Mission Control

Objective Control is vocalist Xan Tyler and a “riddim group” made up of celebrated drum’n’bass duo Mafia & Fluxy; bassist Baby Dread; guitarists Carlton Brooding and Dark Metal; horn and brass players Dave Fulwood, Eddie, and Richard Doswell (of Dillinger’s Crispy Horns Section, who also added flute); and two London-based DJs: Denis Nolan and McKinky. In 2001, this mad stylee band of fans rock and roll reggae performers, maverick dub music artists/manufacturers coalesced to record the Dub Display record for Poptones’ In Dub imprint. This record — created and blended by reggae/dub tale Mad Teacher (delivered Neil Fraser) and having a visitor vocal appearance by Lee “Damage” Perry (on “THE FINAL Trumpet”) — was documented at Mad Professor’s South London-based Ariwa Studios. The short-lived reggae subsidiary In Dub was operate by Poptones honcho Alan McGee’s wife Kate Holmes(who also contributes flute for Objective Control). She got previously been half from the synth pop duo Technique with Tyler.