Croaking Lizard
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In the fall of 2008, a limited pressing 12" called "Iron Devil" was released featuring Lee Scratch Perry and Prince Far-I in a dubstep style, including a tune based on the Perry riddim used on reggae hits like "Disco Devil", "Chase The Devil", and "Croaking Lizard". This was the first recorded example of a founder of Jamaican dub style acknowledging dubstep and creating new music in the genre, reinforcing the connection of dubstep to its roots in Jamaican dub reggae at a time when it seemed dubstep was moving away from its reggae underpinnings. The record was produced by NYC electronic dub producers Subatomic Sound System, Vienna live dub band, Dubblestandart, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and French producer Tom Watson with vocal samples of Prince Far-I's Wadada provided by the UK's Adrian Sherwood of On-U Sound Records and Dub Syndicate. The record featured some advance tracks from the Dubblestandart & Lee "Scratch" Perry album, "Return From Planet Dub" slated for release in June 2009 and featuring more dubstep tracks with Lee Scratch Perry and Prince Far-I including remakes and several remixes of Lee Scratch Perry's popular 70s dub tracks, Blackboard Jungle and Disco Devil.
