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RELEASE DATE: 1/3/2025
When dub and dope beats entered into an open relationship in the mid-nineties and created a casual hybrid with trip hop, Jean-Yves Prieur aka Kid Loco was one of the first French people to be there. With singles like "She's My Lover" and "Love Me Sweet" and the album A Grand Love Story, the producer proved himself to be a loverman indeed, with a knack for bedroom moods, charming little melodies and a comforting balance between minimalism and lush arrangements. As a keyboard all-rounder, Guillaume Méténier aka Soul Sugar has been featured on numerous Kid Loco productions for more than twenty years. From the synthesizer to the clavinet, from the Fender Rhodes to the Leslie organ, the "Funky Frenchman" is no stranger to any keyboard instrument. The Hamburg label Echo Beach, which has already issued dub commissions for a number of pop and new wave classics, thought it was time to change that.
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LP version. When dub and dope beats entered into an open relationship in the mid-nineties and created a casual hybrid with trip hop, Jean-Yves Prieur aka Kid Loco was one of the first French people to be there. With singles like "She's My Lover" and "Love Me Sweet" and the album A Grand Love Story, the producer proved himself to be a loverman indeed, with a knack for bedroom moods, charming little melodies and a comforting balance between minimalism and lush arrangements. As a keyboard all-rounder, Guillaume Méténier aka Soul Sugar has been featured on numerous Kid Loco productions for more than twenty years. From the synthesizer to the clavinet, from the Fender Rhodes to the Leslie organ, the "Funky Frenchman" is no stranger to any keyboard instrument. The Hamburg label Echo Beach, which has already issued dub commissions for a number of pop and new wave classics, thought it was time to change that.
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The one and only Dub Syndicate album mixed by Overton "Scientist" Brown comes as an official reissue as expanded limited collector's edition! Originally released as catalogue number Lion & Roots 001 in 1998 on Style Scott's own label, here's the expanded and remastered collector's limited edition. The longplayer Mellow & Colly is timeless for real and should not be missed in any Dub Syndicate collection or serious reggae selection. It is also the crucial half of Style Scott's two-album Scientist Vs. Sherwood Soundclash project that started his Lion & Roots label in 1998. The other half entitled Fear Of A Green Planet (EB 200CD) was already reissued late 2023 on Echo Beach. Featuring the original eight tracks and expanded with another five tracks taken from the completely unreleased Jamaican session demo tapes -- three of those lately overdubbed by Jesse King from Canada, better known as Dubmatix! Also featuring U Brown, Junior Reid, Big Youth, Ranking Joe, and Ansel Cridland.
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LP version. The one and only Dub Syndicate album mixed by Overton "Scientist" Brown comes as an official reissue as expanded limited collector's edition! Originally released as catalogue number Lion & Roots 001 in 1998 on Style Scott's own label, here's the expanded and remastered collector's limited edition. The longplayer Mellow & Colly is timeless for real and should not be missed in any Dub Syndicate collection or serious reggae selection. It is also the crucial half of Style Scott's two-album Scientist Vs. Sherwood Soundclash project that started his Lion & Roots label in 1998. The other half entitled Fear Of A Green Planet (EB 200CD) was already reissued late 2023 on Echo Beach. Featuring the original eight tracks and expanded with another five tracks taken from the completely unreleased Jamaican session demo tapes -- three of those lately overdubbed by Jesse King from Canada, better known as Dubmatix! Also featuring U Brown, Junior Reid, Big Youth, Ranking Joe, and Ansel Cridland.
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25th anniversary release of the album from 1998 as expanded special limited edition. It is the eighth Dub Syndicate studio album mixed by Adrian Sherwood. Originally released as catalogue number Lion & Roots 002 in 1998 on Style Scott's own label, here's the expanded and remastered collectors limited edition as double LP set including additional tracks not available on the original vinyl release (a total of 15 tracks on vinyl) and also as 16-track CD release (also included in the vinyl package), with the booklet including excerpts from an unpublished interview. Main vocal contributor is the legendary artist Big Youth plus Little David courtesy of J.R. Productions (Junior Reid's camp), backing vocals by Skip McDonald and Style Scott's inimitable laughter. The basic tracks were recorded in Jamaica, with some of the pals from the Roots Radics days (i.e. Flabba Holt, Steely Johnson) at Studio 2000 (Steely & Clevie's studio) and the legendary Tuff Gong Recording Studio, followed by overdubbing in the USA at Greenpoint Studios (Bill Laswell's studio) and Playroom Studios in New York, with additional overdub and final mix at On-U Sound (London) by Adrian Sherwood.
