Laidback German dubsters mix it up big style with their new album ‘Dust My Broom’. The follow up to their 2001 debut album mixes soul, blues, Latin percussion, reggae, dub and slow paced dance music to produce an all round inventive and distinctive sound.
Dust my broom is a term adopted from the blues describing the act of starting afresh and new beginnings. German based producers Florian Seyberth and Peter Heider A.K.A. have done this in more ways than one with this album. Four years after their debut ‘Satta’, Seyberth and Heider have made purposeful musical progressions as well as changing label from Stereo Deluxe to !K7 Records.
This album takes you travelling musically along the American delta - swamp noises included - and into the Caribbean with a guest appearance from legendary Jamaican DJ Top Cat who features on the track ‘Killer’. Crucially the foundation of the album is the collaboration of blues and dub which infuses each track with a characteristic down home earthy quality. The geographical and musical referents of the American South and the Caribbean tie the varied genres explored on the album and the guest vocalists together, giving the entire album a seamlessly rounded, rootsy and organic atmosphere.
have been extremely selective about the guest vocalists they use throughout the album. To compliment the musical union of blues and dub guest artists simply enhance the rootsy musical ground beneath their vocals. Ben Weaver for example is foreboding and prophetic in true blues style on ‘Way Down’. Whilst the use of Willie Hutch the legendary soul singer featured on the Blaxploitation classic ‘Foxy Brown’ adds an old school flavour to an Isley Brothers style soundtrack for seduction. Classic! But this is not all about the guest vocalists there are inspired instrumentals included geared toward a dance audience.
‘Dust My Broom, is very much a grown up album it is definitely not a commercial album with the intention of reaching a young popularised demographic. Like oysters, caviar and Champagne this is intended for select, sophisticated and educated pallets able to engage with and appreciate the artistry and history at work.
Release Date: 22nd August 2005
Record Label: !K7 Records
Words By: Rachel Webb
