October 31, 2009

High Tone - Dub Invaders {2009}



There’s once again some good news for those who have been following the many projects of the Lyon dub crew High Tone. Just a few months after “Dub Box” (the refix album), the irreverent heirs of Lee Scratch Perry now have released Dub Invaders.

It’s a simple concept. The five musicians of the band plus their vj have produced two titles each. The twelve songs are released on triple vinyl on the Jarring Effects label. Ranging from steppa to electrodub to dubstep, this album shows once again why High Tone is still considered as one of the major actors in the french dub scene. This is once again some great mutant dub.


Genre: dub elctronica, dubstep

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October 29, 2009

dubstep @ Zoo

dubstep @ Zoo
Usine, Geneva, 09. 09. 2009

October 27, 2009

Themselves - Crownsdown [anticon 2009]




themselves are Dose One and Jel, from California.

Jel became familiar with dose through his good friend and radio partner, Kevin Beacham. But it wasn’t until early 1998 when some tapes were exchanged through mutual friend, Mr. Dibbs, that the two realized their potential together. Soon after a few phone conversations, jel started making frequent sojourns from Chicago to Cincinnati to record with dose. The duo’s first couple of tracks ended up on dose’s first, self-released record Hemispheres (1998). Then from April of 1998 to January of 1999 they solidified their chemistry, putting the tracks together that would end up on themselves’ Them. That same Spring dose and jel, along with Slug of Atmosphere and Sole and Alias of Live Poets began recording Deep Puddle Dynamics’s The Taste Of Rain… Why Kneel. Out of that record, the concept of Anticon was somewhere born — whose founding dose and jel would become an integral part of, later bringing them both to the Bay Area.

Since then, both artists have continued to push boundaries, producing and collaborating on a range of work far outside the constructs of traditional genre forms. They’ve expanded their use and understanding of their equipment, as well as perfected their live performances. Their record, the no music. (2002), involved the use of: an SP-1200, an MPC-2000, a Korg Poly 64 keyboard, some other shit, a Roland VS 880, Digital Performer, a Dr. Sample, various microphones, numerous household items and found objects and sounds. Recently the two of them have also expanded their roles in the group, both contributing vocals and production to the no music.. They also added Dax Pierson on keyboards, Dr. Sample, Theremin and back up vocals on many of their tracks, and to all of their live performances. Dax is essential in adding syncopation and a real time quality to the tracks.

Genre: hip-hop, anticon, experimental, hip hop, electronic

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Brain Damage - Short Cuts {2008}




THE EMO-DUB BRAIN DAMAGE

Brain Damage is a dub duo bass-machine. It was created in 1999 by two founder-members of the Bangarang dub collective from Saint-Etienne (France) and the dub band A.S.S.E (Another Sound System Experience).
The duo plays and belongs to an electro dub style of its own. In the same time dark and emotional. A style defines like emo-dub-ambient.

After a first maxi CD -Bipolar Disorder- and a compilation -Combat dub- produced by its own label (Bangarang), Brain Damage realized 2 albums with the dub label from Paris, Hammerbass. It results from the first one another compilation under the name Combat dub vol.2, remixed versions of the tracks by the main activists of the international dub scene such as Zion Train, Alpha & Omega, Vibronics, The Disciples

In 2006, the duo signed at the label Jarring Effects and produced a third album : Spoken Dub Manifesto. Spoken Dub Manifesto is an ambitious piece of work, recorded with none the less than eleven vocalists, gathered here around a spoken word concept, confirming the emotional and special way that Brain Damage has to produce dub, hereafter unique.
More than ever the duo affirms its identity trough its choices, sometimes drastic, of concepts, collaborations, mixes or masterings.

After more than 300 concerts in Europe, it is interesting to notice that everything seems to oppose the ambient and “brainy” aspect of the studio work and the live performances, where sensations become physical again, sub basses tangible and the fight against the straightness of the machines merciless.

Line-up
Raphael Talis - Bass
Martin Nathan - Sound Engineering

Genre: dub, electro dub, psychedelic, psytrance, electro

Label: Jarring Effects

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October 26, 2009

Analogik - Klunserbeats Live {2008}



Denmarks second capital Aarhus harboured their first two short playing EPs (released exclusively on 10 vinyl by Auditory Designs) and was a well-kept secret amongst DJs and nu jazz connoisseurs. By now the city once again lays ground to their fables from the World Seas. Analogik has settled as a quartet and invited additional guests for this first full cycle.

Due to the foursomes different backgrounds, their music isnt easily categorised. Asger Strandby is on turntables with scratchnefx and armed with a laptop, he also triggers diminutive electronic beats; Jesper Kobberøs charming guitar melodies is backed up by his flute and air organ; Theis Bror blows a precise and relaxed saxophone; Magnus Damgaards bassline is powerful and thick as hell just like his aged beard. Jazz is what brought them together as a band in 2004 but their music reflects on so much more: Dub, electronica, funk, bossa nova and tango is the carefully welted sounds from the Global Village.


