The Dub Vaders could be one of the best kept secrets of the Chilean electronic scene, offering a spectrum of precious tracks linking current and future urban beats, a deep legacy of Dub and some inclination to the dark side of things, that adds a flirty dose of evil to their music.
Herbs & Trips is a brief but resounding trip, where the first two tracks immerse us into an intoxicating cloud that serves as an instruction manual, preparing us for the closure of this magnificent EP, where they allow us to enjoy one of the best electronic tracks released in this part of the world during the current season.
By Javier Moraga S.
Music by The Dub Vaders
(Armando Navarro y Rodrigo Rivera).
Mastered by Miguel Jauregui.
Cover artwork by Rodrigo Rivera.
Review by Javier Moraga.
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1. Terra-Selena
2. Podkayne
3. Troublemaker
4. Unleashed
5. Your Beauty Will Never Fade
6. Rising Dark (As Outro)
Bio: TwichGarden (Toxic water in her chest – her body in the garden) is the one-man music project by Andrew Panfutov, working in cross-genres – ambient & idm. Leading idea of music is the mixture of mythology and sci-fi atmosphere.
About EP: Rising Dark EP is the inner conversation of different noises and voices, recorded and trapped in the tracks. It’s about endless nights, megamachine of city, and human beings within it. And it’s full of meditative female voices, which leads the listener through the dark, lo-fi corridors of pads and basslines.
W&P by Andrew Panfutov
Mastered by Vtr
Cover by Raúl G.
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TL:
1. Conforce – Real Time
2. Fabio Escalabroni – Root A
3. Edanticonf – Movement H
4. Unknown Artist – Untitled
5. Matthias Springer – Offroads
6. One – Rise (Darling Farah RMX)
7. Urban Force – Mental Sumise
8. STL – Dub´s End (Grand_U Remix)
9. Doyeq – Different Places
10. Cliff Tower – 107 (Frictional Transmission Remix)
11. Dubaptism – D#12 (Havantepe RMX)
12. Grand_U – Sunset III
13. Yan Cook – Blurred
14. Deepchord – OBMX (Cv313 Rmx)
15. Joachim Spieth – Under The City (Reggy Van Oens Rmx)
Mixed by Need Answers
Cover by Raúl G.
TL:
1. Warmth – Ash
2. Orson Throb – I´m from space
3. Warmth – Vapour
4. Shared Explorer – A Quiet Storm
5. BioRoot – Tranquility
6. Aura Fresh – Eazy
7. Refracted – Enlightenment
8. Ohrwert – Übertragene Anwählungen (Teil Eins)
9. Rod Modell – Harmonics Of Ether
10. Arturo Von Knie – E No.1.0
11. Faidel & Warmth – Magnitude
12. Tomas Rubeck – Factions
13. Andrea Cichecki – Abstract Illusions (Tomas Rubeck Remix)
14. Dave Marian – Merope
15. Planetary Secrets – They Have Been Here
Mixed by Retouched
Cover by Raúl G.
1.Europa
2.Insider Net Collapse
3.Minosse
4.Insider Net Collapse (Owen Ni Remix)
5.Insider Net Collapse (Retouched Remix)
KrAtOS is a dub-electro-experimental project wich take the basis from a different kind of music. Start from 1998 in Naples, Italy processing sounds with earlier electronic approach, with different influence from techno to industrial. In 2013 KrAtOS released the first Lp “Seventh” for Dast records, a german netlabel , then he get Eps for Axaminer, DbS sound, another Lp for Speceal Orbeats called “Abductions”, making tracks and remixes for differents netlabels.
W&P by Diego Strazzullo
Mastered by Vtr
Cover by John Fhakner
1. Dºgree – Railway Station
2. Dºgree – Silver
BIO
D°gree is a software architect/developer by day, an underground dj/producer by night, and generally a really nice guy who has been digging through the vinyl and digital back catalogues for years, searching for the lower frequency gems. Some of them you can find captured on his carefully tailored mixes, while others can be caught during his well-known deep-floating live sets. Zagreb’s infamous club Masters is a club he calls Home, where he hosted events and spinned records for the last 10 years for the deepest crowd in the city.
RELEASE
Silver Railway Ep is a two track night-time release, heavily inspired by water and ice.
Railway Station is a track created on a Zagreb’s railway station during the frozen February day. Track reflects the graceness and dominance of the trains, continuously passing through with dramatical intros and noisy performances on the icy stage of the railway theater.
