The Bug vs Ghost Dubs - Implosion (Dinked Edition 369) (2LP Red & White Smash Vinyl +12")

When Chuck D proclaimed "Bass, how low can you go?" on Public Enemy's anthemic 'Bring the Noise,' maybe he was pre-empting or inciting the 10,000 fathoms-deep, spine-bending basslines and sub-quake tremors of 'Implosion.' Implosion is a crushing split album, appropriately released on The Bug's own PRESSURE label.

Mapping out a new form of spectral dub, the sound is deliberately immersive, introverted, and yes, definitely implosive. In pursuit of heavy lids, blurred vision, and merciless bass bin punishment, it’s one part meditation, two parts low-end theory, and essentially a confession of devoted sound system addiction. As expected from a tag team featuring British soundlab explorer and 'London Zoo' composer Kevin Martin, aka The Bug, and Michael Fiedler, aka Jah Schulz—a long-time graduate of Germany's new school of sound system reggae culture—the duo approaches their target differently yet share the goal of keeping their sound "raw" (Fiedler) and "brutally minimal" (Martin). This proves that opposites can attract, even if their tools are different and their methods sometimes diverge.

●     Red & white smash 2LP *

●     Bonus black vinyl 12” with 4 tracks (Vinyl exclusive) *

●     Limited pressing of 500 * 

*EXCLUSIVE to Dinked Edition

1. THE BUG – Hooked (Hyams Gym, Leytonstone) 

2. GHOST DUBS - In The Zone 

3. THE BUG – Believers (Imperial Gardens, Camberwell) 

4. GHOST DUBS – Hope 

5. THE BUG – Burial Skank (Mass, Brixton) 

6. GHOST DUBS – Dub Remote 

7. THE BUG - Alien Virus (West Indian Centre, Leeds) 

8. GHOST DUBS – Down 

9. THE BUG - Militants (The Rocket, Holloway) 

10. GHOST DUBS – Into The Mystic 

11. THE BUG - Dread (Mass Brixton)

12. GHOST DUBS – Midnight

BONUS 12”:

1. THE BUG - Spectres (Plastic People, Shoreditch)
2. GHOST DUBS – Waterhouse
3. THE BUG - Duppied (Brixton Rec)
4. Ghost Dubs – No Words