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Friday, October 03, 2008
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Dubmatix 12-Track Podcast & Interview with solipsistic NATION
Greetings
Hope you are well. There is an interview and 12 track podcast of our live material recently done by solipsistic NATION - a very cool and interesting electronic-themed podcast that also re-broadcasts on KYOU Radio 1550 AM in San Francisco.
My thanks goes out to Joseph of solipsistic NATION for the support.
It's alot of unheard Live material from various shows over the past 2
years and includes music from all three releases plus a couple of
others.
Enjoy
Dubmatix
EXCERPT - ... http://solipsisticnation.com/?p=167 (view info and download podcast)
On today’s show I’m going to follow up on last week’s all dub set by
playing live tracks from Dubmatix and talk to the man behind Dubmatix,
Jesse King.
Dub is a tricky genre. While the basic elements of dub are understood,
but it’s difficult to do good dub well. I’ve wasted hours that must
surely equal to weeks of sifting through some truly uninspired dub to
find the true gems. The sort of stuff that’s flat, unimaginative and,
worse, ungroovable. And Dubmatix’s Jesse makes some great dub.
1. Dubmatix feat. Kulcha Ites “Burn Out The Rich”
2. Dubmatix Soundsystem “My Selecta”
3. Interview with Jesse King of Dubmatix
4. Dubmatix Soundsystem “War, Peace & Dub”
5. Dubmatix Soundsystem “Sensi”
6. Dubmatix Soundsystem “Dub Phanatique”
7. Interview with Jesse King of Dubmatix
8. Dubmatix “Soul Dread Dub”
9. Dubmatix Soundsystem “Pirate Dub”
10. Interview with Jesse King of Dubmatix
11. Dubmatix & Howie Smart “Heavy Living”
12. Dubmatix feat. Treson “Praise Jah”
13. Dubmatix Soundsystem feat. Ranking Joe “Tornado”
14. Dubmatix Soundsystem “Jump & Twist”
15. Dubmatix Soundsystem “Champion Sound”
16. Interview with Jesse King of Dubmatix
http://solipsisticnation.com/?p=167 (view and download podcast)
Feedburner: http://feeds.feedburner.com/solipsisticNATION
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Saturday, September 06, 2008
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Dubmatix featuring Prince Blanco "Don’t Pressurize Me" Free Tune
Category: Music
Greetings
Hope all is good. Got a new track for you to check out/download. We took the Happy Dub Riddim from Renegade Rocker CD and invited UK artist Prince Blanco add vocals on the track and what came about is "Pressurize Me" - a nice uptempo groove for the end of summer. It's was a great time working with Blanco on this - with his years of experience and releases is was a soild fit for the original Dub track and we hope you enjoy it.
In the works - new 7" for the IrieItes label outta Germany and tracks for the new Linval Thompson album due out in fall.- wrapping up recording on the first tune and heading back in for the 2nd. We'll also be posting some fresh and free music very soon...
Enjoy!
Peace
Dubmatix Crew
DOWNLOAD "PRESSURIZE ME"
http://www.sendspace.com/file/y64a3u
(320K MP3 Format - Virus Checked)
ABOUT PRINCE BLANCO
http://www.myspace.com/princeblanco
"Prince Blanco is real ole school reggae - no guns, no bombs, no aggro - the kind of stuff we had while sporting afros!"
Mad Professor (Ariwa Sounds, UK)
Prince Blanco (aka Mark Matthews) is a happily married, proud dad and a musician whose sound has been described as 'alt-reggae' and 'classic reggae with a punk attitude'. Mark is a true 'island boy' born on the Isle Of Wight in southern England. He came of age in south London where his early musical influences were '70s British glam and pop groups, The Rolling Stones and classic Trojan reggae, rocksteady and ska, notably the 'Tighten Up' series of LPs. His first instrument was the drums which he began playing in bands at 14 years old, but by now, it was the punk/reggae 'fusion' of groups like The Clash and The Ruts and the 2 Tone sounds of The Specials and The Selecter that really got his attention.
Eventually Mark found his way to Toronto, involving himself in the vibrant Canadian ska scene and becoming the drummer for popular Canadian ska/dub group The Skanksters. The band toured throughout the '90s and released the acclaimed CD, 'Dub Cookery' on the US-based Simmerdown label in 1997. When the group morphed into the dub-conscious collective Boogiewall Soundsystem in 2001, he stayed onboard as a drummer and vocalist and was heavily featured on their 2005 release 'Super My Own Band'.