Silver is a deep hypnotic techno journey through the rainy cityscape, with sounds and echoes flowing steadily and bouncing around like water. Track describes the colour tones and mood of the spring rain, with clouds, thunder and omnipresent silver reflections from the numerous water surfaces and streams.
W&P by Dºgree
Mastered by Vtr
Cover by John Fhakner
1. Avidya – Strange Dimension (W&P by Victor C.)
2. Double Reflect – Never Wake (W&P by Gerard Ll.)
3. Frictional Transmission – Disfuctional Response (W&P by Frictional Transmission)
4. Ginging – Box (W&P by Mike Julian)
5. Jozef Nemček – The Relict Radiation (W&P by Jozef Nemček)
6. Ocralab – Lacunosus (W&P by Rocco Biscione)
7. Retouched – MV (W&P by Raúl García.)
8. Shimmer – Moving Closer (W&P by Israel Medina)
9. Twin Peetz – Astro Fighter (W&P by Patrick Peetz)
10. Warmth – SRCS (W&P by Warmth)
Mastered by Vtr
Cover art by Raúl G.
1. Avidya – Strange Dimension (W&P by Victor C.)
2. Double Reflect – Never Wake (W&P by Gerard Ll.)
3. Frictional Transmission – Disfuctional Response (W&P by Frictional Transmission)
4. Ginging – Box (W&P by Mike Julian)
5. Jozef Nemček – The Relict Radiation (W&P by Jozef Nemček)
6. Ocralab – Lacunosus (W&P by Rocco Biscione)
7. Retouched – MV (W&P by Raúl García.)
8. Shimmer – Moving Closer (W&P by Israel Medina)
9. Twin Peetz – Astro Fighter (W&P by Patrick Peetz)
10. Warmth – SRCS (W&P by Warmth)
Mastered by Vtr
Cover art by Raúl G.
TL:
1)north hive-immersion
2)Unknown Artist -[Knowone LP001]
3)Echo delta-anodyne
4)Andrea Cichecki-Subjective
5)Unknown Artist-Knowone 001
6)Izzat Man-Dub Wave One
7)Hubble -India
8)Donato Dozzy-Untitled C2
9)thomas koner-La Barca(hour five)
10)Carl Craig-a wonderful life
Mixed by Dj Mist
Cover by Raúl G.
1. Niccolo Machiavelli – 0.8 MHZ
2. Niccolo Machiavelli – CS-137
3. Niccolo Machiavelli – UVB-76
Niccolo Machiavelli – Duga 3 EP – Release Notes
Genre – Techno / Dub Techno
3 tracks based on all things secretive. Numbers Stations, Listening posts, Soviet intelligence services…
UVB-76 = A numbers station lead breaks track with plenty of dub influences and atmosphere.
CS-137 = A droning roller of a techno track with plenty of dub rumbles.
0.8 MHz = Pure chord lead dub techno
Niccolo Machiavelli is a London based producer releasing across the genres from ambience through to techno. With releases on labels including Deeptakt, Black Elk, Drift Deeper, Deep Electronics and Silent Flow, Niccolo fuses dub production values with dense atmospheres. On the Dj front Niccolo has supported Fluxion and G.R.I.T at Astral Industries London.
Written and Produced by Neil Slotnik
Mastered by Neil Slotnik
Cover art by John Fhakner
1. Ignacio Tardieu – Białowieża
2. Ignacio Tardieu – Brocéliande
3 Ignacio Tardieu – Oulanka
4. Ignacio Tardieu – Białowieża (Tecknoise Remix)
5. Ignacio Tardieu – Brocéliande (Randoom RMX)
6. Ignacio Tardieu – Oulanka (Discknocked Redubtion)
Written and produced by Ignacio Tardieu
Mastered by Ignacio Tardieu
Cover by John Fhakner
1. Solef – The Last Goodbye
2. Solef – The One And Only
3. Solef – Train Days
4. Solef – Anxiety
Written and Produced by Lefteris Ligdas
Mastered by Vtr
Cover art by John Fhakner
1. Jiri Chvatal – Polygon
2. Jiri Chvatal – Low
Written and produced by Jiri Chvatal
Mastered by Jiri Chvatal
Cover by John Fhakner
This showcase album (five reggae instrumentals followed by their dub versions) features several catchy melodies on top of heavy vintage-sounding roots rhythms. Most of the tunes are positive, sunny, mid-tempo steppers (no doom and gloom sounds on this set), with crisp horns throughout. The livelier ‘Fire’ ends proceedings with a bang!
A very entertaining album which should appeal to all lovers of authentic roots reggae and dub! They don’t make them like this anymore!
