Neither a Reggae Top 40 nor a tired rehash of overly familiar JA tracks, Dread of Night is an amalgam of music from the mainstream of this constantly evolving art form coupled with rare and historical recordings from the genre’s colorful history. Presented in a unique Theater of the Mind manner, the program unfolds as a visit to a sound system dance night on an unspecified stretch of tropical beac
h. The producer understands the power of both sound and imagination in spinning out a cyber-hiatus to when radio was king. Wed this to the host’s incisive observations, tales of unusual characters both real and imagined, plus a studied insight, all lovingly overlaid with the constant beat of reggae dub music sweetly spiced with tree frogs, feral dogs and howler monkeys in the distance while the night surf plays against a sandy shore, Dread of Night is a weekly sonic visit to the nocturnal topics.
