Basement Guy

Perhaps recalling the long history of dub reggae, London's Basement 5 titled their debut album 1965-1980, though it lay closer to the synth pop of the time than anything Jamaica had produced. That same year, producer and group mastermind Martin Hannett -- who had recently capped his long association with Joy Division -- engineered the ambitious In Dub LP, featuring versions of tracks from the original album. ~ John Bush