This is one of the finest examples of roots dub in my collection. Prince Far-I brings his band of musicians (the Arabs including Flabba) in to a storm of dub with some heavy bass thunder. Not too fancy, not too many effects, these are just solid and constant dub tracks that will drop you off in to a trance, almost hypnotizing. Far-I gives a brief introduction before each track making his presence felt through the rough grumblings of his wise and seemingly ancient voice. He's one of my favorites and most of his workings are solid, but this one is just the tops. This album dropped in 1979 on LP from the Hit Run label with the original eight tracks, right in the middle of Far-I's Cry Tuff Dub Encounter series. Then Pressure Sounds released in on CD in 2007 with two bonus tracks. All ten tracks are strong pieces that put together an outstanding dub set when listened to all the way through. Track #1 (Ace Bass) & track #2 (Dub to Africa) get things going and before you know it you are in the middle of the album.
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