Nucleus Roots – “Hail Up The Sound Man” – Ria/Trevor Roots (7”)

Nucleus Roots is a remarkable crew for me – thanks to their concert on Winter Reggae festival in 2004 I felt in love with dub music. Later on I rarely ran across their productions, the last album was released in 2008 (http://dubmassive.org/142/nucleus-roots-%E2%80%9Cheart-of-the-matter%E2%80%9D/). In 2013 there were some tough productions signed by Nucleus Roots Records with Trevor Roots, Ossie Gad or Stikki Tantafari, however I hit only on this year’s release with Ria and Trevor Roots. The new 7″ is a tribute to all of the women and men who find sound systems a big part of their lives. Ria with beautiful vocals is being completed by amazing Trevor’s chat and all of that on a heavy dub rhythm with hypnotic keys sounds. The bass is leading in the dub version, there also are a lot of reverbs and echoes. Nucleus Roots comes back in an incredible style with a tune that will conquer quite a few sessions!