During his time with The Skanksters, Mark immersed himself in the local Toronto reggae scene. He also regularly travelled back to his UK reggae haunts in south and west London, intent on making the move to becoming a full-time singer. He studied hard and 're-discovered' such great vocalists as Gregory Isaacs, Ken Boothe and John Holt. However, it was on one of his visits to Jamaica in the mid-'90s where Prince Blanco, the singer, was truly born after being invited on stage to perform with legendary trombonist Vin Gordon and singer Jack Radics.
Prince Blanco has since shared the stage with artists such as Michael Rose, Jazz Jamaica and Freddie McGregor, sang alongside 'Armagideon Man' Willi Williams, 'punky-reggae' legend Ari Up (The Slits) and rocked the mic with selector Jerry Dammers (The Specials). His first CD 'Prince Blanco & The Rocksteady All-Stars', an EP of reggae classics, was released in 2006. His latest CD 'Rebel Discotheque' was released in May 2008. He is currently working on a new single with Toronto producer Dubmatix as well as ongoing collaborations with DJ/producer Aram Scaram's Citizen Sound project, both who perform alongside Blanco as part of 'Dub Collective'.
You can check out Prince Blanco's latest release "Rebel Discotheque" http://cdbaby.com/cd/princeblanco
MORE FREE MP3S
You can download more free MP3s on our website here www.dubmatix.com/music.cfm
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
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Sony Media’s Dubmatix Remix Contest - Now Open
Category: Music
DUBMATIX REMIX CONTEST Sony Media's ACIDPLANET.COM is hosting a great remix contest . Open from July 24 to Oct 4 2008.I've provided the individual tracks for "Give Thanks & Praises" featuring Ranking Joe from the new CD Renegade Rocker. You'll be able to download the sample packs including the vocals and create your own remix versions. I'll judge them and the winner will receive some wicked prizes.Join Acidplanet.com today and get the loops to start your remix.www.acidplanet.com
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Thursday, July 03, 2008
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Free TUNE & Tour News
Greetings!
Respect my friend. Here's some recent news, tour dates and a free Mp3 of "Soul Dread Dub" LIVE from the new release Renegade Rocker. We've had some amazing National & International Press lately. Aside from the new release Irie Ites a new label in Germany put out Dubmatix meets Ranking Joe "War Inna Corner" on 45 (7") and it's been exploding across Europe - check out more here:
We'll be back in a few weeks with some new video, pics and as always - free tunes for yer ears.
Enjoy
Download "Soul Dread Dub" LIVE: http://www.sendspace.com/file/bheke0 (Virus checked and protected)
Peace
Dubmatix
TOUR DATES - BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
If you're around any of these areas come out to a show - it's gonna be a wicked time.
4 Jul 2008 CFUV FM - Interview with Stew from Alive & Dread
5 Jul 2008 The Vault - Nanaimo
6 Jul 2008 The Surf Lodge - Gabriola Island
10 Jul 2008 Victoria Ska Festival - Inner Harbour w/ Pato Banton - Victoria
10 Jul 2008 Victoria Ska Festival - Element (Reggae After Party) - Victoria
11 Jul 2008 Long & McQuade - Dub Production Workshop - Victoria
12 Jul 2008 Diversity Festival Texada Island, BC
12 Jul 2008 Diversity Festival - Beach Stage (DJ Set)
17 Jul 2008 Fabric - Vancvouer
18 Jul 2008 The Sweatshop (as DJ Ironbelly) - Vancouver
18 Jul 2008 The Sweatshop (as Dubmatix) - Vancouver
26 Jul 2008 Thymeless - w Dub Collective - - Toronto
21 Aug 2008 Winnipeg Ska and Reggae Festival - Pyramid Cabaret
RECENT PRESS & NEWS
10 Top 50 Chart Attack Magazine (National Radio Charts - 10th most played album across Canada)
Toronto Sun Newspaper - Full-page Feature
Exclaim Magazine - Feature July 2008
Eye Weekly - DJ Spotlight
NOW Magazine - 4 Starts & Critic's Pick
ITunes Feature
Myspace Featured Artist
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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Exclaim Magazine Feature & CBC Radio Show
Category: Music
David Dacks of Exclaim Magazine did a great feature on Dubmatix - it's the first time a reggae artist has been placed into the Points section in almost 10 years.
So our big thanks to David for his amazing support!
