« Chaque titre de l’album est un bout du voyage. Les ambiances contrastées racontent l’univers de l’équipage. Certaines chansons sont enjouées, rythmées, tumultueuses, légères comme leurs amitiés, d’autres sont plus sombres, plus profondes, comme le doute qui parfois les assaille. Une autre est un hymne à l’amour fraternel, aux rencontres fortuites et aux merveilleux hasards que la vie met sur nos routes. Toutes symbolisent l’élan et la passion à l’origine de ce projet. Un cri de ralliement : la musique avant tout, la musique qui vit, qui groove, qui blesse, qui chante et qui fait bouger la tête et le corps. » - Black Ship

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Just One Dub

Manasseh - Just One Dub - RGR017AA

Art-X & The Roots Addict - One Step Forward
Free download : https://artx.bandcamp.com/track/one-step-forward-with-the-roots-addict
Melodica version
Recorded at SoulNurse Records

Art-X & The Roots Addict - One Step Forward

△ Brain Damage feat. Horace Andy 
"Youts Dub", first extract of "Talk The Talk", LP out oct 21st on Jarring Effects △
#talkthetalk
→ www.brain-damage.fr/music/new-album-talk-the-talk



« Talk the Talk »
• Jarring Effects
Featuring Horace Andy, Willi Williams, Winston McAnuff, Kiddus I, Ras Michael, Sam Clayton Jr, Stephen Stewart and Mc Father Wee Pow from the Mighty Stone Love.

In 2015, Brain Damage presented the album « Walk The Walk » — seen now by many as a centerpiece of his discography —, featuring 10 original songs, composed in collaboration with the legendary Horace Andy, Willi Williams, Winston Mc Anuff, Ras Michael and Kiddus I, that he met in Kingston, Jamaica, at mythical Harry J Studio. One year later, we therefore welcome the release of « Talk The Talk », gathering the dub versions of these tracks.

To highlight each of them, the producer chose to have them vocally introduced, as it used to be good form to back in the days, calling on another legend in the person of Father Wee Pow, founder of the major Jamaican sound-system Stone Love, that call all the shots on the Island since … 1972 … Each dub version then develops with lots of echoes, Singers Talk The Talkreverberations, surprises, fake accidents and true mastery through sound texture manipulation, sometimes bruitist, juxtaposed with Elders’ firing choruses, appearing here and there as references to the original versions. Also of note is that each track systematically concluded by vocal interventions in the form of the singers’ interview extracts, taken from talks that were conducted following the studio sessions at Harry J Studio, one year earlier, thanks to the complicity of the two producers, Sam Clayton Jr and Stephen Stewart, without whom, none of this would have been possible.

Ironically, if Brain Damage is acclaimed for many years as one of the leading activists of the French and international dub scene, « Talk The Talk » feels like his first proper dub album. May it sound like an exercise in style, it is mainly a cornerstone within a wider project, complemented by another essential part to its understanding, this time in the form of a documentary.

Joined during his Jamaican journey by the director Wasaru, it seems obvious to Brain Damage that what they got here with « Walk The Walk » extends way beyond the artistic realm: listening to these living legends telling about their childhood memories has indeed a true heritage significance. Between a photograph of Jamaican life of the 60s & 70s, anecdotes about mythical figures and historic milestones of the Island, and personal confidences, these are as many stories within the history, narrated in this 8 episode documentary series.
The phrase “talk the talk, walk the walk” meaning “backing up one’s rhetoric with deeds”, perfectly reflects this project as a whole, as each of its dimensions has be considered, and intellectualized, before its very completion.


► FATHER WEE POW from the mighty Stone Love

Winston « Wee Pow » Powell founded Stone Love sound system in 1972. Soon well known for its sound quality, it quickly becomes one of the most popular in Jamaica. Still active nowadays, it is a true institution in itself, and by extension, a trend indicator whose influences regularly spread throughout the world, like each musical movement that developed in Jamaica for many years. One of the longevity secrets of Wee Pow’s project seems to stem from his excellence in the art of bringing together around himself, the very cream of the crop of Djs and selecters of the Island, bringing a fresh and young perspective necessary to constantly reinvent itself.

Talk the talk

Youts dub (feat. Horace Andy)

dub remix of the Roman Neurologici crew thanks to the Real Rock label

Dub In The World - Neurologici

Maffi Production, 2011, Copyright. 
Digital dancehall 80s style.

