The Dub Invasion Festival is a 10 day long excursion into the international musical phenomenon called dub, a style characterized by heavy bass, drums and copious use of effects, where the producer becomes the artist and the mixing board becomes an instrument. From its roots in 1960s Kingston reggae studios to its evolution into the digital age, dub has given birth to modern remix culture and its influence and production techniques can be heard across countless genres, from hip-hop, electronica, to punk and rock.

Out of the original Jamaican dub culture, a new generation of international producers and artists have infused the original sound with diverse influences, pushing the boundaries of the music throughout Europe, Japan and Latin America. Our goal is to introduce world class talents to a wide audience in New York and Boston and develop an infrastructure and platform for global collaboration and creative exchange.

The Dub Invasion Festival is jointly produced by Brooklyn-based music activists Sound Liberation Front and NYC’s Dubwise label Subatomic Sound.

Volume 2 of Bristol-based selectah Dub Boy's Rooted & Grounded series of mixes blending together the sounds of roots dub, dancehall, and dubstep. In case you missed Volume 1 you can download it HERE courtesy of Spannered.org

Shinehead – Billie Jean (African Love)
Bounty Killer, Nitty Kuchie & Angel Doolas – Go Away (Kingston 11)
Biga – Nah Buss Mi Gun Fa Nuhum (Furybass)
Colonel Maxwell – Heart Attack (Furybass)
Carl Meeks – Help Me Jah (Furybass)
Mikey Melody – Stand Up & Chant (Furybass)
Laroz & Ranking Levy – Rootsman Party (........)
Zion Train ft Dubdadda – Boxes & Amps (Wadadda remix) (Universal Egg)
Minoo – December (Universal Egg)
Zion Train ft YT - Life That I Choose (Universal Egg)
Omar Perry – Daily Bread (Universal Egg)
Zion Train ft YT – Skank That I Choose (Prof Skank remix) (Universal Egg)
Carlton Livingston – No Answer (Universal Egg)
Zion Train ft YT – Baby Father (Weeding Dub Remix) (Universal Egg)
Ranking Joe – Satan Bites The Dust (Jah Warrior)
Macka B – Warrior Style (Ariwa)
Mungo’s Hi Fi ft Brother Culture – Ing (Scotch Bonnet)
Vibronics – Long Time Version (Scoops)
Dub Invasion – Guide I (unreleased)
Mungo’s Hi Fi – Around The Redub (Scotch Bonnet)
Mungo’s Hi Fi ft Soom T – DJ Killer (Unreleased)
DanMan – Jah Rain (RSD Remix) (Ranking Records)
Jah Warrior – Star Of David (Jah Warrior)
Mungo’s Hi Fi – Warm Up (Unreleased)
RSD – Jah Way (Punch Drunk)
Clouds – Elders (Wadadda refix) (Jahtari)
Mungo’s Hi Fi – Dubplate Fi Dem (Scotch Bonnet)
Mungo’s Hi Fi – Babylon Glitch (Unreleased)
Mungo’s Hi Fi ft Benjammin – Mexican Bean (Scotch Bonnet)
Mungo’s Hi Fi ft Ranking Joe – How You Bad So (Scotch Bonnet)
Mungo’s Hi Fi ft Murrayman – Mash Up (Scotch Bonnet)
Mungo’s Hi Fi ft Lyricson – Grudge & Vanity (Scotch Bonnet)
Kenny Knots & The Roots Squad – Too Much Gunshot (Jah Tubbys)
Johnny Clark – Declaration Of Rights (4-4 High Steppers Mix) (Mafia & Fluxy)
Kyla – Do You Mind (Lovers Rock Remix) (Ariwa)

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Here's a fresh mix of unreleased dubplates from Kulture promoting his upcoming performance at Ballers Social Club in Glasgow April 9th.

Iain Campbell - Cove (Kulture Remix)
Kulture - Yes We Can
Kulture - Blood & Fire
Unknown - It's a Pitty
Unknown - Tyrone
Unknown - Born Slippy
Kulture - Bittersweet
Kulture - Late Night
Kulture - Inwards

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New mix from up-and-coming Bristol talent Hyetal for the High-Rise Clothing blog. Recently featured on MAH's Radio1 show and with a bunch of releases coming later this Spring on Formant, Soul Motive, and Reduction Records, definitely a name to look out for.

