Adrian Sherwood and Nightmares On Wax Unite for Spiritual Nyabinghi Dub Release

Two decades after Nightmares On Wax's In A Space Outta Sound first threaded reggae and dub sound system roots through downtempo, soul, and hip-hop, George Evelyn did something remarkable for the anniversary: he handed the original master tapes to Adrian Sherwood and stepped back.

The result, In A Space Outta Dub, landed on Warp Records on April 3, 2026, eight tracks deep, with Sherwood's mixing desk running freely over the entire Nightmares On Wax catalog. Its closing piece, "Nyabinghi Dub," runs 4:51 and is where the collaboration reaches its most explicitly spiritual ground, built around Nyabinghi-inspired percussion and ritual chanting pulled into a contemporary dub frame.

Sherwood's reworks don't preserve the originals so much as mutate them. "You Wish" resurfaces as "You Bliss," "Flip Ya Lid" returns as "Flippin' Eck," and the tracklist itself signals how far Sherwood was willing to push the material. "Nyabinghi Dub" closes the record and stands apart from the other seven tracks partly because of what went into it: a small live ensemble including Mark Bandola on lead guitar, Ian Powell on percussion, Cyrus Richard on keys and melodica, and Ivan "Celloman" Hussey on cello, all working alongside Sherwood's Juno-60 synth.

That hybrid approach, live players alongside the mixing desk, cuts against the assumption of a purely electronic or sampled production. For collectors and DJs who parse that distinction, it matters considerably.

In A Space Outta Sound drew on the reggae and dub sound system roots Evelyn grew up on, blended with soul, hip-hop, and jazz. Tracks like "You Wish" and "Flip Ya Lid" became cornerstones of the Nightmares On Wax catalog across twenty years. Handing those recordings to Sherwood, one of the central architects of UK dub's crossover into post-punk and experimental electronics, closes a loop that the original album only ever suggested was possible.

The first copies of In A Space Outta Dub reached listeners before the official release date. Nightmares On Wax sold early copies at a live show at London's Royal Albert Hall on March 12, 2026, three weeks before the wider drop. CD and digital versions are available now; the colored vinyl LP ships from the UK on April 24.