Judah Riddim Dub Mix

New EP Step out follows the path started with the LP Intuitions with one major change : “Brother Joe” doesn't just describe a society and it's system perverted by the power of money, he is now calling for action. 
The Opening track of the EP “Step Out of this Jungle” is a call to free ourselves of our dehumanising and stressful lives by following a brighter way of life. 
The song can be seen as a users guide : to step out of this jungle, just lift up your head and face reality to move forward. On a dynamic stepper beat, the tempo is a source of courage. The 80's references in the sound can remind us of Pablo Moses in 1981 who invited us to Pave The Way. 
As on Intuitions, The New EP offers us an acoustic meditative Track called “Divine Power”. The song is an ode to the women and also to the ancient civilisations, before christianisation. Joe Pilgrim celebrates these pagan societies who treated women as equal to men.  This song is indissociable to the next one : “Wherever I go” in which Joe denounces the “preachers preaching iniquity, pretending woman is the evil”. On this very Soulful One Drop Riddim, Joe condemns the Judeo-christian, and capitalistic values which glorify the father at the expense of women. 
Joe Pilgrim calls for a universal love. A traditional topic in reggae that we can find in the single “Use your time” . Humanist and apolitical, the message is perfectly orchestrated by the Ligerians who revisit the Rockers style. The Drums and percussions will make you want to move your feet, as the backing vocals give a feeling of fullness. A beautiful way to talk about human rights. 
This cause is also promoted in the song “Migrants.” Sudanese, Eritreans, Afghan, Syrians...Many are those who run away from armed conflicts and risk their lives to reach Europe, thinking maybe they will be welcome...But all they face once there, is barbed wire, police and fences. The reality is brutal, and Joe has witnessed this : in 2016, he went to Calais in the North of France, a few month before the dismantling of what was called “The Jungle”, there he met refugees and lived with them for a few days. The experience was filmed by his friend and filmmaker Julie Beaudot who then made the videoclip for the song with the footage. 
The lesson Joe Drew of this experience is : We are the power. Action and mobilization are within the reach of everybody. 
All the benefits of the downloads are given to an  organisation called “L'auberge des migrants”, which helps refugees by defending their right and by giving them food, shelters and medical help. The song “Migrants” is a powerful tribute to these women, men and children who left everything, hoping for a peaceful life, far from guns and bombs. The melody on the keyboard sounding like an alarm reminds us of the emergency of this migratory crisis. 
The Dub version by Pilah (ex Kaly Live Dub, member of the Dub Addict Sound System) reminds us of the chaotic crossing of the Mediterranean sea and all the souls which drowned there. 
Recorded and mixed and produced by Soulnurse Records, Step out fights against fatalism and helplessness. Musically, we can find a reggae roots close to the foundation, but ever so actual in the message. 
We can immediately recognise the sound of the Ligerians, but in a way this record is more rough, with clear references to the 80's digital era. The recent collaboration of the band with Pilah, which started in 2016 at the Telerama Dub Festival, is once again highlighted. These two different musical styles share the same root. 
Fusion, unite, and put forces together, these are the goals of Joe Pilgrim.

1 - STEP OUT OF THIS JUNGLE

The Warriors From The East Experience - Tell Them feat. Ghetto Grade (aDUBta REMIX) 

original tune: https://soundcloud.com/stepwise-records/05-the-warriors-from-the-east-experience-tell-them

more information:
https://www.adubta-music.de
https://www.stepwise-records.com
https://www.facebook.com/thewarriorsfromtheeastexperience/
https://soundcloud.com/andihaslacher
https://soundcloud.com/warriorsfromtheeast
https://soundcloud.com/stepwise-records

T.W.F.T.E.E. - Tell Them (ADUBTA REMIX)

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Fat Frog ft Oscar Tobin
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Fat Frog
Guitar by Oscar Tobin

Strength From Within

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Fat Frog Ft Oscar Tobin - Strength From Within

Produced by MAFFI & X-Ray Productions

BIGA*RANX 
http://www.bigaranx.com 
http://www.myspace.com/bigaranx 
http://www.xrayproduction.com

Maffi: http://soundcloud.com/maffipromotions

Biga *Ranx - Don't Go

Mungo's Hi Fi - Brand New Bangarang ft Kenny Knots

Independent Reggae Music Label 

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