Kulture – Midgar Skyline
Desto – Inkdeath
Hyetal & Shortstuff – Ice Cream
Rustie – Tempered
Guido – Tango 140
Zombie – The Lie
Kode 9 & LD – Bad
Jack Sparrow – The Chase
Peverelist – Clunk Click Every Trip
Shortstuff – Progression
Hyetal – Gold Or Soul
Gemmy – Kodama

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A portable party for your mp3 player: over an hour of the most rowdy and x-rated Jamaican bashment from last year mixed in quickfire juggling style from The Heatwave.

From crossover hits like So Special (Mavado), Ramping Shop (Vybz Kartel & Spice) and Click Mi Finger (Erup) to irresistible riddims like Sky Daggering, Dung A Town and Money Tree, this mix is packed full of killer tunes.

Cobra & Spice - Dat Mi Want
Leftside - Duppy Dem
Sean Paul - Hardcore
TOK - Cock It Up
Unknown - Happy Time Riddim
Minku - Can't Cool Mi
Mr Vegas - Can't Get Mi Down
Alozade - Closer
Beyonce & Buju Banton - Single Ladies (Richie Blindz Refix)
TOK - Vibes
Erup - Click Mi Finger
Beenie Man - Buffer Zone
TOK & Beenie Man - Ms World
Sleepy Hallowtips - Realest Winer
Beenie Man & TOK - Trapped
Future Fambo - Kumina
Stacious - Useless Bwoy
Mr G aka Goofy - Gal Yuh Good
Mr Lexx aka Lexxus - God Bless Present
Beenie Man - Wine Gal
Mr Vegas - Jamaican Way
Elephant Man - What A Mighty God
Elephant Man - Holy Ghost
Gerry Digital - Sky Daggering Riddim
Cecile - Push
TOK - Show Off
Spice - Nuh Daggera
Aidonia - Flying Dagger aka Hundred Stab
Leftside - Benny Hill Riddim
Timberlee & Tosh - Heels
Major Sample - Kotch
Lady Saw - Jealous
Elephant Man - No Tikkle
Vybz Kartel & Spice - Romping aka Ramping Shop
Beniton The Menace & Ne-Yo - Independent Woman
Mr Lexx aka Lexxus - Independent
Stacious - Fucky Man
Elephant Man - When Di Dawg A Bark
Taranchyla & Yellow Spider - Cyan Dance
Elephant Man - Nuh Linga
Delly Ranx - Working Class
Christopher Birch - Baddaz Riddim
Lisa Hype & Vybz Kartel - How You Do It Like Dat
Busy Signal - Hustle
Busy Signal - Up In Her Belly
Mr Vegas & Mystro - Round of Applause
Mr Vegas - Daggering
Mr Lexx aka Lexxus - Nuh Good
Vybz Kartel - Duggu Duggu
Tony Matterhorn - Wine Pon Mi Buddy
Charly Black - Buddy Buddy
Mavado - Inna Di Car Back
Assassin - Money
Elephant Man - We Ketch Dem
Beenie Man - Gimmie Gimmie (Wildout Mix)
Beenie Man - Gimmie Gimmie
Mr Vegas & Verb - Oh My Gosh
Stainless - Crop Over Riddim
Lisa Hype - Gimmie Buddy
Vybz Kartel - Tek It aka Wine Wine
Busy Signal - Pon Di Edge
Sizzla - Request My Love
TOK - Turn Me On
Big Yard - Dung A Town Riddim
D-Linx - Loving We No Shorta
Kiprich - Gal Clown
Macka Diamond - Them No Qualify
Demarco - Can't Believe It In Jamaica
Busy Signal - Smoke Some High Grade
Busy Signal - Cool Baby
Scatta - Self Defense Riddim
Cecile & Lady Saw - Nah Wear None
General Degree - Tight
Sizzla - Push It
Mavado - So Special
Serani - No Games
Assassin - Almighty Protect Me
Collie Buddz - Rise It
Mr Vegas - Hottie

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Next up we have The Champion Mixtape featuring a wide range of sounds from Martelo who happens to also be playing Fabric this Friday the 13th along with Mackavelli (See Post Below).