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LP version. 25th anniversary release of the album from 1998 as expanded special limited edition. It is the eighth Dub Syndicate studio album mixed by Adrian Sherwood. Originally released as catalogue number Lion & Roots 002 in 1998 on Style Scott's own label, here's the expanded and remastered collectors limited edition as double LP set including additional tracks not available on the original vinyl release (a total of 15 tracks on vinyl) and also as 16-track CD release (also included in the vinyl package), with the booklet including excerpts from an unpublished interview. Main vocal contributor is the legendary artist Big Youth plus Little David courtesy of J.R. Productions (Junior Reid's camp), backing vocals by Skip McDonald and Style Scott's inimitable laughter. The basic tracks were recorded in Jamaica, with some of the pals from the Roots Radics days (i.e. Flabba Holt, Steely Johnson) at Studio 2000 (Steely & Clevie's studio) and the legendary Tuff Gong Recording Studio, followed by overdubbing in the USA at Greenpoint Studios (Bill Laswell's studio) and Playroom Studios in New York, with additional overdub and final mix at On-U Sound (London) by Adrian Sherwood.
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There is a dub series that has been causing a sensation for years, and has been since the release of King Size Dub 1 in 1994. In the series there were always trips to obscure counting (Vol. 69) and specials about certain regions (Dub In Germany), labels (ON-U Sound Records from London) or bands (Dubmatix from Toronto). It's wonderful that with KSD 23, another compilation in the series presents dub as a multi-layered art of sound mixing. In this edition, there is a spectacular focus on cover versions of very famous songs like "Cocaine" (JJ Cale), "Personal Jesus" (Depeche Mode), "Master Blaster" (Stevie Wonder), "Blue Monday" (New Order), "Guns Of Brixtion" (The Clash), "The Robots" (Kraftwerk), and so on.
Features Noiseshaper, Simple Straw, Mexican Dubwiser, Artwork Jamal, Dubvisionist, Reggaesta, Earl 16, Dubinator, Alan Moore, Dieter Meier, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill, Dubby Wonder, Eugene Tambourine, Seanie T meets Aldubb, Rob Smith aka RSD, Martha And The Muffins, Dreadzone, Misled Convoy meets Uncle Fester On Acid, Bim Sherman, Dub Mode, Joseph Holiday, L.A.B meets Paolo Baldini DubFiles, Dubmatix, Barry Ashworth, Manasseh, Kleer meets Dubinator, RE-201, Awa Fall, Zion Train, Kid Loco meets Soul Sugar.
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David Bowie polymath, Briton, chameleon, duke, enigma ... the list could go on until Z for Ziggy. David Bowie morphed from folkie to space popper, from West Berlin myth to chic regular at Studio 54, from pop star to actor to art connoisseur. But although the Thin White Duke repeatedly drank from the cup of black music history, no proper Bowie dub mix (in the Jamaican sense) survives -- and certainly not a complete album-length dub set. Producer Lee Groves and the longest-serving German dub label Echo Beach, specialists for cases like this, were unanimous: something needed to be done! Thanks to a worldwide network of musicians and studio whizzes, versions of legendary songs including by The Police, Grace Jones, Martha & The Muffins, Ton Steine Scherben, and most recently, Robert Palmer, have been created here. Dubby Stardust is another milestone in Echo Beach's dub cycle catalog and a long overdue tribute to the pop chameleon who died in 2016 -- a compilation that draws on the collective memory of three generations of fans. Features James Riley, Benedict, Joseph Holiday, Vinyl Sky, Baby Alpaca, Jasmine Ash, Tom Rhodes, and Zachary Kibbee.
