Night Dubbing

Description

WRWTFWW Records presents the very first edition of Night Dubbing, the cult album by the legendary British post-disco, funk, soul, and electronic trio Imagination, in a well-deserved double vinyl format. This limited edition features impeccable audiophile treatment and luxurious packaging: a 45 RPM vinyl and a DLP mastered at half-speed, presented in a thick silver cardboard sleeve. Released in 1983, Night Dubbing is Imagination's unique album, a refined deconstruction of British soul and club pop, filtered through deep dub studio and mixing techniques. Elegant, understated, and subtly radical in its own way, this record reinterprets a selection of the group's standout tracks to offer an immersive and extraordinary listening experience. The specific mixes of Night Dubbing play with time and space. The bass lines stretch and dissolve. The voices appear, disappear, and reappear like ghosts. The drums fade into vast silences, while echoes, tape modifications, and sound engineering subtleties unfold smoothly in the stereo space, revealing themselves like magic with each listen. Much more than just an extension or a maxi version, Night Dubbing considers the studio itself as an instrument, opening new sonic dimensions. Often cited as a foundational album of the house genre, it also includes Larry Levan's historic remix of "Changes," an anthem from the Paradise Garage that helped shape club music for decades to come. More than 40 years after its release, Night Dubbing remains a major work. Its influence continues to resonate in contemporary dance music, offering a model for transforming pop into something darker, stranger, and more physical – a timeless sound that effortlessly unfolds from the dancefloor to the space. Important note: it sounds incredibly good at 33 RPM too!