It took a long time for this project to be completed. Main reason, was the many artists involved in this project. The stems of the riddim traveled from France to all around the world, to places near and far. Countries like Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Russia, USA and Japan are participating in this project. The riddim was then reworked or dubbed and then sent back to the Zion Dirty Sound headquarters in France for the final mixing and “necessary tweaking”.
The result is a compilation nine new songs, each and every one based on the same “celebrity” riddim, but each and every one completely different in terms of creativity. Starting with Zion Dirty Sound’s 2015 version of Celebrity Fever titled Cumbia Fever, the riddim is dubbed by Nadoo (FR), vocalised in English by the dancehall artist Afro D (RUS) and in Japanese by sister Erika Crymson (JAP). Master See’s (USA) approach ina Nyabinghi style is lyric-wise and rythm-wise a strong slap to Babylon. Equally conscious are the two versions of Jazzmin Tutum (GER) and Haji Mike (CY), two artists representing the often so neglected sub-genre of Dub Poetry. Peter Chaves (SP) and Michel Melody (POL) team up for a melodica dub version of the riddim. Last but not least we have included the irie sound of Murjah Warriors (ITA) improvising skilfully on the mandolin, perhaps the most creative version of all.
All cuts are composed with lots of love and this can be heard on every tune. But most important is the fact that all tracks flow nicely together. We hope that you will play this ep may times, since each cut has a different vibe and you will always find the most appropriate one for each situation.
Closing we would like to give thanks to Michel from the Murjah Warriors for the painting of the cover and the artwork and to Djibril for the special touch on the mixing of the tunes. We hope you will enjoy the tunes and that you will love them as well as we did.
Bozal Spanish was spoken by African slaves in Puerto Rico and Cuba and other areas of South and Central America from the 1600s up until its possible extinction at around 1850. Although Bozal Spanish is extinct as a language, its influence still exists. For instance, many Kongo words are found in the lexicon of the Puerto Rican dialect of Spanish. [wikipedia]
[KPL029] V/A – “Archive Vol.3″
Mastered by Vtr
Cover art by Raúl G.
1. Niccolo Machiavelli – 0.8 MHZ
2. Niccolo Machiavelli – CS-137
3. Niccolo Machiavelli – UVB-76
Niccolo Machiavelli – Duga 3 EP – Release Notes
Genre – Techno / Dub Techno
3 tracks based on all things secretive. Numbers Stations, Listening posts, Soviet intelligence services…
UVB-76 = A numbers station lead breaks track with plenty of dub influences and atmosphere.
CS-137 = A droning roller of a techno track with plenty of dub rumbles.
0.8 MHz = Pure chord lead dub techno
Niccolo Machiavelli is a London based producer releasing across the genres from ambience through to techno. With releases on labels including Deeptakt, Black Elk, Drift Deeper, Deep Electronics and Silent Flow, Niccolo fuses dub production values with dense atmospheres. On the Dj front Niccolo has supported Fluxion and G.R.I.T at Astral Industries London.
Written and Produced by Neil Slotnik
Mastered by Neil Slotnik
Cover art by John Fhakner
In the late 2012 Waro decided to commit himself totally to the bass and Bindub took the role of the Dub Master. That is how THE DUBBSTYLE was born, a live dub project from Argentina, in the spirit of the new breed of dub acts combining live sounds with the traditional on-stage dubbing. They perform as a duo in Mendoza, Valparaiso (Chile) and Cordoba.
During their live shows there is a very distinct stage presence with them dressed up as monkeys, staying anonymous to the public. Nevertheless, it is the originality of their sound their big asset. Especially during their lives, their sound enters into new dimensions with the addition of many guest musicians on drums, guitar, percussion and horns.
Although quite new in the dub scene, they have already released halfway of 2013 their first EP titled “Blood Fire”, a self-release that can be downloaded for free from their own webpage. It is through that release that they were discovered by Dubophonic and were included in the compilation Explorations in Dub with the track Alive, while they also appeared on the Red Star Martyrs’ EP Time for tea serving their own recipe of Mint tea.
SIMONA is the firts EP on Dubophonic by The Dubbstyle. It includes six brand new tracks by the Argentinian duo, juggling between trip hop beats, dubstep, traditional South America melodies and reggae, all presented in their own original dubwise style. We have included also an unreleased cut of their first track “Bloodfire”, specially reconstructed for this release, featuring Enzo Furiasse on the live trombone, properly dubbed and spaced out. With these words said, please welcome the new heavyweight dub sound from Mendoza! The Dubbstyle!