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New wave and dub reggae are two children of the same generation, separated at birth, and yet now united in triumph: 15 years after his Echo Beach tribute to British pop pioneers The Police, Dubxanne returns to the roots and infects ten classics of the new wave, post-punk and synth-pop era with the dub-reggae virus. It was the worst of times, it was the best of times. It was... the eighties. Whether Gothic or New Romantic, everyone was fascinated by the possibilities offered by synths and drum machines. One warmed to the unheard-of clarity of the songs that became the anthems of a generation: "Fade to Grey", "Running up that Hill", "Video Killed The Radiostar", "Heart of Glass", some sung by amazingly feminine boys or novel, self-confident pop divas like Kate Bush, Debbie Harry, and Cindy Lauper. At the same time, reggae music is conquering the world from Jamaica, and in the wake of it a revolutionary production practice: dub. Analog at first, but also increasingly digital over the years. The album is the latest in a loose series of dub sets, with which Echo Beach pays a dubwise tribute to the defining sounds of the '80s. Features Berise & Tracy Merano, Sara Lugo, Toogah, Denham, Claire Parsons, and Querbeat. CD version contains six bonus tracks.
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LP version. New wave and dub reggae are two children of the same generation, separated at birth, and yet now united in triumph: 15 years after his Echo Beach tribute to British pop pioneers The Police, Dubxanne returns to the roots and infects ten classics of the new wave, post-punk and synth-pop era with the dub-reggae virus. It was the worst of times, it was the best of times. It was... the eighties. Whether Gothic or New Romantic, everyone was fascinated by the possibilities offered by synths and drum machines. One warmed to the unheard-of clarity of the songs that became the anthems of a generation: "Fade to Grey", "Running up that Hill", "Video Killed The Radiostar", "Heart of Glass", some sung by amazingly feminine boys or novel, self-confident pop divas like Kate Bush, Debbie Harry, and Cindy Lauper. At the same time, reggae music is conquering the world from Jamaica, and in the wake of it a revolutionary production practice: dub. Analog at first, but also increasingly digital over the years. The album is the latest in a loose series of dub sets, with which Echo Beach pays a dubwise tribute to the defining sounds of the '80s. Features Berise & Tracy Merano, Sara Lugo, Toogah, Denham, Claire Parsons, and Querbeat.
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LP version. Dubmatix has taken his time working on his new album. Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix Overdubbed was released in 2018 (EB 125CD/LP). It scooped the Juno Award for "Reggae Recording Of The Year 2019", marking the second time the Canadian producer and multi-instrumentalist from Toronto had received this coveted award. ReWired is his first studio album in years and it's already abundantly clear that the wait has been more than worth it. The album offers a dazzling, masterful kaleidoscope of modern sounds of dub-oriented bass music that is enormous fun. The Canadian could be in with a great chance of winning another Juno Award. Features Lone Ranger, Sr Wilson, Exile Di Brave and Kazam Davis, Joe Publik, The Hempolics, Lasai, Ras Kayleb, Jman, Duane Stephenson, Rootwords, and Barry Ashworth.
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Dubmatix has taken his time working on his new album. Sly & Robbie meet Dubmatix Overdubbed was released in 2018 (EB 125CD/LP). It scooped the Juno Award for "Reggae Recording Of The Year 2019", marking the second time the Canadian producer and multi-instrumentalist from Toronto had received this coveted award. ReWired is his first studio album in years and it's already abundantly clear that the wait has been more than worth it. The album offers a dazzling, masterful kaleidoscope of modern sounds of dub-oriented bass music that is enormous fun. The Canadian could be in with a great chance of winning another Juno Award. Features Lone Ranger, Sr Wilson, Exile Di Brave and Kazam Davis, Joe Publik, The Hempolics, Lasai, Ras Kayleb, Jman, Duane Stephenson, Rootwords, and Barry Ashworth.
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Red vinyl version. Originally released on CD only in 2008, this album has been in constant demand and has already seen a number of vinyl reissues. At the beginning of the 1980s, The Police were among the biggest acts on the planet, and their reunion tour in 2007 filled halls and stadiums worldwide. Like hardly any other pop band, the trio profited from influences of African and especially Jamaican music. Songs like "So Lonely" and "My Bed's Too Big Without You" would be nothing without Sting's bass foundation carpentered parallel to the vocals, and "Walking On The Moon" is probably one of the few reggae-killer bass lines that originated outside Jamaica. Time for an appreciation of a special kind: DubXanne is probably the first dub showcase based entirely on Police riddims. The album was recorded by Okada, the backing band of reggae artist Zoe, and many guests like Earl 16, Rankin Rogers, Eased (Seeed), and poet Benjamin Zephaniah. The result is saturated bass, a dynamic, repetitive steady beat, sound system atmosphere and above all: synchronicity -- a feedback of The Police's abstracted reggae elements with their Jamaican roots.
