Dread Operator From the on U Sound Archives

2016 four CD set. Hot Milk is back with a crucially wicked box set of some of the most forward thinking and experimental reggae of the early '80s. Inside you'll find four studio albums from Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound label, including the fourth installment of the Singers & Players series, two Creation Rebel albums and the other planetary compilation of industrial reggae experiments, Wild Paarty Sounds Vol. 1. Released in 1984 Leaps & Bounds by the collective known as Singers & Players features vocal contributions from Prince Far I (who was murdered the previous year), Congo Ashanti Roy (famed for his work with The Congos), Mikey Dread and Bim Sherman with the addition on the players side of the likes of the Roots Radics as well as Deadly Headley on sax making this album a who's who of early 80's reggae. 1981's Threat To Creation is a Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers double billing. Probably the most daring dub album to emerge from the UK, this is the nexus where reggae and post punk collide. Coming out of 1982, Creation Rebel's Lows & Highs featuring vocals from Crucial Tony and Lizard Logan is the most straight ahead reggae album in the box. Wild Paarty Sounds is where it all starts to get really weird. There must have been something in the water in 1981, this is Charles and Diana's child the establishment didn't want you to know about. Reggae greats like Jah Woosh and On U Sound staple Prince Far I mix with the likes of arty outsiders Jeb Loy and Al Pillay. There are even measures of reggae vs industrial post punk noise colliding in a proper clash style. This is the sound of the currents meeting down at Cape Horn.