BASEMENT 5 In Dub LP Vinyl NEW 2017

TRACKLISTING

Paranoiaclaustrophobia : Dub
Work : Dub
Games : Dub
Immigrant : Dub
Holocaust : Dub

Partly formed out of the Art Department of London's Island Records HQ in 1978, Basement 5 were an innovative and highly original black post punk group who created a kind of politically charged, futurist dub. Their lyrics were an attempt to reflect the situation of young people in Britain in the era of Thatcherism, high unemployment, strikes, racism and working class poverty. The seething resentment, dub noise and sheet metal riffage was welded into a mighty sound by Hannett that stands the test of time. In an unparalleled age of crate digging and reissue programs, Basement 5 are one of the few remaining great untold stories of their time.

Now, the band’s 1980 mini-LP In Dub - a companion piece to their sole full-length, 1965 - 1980 - is back on vinyl for the first time in decades!