Featured in Michael Fremer's Heavy Rotation in the June 2004 Issue of Stereophile!
It's a mystery, really, why a music biz legend like Adrian Sherwood hasn't released a solo album until now.
Okay, the man has been rather busy over the last twenty years or so, producing and/or remixing some of the most innovative recordings under his own moniker or that of his On-U Sound label Never Trust A Hippy reflects the way its maker sees the multifarious Real World.
"It's a logical marriage," Sherwood says. "I was thinking about myself in conjunction with the bulk of what Real World has done. It's not a remix album, it's one piece of work. It's my own version of a kind of world music-sci-fi-dub-dancehall record, made contemporary by using such great people as Sly and Robbie, Lenky, Jazzwad and Bubblers." This being his first venture as a solo artist, he admits to feeling slightly trepidatious about stepping into unknown territory. But after testing it out on the dance floor - his fail-safe litmus test - he is exceptionally proud of the result. "I can play this out in clubs and happily have it represent me. And I know these tracks go down really well loud.
Produced by Adrian Sherwood
Engineered by Nick Coplowe
Recorded and mixed at On-U Sound Studios
LP Mastered by Ray Staff
Selections:
Disc One:
1. No Dog Jazz
2. Hari Up Hari
3. Haunted By Your Love
4. Processed World
5. The Ignorant Version
6. The Dancehall Beatbox
7. Spy Dancehall
8. Boogaloo
Disc Two:
1. Hari Up Hari (Vocal Mix)
2. Dead Man Smoking
3. X Plantation
4. The Ignorant Bug
5. Paradise Of Nara (Remix)
6. Strange Turn
7. Majestic 12
It's a mystery, really, why a music biz legend like Adrian Sherwood hasn't released a solo album until now.
Okay, the man has been rather busy over the last twenty years or so, producing and/or remixing some of the most innovative recordings under his own moniker or that of his On-U Sound label Never Trust A Hippy reflects the way its maker sees the multifarious Real World.
"It's a logical marriage," Sherwood says. "I was thinking about myself in conjunction with the bulk of what Real World has done. It's not a remix album, it's one piece of work. It's my own version of a kind of world music-sci-fi-dub-dancehall record, made contemporary by using such great people as Sly and Robbie, Lenky, Jazzwad and Bubblers." This being his first venture as a solo artist, he admits to feeling slightly trepidatious about stepping into unknown territory. But after testing it out on the dance floor - his fail-safe litmus test - he is exceptionally proud of the result. "I can play this out in clubs and happily have it represent me. And I know these tracks go down really well loud.
Produced by Adrian Sherwood
Engineered by Nick Coplowe
Recorded and mixed at On-U Sound Studios
LP Mastered by Ray Staff
Selections:
Disc One:
1. No Dog Jazz
2. Hari Up Hari
3. Haunted By Your Love
4. Processed World
5. The Ignorant Version
6. The Dancehall Beatbox
7. Spy Dancehall
8. Boogaloo
Disc Two:
1. Hari Up Hari (Vocal Mix)
2. Dead Man Smoking
3. X Plantation
4. The Ignorant Bug
5. Paradise Of Nara (Remix)
6. Strange Turn
7. Majestic 12