Genre: experimental, gypsy polkatronica, cabaret

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October 25, 2009

EZ3kiel - Barb4ry (2003)




Founded in 1994, EZ3kiel is a magnet-Dub band originating from Tours, France. In the beginning they had a singer, but there is no recorded material from that period.
From 1999 they work as a trio:

Yann Nguema (bass guitar, visuals)
Joan Guillon (samples, effects, keyboard)
Matthieu Fays (percussion)


In 1999 they released a promising mini album ‘Equalize-it’. In 2000 they released an album called ‘Handle with care’ (Jarring Effects/Pias), which was full of collaborations with big names of the French independent scene (Yann Tiersen, Sylvestre from Dit Terzi and Sir Jean from Meï Teï Sho). That album intrigued the audience and confirmed the band’s eclectic style. During their live performances, they are known for creating a poetic universe with beautiful visuals and graphics, which are made by bass guitarist Yann N’Guema. He uses samples of various photographs, which in combination with the music creates a special audio-visual experience. Other French electro bands use visuals on their live performance, but EZ3kiel are really something special compared to them, their visuals are synchronized with the sound. In 2003 they released another album ‘Barb4Ry’ (Jarring Effects/Pias) which showed that the band’s mature period came. With it they confirmed their identity as a group which expresses itself in different music genres (electronica, dub, hiphop etc.) and does lots of experimentation. In their music beauty and melancholic mood quickly change to aggression and cruelty. The efficiency of EZ3kiel lies in their ability to surprise the audience. The profanity of their sound and visuals delivered them to become one of the most exciting and interesting French electro dub bands.
Their concert ambience can be seen on their live dvd, ‘Versus Tour 2004’. They took the name EZ3kiel from a biblical person which is often mentioned in Quentin Tarantino’s movie called Pulp Fiction (the character played by Samuel Jackson often reads his quotes).

Discography:
1999 - Equalize it
2000 - Handle with care
2004 - Barb4Ry
2004 - Versus Tour (live CD and DVD)
2007 - Naphtaline
2008 - Battlefield

Genre: dub, electronic, trip-hop, french, electro-dub

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Ez3kiel - Versus

October 22, 2009

Playdoe & Sibot - Spoek are Playdoe (2008)



Playdoe is a South-African group who make modern electro / old school hip-hop with a bit of breakbeat and micromusic, as well as other sampling, appropriate for a modernized electro enthusiast. :D

The members are Sibot, Spoek, and Mathambo, and the labels are Jarring Effects and Try Harder

Genre:hip-hop, electro-hop, 8-bit, electroclash, electro

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Squarepusher - Numbers Lucent (2009)



Born in 1975 (Essex, England), Tom “Squarepusher” Jenkinson can be broadly described as an electronic musician, though he is perhaps best known for his experimental with a heavy influence. Rising from near-total obscurity to drum’n’bass cause célèbre in the space of a couple of months, Jenkinson released only a pair of EPs and a DJ Food remix for the latter’s Refried Food series before securing EP and LP release plans with three different labels. His first full-length work, Feed Me Weird Things (on Richard “Aphex Twin” James’ Rephlex label), was a dizzying, quixotic blend of superfast jungle breaks with Aphex-style synth textures, goofy, offbeat melodies, and instrumental arrangements (Jenkinson samples his own playing for his tracks) that recall vaguely pioneers such as Mahavishnu Orchestra and Weather Report. A skilled bassist and multi-instrumentalist, Jenkinson’s fretless accompaniment is a staple of his music and one of the more obvious affiliations with jazz (although his formal arrangements are often as jazz-derived as his playing).
More recently, in 2008 Squarepusher released “Just A Souvenir”, an album with a more rock-influenced sound, followed in 2009 by “Solo Electric Bass”, consisting of live recordings of Jenkinson on the titular instrument.

Genre:electronic, experimental, idm, drum n bass

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High Tone - Wave Digger (2005)




High Tone was formed in the year 1997 in the city of Lyon, France. The idea and leitmotiv of the musicians were to mix the traditional music with their others musical influences such as , or . Also, mixed the instruments: used turntables and samplers machine like guitar, drums and bass-guitar.

After a few self produced vinyl EPs -Bot Bud Seasons (1997) and Low Tone (1998)- High Tone signed at the label Jarring Effects. From this new collaboration came the first real album of the band -Opus Incertum (2000)- available both vinyl & CD with a national distribute.
The next year, in 2001, the band publish a new LP and the reissue of their 2 first productions with this new opus in one CD under the name Bass Temperature.

Also, the band became famous for its numerous meetings with some others dub (or not) bands. Like that, High Tone produced maxi EPS and CDs with Kaly Live Dub, Improvisator dub, Wang Lei and Zenzile.

Line-up
Julien Oresta a.k.a Aku Fen Guitar
Fabrice Oresta Bass Guitar
Dominique Peter a.k.a Selekta DINO Drums
Lionel Dumas a.k.a. Dj Twelve Sample & turntable
Antonin Chaplin a.k.a Antok Keyboard

High Tone is now considered as major actors in the French Dub Scene and creator of a new branch of dub music: novo dub.

Genre: hip-hop, dub, electronic, electro-dub, experimental

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Yelle - Pop Up (2007)



Yelle (a feminised acronym of YEL, “You enjoy life”) is Julie Budet, a French singer from the town of Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, who started performing in 2005. She rose to fame on MySpace when she posted a song titled “Short Dick Cuizi”, dissing Cuizinier, a member of the Parisian hip-hop group TTC.
With producer and close friend GrandMarnier, Yelle has recorded a debut album Pop-Up, after her hit single “Je Veux Te Voir” (a finalised version of “Short Dick Cuizi”). The song, which samples the bassline from 20 Fingers’ 1994 club hit Short Dick Man, received heavy airplay on MTV. She was also featured on Fatal Bazooka’s song “Parle à ma main” in 2007. In February 2008 she performed the track “À cause des Garçons” on the BBC Three series “Lily Allen and Friends”. The series claimed that this was her first appearance on UK television. She was MTV’s ‘Artist of the Week’ for the week of 24th March-30th March 2008, appearing during adverts.

Genre: electronic, electropop

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