Dry & Heavy

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Dry & Heavy is a Japanese Dub / Reggae band formed in 1991 by drummer Shigemoto Nanao (Dry) and bass player Takeshi Akimoto (Heavy). Their names come from a renouned Burning Spear album of the name name. The line-up which recorded the album Dry & Heavy came together in 1995 with Naoki Uchida on dub controls, Mitsuhiro Toike on keyboards, Kei Horiguchi on guitar, and the vocal duo of Likkle Mai and Ao Inoue.

They are clearly influenced by 1970s Jamaican Dub sound of King Tubby, Lee Perry and others, however they add a modern touch to this and their abilities as writers / players of instruments which have been noticed in the UK, Europe, the USA and Jamacia.

In 2001, during Fuji Rock (Japans largest music festival) founding member Takeshi Akimoto (Heavy) announced he was leaving the group, Audio Active's current bassist Pata, stepped in to fill the void. Takeshi Akimoto was the former bassist for Audio Active, and Shigemoto Nanao the former drummer of the same band.

No new music has been recorded since 2002's New Creation, though the band continues to tour.

Their albums include:

• Dry & Heavy (08/1997)

1. Law of the Jungle

2. Runs Good

3. Flash Flood

4. I'm A Likkle Lioness

5. Steppin' Out

6. Strange Flute

7. Bow and Arrow

8. Meditate Rocka

9. Mighty Gun

• One Punch (11/11/1999)

1. Mr. Blueflame

2. T.K.O.

3. Triumph

4. Harmony

5. Lost World

6. Say No More

7. Don't Give Up Your Fight

8. Herbal Wise

9. Night Flight

10. Gassy Disco

11. The Athlete

• Full Contact (02/06/2000)

1. Dawn Is Breaking

2. Heavy Special

3. Knife

4. King Cobra Syle

5. Rumble

6. Love Explosion

7. Love Explosion Version

8. Private Plan

9. Life In The Jungle

10. Less Is More

11. Less Is More Version

12. The Smoker's Cough

13. Landing

• King Jammy meets Dry and Heavy in the Jaws of the Tiger (10/14/2000)

1. Do Dub Up Your fight

2. Rumble Dub

3. Dub World

4. Radical Dubber

5. Mr. Dub

6. Breaking Dub

7. Private Plan Dub

8. Harmony Dub

9. Night Flight Dub

10. Tiger Claw Dub

11. Less Is Dub

12. Love Explosion Dub

• New Creation (9/15/2002)

1. Reverse Again

2. Strickly Baby

3. Silent Drive

4. Still Silent

5. Dog And Chicken

6. New Creation

7. Riders Version

8. Right Track

9. Don't Make The Children Cry

10. Kombu

11. Bright Shining Dub