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"The future of blue note... !" Twenty-three years ago, this quotation foretold a great career for Little Axe, aka Skip McDonald. The musician had already had a taste of fame with the Sugarhill Gang backing band / Tommy Boy Cooperations and their hip-hop masterpieces, writing music history along the way. Then he rolled out Little Axe and gave the blues a new, groovy face. Releases on legendary labels like Okeh Records, Realworld, On-U Sound, and majors like Sony, BMG, Warner, etc. followed. On-U Sound label mastermind Adrian Sherwood has always given Skip a platform to present his entrancing blend of blues, gospel, Cajun, dub, and trip hop: pioneering and authentic at the same time. His sound takes the essence and sound samples from blues legends such as Howlin' Wolf, Leadbelly, and Son House and distils them to create musical visions that are both penetrating and highly hypnotic. Little Axe has released seven albums to date; London Blues is his eighth official album. Old mates, like Mark Stewart (Pop Group, Maffia), Doug Wimbish (bass player for Living Colour), Keith LeBlanc (drummer), Perry Melius (drummer for African Head Charge) have provided assistance -- and JebLoy Nichols collaborated on writing. London Blues sticks tenaciously to tradition -- to the blues -- but at the same time is infused with a plethora of musical lingos. The new album is packed with songs that glitter and shine with strokes of production genius and imaginative arrangements. On London Blues, Skip McDonald's creative team is even more sophisticated and innovative than on the predecessor albums. Amazing instrumentals ("Be Thankful"), a touch of gospel ("Deep River"), splashes of trip hop with blues harp ("Next Week Thursday"), and Delta blues meets dub ("When I Rise") -- the album meticulously follows a trail between Chicago and London, blending all the stepping stones to form a smooth, irresistible pathway. CD version includes seven bonus tracks.
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LP version. Includes CD. "The future of blue note... !" Twenty-three years ago, this quotation foretold a great career for Little Axe, aka Skip McDonald. The musician had already had a taste of fame with the Sugarhill Gang backing band / Tommy Boy Cooperations and their hip-hop masterpieces, writing music history along the way. Then he rolled out Little Axe and gave the blues a new, groovy face. Releases on legendary labels like Okeh Records, Realworld, On-U Sound, and majors like Sony, BMG, Warner, etc. followed. On-U Sound label mastermind Adrian Sherwood has always given Skip a platform to present his entrancing blend of blues, gospel, Cajun, dub, and trip hop: pioneering and authentic at the same time. His sound takes the essence and sound samples from blues legends such as Howlin' Wolf, Leadbelly, and Son House and distils them to create musical visions that are both penetrating and highly hypnotic. Little Axe has released seven albums to date; London Blues is his eighth official album. Old mates, like Mark Stewart (Pop Group, Maffia), Doug Wimbish (bass player for Living Colour), Keith LeBlanc (drummer), Perry Melius (drummer for African Head Charge) have provided assistance -- and JebLoy Nichols collaborated on writing. London Blues sticks tenaciously to tradition -- to the blues -- but at the same time is infused with a plethora of musical lingos. The new album is packed with songs that glitter and shine with strokes of production genius and imaginative arrangements. On London Blues, Skip McDonald's creative team is even more sophisticated and innovative than on the predecessor albums. Amazing instrumentals ("Be Thankful"), a touch of gospel ("Deep River"), splashes of trip hop with blues harp ("Next Week Thursday"), and Delta blues meets dub ("When I Rise") -- the album meticulously follows a trail between Chicago and London, blending all the stepping stones to form a smooth, irresistible pathway.
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Even though Ton Steine Scherben never received the international recognition of some of their German contemporaries, the group, founded in Berlin in the late '60s, remains one of the most influential groups from the German counter-culture. In times of krautrock, Kraftwerk, and kosmic music, they combined more traditional guitar-based rock sounds with German protest lyrics that covered a whole range of topics -- often radical and political in the beginning, and quite lyrical and tender in later times. Their singer Rio Reiser also managed a successful German solo career before his untimely death in 1996. The songs and lyrics of Rio and Ton Steine Scherben remain to this day a source of inspiration for fans and current artists in Germany. And their own record label, David Volksmund Productions, remains one of the earliest and still active German independent record labels. The story of how In Dub came into existence goes back about 20 years. Back then, the young Echo Beach label became known for its (still-running) King Size Dub compilation series, which combined dub music from myriads of international collaborators and was sold for a nice and inexpensive price, essentially keeping the interest in all things dub alive. The third volume of that series concentrated on the German dub scene and contained dub -- and reggae -- related songs by some of Germany's biggest artists, such as Die Toten Hosen and Nina Hagen. Another highlight of that sampler was the song "Mole Hill Rocker", a collaboration between Ton Steine Scherben founders Rio Reiser and R.P.S. Lanrue. Ever since then, Echo Beach kept thinking about further collaborations with Ton Steine Scherben. Finally, Echo Beach CEO Nicolai Beverungen and two of his established dub collaborators, Fe Wolter (Di Iries, Dubvisionist) and Alexander Hornbach (Aldubb) got together with Lanrue, this time in order to create dub mixes of songs from all phases of Ton Steine Scherben's career. The group's street-fighting hymn "Keine Macht Für Niemand" gets combined with the rhythm group of Gentlemen's "The Evolution", with additional new guitar sounds by Lanrue and Nina Hagen on background vocals. A love song such as "Wunder" becomes reggae-fied under then hands of Aldubb. Other songs, such as "Filmkuss" and "In Den Tagen" have been completely re-structured at the mixing desk. A dub kaleidoscope that combines the essences of both Ton Steine Scherben and Echo Beach. CD version includes three bonus tracks.
