Buy Dub Me Tender by Dub Colossus on Bleep. Download MP3, WAV, FLAC. 9 Crazy in Dub 5:30 Dub Colossus Buy. Dub Colossus ReleaseProduct Return to Addis Label Real World Records Catalogue Number RWEP13D Release Date May 2015 4 Tracks DL DL. Dub Colossus in a Town Called Addis was inspired by meeting, writing and working with Ethiopian singers and musicians in Addis Ababa in August 2006. The collaboration between Dub Colossus and these amazing musicians covers Azmari and traditional styles as well as the popular singing styles of the 60s and 70s.
Artist: Dub Colossus After launching the ethno-techno collectives Transglobal Underground and Temple of Sound, multi-instrumentalist and composer Nick Page formed the reggae group Dub Colossus with musicians from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Londoner first came up with the idea while visiting Africa in 2006. It was then he met African singers Tsedenia Gebremarkos and Sintayehu 'Mimi' Zenebe, along with musicians Samuel Yirga, Feleke Hailu, and Teremage Woretaw. The group made their recording debut in 2008 with the Real World release A Town Called Addis, an album that introduced their blend of Jamaican reggae and traditional African sounds. Addis Through the Looking Glass followed in 2012, then the remix effort Dub Me Tender, Vol. 1 arrived that same year as a vinyl-only release. A CD and digital download were made available in 2013, but this time with extra tracks and the expanded title Dub Me Tender, Vols. 1 & 2. ~ David JeffriesTitle: A Spy In the House of Dub Year Of Release: 2018 Label: Real World Productions Ltd Genre: World Quality: MP3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) 24/44100 Hz, 16/44100 Hz Total Time: 34:33 min Total Size: 80 / 221 / 382 MB WebSite: Album Preview Tracklist: 5:41 | 01. Dub Colossus - A Spy In The House Of Dub 6:12 | 02. Dub Colossus - Sima Edy (Soundsystem version) 5:34 | 03. Dub Colossus - Guragigna (Soundsystem Version) 5:08 | 04. Dub Colossus - What Time Is Dub (Soundsystem version) 5:56 | 05. Dub Colossus - Crazy in Dub (Soundsystem version) 6:02 | 06. Dub Colossus - Mechem Aresah IsraCloud Links: 2018-A-Spy-In-the-House-of-Dub-FLAC-Hi-Res.rar - 384.0 MB 2018-A-Spy-In-the-House-of-Dub-FLAC.rar - 223.4 MB 2018-A-Spy-In-the-House-of-Dub-mp3.rar - 79.8 MB
For the last few years I've been plugging away on a new musical project which has finally come to fruition in the form of an all-acoustic dub-jazz group called Aketi Ray....double bass, drums, upright piano,horns, percussion, reverb and delay. We play compositionsgrounded in the instrumental music of Jamaica - ska, rocksteady, reggae, rockers,dub - but drawinginspiration and influence from Ethiopian and US jazz, west African percussiontraditions, all served up with the mind set of UK steppas........Kingston to Chicago to Addis Ababa to Dakar to London.
After much work in the background we have an album recorded, lined-up and ready to launch in 2018, with a 12 inch release already out and 6-track vinyl-only album sampler dropping November 18th 2017. Check www.aketiray.com for all the details on those.
The mix below is a journey into the music that's influenced the Aketi Ray sound...mainly looking at those moments where Jamaican music and jazz brush up together, as well as a couple of tracks just a step removed, but influential to us. All part of the journey. Oh, and a couple of sneak previews of forthcoming Aketi Ray tracks! Have written a couple of words about each track too..... (Big up Jazz Meet for sharing this mix on their always excellent podcast) Jamaican Jazz Journeying // Aketi Ray Inspirations And Connections
1. Tambu- Friendship Group of Trelawny [0.00]
Starting things off with three percussion-heavy tracks, this one coming from deep in the JA countryside, a minute-long earlyrecording of a session played on tambu drums - supposedlyunique to the Trelawny area of Jamaica.
2. Occupation- Cedric Brooks & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari [1.03]
Oneof the many alumni of the Alpha Boys School, which taught so many of Jamaicabest players, Cedric's fusing of jazz and pure Rasta music has littleparallel. This cut has him leading on sax over a nyabinghi rhythm.