1. Champion Intro feat. Serocee - Martelo/Wildlife
2. Get It Up feat. M.I.A. - Santogold
3. Bad Boyz feat. Barrington Levy - Shyne
4. Come Get It (Trackademicks Remix) - Yummy Bingham
5. I'm Missing You - Sanchez*
6. Got Money feat. T-Pain - Lil Wayne
7. Sock It To Me - Missy Elliott
8. A Thing For Me [Mad Decent's B-LIVE Miami Mix] - Metronomy
9. H.A.L. - Sebastian x She's A Bitch - Missy Elliott*
10. Dull Flame Of Desire (Modeselektor's Rmx For Boys) - Björk
11. Crunked Up - Benga
12. Mercury - Bloc Party
13. Giggle Riddim - Piddy Py
14. Blipstream - Buraka Som Sistema & Skream x Hey Papi - Jay-Z & Memphis Bleek*
15. Same Old Thing - The Streets
16. Let The Spirit (Toddla T & Ross Orton Remix) - Roots Manuva
17. All I Do (Bump & Flex Dancehall Dub) - Cleptomaniacs
18. Let Me See What U Workin' With (Martelo's Tetris Funk Rework) - Rod Lee
19. Anti Matter (Destroy Disco Edit) - N*E*R*D
20. Pretty Like Me (Phazed Out Dub Mix) - Natalia
21. Kalemba (Reso's Aguardente Remix) - Buraka Som SIstema
22. Venus As A Boy - Björk
23. Chunk Up The Duece (Instrumental) - Lil Keke
24. Focus - Dusk + Blackdown
25. Hold On - Jammin'
26. Good Luck Holdin' On feat. Lisa Kekuala - Martelo/Basement Jaxx
27. Teardrops - Womack & Womack
28. Thuggish Ruggish Bone - Bone Thugs -N- Harmony*
29. What's That Sound? - LRD x Hardcore Girls feat. Rye Rye - The Count & Sinden*
30. Gay Dentists - Mr. Oizo
31. Brain - N*E*R*D
32. Deep Inside - DJ Rampage
33. I'm So Hood [Bass Mix] feat. Trick Daddy & T-Pain - DJ Khaled
34. Dollar Sign feat. Lady Stu$h - Sticky
35. Dinner Time - Cool Kids
36. Deep feat. Jakes (Club Mix) - TC
37. Fool In Love feat. Ny - The Count & Sinden*
38. Close To Me - The Cure
* [Martelo rethink]

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Finishing off this week with some SKWEE from SPIRO. Old School Skwee + Hip Hop vibes...

Spiro- Electronic Space Funk

dexter wansel - solutions
stickem - damn spot
mantronix - needle to the groove
paltazar - plong weeeks
beatbully - bobbleplast
kraftwerk - boing boom tschak
daniel savio - jihad akhbar
PrOfEsSoR ANARAD - A-R-A-D
mangrove - mental metronome
boys of caligula - must 'amamba
busy bee - busy bee's groove
cold crush brothers - we can do this
beatbully - verk
the boogie boys - run it dub
EDMX - r100
kool keith - jewelry shine
daniel savio - we call it skweee

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This 5-part short documentary from director Adam Glickman, seen here in an early rough cut, explores the history of Jamaican sound system and dub culture. The film uses interviews with Paul Simonon, So Solid Crew, Sly Dunbar, David Rodigan, DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and more to explore the roots of this music and the influence it had around the world. [courtesy of Pitchfork.tv]

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A gift from us to you: this exclusive mix chalk full of the sounds of pure dub reggae; past, present, and future. Running just over an hour with 21 irie tracks for your listening pleasure during the rest of these winter days. Bless.