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LP version. Includes CD. Even though Ton Steine Scherben never received the international recognition of some of their German contemporaries, the group, founded in Berlin in the late '60s, remains one of the most influential groups from the German counter-culture. In times of krautrock, Kraftwerk, and kosmic music, they combined more traditional guitar-based rock sounds with German protest lyrics that covered a whole range of topics -- often radical and political in the beginning, and quite lyrical and tender in later times. Their singer Rio Reiser also managed a successful German solo career before his untimely death in 1996. The songs and lyrics of Rio and Ton Steine Scherben remain to this day a source of inspiration for fans and current artists in Germany. And their own record label, David Volksmund Productions, remains one of the earliest and still active German independent record labels. The story of how In Dub came into existence goes back about 20 years. Back then, the young Echo Beach label became known for its (still-running) King Size Dub compilation series, which combined dub music from myriads of international collaborators and was sold for a nice and inexpensive price, essentially keeping the interest in all things dub alive. The third volume of that series concentrated on the German dub scene and contained dub -- and reggae -- related songs by some of Germany's biggest artists, such as Die Toten Hosen and Nina Hagen. Another highlight of that sampler was the song "Mole Hill Rocker", a collaboration between Ton Steine Scherben founders Rio Reiser and R.P.S. Lanrue. Ever since then, Echo Beach kept thinking about further collaborations with Ton Steine Scherben. Finally, Echo Beach CEO Nicolai Beverungen and two of his established dub collaborators, Fe Wolter (Di Iries, Dubvisionist) and Alexander Hornbach (Aldubb) got together with Lanrue, this time in order to create dub mixes of songs from all phases of Ton Steine Scherben's career. The group's street-fighting hymn "Keine Macht Für Niemand" gets combined with the rhythm group of Gentlemen's "The Evolution", with additional new guitar sounds by Lanrue and Nina Hagen on background vocals. A love song such as "Wunder" becomes reggae-fied under then hands of Aldubb. Other songs, such as "Filmkuss" and "In Den Tagen" have been completely re-structured at the mixing desk. A dub kaleidoscope that combines the essences of both Ton Steine Scherben and Echo Beach.
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41 years later, Lee "Scratch" Perry uses today's sound system to revisit his classic Black Ark album that defined Jamaican dub music, reincarnating the magic for the sound system generation. Big question about it: "How do you improve on a masterpiece?" Lee "Scratch" Perry defined dub music with his seminal 1976 Super Ape album, and he returns with New York City's Subatomic Sound System to conquer again, definitively reincarnating the magic of his Black Ark studio in Jamaica, heavy on Ethiopian horns and percussion, while reinvigorating it with the 21st century booming bass and beats that capture the energy of their innovative live electronic show. Largely known as the mentor to Bob Marley, Perry's influence has transcended reggae. Since 2010, he has toured with NYC's Subatomic Sound System, his go-to band for recreating his Black Ark studio sound live on stage, in new exciting ways as a one-of-a-kind hybrid of beat heavy electronics and live musicians, including original Black Ark studio percussionist Larry McDonald. Subatomic Sound System has been pushing the envelope of electronic music in combination with reggae since their inception in 1999. In dub, Lee "Scratch" Perry is a star at organizing and remixing the music with drum and bass in the forefront and tweaking knobs and faders, adding effects like a jazz improvisation. In the 1970s, the idea of a producer as a star, rather than a singer or musician, seemed crazy, but looking across the world of star DJ producers, he is rightly acknowledged as a visionary as well. There are many stories to be told, but this album follows on the mission of the tour which has the goal of reaching out to old fans and new fans. As sound system culture continues to expand globally with reggae and beyond, these are DJ-friendly heavyweight versions of Scratch material that makes sense in the 21st century. "Scratch" started his music career as a dancer so he loves to get a party started even at 81. The album shows that Scratch was 40 years ahead of his time with Super Ape, and that at 81, he's more relevant to youth culture than ever. The original "Burning Man", "Scratch" was called "the Salvador Dali of music" by Keith Richards and Bounty Killer hailed him as "the greatest Jamaican artist of all time". Features: Jahdan Blakkamoore, Screechy Dan, and Ari Up of The Slits. Includes CD; Edition of 999.
