Category: dub

26 Jun

Jahtarian Dubbers

Jahtari steps out with its first-ever label compilation full of their unique slant on heavy dub, dancehall, and dubstep. The Leipzig, Germany label that coined the term “Digital Laptop Reggae” produces some of the finest classical computer generated dub and reggae. You won’t find Dub-techno, straight bassdrums from this reggae label, just a [...]

20 Jun

Celebrate the Solstice with Studio

Today marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, with the sun not setting until a late 8:31pm. Kick back with your favorite iced cocktail and chill to the dubbed out cosmic-disco vibe of Studio’s remake of A Mountain of One’s “Brown Piano.” Go ahead and make the track [...]

03 Jun

FRICTION @ Music Hall of Williamsburg | 6.8.08 w/ These New Puritans, School of Seven Bells, Effi Briest

GET HYPE!    Southend, UK’s These New Puritans are bringing their trance-inducing post-punk across the pond in their first U.S. tour, which includes a stop in Brooklyn to play FRICTION at Music Hall of Williamsburg! The show also marks the quartet’s New York City debut. Two of Brooklyn’s most ambitious bands, the futuristic [...]

07 Feb

Architeq | Birds Of Prey EP

I’m not really into dub but this live in-studio of Sam Annand aka Architeq performing Birds of Prey caught my attention. With its constantly changing time signatures and smooth electro glitches, it makes for a pretty interesting listen. Architeq’s “Birds Of Prey” EP is out on Tirk on March 31st.
[MP3]: Architeq “Birds Of [...]

24 Jan

Abe Vigoda: Tropical Noise Punks

I first stumbled across Los Angeles tropical punk outfit, Abe Vigoda, while checking out Brooklyn faves High Places’ West Coast tour dates. I was initially intrigued by the quartet’s peculiar moniker, taken from the “late” Abe Vigoda, the American actor who’s been “reported dead as many times as he’s been reported alive.” However [...]