Akio Nagase - Dub Acid EPEspecial is delighted to reprise the labels relationship with Osakas acid master, Akio Nagase. Following his debut, Global Acid EP and follow up African Acid EP covered a range of influences, all with the heavy dose of Roland TR 303, here he completes a trilogy of EPs, culminating in a homage to his love of dub reggae. Having made reggae influenced dance music under the Makedub alias for decades, here he takes it a step further, utilising a knack for

but this time is distilled into a peaceful and coherent audio experience as opposed to the artist's more widely recognised club-focused sensibilities

Track A2 is mis-spelled as "Hynpnotic Flute" Sanlaz Music/Aquarius II - ASCAP

Heavy chord stabs and delicate overdrive counterpoint the immense scope of conjured space in 'Ael Na Dub'

comes from Aleksandir

Camara’s entrepreneurial spirit took root early

they have created one of the finest records to come out of Brazil in recent years

70s and 80s has experienced quite the renaissance

progressive soul and cosmic folk

there have been striking remixes that reframe the original track

Todd Edwards thanks St

- Song listing in 3-lines for side A and in 4 lines for side B (until about the second half of 1972)

Tom Tom Club and a lost Compass Point B-side