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It's not surprising that Where Blue Meets Green was conceived on a holiday trip to Ibiza. En route, in the plane, the two sound wizards Martin "Ez" Fekl and TC Sunshine sipped cocktails as they planned all the scenarios, dreaming of sunny chill outs on the Balearic island -- inspired by the sound of the Canadian new wave band Martha And The Muffins. They successfully pitched their idea to the original rights owners with a cheeky mix of exuberance and persuasion, and out came a tipsy album that sounds hot, happy, and deep. The air is redolent with the scent of the iconic perfume of the eighties; the beats are sweet and slightly sticky. Above this heady mix float thick layers of edits, bringing everything together in a thick chug of timeless melancholy and the boxy-shouldered charm of the eighties. For example, the distinctive sound of the stick bass, which was incredibly popular with the decade's musicians, including Tony Levin (bass player for King Crimson), and which now forms a vital alliance with the clever, booming new wave pop of Martha And The Muffins. The band from Toronto had a massive hit with "Echo Beach" in 1980. The song was written by Mark Gane, the band's main songwriter at the time, and the infectious melody was made immortal through the vocals of his partner, singer Martha Johnson. The band has had illustrious support from session musicians such as drummer Yogi Horton and bass player Tinker Barfield, who injected a dash of funk into the band's mid-eighties tracks. Three albums were produced by Daniel Lanois and David Lord. Martha And The Muffins' wave pop features impassioned musicianship, punchy riffs, frenetic melodies, and out-of-the-ordinary lyrics, stylishly navigating between personal contemplation and artistic vision. The album WBMG was written and produced over a period of four years, and is based on the oeuvre of the band around Mark Gane and Martha Johnson. It flirts with the idea of being a positive-vibes holiday soundtrack for Balearic, retro, and revival fans with a smattering of eighties style. Anyone who grew up in this decade will have fully absorbed sparkling, funky dance pop and will also appreciate the soulful slow tracks, the grand choruses, and the mantra-like verses. Features a re-edit by Sir Billy. Comes in a digipak; Edition of 777.
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Return Of The Supervinyl is a very selected release with Dub Spencer & Trance Hill tracks that have never appeared on vinyl. Side A presents the most attractive tunes from the legendary album Riding Strange Horses (EB 071CD), a concept album with a cover version. Side B presents tunes from Return of the Supercops (EB 063CD, 2007) and Too Big to Fail (EB 088CD, 2012). The download code included with the vinyl is the cream topping.
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Tack>>Head have performed hits for millions of music fans. The list of their clients is long, in fact it couldn't be any longer, and it includes some of the most illustrious names around: The Rolling Stones, Seal, Annie Lennox, Madonna, Mick Jagger, Nine Inch Nails, Lauryn Hill, Mos Def, REM, Charlie Watts, Tina Turner, Miles Davis, Peter Gabriel, James Brown, Depeche Mode, Malcolm McLaren, George Clinton, Herbie Hancock, Duran Duran, BB King, The Cure, Donna Summer, Billy Idol, African Bambaata, Tommy Boy Label, Sugarhill Gang Records, and many more. They are more than just highly talented individual artists -- they are absolute luminaries in their field. The New York Times once called them "one of today's most extraordinary rhythm sections." They aren't just musicians, but also producers, remixers, and friends and supporters of fellow musicians. In 2014, they released their last new studio album For The Love Of Money (DR 109B-CD/109LP), an outrageous concept project featuring cover versions of artists who inspired Tack>>Head, take, for example, the reggae covers they picked: "War", "Exodus", and "Black Cinderella" pay tribute to two reggae giants -- Bob Marley and Errol Dunkley -- by getting them "into Tack>>Head shape". Tack>>Head have always been famous for being acerbic commentators of the prevailing political and social conditions, and "War" and "Exodus" are the perfect soundtrack for this mission. Several remixers felt inspired by the original vive and set out to immortalize it, delivering their remix skills to create spiritual interpretations. In fact, some remixes sound better than the original... The top spot of the double CD release is CD one. Tack>>Head opened their treasure vaults and released a bunch of previously unreleased tracks from their creative path between 1985 and 1995. These tracks provide a brilliant overview of their history and creative potential. Tack>>Head's astonishing texture of tone and rhythm attracted a circle of musicians who were the cream of the music business at that time. Raw, unique, fresh, awesome -- a celebration of the bands in an accomplished blend of funk, body-rock, reggae, and dub. Features: Dreadzone, Dubblestandart, Victor Rice, C-Corps Love Fequency, Dubmatix, RSD aka Rob Smith, Jstar, Oliver Frost, Sleet, and Lyta. Comes in a digipak; Limited to 777 paginated copies.
