I don’t know if you guys have listened to 2002’s Fuck Back EP or 2003’s Can’t Cool LP, but Bernd Friedmann’s “Burnt Friedman and the Nu Dub Allstars” project used to shine for me. Yeah, Flanger was cool and so is his other Nonplace stuff, but his musicianship and soul was displayed best on this album for me. Accessible dub & jazz influenced music featuring vocals like Theo Altenberg and Abi, the LP is one of the masterpieces of 2000’s. Now here’s an interesting project by Root 70, Hayden Chisholm and Nils Wogram’s Quartet, that takes Bernd’s songs from Nonplace & Flanger and the Nu Dub Allstars albums, and strip them off their electronics and play it with acoustic instruments. Brilliant musicianship on both albums and much respect to Root 70 for coming up with the idea and delivering it fully.

Root 70 - Destination Unknown
Root 70 - Designer Groove
Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Allstars - Fly your kite
Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Allstars - Fuck Back
Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Allstars - Life is worth dying for