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Dreadzone new album, Eye On The Horizon

Dreadzone release their new studio album, Eye On The Horizon, on 26th April 2010.

Eye On The Horizon paints a familiar picture for Dreadzone fans everywhere with its well produced mix of commerical radio-friendly pop sounding  reggae and uptempo dance rhythms.  Songs like Tomorrow Never Comes & Changes stand out as possible chart-friendly UK hits, while the forthcomnig single Beyond A Rock sees Dreadzone rock out.

Eye On The Horizon includes ten new tracks. American Dread is a personal favourite, and is more akin to the sample drenched Dreadzone roots which err towards their Big Audio Dynamite rhythm section beginnings. It also includes a catchy sample that reminds me in a strange way of the floor-filling Little Britain.

Dreadzone’s original sound, enthusing dub reggae, house music, trance and pop helped them to become one of the UK’s original dance music pioneers in the early 1990’s. MCing and reggae vocals partner the mix of live guitars, electronic beats and dub bass to perfection.

Eye On The Horizon features iconic samples (notably, the legendary theme from Long Good Friday on Gangster, a spoken word piece from Woody Guthrie and Dennis Brown’s Greensleeves classic Whip Them Jah on American Dread) all of which compliment the bass and beat heavy Dreadzone style perfectly.

Live performances have always been separate from the more polished, commercial sound of Dreadzone’s studio albums.  Though I’m aware daytime radio and UK charts dictate an overproduced sound, I have always preferred the Dreadzone live experience more, where bass speakers and a sweaty, happy dancing audience will have me grinning from ear to ear.

The Dreadzone story began with Alan McGee‘s Creation Records and their first groundbreaking album 360, continuing with major waves their seminal 1995 album Second Light picking up support from John Peel (who included the album in his top ten favourite albums of all time).

The core members Greg Dread (drums), Leo Williams (bass), MC Spee, legendary Studio One vocalist Earl 16 alongside Chris Compton on guitar and Chris Oldfield on technology make up the new line up.

Dreadzone - Eye On The Horizon tracklisting:

1.TOMORROW NEVER COMES
2.FOR A REASON
3.CHANGES
4.AMERICAN DREAD
5.BEYOND A ROCK
6. GANGSTER
7. YEAH MAN
8.MY FACE
9. WALK TALL
10. JUST LET GO

For more information visit www.dreadzone.com