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The sound company operating under the project name Noiseshaper is poised to release a very special vinyl album into record shops worldwide. The band received great acclaim for their first albums, which were released on the legendary and famous Rockers Hifi label Different Drummer. They later became celebrated for their musical contribution to the US television series CSI - Miami! The Viennese coffee table boys Axel Hirn and Florian Fleischmann achieved cult status with their 12" single The Only Redeemer, which was later released in the US by Quango (Island Records/Palm Pictures) and fast became a permanent fixture on the playlists of the best and most popular DJs in Berlin, Vienna, Tokyo, Paris, London, and New York. The next dancefloor filler followed with "All A Dem A Do", sung by Juggla, which was the band's first release to get heavy rotation on many European and US radio stations. Next up were remixes by and for heavyweights such as Sly & Robbie, Outkast, Seven Dub, and Carl Douglas. Noiseshaper's defining sound has been distilled and condensed an utterly distinctive blend of "house-y downbeats with a fat reggae flavor" has brought the Noiseshaper's international acclaim and popularity. The very special vinyl release is the essential of what Noiseshaper has ever done all over the years with a special focus on heavy bass remixes by Adrian Sherwood and Paolo Baldini. It is another very impressive display of how a musical style has progressed. Dub as a style with all its reference points between commerce and innovation! Eight pounding dub flavor tunes all are best for bringing the dancefloors of the dub universe to boiling point. Heavy bass for heavy dancing! Features Sammy Dread, Kid Kenobi, MC Shureshock, Vido Jelashe I, G.Rizo, and Juggla.
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LP version. L.A.B return with a brand-new remix album L.A.B In Dub. The ten-track album features an array of dubbed-out L.A.B remixes by Italian producer and remixer Paolo Baldini DubFiles. This collection of tracks has been lovingly crafted by Baldini at his Alambic Conspiracy Studio in San Foca, Italy. Each dub has been created live in the studio, with Baldini working live on the stems of each track. These new versions are all created in one take with no overdubs or edits, creating entirely new versions. With the tracks hand-picked from L.A.B's catalog, L.A.B In Dub see's Baldini bring a new light with his dubbed-out versions. Combining a range of L.A.B's eclectic sounds including funk-inspired tune "Fashion Dread" and reggae-pop fan favorite "Why Oh Why", the album sees Baldini bring his signature dub-filtered sound, approaching each track with his analog techniques inspired by Jamaican pioneers King Tubby and Scientist. Following on from multiple number one singles and albums, alongside a growing list of platinum sales and awards across New Zealand and Australia, this is the band's first ever full-length remix album in collaboration with Loop and European dub-focused label Echo Beach.
More on L.A.B: L.A.B's groove blends an eclectic mix of reggae, electronic, blues, funk, and rock -- all combining to create a sound entirely their own. L.A.B made their name on the live stages of Australasia and were recently publicly-voted as Radio New Zealand's Best Live Act. L.A.B have become a mainstay in the NZ Music Charts and on the festival circuit, performing at every major festival across NZ, plus marquee slots at the Byron Bay Bluesfest and WOMADelaide. A summer run of sold-out stadium and greenfield shows from January to April 2022 saw them perform to over 70,000 people in Australia and New Zealand and take out fourth spot in Pollstar's top Australasian acts for 2021/2022. 2021 saw L.A.B win Best Group, Best Album and Best Single at the New Zealand Music Awards, named as the most-played NZ act on NZ radio. After releasing five albums in five years, the band have cemented themselves on the NZ charts, with "In The Air" and "Why Oh Why" both reaching number one and remaining in the charts for over three years. Their accomplishments include all five albums reaching platinum status, alongside ten platinum singles and 13 gold singles. The biggest of these include "Why Oh Why" (three-times-Platinum), "Controller" (six-times-Platinum), and "In The Air" (eight-times-Platinum in NZ and Gold in Australia).
