Heavy dub sessions from the Chicago duo of Peabody & Sherman, aka bassist Curtis Ruptash and percussionist Phillip Hertz. For their new "Playdate" incarnation, they entered the studio with musicians from Chi-town and Brooklyn (including members of Chin Chin and Chimp Beams) for some one-take dub explorations, which come out sounding suitably jammy yet surprisingly sharp. A-side features the guitar of Chin Chin's Jeremy Wilms on the flute-y remix to Channel U's "Red Sky(1)" and the original "Lonesome Cowboy(2)" (the latter of which also has some mean melodica by Chimp Beams' Yusuke Yamamoto). Flip it over for more P&S / Chimp Beams collabo (this time it's Marihito Ayabe on MPC, turntable and Rhodes) with the perfectly titled extended jam "Drifting(3)" and a remix of "Wine(4)" by Ayabe's Brooklyn / Oakland group, Long Dist.

reviewed by Larri Byrd