Ayatollah is an apocalyptic record, full of dread -- dubwise and deep from the first chords of Jackie Mittoo's interstellar keys, over classic Wackies-style steppers drum and bass -- with a dream-like atmosphere in which pain and suffering are swirled together with devotional mystery and redemption. Originally released on the Nefertiti label in the early eighties when Jackie Mittoo was between New York and Toronto. The B-side here is another essential, extended version of that rhythm -- dancefloor murder. Such a killer.A Ayatollah B Mash Down Babylon
