Dub Asylum is the latest musical alias for Peter McLennan, former member of reggae-thrash-punk-ska mutants the Hallelujah Picassos. Dub Asylum is a musical mash-up of dub reggae, hip hop and funk.

Kick-started in 1998, with debut EP Dub Never Sleeps appearing in 199, followed by the first album She Dubs Me, She Dubs Me Not in 2002, and the She Dubs Me... remix ep on vinyl in 2004.

A new album is on the way, but in the meantime, check out the five-song Ba Ba Boom! EP. Also done some remixes for The Midnights, Kolab, Onelung and Car Crash Set. I'm always up for a remix, just ask me!

Some reviews of my new Ba Ba Boom! EP...

Back2Basics magazine, October issue, Martyn Pepperell, 3 and a half stars
Ba Ba Boom finds McLennan exploring a divergent sonic palette, nimbly held together by a recurring use of funk-fueled breakbeat patterns... The disc kicks off with Smash Thru, an old school hiphop sound that quickly turns into horn and scratch-heavy track title track Ba ba Boom! - easily my favourite song off the release. The cut blends instrumental hiphop and bigg band funk with effortless cool. My Sneaker Collection Weighs A Ton follows, in esence an old school stab-driven breakdance funk tune... Ba Ba Boom is an accomplished release.


Ba Ba Boom! EP review Graham Reid from Elsewhere.co.nz...
"terrific EP of beats, hip-hop meets reggae culture, and much more.. I have been cranking these five tracks up way, way loud... these tracks reference everything from a King Tubby/Studio One stoned ska session in Jamaica with scratching, to rebel pop and old school hip-hop from the Bronx in the 80s. It's a kinda mad but focused mix-up and very quirky. Funked up too.

The folks at Radio RDU's The Joint had to say... "Stand out track for us is the heavyweight title track "Ba Ba Boom!" - with its skankalicious horns it sounds like something King Tubby wrote for a marching band."