free download: wbt in dub

Throughtout the years, Wounded Buffalo Theory has prided itself on trying lots of different genre's while synthesizing the overall sound, throughout different locales, personel changes, and at times, vastly different periods of writing and production output.  One of few constants, however, has been the band's affinity for dub music, and finding ways to integrate it into the general ethos of composition and improvisation.  Whether it was the most recent incantation of Buffalo exploring afro-beat and psy-dub at Cabinfest 2009, or the John Demming-era WBT, who was more inspired by the dub-remixes and jams of Bad Brains and how to combine post rock with spacey, funkier rhythems, WBT has retained a penchant for infusing dub into places it otherwise shouldn't be.

Indeed, 3 of the pieces included in this collection are some of the band's sturdiest jam vehicles, and they all owe their general template to reggae, dub, and the extended tension/release of such visionaries as Fela Kuti, him, and Antibalas ("Losing Points" is a "Pledge" excerpt, "Omnibot" hails from an 2006 version of "Putin Bay," and "Symetrics" grabs a piece of a Demming-era "White Lies Black Ties").

Also included are several studio outtakes and b-sides, exploring dub from the recorded side of things.  The opening track is a new Malko/Blanton piece entitled "We Can Sell That," so far unreleased, and there's pieces from Japan on the Moon, as well as the rarely heard Electronic Side Project, featuring Justin Wood, a integral part of the band's learning process with regards to the genre.

Get the whole "album" at the link above, and it'll be on our music page starting tonight for individual downloads..enjoy!