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The release of King Size Dub: Reggae Germany Downtown Chapter 3 -- the first chapter came out in 2004, the second one in 2013 (EB 096CD) -- is another impressive display of how a musical style has progressed. Dub as a style, with all its reference points between commerce and innovation. The subtitle, "file under logical dubgression", shows the way and the track listing fulfills all expectations. The variety of styles (reggae, dub, pop, dancehall, dope beats) is the pivot for more "logical dubgression" with all the usual -- and some very unusual -- suspects of the remixer and artist set. Features: Mungo's HiFi, Charlie P, Irie Worryah, Uwe Kaa, JStar, Frankminister, Eddie Domingo, Italee, Illbilly Hitec, Kinetical, Parly B, Looney Roots, Aldubb, Chassy Wezar, Oliver Frost, The Evolution, Gentleman, Dub Divison, Dubvisionist,Frost & Wagner, Tetrack, Senior Allstars, Beam Up, Terence Alfonso Bowry, Umberto Echo, Runkus, aDUBta, Roger Robinson, Jah Schulz, TVS, James Joseph, AudioArt, and Saralène.
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Washington DC doesn't have to be that way...! On his debut album, Dr. Dubenstein hits listeners with discourse dub with a conspiratorial touchdown - thus easily garnering themselves the accolade of being one of the most interesting acts of their genre in 2017. Cushioned by a thick blanket of conspiracy theories, Derrick Parker, aka Dr. Dubenstein, climbs up out of his misty cave into the dazzling daylight and entrances listeners with a dreamy, sure-handed mixture of roots, psychedelic spirit, and electronic tinkering that guides us unerringly to an altered state. It's almost like the soundtrack to a new world order - this is cinematic dub by people who really know what they're doing. The former employee of the legendary RAS Records Labels from Washington DC gathered up some high-carat collaborators to join him in his submarine. Formidable musicians from Steel Pulse, Dub Syndicate, and Roots Radics jam and conjure up heavily rolling rhythms - and rumor has it that there were even Wailers warhorses were involved in the project to add some melody. The complex balance between roots and discourse dub is an art that only few have mastered. The track "Flabba's I Pad" (which refers to Flabba Holt - bassist of the legendary Roots Radics) opens with promising beats and loops that have been given lavish mechanical treatment and which are a sheer joy to hear. In big, spacious arrangements, catchy stoned tunes come zipping around the corner and unite tradition and modernism. Dr. Dubenstein (whose studio is in Washington DC) has delivered a deeply impressive album that sounds like an infinite loop and is simultaneously fresh, new, and appealing. Features: Rootsy Nassir, Rebecca Waller, Nesta Lion, Solana Carrega, S Vidal Quintero, and Scott Paynter.
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iLLBiLLY HiTEC return with One Thing Leads To Another, after their first barn-storming single "Rude Boy Talk", a track that fuses break beat, hip hop, and dancehall, and is a tempting taster of the new album. The band's third album was produced in collaboration with Juno Award winner Jesse "Dubmatix" King in Toronto and Berlin. On the band's third album, the focus is again firmly on an amalgamation of reggae with the genre's elementary electronic facets. iLLBiLLY HiTEC grab reggae by the roots in their inimitable way and build a varied cocktail of roots, digital, hip hop, and dub. The Berlin-based band managed to lure the spearhead of Austrian MC culture, Kinetical, as lead vocalist. There are also many guests, including Lengualerta (Mexico), Horseman (UK), Promoe (Sweden), Gardna (UK), and Parly B (UK) from the international scene, all of whom contributed fantastically skilled flows to the album. One Thing Leads To Another is a mature album that fully deserves a place in the higher international echelons. Also features: Longfingah, Fli Supertramp, EmWan, HanIvan, and Daphne BlueBird. CD version includes two bonus tracks with remixes from Fleck and Dubmatix; Edition of 1000.
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LP version. Includes CD. Edition of 500. iLLBiLLY HiTEC return with One Thing Leads To Another, after their first barn-storming single "Rude Boy Talk", a track that fuses break beat, hip hop, and dancehall, and is a tempting taster of the new album. The band's third album was produced in collaboration with Juno Award winner Jesse "Dubmatix" King in Toronto and Berlin. On the band's third album, the focus is again firmly on an amalgamation of reggae with the genre's elementary electronic facets. iLLBiLLY HiTEC grab reggae by the roots in their inimitable way and build a varied cocktail of roots, digital, hip hop, and dub. The Berlin-based band managed to lure the spearhead of Austrian MC culture, Kinetical, as lead vocalist. There are also many guests, including Lengualerta (Mexico), Horseman (UK), Promoe (Sweden), Gardna (UK), and Parly B (UK) from the international scene, all of whom contributed fantastically skilled flows to the album. One Thing Leads To Another is a mature album that fully deserves a place in the higher international echelons. Also features: Longfingah, Fli Supertramp, EmWan, HanIvan, and Daphne BlueBird.
