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- Summary: Reggae artist Horace Andy's 2022 album Midnight Rocker is dubbed by producer Adrian Sherwood with reworked versions and appearances from Daddy Freddy and Lone Ranger.
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- Record Label: On U Sounds
- Genre(s): Reggae, Dub, Roots Reggae, Lovers Rock, Smooth Reggae
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Oct 28, 2022Midnight Scorchers is one of the rare LPs that takes the lightning out of the bottle, blasts it around the room, and then puts it back in another bottle.
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MojoOct 5, 2022If April's slick Midnight Rockers album was a post Studio One career highlight for reggae legend Horace Andy, then this dubbed-up companion LP even takes it up a notch. [Oct 2022, p.82]
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UncutOct 5, 2022Producer Adrian Sherwood now completes the picture with this sound-system-style refashioning, breaking tracks open, resetting them in eerie dubscapes. [Oct 2022, p.25]
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The WireOct 5, 2022The result is a tougher but spacier sound. The original vocals are mixed in more prominently, and interplay with the deejay interjections relates to the lyrical content. [Nov 2022, p.71]
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Oct 5, 2022This is Sherwood's album more than Andy's, experimenting wildly with his dub mixes with all the abandon of an excitable kid at recess. This willingness to go off the deep end makes Midnight Scorchers an enjoyable ride, but it's not quite the essential listen that the original album was.