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L.A.B return with a brand-new remix album L.A.B In Dub. The ten-track album features an array of dubbed-out L.A.B remixes by Italian producer and remixer Paolo Baldini DubFiles. This collection of tracks has been lovingly crafted by Baldini at his Alambic Conspiracy Studio in San Foca, Italy. Each dub has been created live in the studio, with Baldini working live on the stems of each track. These new versions are all created in one take with no overdubs or edits, creating entirely new versions. With the tracks hand-picked from L.A.B's catalog, L.A.B In Dub see's Baldini bring a new light with his dubbed-out versions. Combining a range of L.A.B's eclectic sounds including funk-inspired tune "Fashion Dread" and reggae-pop fan favorite "Why Oh Why", the album sees Baldini bring his signature dub-filtered sound, approaching each track with his analog techniques inspired by Jamaican pioneers King Tubby and Scientist. Following on from multiple number one singles and albums, alongside a growing list of platinum sales and awards across New Zealand and Australia, this is the band's first ever full-length remix album in collaboration with Loop and European dub-focused label Echo Beach.
More on L.A.B: L.A.B's groove blends an eclectic mix of reggae, electronic, blues, funk, and rock -- all combining to create a sound entirely their own. L.A.B made their name on the live stages of Australasia and were recently publicly-voted as Radio New Zealand's Best Live Act. L.A.B have become a mainstay in the NZ Music Charts and on the festival circuit, performing at every major festival across NZ, plus marquee slots at the Byron Bay Bluesfest and WOMADelaide. A summer run of sold-out stadium and greenfield shows from January to April 2022 saw them perform to over 70,000 people in Australia and New Zealand and take out fourth spot in Pollstar's top Australasian acts for 2021/2022. 2021 saw L.A.B win Best Group, Best Album and Best Single at the New Zealand Music Awards, named as the most-played NZ act on NZ radio. After releasing five albums in five years, the band have cemented themselves on the NZ charts, with "In The Air" and "Why Oh Why" both reaching number one and remaining in the charts for over three years. Their accomplishments include all five albums reaching platinum status, alongside ten platinum singles and 13 gold singles. The biggest of these include "Why Oh Why" (three-times-Platinum), "Controller" (six-times-Platinum), and "In The Air" (eight-times-Platinum in NZ and Gold in Australia).
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Dub Spencer & Trance Hill have been in the music business for about 20 years and are still as hungry as a caterpillar in the leaf forest. Supposedly, the dub component always dominated, no matter if it was humorously-intelligently mixed with Christmas songs, spoken words or Italo Western. But the electronic, the psychedelic, the "trance" always played an important role in the work of the Europe-wide known Swiss band. Now, finally, this facet gets its due place on the new, 12th long-player of the quartet: Imago Cells is the name of the album and marks a metamorphosis. So out of the old arises the new, and so the dub merges with electronic dance music or better: "trance music". The tracks are clearly in the sign of the up-tempo and invite a rave. Furthermore, the sound has become even more bassy and psychedelic, but without losing the organic touch. So bubbling, echoing and grooving then the eight songs beastly good, sound unmistakably like Dub Spencer & Trance Hill and at the same time you understand that the only way is the new. A truly magical moment, like the birth of the butterfly.
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LP version. Dub Spencer & Trance Hill have been in the music business for about 20 years and are still as hungry as a caterpillar in the leaf forest. Supposedly, the dub component always dominated, no matter if it was humorously-intelligently mixed with Christmas songs, spoken words or Italo Western. But the electronic, the psychedelic, the "trance" always played an important role in the work of the Europe-wide known Swiss band. Now, finally, this facet gets its due place on the new, 12th long-player of the quartet: Imago Cells is the name of the album and marks a metamorphosis. So out of the old arises the new, and so the dub merges with electronic dance music or better: "trance music". The tracks are clearly in the sign of the up-tempo and invite a rave. Furthermore, the sound has become even more bassy and psychedelic, but without losing the organic touch. So bubbling, echoing and grooving then the eight songs beastly good, sound unmistakably like Dub Spencer & Trance Hill and at the same time you understand that the only way is the new. A truly magical moment, like the birth of the butterfly.