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The Swiss musicians, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill, bow down low before space rock, but without bypassing pure dub. Deep Dive Dub shines with a precision that demands they be named in the same breath as the famous Swiss watches. Swiss timepieces are renowned for their precision, and they tick along nicely even under water - The mechanics, the cogs, the striking mechanism, the chronograph movements, the repeaters, the speed-up. Thank Dub Spencer & Trance Hill for the fact that the cantons of this maximum-precision country should produce ultra-chilled slo-mo dub like this, a style that has avid fans all over the world. The band are known for the formidable interior dynamism of their composition skills, their classic riddim craftsmanship, the psychedelic sound of their guitars, the pounding bass lines that approach infrasound levels, the space sounds and their grandiose sound dimensions. Like few other electronically influenced styles, over the years dub has shown itself impervious and resistant to all manner of short-lived trends. There are probably few people who - regardless of which music ghetto they inhabit - have not encountered dub at some point. On Deep Dive Dub, the band dives deeper than Jaques Piccard's team during their record-breaking dive in Trieste in the sixties. The focus of this repetition is the fusion of reggae, even though, instead of the lightness that is usually inherent in reggae, the album focuses on heavy grooves, grooves that drift off into fat, dark, mature places. With a hypnotic power, the musicians - all of whom are trained jazz instrumentalists - dive into a world of space-rock-dub-electro. On a couple of the tracks the band invited the Lucerne-based experimental vocalist Bruno Amstad (who has previously worked with John Zorn and Phil Minton) to contribute. Neither a slave to the great Jamaican heroes of the seventies nor lost in the great wide world of electronic dub, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill tread their own path, reducing and abstracting as they dive deeper and deeper.
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LP version. Includes CD. Limited numbered edition of 500. The Swiss musicians, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill, bow down low before space rock, but without bypassing pure dub. Deep Dive Dub shines with a precision that demands they be named in the same breath as the famous Swiss watches. Swiss timepieces are renowned for their precision, and they tick along nicely even under water - The mechanics, the cogs, the striking mechanism, the chronograph movements, the repeaters, the speed-up. Thank Dub Spencer & Trance Hill for the fact that the cantons of this maximum-precision country should produce ultra-chilled slo-mo dub like this, a style that has avid fans all over the world. The band are known for the formidable interior dynamism of their composition skills, their classic riddim craftsmanship, the psychedelic sound of their guitars, the pounding bass lines that approach infrasound levels, the space sounds and their grandiose sound dimensions. Like few other electronically influenced styles, over the years dub has shown itself impervious and resistant to all manner of short-lived trends. There are probably few people who - regardless of which music ghetto they inhabit - have not encountered dub at some point. On Deep Dive Dub, the band dives deeper than Jaques Piccard's team during their record-breaking dive in Trieste in the sixties. The focus of this repetition is the fusion of reggae, even though, instead of the lightness that is usually inherent in reggae, the album focuses on heavy grooves, grooves that drift off into fat, dark, mature places. With a hypnotic power, the musicians - all of whom are trained jazz instrumentalists - dive into a world of space-rock-dub-electro. On a couple of the tracks the band invited the Lucerne-based experimental vocalist Bruno Amstad (who has previously worked with John Zorn and Phil Minton) to contribute. Neither a slave to the great Jamaican heroes of the seventies nor lost in the great wide world of electronic dub, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill tread their own path, reducing and abstracting as they dive deeper and deeper.
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Dubblestandart present Dub Realistic. Of course, Dubblestandart have been keeping a version of the dub flame alive for the last two decades, their formation coinciding with the phase in which Jamaican dub was on the way out. Formed in 1988 as a reaction to the stagnant Austrian pop scene, the group was heavily inspired by the Black Ark, On-U Sound and Jah Shaka, infusing such dub influences within their heady blend of hardcore reggae and new wave, which soon brought them into the European public's consciousness. Soon, they were so in demand as to be backing Lee Scratch Perry on the Austrian stage, followed by stints with dub poet Lilian Allen and ace toaster, Dillinger. At present, they have already issued over ten albums, collaborating with Ken Boothe, Sly & Robbie, Mad Professor, Marcia Griffiths, Chezere, Caron Wheeler (Soul II Soul) all the while working new technological dimensions into their sound, and although they have undertaken a dub tour of the US west coast, Canada, India and Russia. Dubblestandart's cavernous excursion into deep dub, chilling dub and dubble-tough dub are willed into perfection with Dub Realistic. Dubblestandart's handling of this mission has been exemplary: the productions are pleasingly individualistic, retaining plenty of originality and professionalism without seeming stoic, dull or contrived. Opening Dub Realistic with a slowed down adaption of Massive Attack's massive hit "Safe From Harm" presents Amanda Bauman going deeper, followed by a journey into the Middle East ("Arab Dub") & further examples of how we, as musicians, digest the world around us ("Earthshaker"). Populistic tendencies at home ("Welcome To Europe") or "effects" of the refugee crisis ("The Boat Stops") triggering questions: What is the role of us as artists ("Not Controlled by the Artist") and how do we contribute in a positive way? From Kingston/Jamaica, reggae & soul singer Tanice Morris appears on "Let It Flow" and "Dub version" and from Cairo/Egypt, Aisha E dubs on Bob Marley's "Sun Is Shining."
