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version excursion - sound system The influence of reggae,dub and a few selected seconds from the careers of George Clinton and James Brown form the basis of much of what you're likely to hear in conventional clubland today, especially here in Australia. If you scratch the surface though you can hear all manner of creative dance friendly electronica being produced. Unfortunately that's not the case on Sound System's Version Excursion (Sound System), a compilation featuring groups such as XU1, The Porkers, Bored Of Education, The Allniters, The Mad Dash and Backy Skank, produced by Peter Cooper & Damian Condusso. The use of dub techniques to highlight the bleeding obvious and a rinky-dinky approach to reggae rhythms do not make for enlightening music although, to be fair you can jump to this so long as you put your ears and mind into neutral. I'm afraid though that no amount of clever cutting and pasting or artificially produced propulsion can cover up the lame bass-lines or lack of musical skill and imagination demonstrated here. July 2003
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