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- Date Released: September 19, 2002
- Genre: International
- Style: Roots Reggae, Dub
- Label: Shanachie Entertainment Corp. / The Orchard
An inclusive and far-reaching vision of the possibilities of instrumental reggae
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We Say...
By 1978, reggae keyboardist Horace "Augustus Pablo" Swaby had moved on from the explosive dub deconstructions of his breakthrough album, King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown. East of the River Nile, written and produced completely by Pablo, instead offered an inclusive and far-reaching vision of the possibilities of instrumental reggae. The album unfurls scrolls of sound imprinted with Pablo's trademark "Far East" style, drifting plaintively in minor keys; it seems to play with time itself. The bubbling shuffle of the title track (presented here in three different versions) harks back to Jackie Mittoo's soul-era Jamaican funk excursions. The looping Black Ark-isms of "Unfinished Melody" bear the influence of Pablo's sometime collaborator, Lee "Scratch" Perry. "Africa (1983)" is a scintillating dub version of his futurist roots hit for teen wunderkind Hugh Mundell. "Sounds From Levi" and "Chapter 2" float in the kind of electric-blue liquid space that electro, techno and drum 'n' bass artists would still be striving for decades later.
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They Say...
The best of the pure instrumental albums in Pablo's catalog, East of the River Nile finds the melodica master stretching out on various keyboards and strings as well on earthy, meditative tracks like "Chant to King Selassie I," "Jah Light" and "Natural Way." Though this is explicitly a non-dub occasion, "Natural Way" does get its own version with "Nature Dub."
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| 01. |  |
Chant to King Selassie I |
3:43 |  |
| 02. | |
Natural Way |
3:35 | |
| 03. | |
Nature Dub |
3:48 | |
| 04. | |
Upfull Living |
4:54 | |
| 05. | |
Unfinished Melody |
2:34 | |
| 06. | |
Jah Light |
2:17 | |
| 07. | |
Memories of the Ghetto |
3:20 | |
| 08. | |
Africa (1983) |
3:03 | |
| 09. | |
East of the River Nile |
2:53 | |
| 10. | |
Sounds From Levi |
4:01 | |
| 11. | |
Chapter 2 |
4:17 | |
| 12. | |
Addis-A-Baba |
3:45 | |
| 13. | |
East Africa |
2:48 | |
| 14. | |
East of the River Nile |
2:58 | |
| 15. | |
Memories of the Ghetto Dub |
3:35 | |
| 16. | |
Jah Light Version |
2:32 | |
| 17. | |
Islington Rock |
3:35 | |
| 18. | |
Meditation Dub |
2:12 | |
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Credits
- Bagga - Bass // Aston Barrett - Bass // Carlton "Carlie" Barrett - Drums // Noel Benbow - Drums // Everton DaSilva - Percussion // Clayton Downie - Bass // Max Edwards - Drums // Augustus Pablo - Organ // Augustus Pablo - Piano // Augustus Pablo - Strings // Augustus Pablo - Keyboards // Augustus Pablo - Vocals // Augustus Pablo - Clavinet // Augustus Pablo - Melodica // Augustus Pablo - Producer // Augustus Pablo - Main Performer // Robbie Shakespeare - Bass // Earl "Chinna" Smith - Guitar // Earl "Bagga" Walker - Bass
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