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LP version. The debut album of Zasky & Smith, producers of New Blade Runners Of Dub. Built on the legacy of Zasky's internationally known Dub Reggae Band Dubblestandart, New Blade Runners Of Dub blend Jed Smith's LA native, composer/producer's new school visions of sound and Zasky's European shaped dub reggae background in a unique way. Call it Europe and America in a unity reconfiguring rhythm driven music for new generations. Jed Smith composer and producer has worked for and with notable cinematic and musical talents as diverse as Macy Gray, Paul Oakenfold, Ladytron, Amp Fiddler, Electronic Arts, High Voltage, JunkieXL, Wim Wenders, amongst others. His work has been in Hollywood films such as The Bank Job, The Mist, Pledge This! and Tomb Raider, Deadpool , and Terminator. Television series such as Daredevil, Grey's Anatomy, Windfall, and Reno 911!, featured in independent films, screened at Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals. He is an award-winning multi-talent, who also designed custom-made instruments and performance sound installations. Paul Zasky and his band Dubblestandart have been touring Europe since the early '90s, promoting their high energy dub style. Their critically-acclaimed Return From Planet Dub album (2009) with Grammy winning Lee Scratch Perry, film director David Lynch and Ari Up from the Slits marked a peak in their career, collaborating with stars of the dub and reggae scene such as Marcia Griffiths, Carol Wheeler (Soul2Soul), Ken Boothe, Mikey Dread, Dillinger, Mad Professor, Dennis Bovell, Adrian Sherwood, Rob Smith, Dreadzone, Sounds From The Ground, and countless others. Dubblestandart played Summerstage concert NYC Central Park 2009, Moscow-Russia 2017, Goa-India 2013 and toured Canada 2003 & 2008. Zasky played bass for Lee Perry on all his North American Live dates 2009-2017 as part of Subatomic Sound System, including two Coachella appearances. The New Blade Runners Of Dub are a Los Angeles based music group, combining cutting edge rhythm productions and up two the time sonic visions. It is a collaboration of international known musicians from the US, Europe, England, and Jamaica. Altered concepts for new generations who identify through a new understanding of art, communication and therefor ultimately for the politics, that will shape their world. This is music for the 21st century. Decoding what lays ahead.
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A very, very special King Size Dub release... The music suggests sunshine and sound systems, hot sand and cool drinks, the bass shuffles calmly but also provocatively rebellious. Dub is the art of the disk jockey they first raised to stardom in Jamaica. In the fifties there were music mobiles, the "sound systems", the replacement for missing radio stations. The DJs, who were concerned about exclusivity, soon recorded their hit singles themselves, with instrumental backing for jokes and announcements. At the end of the sixties, this dub became independent due to technical progress. King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry played with reverb, echo and retrograde tapes. Dub broke away from Jamaica and went to New York or London, where his militancy goes well with punk. There is a dub series that has been causing a sensation for years, and has been since the release of King Size Dub 1 (back then in cooperation with the cult magazine SPEX) in 1994! In the series there were always trips to obscure counting (Vol.69) and specials about certain regions (Dub In Germany), labels (ON-U Sound Records from London) or bands (Dubmatix from Toronto). It's wonderful that with KSD 25, another compilation in the series presents dub as a multi-layered art of sound mixing. In this edition, Echo Beach friends old and new dub each other or present their own versions of pop and reggae hits by the likes of the Ramones, Bob Marley, Blondie, Robert Palmer, and David Bowie.
CD version features Seanie T Meets Aldubb, Rob Smith aka RSD, Dubinator, Dieter Meier, Dubjestic, Dennis Bovell Meets Dubblestandart, Dubmatix Meets Future Dub Orchestra, Automat, Paul St Hiliare, Dubvisionist, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill, KSD, Dubmatix, Seeed, Umberto Echo, Almamegretta, C Jones Meets Ale X, Dubby Stardust, Jasmine Ash, Re 201 Palmer In Dub, Mika Bajinsky, Deadbet, Dubxanne aka Guido Craveiro, Sara Lugo, Dubmones, New Bladerunners Of Dub, Santa Davis & Ama B, and Paolo Baldini Dubfiles Meets Noiseshaper.
