Raw Raw Dub

about this album

Bush Chemists is Dougie Wardrop and Paul Davey. In 1988, Dougie opened his dub store in a closet-sized space in Camden Market, London. It was called “The Dub Shack” and out of it Dougie sold the best new and old dub plates on the planet. In 1989, Dougie started creating his own dubs with a borrowed 4-track in his attic. Shortly thereafter, he started his Conscious Sounds imprint, through which he released some classic 10"s and full-lengths by Bush Chemists and like minded UK dub heads. In the early 90’s, Bush Chemists came to the attention of Wordsound founder Skiz Fernando, who was putting together a UK Dub compilation for ROIR. Needless to say, they ended up on the disc and since then, Bush Chemists have gone on to release some stunning 10"s and a handful of full lengths (one of which, Dub Outernational, was released on ROIR). Raw Raw Dub is their first ROIR release in almost 10 years! So what have the Bush Chemists been up to? Well, along with peers Jah Shaka, Alpha & Omega, Zion Train, they’ve been consistently churning out inspired dubs, and seemed to have convergently evolved with the UK’s current hot export: Grime. The similarities go beyond simple geography to production methods, overall sound & more—i.e. where Grime posterboy Dizzie Rascal famously used his Sony Playstation on “Boy in Da Corner,” Dougie Wardrop used his Atari computer. Furthermore, like grime is to its forefather hip-hop, Bush Chemists brand of UK dub is decidedly based in drum machines and synthesi

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