World House by Strategy

From our 2005 one-sheet:

Strategy brings us two slamming deep-dub-house-punk-disco-Fourth-World jams. Jon Hassell meets King Tubby meets DFA uptown in Chicago circa 1987..with that feisty "Cascadian Magic." Experimental dance/dub music for those who like it messy. "World House" is a whirlwind of tabla, guitar, bass, and house claps with an electric piano lead, whereas "I Have To Do This Thing" is nearly a Detroit House tribute- complete with sentimental pads, a heavy vibe, a solidly lower tempo, an ominous bassline, all mixed with experimental generative percussion patches. These are summer jams for hard times.

Strategy, aka Paul Dickow, is a Portland, Oregon-based producer and musician who has recorded a wide range of styles for labels such as kranky, ORAC, audraglint, Audio Dregs, and more. He is co-founder of the Community Library and Archi-gramophone labels and can frequently be found DJing in some of Portland's best clubs and promoting Cascadian regional autonomy.

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