rating: NNNN
A crucial UK soundsystem proponent of lovers’ rock, roots reggae producer Dennis Bovell – schooled on Curtis Mayfield’s warmly soulful brand of social activism – brings a delightful sweetness to all his dubwise experiments, which inventively incorporate fuzz and wah guitar effects, harmonica and the usual wibbly weirdness. The astutely compiled and neatly sequenced Decibel collection shows that even when he’s warning of a zombie takeover or lamenting a Ugandan crisis, the grooves come with an uplifting positive vibe. Just the thing for your post-Caribana cool-down.