This is the positive way to deal with economic problems. Dub Colossus started out mixing dub reggae with Ethiopian styles in a fusion that worked brilliantly but simply didn't pay its way, thanks to the cost of air tickets and visas. So Nick "Dubulah" Page, the band's leader, changed direction, and the result is an exuberant album featuring (mostly) British-based musicians, with the emphasis now on dub and funk. The songs are driven on by the Horns of Negus and feature a selection of guest singers, with Jamaican veteran Joseph Cotton stomping through the dancehall dub opener, Boom Ka Boom, before the smoother styles of PJ Higgins and Mykael S Riley (of Steel Pulse fame) take over. Natacha Atlas, Albert Kuvezin and Winston Blissett also make appearances, and Dubulah provides highly effective, half-spoken vocals on Madmen, one of several songs with angry political lyrics in this rambling, rumbling, bravely original set.