{"product_id":"ghost-dubs-damaged-2026-pressing","title":"Ghost Dubs - Damaged (2026 Pressing)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"37\" data-end=\"181\"\u003eBack in print on vinyl for the first time since 2024. Available on CD for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"37\" data-end=\"181\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"37\" data-end=\"51\"\u003eGhost Dubs\u003c\/strong\u003e, real name Michael Fiedler, aka Jah Schulz, announces a rebirth with \u003cem data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"130\"\u003eDamaged\u003c\/em\u003e, his first album for \u003cstrong data-start=\"152\" data-end=\"163\"\u003eThe Bug\u003c\/strong\u003e's PRESSURE label.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"776\"\u003eHaving recently dropped two criminally overlooked experimental dub LPs with his \u003cem data-start=\"263\" data-end=\"281\"\u003eDub Over Science\u003c\/em\u003e series, the German producer\/bass specialist now stretches his own parameters of outwardness still further with these twelve fresh explorations of dub deviance. For those who feel the fusion of dub techno and ambient drone had creatively ended with the demise of the short-lived, Berlin-based \u003cstrong data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"592\"\u003eChain Reaction\u003c\/strong\u003e label, Ghost Dubs now upgrades and extends that legendary blueprint's abstract methodology even further and deeper, floating away upon a wonderfully warm sea of hiss and static bliss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"1159\"\u003eThis is dub so atomized that it disintegrates within your eardrums. It's music where the machines take over and virtually all traces of humanity are erased. But thankfully, the warmest soul still oozes seductively from the pores of Fiedler's robo riddims. Relentlessly hypnotic, seriously sedated, \u003cem data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1085\"\u003eDamaged\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the point of departure within its mesmerising low-end grooves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1458\"\u003eAlbum opener \u003cem data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1186\"\u003e\"Chemical\"\u003c\/em\u003e provides an opiated slo-mo skank, which sounds like \u003cstrong data-start=\"1239\" data-end=\"1253\"\u003ePlastikman\u003c\/strong\u003e's \u003cem data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1266\"\u003eConsumed\u003c\/em\u003e era pulsations drenched heavily in sub-aquatic FX. A triumph of surface noise surfing and subwoofer-testing relentlessness, it provides the perfect intro to this compellingly immersive album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1810\"\u003eFor batty shakers and headtrippers alike, there's added thrills aplenty, as Ghost Dubs' Richter-scale tremor rhythms remain impressively massive, and the atmospheric depths of \u003cem data-start=\"1636\" data-end=\"1645\"\u003eDamaged\u003c\/em\u003e appear tantalisingly oceanic. Throughout the duration of the dreamy selection, there is an obsessive balance of bewitching ambience and heavyweight bassbin shaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1812\" data-end=\"2241\"\u003eThe lead single \u003cem data-start=\"1828\" data-end=\"1841\"\u003e\"Thin Line\"\u003c\/em\u003e itself provides a missing link between \u003cstrong data-start=\"1881\" data-end=\"1904\"\u003eAfrican Head Charge\u003c\/strong\u003e's early percussive body probes and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1940\" data-end=\"1958\"\u003eRhythm \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/strong\u003e's addictive radiance, with the slightest hint of \u003cstrong data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2018\"\u003eBurial\u003c\/strong\u003e's doomed romantic hauntology added for good measure. Alternately, and no less gracefully, \u003cem data-start=\"2109\" data-end=\"2125\"\u003e\"Dub Lobotomy\"\u003c\/em\u003e bizarrely resembles \u003cstrong data-start=\"2146\" data-end=\"2161\"\u003eMiles Davis\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cem data-start=\"2163\" data-end=\"2179\"\u003eGet Up with It\u003c\/em\u003e chopped, screwed and relocated to a futuristic Kingston Town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2243\" data-end=\"2664\"\u003eImpressive indeed, Fiedler's mastery of live dubbing on his mixing desk shines across the duration, giving the album an improvised edge and sense of peripheral chaos. Elsewhere, spooked steppers (\u003cem data-start=\"2439\" data-end=\"2452\"\u003e\"Hot Wired\"\u003c\/em\u003e), haunting house (\u003cem data-start=\"2471\" data-end=\"2487\"\u003e\"True to Life\"\u003c\/em\u003e) and 4th World psychogeography (\u003cem data-start=\"2520\" data-end=\"2530\"\u003e\"Undone\"\u003c\/em\u003e) combine to ensure there is a forever-changing mixture of flavours percolating within the admirable consistency of the overall sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2666\" data-end=\"3011\"\u003eWith a tip of the cap and nod of the head to \u003cstrong data-start=\"2711\" data-end=\"2719\"\u003ePole\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem data-start=\"2721\" data-end=\"2740\"\u003e\"Second Thoughts\"\u003c\/em\u003e), it's no surprise then that PRESSURE would turn to the great Berlin-based producer \u003cstrong data-start=\"2825\" data-end=\"2841\"\u003eStefan Betke\u003c\/strong\u003e to master and cut this collection at his infamous Scape mastering room. And a fine job he did too, as high-quality sound and levels are definitely maintained throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3013\" data-end=\"3215\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eIf you like your melodies submerged, your dub narcotic, your basslines obese and your beats evaporating, \u003cem data-start=\"3118\" data-end=\"3127\"\u003eDamaged\u003c\/em\u003e provides the perfect prescription and entry point into Ghost Dubs' spectral soundworld.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spindizzy Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl 2LP","offer_id":58426165231961,"sku":"SDZ-47966","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58426165264729,"sku":"SDZ-47967","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/GHOST-DUBS-DAMAGED.png?v=1782726502","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/ghost-dubs-damaged-2026-pressing","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}