Following his critically acclaimed album “Love, Care, Kindness & Hope”, Fred Everything returns with “Love, Care, Kindness & Dubs”, a collection of alternate versions, instrumentals, dubs, reprises, and unreleased tracks.
The album opens up with Atjazz’s futuristic deep afro version of one of the hidden gems on the album, Asolee. His remix is based around a piano hook and analog synth stabs, sitting on a solid groove foundation, with the arpeggiator from the original rolling in the background.
The second track is an instrumental version of the opening track of the album, Hope Is On The Horizon. A Long Dub Coming is a full re-creation of A Long Time Coming, featuring Sapele. One of the most celebrated tracks on the album, the tempo has been raised quite significantly to get this double/half tempo dub vibe with plenty of tape echo and spring reverb. Never feat. Robert Owens (Alternate Version) is next, with a slight variation on the original rhythm, focusing instead on a 2-step rhythm and a few percussion extras.
Following this is a new arrangement of Evening Ghost, made exclusively for Fred’s live show at MUTEK festival this summer in Montreal, and a dub arrangement of Moonrise, also inspired by the live performance. The self-explanatory Something For You (Instrumental) is next as well as the ambient “Beatless Instrumental” version of Soul Love feat. Stereo MC’s.
Broken Flute Thing was written during the album sessions but didn’t make the final cut. A Long Time Coming makes a second appearance, this time as an instrumental, originally created as a backing track for an interview for Dom Servini’s show on Jazz FM in London. The Lazy Dub of Breathe feat. James Alexander Bright is the only song on the album that was previously released on the original remix package.
The album concludes with two reprises, Asolee and A Good Day which make Love, Care, Kindness & Dubs a perfect companion to the original album.
Listen to ‘Love, Care, Kindless and Dubs’ here
Press release courtesy of Only Good Stuff