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FLAPAAaaam!!! the first snare roll leaves no doubt: this is a dub album, reminiscing the pioneers of the genre like King Tubby, Lee "Scratch" Perry and Scientist and of course, it's a tribute to the revolutionary music of Bob Marley and the Wailers. The original record from which these dubs derive -- Bob by Kapelle So & So featuring Cpt. Yossarian -- was recorded in 2020, the year of Bob Marley's 75th birthday. Due to the strict lockdown all the tracks were recorded separately -- which perfectly qualifies them for a dub rework. The musicians involved took great care to dig deeply into the original music, absorbing every note of the Wailers' recordings and translating it to their own instrument. But at this point they leave common paths, because what would be Aston Barrett's electric bass turns out to be a tuba and his brother Carly's distinguished bass drum sound resurges on an old leather suitcase. A traditional Bavarian folk band (trumpet, cornet, tuba, accordion, guitar, drums) playing Bob Marley's sacred music. Simultaneously seriously sticking to the original score and adding color to the music by the masterful use of their rather uncommon instruments. What sounds like an impossible -- almost blasphemous -- endeavor actually sounds pretty neat and leads to the next big venture: a dub album paying tribute to the music of Bob Marley and the Wailers. The dub versions naturally lead on the abstract that was introduced by the uncommon orchestration by muting or emphasizing single instruments and sending them into the sonic orbit. The melody itself is almost completely left out. Nevertheless, one never loses one's orientation since the defining elements of the songs alternate skillfully, vanishing in clouds of reverb, losing themselves in echo feedbacks and then popping up again, guiding us through the song. Despite being focused mainly on bass and drums, Marley's parts instantly come to mind proving the profound impact of this divine music. Bob Marley In Dub is the abstract of an abstract and still manages to transport the heart and soul inherent of the music. With all due respect to the original, Cpt. Yossarian manages to illuminate nuances of the material yet unheard and takes you on a trip through his conception of this otherwise well-known material.
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The debut album of Zasky & Smith, producers of New Blade Runners Of Dub. Built on the legacy of Zasky's internationally known Dub Reggae Band Dubblestandart, New Blade Runners Of Dub blend Jed Smith's LA native, composer/producer's new school visions of sound and Zasky's European shaped dub reggae background in a unique way. Call it Europe and America in a unity reconfiguring rhythm driven music for new generations. Jed Smith composer and producer has worked for and with notable cinematic and musical talents as diverse as Macy Gray, Paul Oakenfold, Ladytron, Amp Fiddler, Electronic Arts, High Voltage, JunkieXL, Wim Wenders, amongst others. His work has been in Hollywood films such as The Bank Job, The Mist, Pledge This! and Tomb Raider, Deadpool , and Terminator. Television series such as Daredevil, Grey's Anatomy, Windfall, and Reno 911!, featured in independent films, screened at Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals. He is an award-winning multi-talent, who also designed custom-made instruments and performance sound installations. Paul Zasky and his band Dubblestandart have been touring Europe since the early '90s, promoting their high energy dub style. Their critically-acclaimed Return From Planet Dub album (2009) with Grammy winning Lee Scratch Perry, film director David Lynch and Ari Up from the Slits marked a peak in their career, collaborating with stars of the dub and reggae scene such as Marcia Griffiths, Carol Wheeler (Soul2Soul), Ken Boothe, Mikey Dread, Dillinger, Mad Professor, Dennis Bovell, Adrian Sherwood, Rob Smith, Dreadzone, Sounds From The Ground, and countless others. Dubblestandart played Summerstage concert NYC Central Park 2009, Moscow-Russia 2017, Goa-India 2013 and toured Canada 2003 & 2008. Zasky played bass for Lee Perry on all his North American Live dates 2009-2017 as part of Subatomic Sound System, including two Coachella appearances. The New Blade Runners Of Dub are a Los Angeles based music group, combining cutting edge rhythm productions and up two the time sonic visions. It is a collaboration of international known musicians from the US, Europe, England, and Jamaica. Altered concepts for new generations who identify through a new understanding of art, communication and therefor ultimately for the politics, that will shape their world. This is music for the 21st century. Decoding what lays ahead.