EXCLAIM ARTICLE
http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=123&csid2=4&fid1=32045
iTUNES CANADA
The wonderful people at iTunes Canada are currently featuring the new "Renegade Rocker" release under the World section.
CBC RADIO - JAMACIAN ECHOES
Features some amazing dub artists from across the world. Check it out if you're around .
CBC Radio To Air Documentary About Jamaican Dub Music
Title: Jamaican Echoes
Program: Inside The Music
Air Date: June 29, 2008. Radio 2: 12PM Eastern.
Radio 1: 8PM Eastern.
On June 29, 2008, tune in to Inside The Music on CBC Radio for Jamaican
Echoes. This groundbreaking documentary traces the spread of dub from an
accident in a Jamaican recording studio to the four corners of the Earth.
Host Lauren Speers speaks with historians, musicians and engineers about how
dub, once the instrumental counterpart to reggae, has changed popular music
around the world. Dub is the heart of remix culture. It has become an
international music, yet its descendents continue to be inspired by its
Jamaican innovations. Dub isn't just a musical remix, it's a social remix.
Jamaican Echoes features a continuous mix of music spanning five decades to
bring its narrative and interviews to life. Jamaican Echoes is both
entertaining and insightful in bringing this underappreciated but widely
influential musical concept to a national audience.
Jamaican Echoes features interviews with:
Adrian Sherwood (On-U Sound - Depeche Mode, Primal Scream, Lee Scratch
Perry)
Bill Laswell (Global dub innovator - Fela Kuti, Motorhead, Herbie Hancock)
Twilight Circus (M Records - Michael Rose, Big Youth, Queen Ifrica)
Clifton Joseph (Dubzzz poet at large - CBC, Dub Poets Collective)
Dubmatix (Nu dub from Toronto - new disc features Alton Ellis, Sugar Minott)
Leroy Sibbles (All-time reggae legend! Heptones lead singer, Studio One
bassist)
Michael Veal (Author of "Dub: Soundscapes And Shattered Songs In Jamaican
Reggae")
Jamaican Echoes is based on a September 2007 article in Exclaim Magazine
entitled "Dub Voyage
<http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/research.aspx?csid1=114> ".
Host/Co-producer: Lauren "DJ Chocolate" Speers is a broadcaster and DJ based
in Toronto. Lauren is a fountain of knowledge, experience and good vibes -
as precise and articulate as a teacher of Music Business Administration at
the International Academy of Art and Design as she is a host of CKLN's
"Rebel Music". Her long running night "Chicks Dig It" was profoundly
important in encouraging and raising the profile of many excellent female
DJs in Toronto and parts beyond. She is the owner of Toronto's best known
vinyl pressing and mastering operation, Scratch Free Press. Well known and
respected in Canada's reggae and drum and bass communities, she is a
forward-thinking host brimming with enthusiasm about the musical,
technological and social implications of dub.
Writer/Producer/Editor: David Dacks is a journalist, DJ and broadcaster
based in Toronto. As an editor of Exclaim Magazine he supervises that
magazine's coverage of dub and reggae, and is a regular contributor to Eye
Weekly, AOL Canada and Paste Magazine. As a DJ and musician, he has
performed at WOMAD festivals, at raves, in clubs and lounges. David's
obsession with dub stretches back some 25 years, and has been a central
theme to his long running radio show on CIUT, "The Abstract Index"
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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What’s going on - reviews and tour news...
Category: Music
What's going on?
We're gearing up for the west coast tour that starts in just over 2 weeks - hitting beautiful BC, Canada for a couple of weeks of festivals and shows.
The new CD "Renegade Rocker' has seen some great reviews and feedback and wanted to share them.
Our thanks go out to all the reviewers, radio DJs and fans for your support.
Massive respect!
Dubmatix
UPDATE FROM MUSIC MEDIA
Scoring Six - 1 station Top 30 & Top 10 charts this week from ….Toronto's CIUT & CKLN where "Renegade Rocker" has been the 1 most played record for the 3rd straight week (unheard of at these stations), Edmonton's CJSR, Calgary's CJSW, Halifax's CKDU & Nanaimo's CHLY.
