DENNIS BOVELL, from Barbados, based in London, England, is a legend Ð a bass player legend (band leader of the legendary Linton Kwesi Johnson Band) Ð a producer legend (THE SLITS, Fela Kuti, Bananarama, Madness, Joss Stone, a.o.). He produced the soundtrack for the critically highly acclaimed movie Babylon and the hit song ÒSilly Games" by Janet Kay. In recent years his works regained interest, also due to the recent rerelease of the 80Õs movie Babylon and his participation in Steve Mc Queens drama series Small Axe about the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community, set btw 1969-82.

In 2019 ViennaÕs Dubblestandart produced a limited selection of reworks of reggae classics of Dennis BovellÕs 1980Õs band Matumbi, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Twinkle Brothers, Culture a.o. , focusing on works that have been pivotal for the inspiration of DubblestandartÕs bandleader Paul Zasky.

Nicolai Beverungen, dub reggae label headman of ECHO BEACH outta Hamburg/Germany, invited DENNIS BOVELL to ÒREPULSEÓ the album at Robbie OstÕs GoEAST Studio. Dennis felt inspired, loved the idea, re-voiced the songs, added a couple of guitar lines and also re-dubbed the album.

ÒRepulseÓ Reggae Classics features DENNIS BOVELL on vocals and as a dub producer in co-operation with Robbie Ost from Dubblestandart, mixing on a legendary E Ð 6000 solid state mixing board (taken over from TEARS FOR FEARS studio in London), using selected vintage outboard Analog equipment, developing a distinctive dub reggae sound for this coming up 2021 release.