3. EarthSound - Ernest Ranglin [3.32]
Ernest'slegacy in pushing Jamaican music in all kinds of interesting directions issecond-to-none. This recording is less about showing off his great guitarplaying as it is exploring what can happen when Jamaican jazz meets Jamaican drumming.
4. LastCall - Don Drummond [5.59]
Moving into three killer ska tracks back to back, with DonDrummond leading the Skatalites in this classic piece. The Skatalites perhaps morethan anyone deserve credit for cementing the role of jazz playing within JA's dancehall music, and then taking that sound worldwide.
5. HeyTrain - Buster All Stars [9.04]
For all the credit that the Skatalites get, PrinceBuster's house band were just as firing, with a line-upthat included the likes of Ernest Ranglin and Rico Rodriguez.
6. Cleopatra- Roland Alphonso & The Studio One Orchestra [11.39]
Onefinal golden era ska foot-stomper, Roland Alphonso leading on sax on what you couldeven call a proto-ethio-skajazz workout, if you really wanted! The StudioOne Orchestra effectively the Skatalites without Don Drummond..
7. Barbados- Jazz Jamaica [14.18]
Keeping it ska but bringing it to London three decades later, JazzJamaica are a group started in the early 90s by the double-bassist GaryCrosby (who happens to be nephew of Ernest Ranglin), which set out to dobig-band style jazz arrangements of ska tunes, as well as ska up somejazz standards. Amazing band to see live if you ever get the chance. Thisrecording features the late great Rico Rodriguez on trumpet.
8. Regulator{live} - Monty Alexander [18.10]
Kingston-bornbut US resident pianist Monty Alexander has been mixing up JA and US traditionsin jazz for decades. I’ve never had the pleasure to hear him play live,but if this firing recording is anything to go by it sounds like a show not tomiss. Bad tune.
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9. ManyPauses {live} - Jazz Warriors [22.27]
JazzWarriors were a London-based group which launched the careersof a generation of young musicians on to the scene - one of which wastrumpeter Kevin Robinson, who plays extensively on our Aketi Ray LP. Theyreleased just one album, the landmark 1987 live recording Out of Many,One People (Jamaica's national motto). The piece of music included here is just a short extract from a much longer, constantly-changing track, Many Pauses, andfeatures jazz vocalist and occasional D&B MC Cleveland Watkiss on scatparts.
10. ThisDay – Rico [24.28]
Journeying back to the 70s for three pieces from the roots era, starting with this classic cut from trombonist RicoRodriquez. Moving to London in the 70s Rico played a big role in building thebridge between JA and UK music, both with his own compositions as well asplaying an active part on the 2-tone scene. The album this cut comes from, TheMan From Wareika, is a Jazz Reggae cornerstone. 11.Cutsand Bruises - Pablove Black [28.33] Killer melodica piece from multi-instrumentalist Pablove Black. When it comesto great reggae melodica instrumentals August Pablo surely wears the crown andtakes credit for adding the instrument to the reggae canon, but this cut herefrom Pablove is perfection – hard pressed to think of another time a melodicasounded so good. 12. Returnof the Super Ape - Lee Perry [32.00] In interviews Lee Perry often cites jazz as the music that inspires him the most, and even when his music doesn't have the solos of jazz, it so often has the experimental, rule breaking, attitude. In this cut it does both. Amazing record - pure inspiration into what can be done. 13. The Breadwinner - The Breadwinners [35.31] As far as I'm concerned there is only one person out there who has carried on the works of Lee Perry at the Black Ark faithfully, and thats Al and the Breadwinners camp out of Manchester, England. I especially love theirinstrumental tracks, often featuring Sally on all horn and wind parts. Really recommend checking their back catalogue. Sublime.
14. DubMe Tender - Dub Colossus [37.46]
Keeping it in the UK with Nick Page and his Dub Colossus band, who made a name for themselves for the dub records they recorded in a small flat in Addis Ababa that fused dub traditions with Ethiopian music. This one is a completely stripped-back, drum-free affair, that has a wisp of Ethiopia as well as a touch of US free jazz about it.
