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Twenty years after their first release, the band that the great John Peel championed with passion, Dreadzone have released their latest opus Escapades and the result is something that perhaps the great man would no doubt have raved about for many years to come.

Not only is the usual hybrid of Reggae and hard Folk fused with the electronic-dub very much in evidence throughout this articulate and thoughtful album but its charm lies with the appreciation of memory, of battles fought, wrongs righted and knowing still that the war is from over, there are still far too many injustices to take care of. Dreadzone capture the antagonism of the age superbly, the ever creeping anger at the way many have become marginalised just for being who they are whilst others revel in the misery caused.