The Bush Chemists

The Bush Chemists
Origin London, England
Genres Reggae, dub
Years active 1993–present
Labels Conscious Sounds, ROIR, Fashion, Universal Egg
Associated acts Centry, King General
Members
Dougie Wardrop
Paul Davey
Kevin Roberts
Colture Freeman

The Bush Chemists are a British dub reggae group centred around Dougie Wardrop.

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History

Wardrop formed The Bush Chemists in 1993 as a side-project to his other band Centry.[1] He had run a record stall in Camden Market since 1988 and began creating his own dub tracks using a 4-track recorder in 1989, setting up his own Conscious Sounds label shortly afterwards.[2] His main collaborator is Paul Davey,[3] and they have worked regularly with singers including Kenny Knots and Culture Freeman.[4] The debut album Dubs from Zion Valley was a collaboration with Jonah Dan, released in 1994, and their first US release was Dub Outernational, recorded in Wardrop's attic studio,[5] and released in 1996 on ROIR.[6][7] The band mix traditional reggae with digital dub.[3][8] Albums followed regularly through the late 1990s and early 2000s, including 2005's Raw Raw Dub, also released on ROIR.[8]

Discography

Albums

Collaborations

Singles

References

  1. ^ Prato, Greg "The Bush Chemists Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-09-11
  2. ^ "Bush Chemists Raw Raw Dub", ROIR, retrieved 2010-09-11
  3. ^ a b Bergstrom, John (2005) "Bush Chemists Raw Raw Dub", PopMatters, 19 December 2005, retrieved 2010-09-11
  4. ^ Green, Michael (2008) "Digital roots return to Tel Aviv", Jerusalem Post, 8 February 2008, p. 6
  5. ^ Wolk, Douglas (1996) "Bush Chemists Dub Outernational", CMJ New Music Monthly, March 1996, p. 31
  6. ^ Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8, p. 46-7
  7. ^ Prato, Greg "Dub Outernational Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-09-11
  8. ^ a b Jeffries, David "Raw Raw Dub Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-09-11