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LP version. Includes CD. Dubblestandart present Dub Realistic. Of course, Dubblestandart have been keeping a version of the dub flame alive for the last two decades, their formation coinciding with the phase in which Jamaican dub was on the way out. Formed in 1988 as a reaction to the stagnant Austrian pop scene, the group was heavily inspired by the Black Ark, On-U Sound and Jah Shaka, infusing such dub influences within their heady blend of hardcore reggae and new wave, which soon brought them into the European public's consciousness. Soon, they were so in demand as to be backing Lee Scratch Perry on the Austrian stage, followed by stints with dub poet Lilian Allen and ace toaster, Dillinger. At present, they have already issued over ten albums, collaborating with Ken Boothe, Sly & Robbie, Mad Professor, Marcia Griffiths, Chezere, Caron Wheeler (Soul II Soul) all the while working new technological dimensions into their sound, and although they have undertaken a dub tour of the US west coast, Canada, India and Russia. Dubblestandart's cavernous excursion into deep dub, chilling dub and dubble-tough dub are willed into perfection with Dub Realistic. Dubblestandart's handling of this mission has been exemplary: the productions are pleasingly individualistic, retaining plenty of originality and professionalism without seeming stoic, dull or contrived. Opening Dub Realistic with a slowed down adaption of Massive Attack's massive hit "Safe From Harm" presents Amanda Bauman going deeper, followed by a journey into the Middle East ("Arab Dub") & further examples of how we, as musicians, digest the world around us ("Earthshaker"). Populistic tendencies at home ("Welcome To Europe") or "effects" of the refugee crisis ("The Boat Stops") triggering questions: What is the role of us as artists ("Not Controlled by the Artist") and how do we contribute in a positive way? From Kingston/Jamaica, reggae & soul singer Tanice Morris appears on "Let It Flow" and "Dub version" and from Cairo/Egypt, Aisha E dubs on Bob Marley's "Sun Is Shining."
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Flox presents the international release of Homegrown on Echo Beach. Anglo-French artist Flox has been sowing his "Nu Reggae" seeds for years now in venues all around France, and a new genre has sprouted, somewhere between roots reggae and electro. Deeply influenced by the Jamaican culture, from Linton Kwesi Johnson to The Police, to the more modern Fat Freddy's Dop, Flox released his fifth album, Homegrown, in his home country France in late 2015. The German Echo Beach label is now proud to present Homegrown's international release, combining the original album with a second exclusive CD with bonus tracks. Even though the four previous albums already perfectly encompassed the richness and diversity of Flox's universe and personality, Homegrown creates a more intimate place, closer to his state of mind, revealing his endeavor to remain genuine regardless of the cost, to follow his gut without compromise. Homegrown conveys a "do-it-for-yourself" message, in which the final more genuine fruit is to be shared all around. Always keep your promise Flox, fans had been warned: "Next one will be 100% 'Nu Reggae'." On Homegrown, his voice and the depth of lyrics never betray an unswerving reggae atmosphere, thereby fulfilling his promise.
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Tackhead, the legendary dub-funk-rock institution. Robo Bass Hifi and Fats Comet, the legendary industrial hip-hop project behind Tackhead and their alter ego. They were and still are known for producing dance tracks that were densely layered in samples and ahead of their time. Robo Bass Hifi lives and breathes a tight combination of jungle, dub, dubstep, space and irregular pop. His electro reggae flavor (call it - nu school) influenced drenched in bass music and is mighty in all its facets. Markus Kammann aka Robo Bass Hifi stringently sticks to his path. After submitting remixes to the three musketeers of German pop (Seeed, Fettes Brot, Jan Delay), he also led the reggae legend Lee Scratch Perry into the dark room and has shaken things up on the release Nu School Of Dub. David Lynch and Ari Up bring a breath of Jean Michel Jarre pop and captivate the master of the deep, thick bass. This is what German press has to say about Robo Bass Hifi: A hybrid sort of sound, which occupies the mid-field between Major Lazer and jungle, interspersed with breaks (filled with reggae off-beats). A high-energy work stuffed to the brim with crazy ideas. If you're not in a state of ecstasy and are capable of listening consciously to this musical fireworks display, then you'll be amazed at the endless different layers of sounds in these tracks, which take turns in sitting at the top of the dub mixes. Tackhead and Fats Comet recorded the originals on the upcoming The Message album - Robo Bass Hifi has taken them to a deeper level. With this exceptionally fine release, Echo Beach welcomes the spring with the warm throb of a deep bass.
