The tragic death of Ari Up early this week has a lot of people digging out the work of her seminal dub-punk group The Slits with a renewed appreciation. But perhaps the bigger tragedy isn’t just the loss of a legend, but the fact that well into the ’00s, the dreaded visionary was still creating quality music. Her 2005 album Dread More Dan Dead was a favorite around the URB office that year, with it’s perfect combination of her vintage reggae-dub aesthetic and more modern electronic techniques. So while the rest of the web celebrates Ariane Daniele Forster aclaimed early work, we figured we’d offer up something more recent, yet equaly memorable.

Ari Up – “Me Done” (2005)


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