| Artist |
Clutchy Hopkins & Lord Kenjamin |
| Album Title: |
Music Is My Medicine |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Reggae: Dub |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
04/21/2009 |
| Label |
Ubiquity Records |
| Catalog No |
URCD244 |
| Bar Code No |
7 80661 12442 9 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
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The Old Spot (0:00)
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| 2.
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Brother John (0:00)
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| 3.
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Cold And Wet (0:00)
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| 4.
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Riff Raff Rollin (0:00)
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| 5.
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Lord Kenji (0:00)
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| 6.
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Doty's Leslie (0:00)
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| 7.
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Tune Traveler (0:00)
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| 8.
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Shadowfish (0:00)
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| 9.
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Gourds Of The Desert (0:00)
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| 10.
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Turtle Rock (0:00)
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| 11.
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Heavy Hands (0:00)
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| Date Acquired |
12/11/2012 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
14.86 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
Notes:
With faint memories of a 4 track, deep-rooted beats, and a melodica, I have been brought back to health by the help of Lord Kenjamin and the music we made together. As a token of my appreciation I have promised the good Lord Kenjamin that the world would one day hear these recordings. The music has made a huge impact on our spirits and health during this time. We will call this record Music Is My Medicine.
Credits:
Arranged By, Producer, Written-By – Clutchy Hopkins, Lord Kenjamin
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 7 80661 12442 9
Barcode: 780661124429
Matrix / Runout: 6142 - URCD244 020509
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LT05
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Analyzed Folder: Clutchy Hopkins - Music Is My Medicine_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR07 -0.10 dB -08.69 dB 01 - The Old Spot.flac
DR06 -0.10 dB -07.55 dB 02 - Brother John.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -11.25 dB 03 - Cold and Wet.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -10.25 dB 04 - Riff Raff Rollin.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -10.31 dB 05 - Lord Kenji.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -09.40 dB 06 - Doty's Leslie.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -08.96 dB 07 - Tune Traveler.flac
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.99 dB 08 - Shadowfish.flac
DR07 -0.10 dB -08.46 dB 09 - Gourds of the Desert.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -09.71 dB 10 - Turtle Rock.flac
DR10 -0.10 dB -11.37 dB 11 - Heavy Hands.flac
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Number of Files: 11
Official DR Value: DR8
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Thom Jurek:
At this point, whoever Clutchy Hopkins is or isn't doesn't make a whit of difference. The Ubiquity label is sticking to its great mythological story (see the bio for the whole shebang) and for all it matters in the sometimes faceless world of beat production, samples, and rhythm tracks, the myth is far more interesting than fact anyway because it's the music that wins the day. This time out, after a pair of full-lengths and a collaborative album with Shawn Lee, the Misled Children (Clutchy Hopkins' "disciples") have come up with a new chapter in the story. Supposedly they turned over a slew of 2" reels to Ubiquity that claim to be a collaboration between the mysterious Hopkins and an entirely new enigma: Lord Kenjamin. The sounds found on these 11 tracks are a seamless meld of blissed-out melodies. Often skeletal in nature, yet adorned smartly and often infectiously, they glide atop equally smart bass and drum tracks that have been dimensionally expanded by the addition of dubbed out soundscapes and steamy Jamaican rhythms. A great example is the gorgeous "Doty's Leslie," where a slippery organ melody is accompanied by another organ track as its rhythmic counterpart, and padded down with bells, fat analogue-sounding keyboard bass, and great breaks and loops. The Leslie speaker referred to in the title adds a spectacular, spacy wash of sound that pulses in the bass tracks, breathing right through the mix. Add to this a lonesome melodica and the high register notes from a Rhodes piano and you have something seductive, languid, and infectious. Other tracks are more pronouncedly reggae influenced, such as the "Tune Traveler," where overdriven bubbling dub efx are spilled all over the rhythm tracks and some lithe, sparkling, echo-laden keyboards serve as a minimal melody line so it sounds like Chinese folk music lathered onto a dread dubscape. Clutchy Hopkins' story may indeed be an overly preposterous crock, but the music is close to sublime. And that's what counts.
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