15. Ephemeral- Aketi Ray [41.35]
One last one from the UK, this one from us, the opening track from the forthcoming Aketi Ray LP 'From Ever Since'. Dubwise, flying cymbal rhythm, led by the wonderful sax playing of Nico Rouger, and backed by Kevin Robinson on ghost-trumpet!
16. Bloodof Africa - Natty Locks & King Tubby [46.04]
Going on into three more sax led cuts here, the first a massive tune to me personally - the opening track from the first dub LP I ever heard, Tubby meets Perry at the Grass Roots. Always takes me back this track...
17. ManA Lion - Disciples Riddim Section meets Digistep [48.41]
Moving to 21st Century London with this great digi cut - modern roots from the UK at its best. Big up Kullar and the Roots Youths crew.
18. RootsVersion Wise - Sky Nation [52.10]
Back to 70s JA with this powerful percussion and horn section roots work out.
19. ProverbsDub - Wareika Hill Sounds [55.36]
Wareika Hill Sounds is a really great modern project, led I gather by Calvin “Bubbles” Cameron of Count Ossie’s Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari and The Light Of Saba fame. All the material they've put out has come out on Honest Jon's label so I expect there's a key London connection to this. Its new music but taps spirits of the past, without feeling in any way dated. 20. DistantDrums Version - Family Man & Knotty Roots [59.15] Moving into three tracks back to back here with some heavy, conscious vibes, this weighty drum and horns piece is a dub of Vivian Jackson and The Defenders Love Thy Neighbour, and credited to legendary bass player and co-producer player Aston Barrett.
21. JahIrror - Jah Bast & The Shades [62.31]
One of my favourite records from recent years, perhaps surprisingly, out of Switzerland - going to show there are no borders in music! Lovely playing on all their cuts, but I particularly like the message on this one (the one vocal track on this mix), and its a message that is shared with the next track....
22. Mirror- Aketi Ray [65.44] The second Aketi Ray track featured, and yeah, like the track before, this ones all about reflection and knowledge of self! This one is coming out on a 12inch on Steppas Records - look out for a video too! Should find it on the Aketi Ray website / youtube.
Turning a corner here with a track from an Ernest Ranglin album he recorded in Senegal with Baba Maal's firing band. Its a beautiful record, effortlessly fusing his Jamaican sound with that of these Senegalese greats. Its the use of percussion that's been particularly influential on the Aketi Ray sound.
24. Néla Thiass - Cheikh Lô [75.52] While we're in Senegal I need to play one more - Cheikh Lô himself fuses music from all over... I find this one particularly beautiful, and can't get enough of the talking drum on this. 25. Mulatu- Mulatu Astatke [80.37] The Ethio-jazz sound is a big influence, and Aketi Ray's sax player Nico Rouger plays in two Ethio jazz acts, Addis Quartet and Krar Collective. We've definitely tried to bring some of Mulatu's flavour to the music we're making.
26. JerichoJazz - Roy Burrowes, Clifford Jordan, Charles Davis [85.34]
Back to JA, and maybe even carrying over a bit of that Ethio flavour, a wonderful jazzed-up version of the classic Studio One Jericho Rock rhythm. The album this comes off, Reggae Au Go Jazz, is a must for you if you've listened this far and liked what you've heard!
27. NoneA Jah Jah Children No Cry - Dean Fraser [88.36]
Dean Fraser has been flying the reggae jazz flag for decades, and this is taken from a late 90s recording on the short-lived, but quality Island Jamaica Jazz label. A wonderful version of the Ras Michael classic Rasta cut None A Jah Jah Children No Cry. Serious music! ![]() 28. CallOn His Name - Aketi Ray [96.40] A final Aketi Ray track here, forthcoming on the album 'From Ever Since'. Flute, talking drum and piano in a thankful interaction.
29. Manassehmeets The Equalizer - Looking Glass Dub [100.32]
Wanted to finish off on a Manasseh track. Nick Manasseh's radio shows on Kiss FM in the 90s were absolutelyinstrumental in opening up the world of Jamaican music to me (and many others!), and he's an excellent producer in his own right too. A big influence in every way. Comments are closed.
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