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EB 115CD
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New volume in the long-running King Size Dub series, this time a "special" showcasing the sub skills of Echo Beach - associated artist Robo Bass Hifi aka Markus Kammann. As always with this series, the compilation will be available for a very low price, ensuring that curious shoppers won't hesitate to pick it up. Robo Bass Hifi celebrates up-to-date electro reggae sound in all its facets, from roots to dub to dubstep and future jungle. Bass the house! Featuring: Tackhead, Lee Perry, Dubblestandart, Kid Kenobi, Dillinger and Hoda.
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EB 114CD
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Mexican vocalist Lengualerta, the voice of protest cumbia dub, presents Aurora. Lengualerta has been on the scene and traveling the world since the mid-2000s. In addition to numerous concerts in his native country, he has performed live in South America, Canada, and Europe, and left a lasting impression wherever he appeared. Following the 2014 mass kidnapping of 43 students in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico, and the subsequent political and public security scandal, "For Those (feat. Wally Warning & Ana Sol)" became something of a hymn for the nationwide protests that ensued. The song's impact was further enhanced by the touching and atmospheric video, directed by the artist's friend and colleague, Gran OM, who also designed the excellent cover art for Aurora. Lengualerta's music unites reggae with the culture of Latin American protest songs. Latin American influences, including cumbia, repeatedly surface in his music. This broad spectrum underscores Lengualerta's position as a cosmopolitan and a visionary. His choice of riddims also spans the world; in addition to his main producer, Dukas (Bungalo Dub), the album also features production by Ganjaman, Ingo Rheinbay aka Pow Pow, Twilight Circus, and Seeed. The situation in Mexico is desperate. For many years, drug cartels have battled each other and government forces for supremacy. Murders, rapes, kidnappings, and assassinations take place on a daily basis, the visible signs of this all-encompassing brutality. Against this background, it is encouraging that many people are prepared to risk their lives by taking a stance against violence, and particularly against the corruption that has infiltrated every level of the public services, as many officials are in collusion with the cartels. A strong counter movement has also emerged in the art scene. Alongside other artists, Lengualerta frequently appears in the front line of these protests. He pinpoints what is wrong in society, and is not afraid to tackle the painful issue of what is rotten in the state. Eloquent, outspoken, and effective, he voices his protest and passion in tight, clean, and moving sounds. Featured performers include TianoBless & Natty Bwoy, Fermin Muguruza, Wally Warning & Ana Sol, Monk.E, Andrea Echeverri, Sista Eyeire & Van-T, Di, Sista Freedom, Olinka, Cuyo, Issa Elle, and Rebeleon Sound Crew. This edition includes four bonus tracks from the critically acclaimed predecessor to Aurora, Resonante (2010).
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EB 112LP
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Swiss group Dub Spencer & Trance Hill have been releasing their musical visions and sound designs since 2006, approaching their numerous projects as pop soundtracks referencing the great names of the time, including The Clash, William S. Burroughs, Metallica, Genesis, Deep Purple, Falco, and others -- all remix projects that have created a massive stir on the dub scene. The band's never-ending passion for playing combined with an ultra-sharp instinct, independent spirit, and technical skill flows into sound-spheres that echo far beyond the Swiss Alps and across the globe. Their love of minimalist electronic dance music with epic endings reaches a climax on Physical Echoes. The album grabs electro, ambient, and dance and takes them for a ride on the horizontal axis, adding roots on the vertical. Dub Spencer & Trance Hill have opened themselves up to a comparison with Pink Floyd meeting King Tubby meeting LCD Soundsystem, and on Physical Echoes swing from electro sounds with infiltrated hypnosis to subversive basslines all the way through to washed-out blueprints and voids.
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EB 111CD
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iLLBiLLY HiTEC's electronic tinkerings and styles have carved a swathe straight through the middle ground of the "sophisticated" modern reggae prevalent on the German scene. Their intoxicating sound sketches borrow from reggae and introduce elements of breakbeat, hip hop, and pop for masterful club dub. Reggae Not Dead is iLLBiLLY HiTEC's follow-up to their 2013 debut, Reggaeetronics (EB 092CD), and follows lengthy tours with hundreds of shows in Europe and Latin America. While Reggaetronics celebrated a fusion of reggae with electronic elements, this time the Berlin-based band focuses on old-style reggae interpreted for the modern age, conjuring up a varied mix of roots, digital, hip hop, and dub. Singers Longfingah and Tribuman, who also joined the band on tour, feature on the album, as does an international cast consisting of Paco Mendoza, Lengualerta, Daman, Kinetical, Cheshire Cat, La Yugular, and Sonido Satanás, who round off the album with their English, Spanish, French, and Patois lyrics. As a bonus there are four remixes by JStar, Zion Train, Krak in Dub, and Fleck, as well as a riddim selection with versions by Don Caramelo (Raggabund), Lengualerta, Benjie, and The Hempolics from London. With 19 tracks in all, the album proves that reggae from Germany is anything but dead.
