by Don Snowden Sanacore was Almamegretta's breakthrough album in Italy and made some international noise later when the moody, mysterious opener, "O Sciore Cchiù Felice," popped up on the soundtrack of The Cell starring Jennifer Lopez. Their second full album finds the Neapolitan quartet at the height of their dub infatuation -- the group basically introduced the form/concept in Italy and enlisted underground dub maestro Adrian Sherwood to mix Sanacore. It's not hard to see why Sherwood answered the call -- extremely strong basslines abound, whether coming from Pablo's keyboards or Mario Formisano's bass guitar. "Maje" works off a classic two-part reggae bassline with Rais' crooning and atmospheric keyboard effects creating a Mediterranean variant on the On-U Sound sound. The song gets propulsive, with incremental additions over a convincing riddim that makes you surrender -- Almamegretta instinctively knows how to understate and leave things ...