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LP version. A very, very special King Size Dub release... The music suggests sunshine and sound systems, hot sand and cool drinks, the bass shuffles calmly but also provocatively rebellious. Dub is the art of the disk jockey they first raised to stardom in Jamaica. In the fifties there were music mobiles, the "sound systems", the replacement for missing radio stations. The DJs, who were concerned about exclusivity, soon recorded their hit singles themselves, with instrumental backing for jokes and announcements. At the end of the sixties, this dub became independent due to technical progress. King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry played with reverb, echo and retrograde tapes. Dub broke away from Jamaica and went to New York or London, where his militancy goes well with punk. There is a dub series that has been causing a sensation for years, and has been since the release of King Size Dub 1 (back then in cooperation with the cult magazine SPEX) in 1994! In the series there were always trips to obscure counting (Vol.69) and specials about certain regions (Dub In Germany), labels (ON-U Sound Records from London) or bands (Dubmatix from Toronto). It's wonderful that with KSD 25, another compilation in the series presents dub as a multi-layered art of sound mixing. In this edition, Echo Beach friends old and new dub each other or present their own versions of pop and reggae hits by the likes of the Ramones, Bob Marley, Blondie, Robert Palmer, and David Bowie.
LP version featuresDubvisionist Meets Dubblestandart, Dubmatix Meets Future Dub Orchestra Dubjestic, Seanie T Meets Aldubb, Rob Smith aka RSD, Dubmones, Dubby Stardust, Jasmine Ash, Re 201 Palmer In Dub, Mika Bajinsky, Deadbet, Dubxanne aka Guido Craveiro, Sara Lugo, Dubinator, Dieter Meier, Seeed, and Umberto Echo.
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Following on the heels of the single "Chase The Devil", which pays homage to Max Romeo and the late and great Lee "Scratch" Perry, the mysterious Dubinator returns with an album-length dub set, packed with timeless riddims, versions and a whole raft of surprise guests. The new release kicks off with a version of John Holt's classic song "Police In Helicopter" -- long since a metaphor for the apparatus of oppression around the world. The tune sets the tone for an album that is suffused with rebellion, anarchy, magic -- and, naturally, dub science. The mind behind the album is an entity called Dubinator aka Nick The Reverend. Guest producer on several tracks is Dubmatix, a Canadian producer with a long list of releases on Echo Beach to his name and a major figure in the Echo Beach universe. Rumor has it that Dubinator has long been in the background, pulling strings in the dub scene, a hunch that is backed up by the guest list packed with big names, including Basement Cracks from Haiti, who add a bit of the spirit of New Wave legends The B-52s to the up-tempo track "Dub Law". Seanie T (Dub Pistols), Remington Arms Lolly (a weird guy from Texas), Max Romeo ("Chase the Devil") and Dieter Meier (Yello) contributed vocals, with the latter musing about anarchy. Tack>>Head bassist Doug Wimbish plays on "Years I Dubbed", emphasizing the omnipresent influence of the low-frequency On-U Sound school.
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Dennis Bovell, from Barbados, based in London, England, is a legend -- a bass player legend (band leader of the legendary Linton Kwesi Johnson Band) -- a producer legend (The Slits, Fela Kuti, Bananarama, Madness, Joss Stone, a.o.). He produced the soundtrack for the critically highly acclaimed movie Babylon and the hit song "Silly Games" by Janet Kay. In recent years his works regained interest, also due to the recent rerelease of the '80s movie Babylon and his participation in Steve McQueen's drama series Small Axe about the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community, set btw 1969-82. In 2019, Vienna's Dubblestandart produced a limited selection of reworks of reggae classics of Dennis Bovell's 1980's band Matumbi, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Twinkle Brothers, Culture a.o., focusing on works that have been pivotal for the inspiration of Dubblestandart's bandleader Paul Zasky. Nicolai Beverungen, dub reggae label headman of Echo Beach outta Hamburg/Germany, invited Dennis Bovell to "repulse" the album at Robbie Ost's GoEAST Studio. Dennis felt inspired, loved the idea, re-voiced the songs, added a couple of guitar lines and also re-dubbed the album. Repulse "Reggae Classics" features Dennis Bovell on vocals and as a dub producer in co-operation with Robbie Ost from Dubblestandart, mixing on a legendary E - 6000 solid state mixing board (taken over from Tears For Fears studio in London), using selected vintage outboard analog equipment, developing a distinctive dub reggae sound for this coming up 2021 release. What do songs like "I'm No Robot", "Babylon The Bandit", or Matumbi's "Hypocrite" have in common? All of them were written during the 1980s of the last century, but never lost their contemporary accuracy, still perfectly criticizing and analyzing the "pulse" todays political leaderships and societies controversial points of view, have, while entering the digital age. Re- Pulse 21!
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