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1. Gorillaz Vs. Space Monkeys - Strictly Rubbadub (Slow Country Remix)
2. Culture - Apply Within
3. Dubmatix - High Crimes Dub
4. Sizzla - Love In The House
5. Capleton - See Dem
6. DJ Spooky - Strykly Turn Table Eyzd, Umm
7. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Bass Culture
8. Rusko - Action Dread
9. Katchafire - I And I (Mad Professor Dubtronic Remix)
10. Skream - Sub Island
11. Gorillaz Vs. Space Monkeys - Dub Ø 9 (Starshine Remix)
12. Pink Floyd - Money (Easy Star All Stars Dub Take)
13. Bob Marley & Sublime - Do It Twice
14. MRK1 - Steppa's Delight
15. Matty G - Amen
16. Aswad - Warrior Charge
17. Bobby Blue/GCORP - Liberation Dub
18. Sola Rosa - Sleepwalker
19. Hepcat - Gimme A Little Sign
20. Digital Mystikz - Anti War Dub (Ft. Spen G)
21. Conquest - Forever

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Two Jahtari live recordings from this summer, at Plastic People London, June 13th, and at the mad Fusion festival with Instruktah D and Bankil on the mic. All recorded to lovely tape by Jackson "Bassbin" Bailey. With the in-built mic of THIS great machine! Check loads of upcoming Jahtari smashas, w/ Soom-T, Mungo's Hifi, MAFFI, Bo Marley, Mikey Murka and performed by disrupt and Rootah.

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interview taken at Ariwa Studios, 1985.

"Pum Pum" Music Video






The Making of "Pum Pum" [behind the scenes video shoot]

disrupt - The Brink Of Destruction / Bit Defender



"The Brink Of Destruction" twists John Frum's echo landscape towards a more
rough countryside: a raw beatbox drum pattern, a blasting bassline and a skank
right from the electronics gear junkyard are driving the big synth line onwards
to, well, the brink of definite destruction. Can machines govern man? Does that
mean total disintegration now? Precisely. The War Machines are loose.



With "Bit Defender" you'll be full on automatic in the hands of the computahs.
Travelling at light speed and on the peak of a big bass wave the journey goes
on with ever-building intensity towards a point where space is boundless.
Beware of that surprising turn the tune takes and the mind blasting final.
High-G-Suit recommened for safe listening.

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more net releases from Jahtari

Dub Echoes



Bass Weight: a Dubstep Documentary



Lee Perry: "The Upsetter"



and finally, here is the Trailer for Musically Mad, a coming documentary about the soundsystem scene in England. This is just a few of the scenes, there's alot more to come!

DUB vs DUBSTEP'
A 50' live mix on the wheels of steel of a dubstep tune mixing with a dub tune, mixing with a dubstep tune, mixing with a dub tune and so on.

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TRACKLIST:
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BABYLON SYSTEM 'Dancin shoes'

MARSHALL 'Marshall Dub'

MARLOW 'Butterfish'

SKA FLAMES 'Spirit Dub'

UNKNOWN 'War Dub'

BUTCH CASSIDY SOUND SYSTEM 'More Pressure'

L-WIZ 'Fruit shop'

AUGUSTUS PABLO 'Tubby's dub song'

ROGUESTATE ft DADDY FREDDY 'Very dangerous'

JUNIOR ROSS & SPEARS 'So jah jah says'

SHACKLETON 'You bring me down'

MAD PROFESSOR 'The heart of the jungle'

RAMADANMAN 'Good feeling'

PRIMAL SCREAM 'Dub together'

SARANTIS '3 Course dub'

MAD PROFESSOR 'Drunken scotsman'

HIJAK & SKREAM 'Retro'

SLY & ROBBIE 'Destination unknow'

COTTI ft. KINGPIN 'Let go mi shirt'

LINTON KWESI JOHNSON 'Bitch dub'

SKREAM 'Smiley faces'

STUDIO ONE 'Jamaica back'

RSD 'Kingfisher'


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"They have a new type of sound they’re calling dubstep. Have you heard much about that?

I don’t know how it look, I never see it yet. But I am glad that people are creating on it, because the word dub mean that you can do anything; when you put drum and bass together, and when you take a guitar, or a piano, it’s dub still. So you would have your perfect drum, which is the heart, and your perfect bass, which is the mind. So with the dub, if people can find a different name for it, I say congratulations for the second generation of the now creation that is paying more attention to dub."
- Fact Magazine, May 2008.