Bill Laswell's 1997 remix collection of the Bob Marley catalog. At eleven tracks, the set deftly works a seam that feels at once familiar yet pleasantly discordant. As an ambient exploration of dub, traces of Marley's original compositions float in and out, at times cresting, though more often submerged in atmosphere. As Laswell's paints the walls with sound, melodies appear and disappear. Spacious, impressionistic and meditative, Dreams proves the exception to the rule of the remix album---no small feat for a cottage industry with a history of sideways results . . .
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