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Umberto Echo is a Munich-based (music) writer, (dub) professor, (sound) hermeneut, and multi-instrumentalist. Umberto Echo seizes the raw musical backbone of a riddim -- specifically reggae -- and uses it to generate multifaceted dubs in the studio as remixes or live tracks. In the past he has worked as a sound engineer for Jahcoustix, Jamaram, Headcornerstone, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill, and Dub Inc, and has produced international reggae vocalists and deejays such as Alborosie, Junior Kelly, Luciano, and Lutan Fyah, as well as remixing a host of artists, including Gentleman, Seeed, Steel Pulse, Sly & Robbie, Damian Marley, and Stereo MCs. Nestling between digital echo chambers and analog tape loops, his aim is to hop between Duke Ellington and King Tubby, opening up a new musical cosmos and consensus in the process. This is something he has achieved with his albums Dub the World (EB 074CD, 2010), Dubtrain (2007), and Elevator Dubs (2013), and it's a feat he has effortlessly and emphatically repeated on The Name of the Dub. As with his previous releases, the decisive characteristic of this album is the breathtaking international class and quality of the fundamental tracks. The cover art showcases Umberto Echo as a sound manipulator, sitting cross-legged on a bass speaker; a man who operates the mixing desk, software, and outboards with just as much musical virtuosity as when he plays keyboards, guitar, bass, and drums. While Umberto Eco is renowned for his novels, monographs, and essays, there is only one true language for Umberto Echo: to dub the world. This is how contemporary pop music should sound; not for hipsters, but exclusively for those who have always been hip. Includes dubs of tracks by Mellow Mood, Sista Gracy feat. Sugar Minott, Iba Mahr, Splendid, Dubmatix feat. Eek-a-Mouse, K-Jah feat. Runkus, Dub Inc feat. Tarrus Riley, Sara Lugo feat. Protoje, Jahcoustix feat. Horace Andy, Dactah Chando, House of Riddim feat. Keishera, The Senior Allstars feat. Tokunbo, Dub Syndicate feat. U Roy, Jamaram, Tackhead, iLLBiLLY HiTEC, and Dub Spencer & Trance Hill.
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EB 110CD
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In October 2014, Lincoln Valentine Style Scott was murdered in his house in Manchester, Jamaica. He was 58 years old. At that time he had just finished his work on Hard Food (EB 099CD/LP, 2015), the first album released by his Dub Syndicate since 2004's No Bed of Roses. Dub Syndicate's first studio album in 11 years, an event that was to be a joyous celebration with friends, has now become Style Scott's legacy. Now, one year after his death, the new dub scene of Europe pays tribute to this legendary drummer. The trademark song "Dub Is All I Got" appears here in 14 different versions as a kind of Remix Clash. With the death of Style Scott, the reggae world, and indeed the entire world, has lost one of its best drummers, while his music and lyrics remain as a testament to the warmth and harmony that enriched his life. As a special bonus, this CD includes tracks of Style Scott's drums and Flabba Holt's bass with which listeners can make their own remixes, in tribute to Style Scott. Includes remixes by Dubblestandart, Rob Smith aka RSD, Dubvisionist, Aldubb, David Harrow aka Oicho, Robo Bass Hifi, Oliver Frost, Dubmatix, Umberto Echo, Victor Rice, Fenin, Madaski (Africa Unite), Dub Spencer & Trance Hill, and Braindamage.
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EB 107CD
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"We were inspired by that brilliant release Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown (2001) (on Blood & Fire from Manchester in cooperation with PK in London) and felt compelled to perform this beautiful gem in a dub version..." In spring 2014, when The Senior Allstars were asked by the Hamburg-based dub label Echo Beach to record their interpretation of an existing release, everyone involved assumed that the results would be good. What absolutely no one expected was that the album would be so incredibly bursting with fresh ideas. Dub from Jamdown is based on the compilation Darker Than Blue: Soul from Jamdown, a collection of reggaefied versions of classic soul tracks, featuring the Jamaican vernacular and pop style, that was enthusiastically lauded by both the press and reggae fans. There was no question -- it was a product of the zeitgeist; old soul hymns treated to a reggae makeover that instilled a new veracity in the originals. Unfortunately, the series was never continued. More than ten years later, in 2014, the mind behind the Echo Beach label, Nicolai Beverungen, had a vision of taking the next -- the third -- step along this path. "From the beginning it was clear to me that I wanted an instrumental band to do the job, and the venerable Senior Allstars, the leading lights in their class, were my top pick," says Beverungen. The band moved into the studio in summer 2014 for a few days. The results are more than breathtaking; the songs drip from the speaker membranes like honey, bringing in the sun, warmth, and happiness, very much in keeping with the original songs -- although the lyrics may have been written with other things in mind. The dub remake presented by The Senior Allstars breaks all previous dimensions and conventions set by the history and spirit of this legendary album. The quartet creates an original, collective, improvised, and organic live dub that is in the tradition of the original songs and with new versions that fully deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as the originals. CD includes five extra tracks.
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