Lille-based Romain Weeding aka Weeding Dub belongs to a group of very promising conscious Reggae, Steppers & Dub producers and artists in the tradition of Improvisators Dub, Miniman or Manutension. Weeding Dub is strongly inspired by the UK Dub scene and more particularly by artists such as Aba Shanti I, Irations Steppas, Vibronics, Bush Chemists, The Disciples and Jah Free.
His fifth studio album “Another Night Another Day” contains no less than 20 tracks (11 original pieces & 9 dub versions), equally divided over two vinyl discs.
DISC 1
It’s actually disc number one that appeals most to the ears and in the end leaves the best impression. Side A starts off with the title track “Another Night Another Day”, an awesome instrumental Steppers piece that should be played real loud to fully experience its strength. A great opener, which is followed by the excellent “Make Dem Know”, the collaboration with fine UK singer Dixie Peach who’s probably best known from his work with London-based Jah Tubbys Sound System. The dub version that follows is also worth hearing. Oulda, a singer out of Weeding Dub’s hometown, comes up with the fully convincing uplifting offering called “Rise Up”. The singer from Lille returns on the B-side with “Big Men Of This World”, a song with engaging reality lyrics across a superb riddim with beautiful sounding horns. And it’s also great to have its dub version as well. Nish Wadada’s “Let’s Go!”, the most light-hearted sounding tune on this album, is a nice track to hear – nothing more, nothing less. Actually we prefer to give “Let’s Dub!” more spins than the vocal cut. Disc 1 (and Side B) is then rounded off with the irresistible “Skankertainer”, which sees Little R delivering his Rub-A-Dub singing over an Afro-Jazz fueled riddim.
DISC 2
Just like the first disc, the second platter gets started with a massive instrumental piece entitled “The Lion’s Claw”. Then the listener is treated to a next version called “The Lion’s Claw Part 3”, before no less than three versions of another instrumental offering, “Artikal Stepper”, take over. Not really overly excited about including three versions, because one of these tracks is more than enough to do the trick. Although we tried real hard to get into the mood & vibes of the tracks featured on Side D, it was only “Afuryca” that brought some joy to our ears. reggae-vibes.com review
