Golden Chariot (DBN120) 7" 45rpm

Karl Blau has become the most active member of the Dub Narcotic Studio Patrol, recording his own smooth jams, and those by LAKE, Arrington de Dionyso, The Hive Dwellers, Angelo Spencer and The Curious Mystery. As such it was a natural step for the prolic Blau (sweet croon, soft tremble) to record a Dub Narcotic Disco Plate. In virtuoso fashion, Blau played all the instruments. "Golden Chariot" [DBN120] makes a big pot of soup, open up and say "aaaah." You can use your words. A dierent version of this song is also included on Karl Blau's 12-inch EP MAX [KLP227]. This disco plate version of "Golden Chariot" oers what MAX does not: a remix by Selector Dub Narcotic (the vinyl nom de plume of Calvin Johnson) who was given not only the supervisory role of this recording, but also provided emergency late-night peanut butter sandwiches. The sparseness of "Golden Chariot" countersinks the fat, driving beats-- Blau's caterwauling turns the hard back beat into a spike driving trance. An organ hol