Have Fun With God

Don't be fooled by names. Dub is a ghost, a duppy. Here are Dream River versions, killed and resurrected, spilling tales of the other side of life in a language conceivable only if you let yourself be taken there.

Have Fun With God is Bill Callahan and his mixer Brian Beattie's dub version of last year's excellent Dream River. It feels like a live, real-time dub, and in addition to this sense of spontaneity, the arrangements lend themselves well to the treatment.

The Artist Formerly Known As Smog returns with a dub take on his excellent 2013 album. It would have made a nice bonus CD.

As the title suggests, this record is the ghost of Bill Callahan's Dream River, drifting hypnotic across the astral plane…

Bill Callahan's well-metered, sophisticated, and subtly hilarious 2013 album Dream River was a glistening, understated experience.

Have Fun with God is a featureless expanse of echoing congas, with Callahan occasionally rising from the depths to sing something.

This 'dub' companion piece to his 2013 album Dream River is like a fascinating cubist remix, writes <strong>Maddy Costa</strong>