NATIONAL CHARTS
2 International Top 10 - Earshot Magazine Charts
18 Top 50 Chart Attack Magazine
20 Top 30 Earshot Magazine Charts
INDIVIDUAL STATION CHARTS
1 Top 30 CIUT FM (3 weeks running)
1 Top 10 World CJSW FM
1 Top 10 Inter Chart CKDU FM
1 Top 30 Chart CHLY FM
1 Inter Top 10 Chart*CHLY FM
1 Top 30 Chart CKLN FM
1 Top 10 Inter Chart CJSR FM
2 Top 10 International Chart CHUO FM
3 Top 10 International Chart CFRU FM
4 Top 10 World Chart CILU FM
6 Top 10 Inter Chart CFUV FM
7 Top 30 CKMS FM
9 Top 30 Chart CFBU FM
11 Top 30 Chart** CKDU FM
15 Top 30 CJAM FM
18 Top 30 Chart CFRC FM
21 Top 30 Chart CJSR FM
Now online – EYE Weekly's DJ Spotlight featuring Dubmatix an intimate interview with Elizabeth Mykos & coming up (June 27th) in the Toronto Sun, Dubmatix will be featured in Errol Nazareth's column.
"Canadian producer, Dubmatix, creates some of the freshest reggae around"
Dermot Hussey XM Radio "The Joint"
"My vote for Reggae Album of the Year"
Errol Nazareth - The Toronto Sun & CBC Radio "Big City Small World"
4 Stars & Critics Pick - NOW MAGAZINE Toronto
"This time Dubmatix lays down another tight, well-produced collection with guest appearances by Alton Ellis, Sugar Minott and Ranking Joe."
"it's a masterpiece!" - Sista Andrea CHLY FM
I Rick Deejay of Zone reggae radio in Portugal sent in this terrific feature and review for Renegade Rocker. Many thanks goes out to I Rick for the support of the release also for his enthusiasm and ever-forwarding of reggae & dub from his home base.
zonareggae.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/zonareggae-reviewsrenegade-rocker/
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Thursday, June 05, 2008
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Eye Weekly DJ Spotlight
Category: Music
Thanks goes out to Elizabeth from Eye Weekly for the DJ Spotlight this week.
You can check it here: http://www.eyeweekly.com/clubs/djspotlight/article/29638
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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New Dubmatix CD "Renegade Rocker" Out Now
Category: Music
Greetings
The new 16-song CD release "Renegade Rocker" is now available as a CD, Download & USB-Drive. Visit the site to preview the new release that includes special guests
Sugar Minott, Michael Rose, Alton Ellis, Willi Williams, Ranking Joe, Linval Thompson and more.
 A sonic assault of thundering drums and bass, Burning Spear-styled horns capped with rock-solid, head-nodding grooves, Toronto-based Dubmatix unleashes his third disc via 7 Arts/Fusion3 titled Renegade Rocker. Summer tour dates kick off in Western Canada in July at the Victoria Ska & Reggae Festival, Diversity Music Festival, Winnipeg Ska & Reggae Festival and includes stops in Nanaimo, Gabriola Island, Vancouver, Montreal, & Toronto. A UK tour is scheduled for fall 2008.
CD: $12.00
MP3 Album: $9.99
USB-Drive: $39.95 (Includes all 6 CDs of Dubmatix releases)
ORDER NOW
ABOUT THE NEW "RENEGADE ROCKER" RELEASE
In August 2007, after spending 3 months touring Europe, Dubmatix returned to Canada and began work on his 3rd release Renegade Rocker by contacting some of the artists who influenced his sound as a youth, artists that created and defined what reggae is today. And in all cases, these pillars of reggae were more than enthusiastic and eager to collaborate! The result - Renegade Rocker - spans 4 decades of Jamaican musical culture from 60s Rocksteady grooves, to 70s King Tubby dub, conscious roots vibes to early 80s Dancehall, along with new updated modern electro-dub sounds. The disc includes reggae luminaries such as Grammy Award winning Michael Rose, 80s Dancehall icons Sugar Minott & Pinchers, Godfather of Rocksteady Alton Ellis, super-producer and 70s hitmaker Linval Thompson, the voice that ushered in the digital King Jammy reggae sound of the mid-80s and one the most versioned reggae songs of all time by Wayne "Sleng Teng" Smith, Willi Williams whose "Armagideon Time" anthem still resonates with reggae fans 30 years later , U-Roy prodigy and one of today's most revered Toasters Ranking Joe, alongside local homegrown Canadian talents Raffa Dean, Rasta Reuben, Ammoye and Kulcha Ites.
