Easy Star Records is putting the concluding touches on Radiodread, a reggae interpretation of Radiohead's OK Computer. Thematically, Radiodread will be the Easy Star All-Stars follow-up to 2003's Dub Side Of The Moon, a reggae version of Pink Floyd's classic album Dark Side Of The Moon. Though still in production, Easy Star targets August 15 as the album's release date.

Containing more star power than Dub Side, Radiodread will feature contributions from Toots Hibbert of Toots & The Maytals, Citizen Cope and Sugar Minott. Producer Michael G. recently traveled to Florida to record Toots' vocals for "Let Down" and the track has already been slotted into heavy rotation on the Maytals' tour bus. Cope, a huge Radiohead fan, took time out from recording his new album to lend his talents to "Karma Police." Longtime Easy Star associate Sugar Minott, who will be targeting 2007 for a new release of his own, will contribute "Exit Music (For A Film)"

Junior Jazz, Horace Andy, Morgan Heritage, Frankie Paul and Kirsty Rock will also appear on the reggae compilation.

Labels: Radiohead