The album begins with Linval Thompson's opening plea of "Peace & Love" built strong with majestic horns and leads to the lightening-fast toasting of Ranking Joe on the appropriately titled Tornado. The cool and smooth groove of Easy Down features Black Uhuru's Michael Rose and launches into the explosive & thundering Burning Fire Dub. The condemnation of violence on Re-Action features Willi Williams brings us to the final and 16th track, the uptempo ragga/drum & bass song Push featuring one of Toronto's up-and-coming artists Ammoye.
Dubmatix is the solo musical project of Jesse King. Involved in music from his early childhood while on the road and in studios with musician and local Jazz-er father Bill King (whose own career spans 5 decades.) Bill King's roles have ranged from Musician, Arranger, Producer and Musical Director for some of music's most well known artists including Janis Joplin, Martha Reeves, Pointer Sisters and many more. In the early 70s - King was keyboardist with a local reggae group that included Everton "Pablo" Paul who immigrated from Jamaica to Toronto alongside one of reggae's most well-known writers, arrangers and keyboardists - Jackie Mittoo. It was this group and meeting with Paul that would define and shape the music that Dubmatix would produce years later. Paul provided the key to the city of dub by lending Dubmatix his first and life-shaping LP King Tubby meets Rockers Uptown in the 80s. Pablo "Everton" Paul is also one of the members of the late 60's reggae band "The Cougars" featuring Jay Douglas, Wayne McGhie, Jackie Mitoo - managed by the late Karl Mullings. These members appear on the Light In The Attic release "From Jamaica to Toronto" that stormed the retail and radio charts in 2006. In this small world of music - Dubmatix collaborated with Mullings' daughter and 2008 Juno Award Nominee Tanya Mullings on her latest release "Music Is My Life".
His previous critically-acclaimed releases include "Champion Sound Clash" (2004) and "Atomic Subsonic" (2006). To date, Dubmatix has been involved with some 20+ additional releases remixing and collaborating along with several compilations released across Europe, North America and Japan.
TOUR DATES
31 May 2008 Thymeless - w Dub Collective Toronto, ON $5
7 Jun 2008 Andy Pool Hall / CKLN FM Live-To-Air Toronto, ON Free
7 Jun 2008 Andy Pool Hall - special guest DJ spot 12-1 am Toronto, ON $5
28 Jun 2008 Thymeless - w Dub Collective Toronto, ON $5
10 Jul 2008 Victoria Ska Festival - Inner Harbour w/ Pato Banton - Victoria, BC $19.50
10 Jul 2008 Victoria Ska Festival - Element (Reggae After Party) Victoria, BC $ $12.50
11 Jul 2008 Long & McQuade - Dub Production Workshop Victoria, BC Free
11 Jul 2008 The Vault Nanaimo, BC $10
12 Jul 2008 Diversity Festival Texada Island, BC Texada Island, BC $140
12 Jul 2008 Diversity Festival - Beach Stage (DJ Set) Texada Island, BC $140
17 Jul 2008 Fabric Vancouver, BC $10
18 Jul 2008 The Sweatshop (as DJ Ironbelly) Vancouver, BC $10
18 Jul 2008 The Sweatshop (as Dubmatix) Vancouver, BC $10
21 Aug 2008 Winnipeg Ska and Reggae Festival - Pyramid Cabaret Winnipeg, MB TBA
30 Aug 2008 Thymeless - w Dub Collective Toronto, ON $5
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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"Renegade Rocker" back from pressing
Category: Music
Yes Massive!
Just picked up "Renegade Rocker" direct from the pressing plant a few days ago - looks and sounds wicked. Nice Digipak (Cardboard) cover this time.
"Renegade Rocker" comes out May 27th in stores across Canada (HMV, Chapters, Sunshine, etc..) but we'll be making it available on our site one week early in 2 formats - CD and Digital Downlaod - the Digital download will include a few bonus tracks not available on the CD we'll be sending out a notice so if you haven't joined our mailing list send us your email or visit the site - right on the homepage.
GUESTS on "Renegade Rocker" 16 tracks of reggae bliss.
* Michael Rose (Black Uhuru)
* Sugar Minott
* Alton Ellis - the God Father of Rocksteady
* Pinchers
* Willi Williams
* Linval Thompson
* Ranking Joe
* Raffa Dean & Rast Reuben
* Wayne Smith
NEW T-SHIRTS
Also coming back from being printed this week is a new T-Shirt with new design - this will also be available next Tuesday on the site so stay tuned.
Peace
Dubmatix Crew
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