Dialog - DOT 2 (feat. Benji & Josei) - DOT002

http://dialogsound.com
bookings: dialog.sound@gmail.com

A1. If You Know
A2. Stranger
B1. Warm
B2. High Grade

Maintaining the decades-deep dubwise practice of conscious musical tradition and exploratory sonic futurism, Dialog return with a second drop on their DOT series of soundsystem-spirited plates. This latest EP features the return of Jamaican vocalist Daveron Dawkins, aka Benji, joined this time by his son David Dawkins, aka Josei, on an intergenerational vocal collaboration.

Dialog is a production and performance partnership between Dutch artist Samuel van Dijk, (aka VC-118A and more) and Finnish producer Rasmus Hedlund. The pair first explored overtly ambient pastures on a double-pack LP for Astral Industries in 2022, bringing a dub-informed sensibility to their richly sculpted textures, before deciding to experiment with forthright riddims while jamming in the studio in Helsinki. A friend from a neighbouring studio heard the meditative pulse they were working on and connected them with Benji, originally from Jamaica but a resident of Finland for more than 30 years. 

When he was in Jamaica, Benji’s affinity for music came second to his footballing talent, which incidentally led to him crossing paths with Bob Marley and the wider reggae community in the 70s and 80s. In recent years he and Josei had worked together intermittently on jams and tracks, but the sessions they attended with Dialog marked a new chapter as they committed their improvised, universal flows to the broad sweep of riddims laid down by van Dijk and Hedlund. 

Many tracks were recorded, setting Dialog up with Benji and Josei for a sustained project which moves beyond the cuts into the dance. The debut performances in November 2023 saw van Dijk and Hedlund manning an extensive live rig alongside Benji and Josei’s singing and toasting, appearing in prominent Helsinki club Kaiku one week and at an intimate dance on the Salamari Sound System the next. The Dialog sound has exactly the flexibility for both scenarios, forged in crisply defined production that draws on techno, electro and ambient as much as dub, but also steeped in tradition and coloured with the warmth and character of instrumentation and vintage signal processing. 

On DOT 2, we get a deeper insight into the progression of the project from the loose and flowing possibilities of the first recorded tracks through to more considered structures as the focus on Dialog’s direction sharpened in response to Benji’s inspiration. It’s a celebration of the merging of energies - the radiant glow of Benji’s Jamaican heritage colliding with the snow-capped sonics of North European techno, a living music rooted in community and collaboration but also fashioned with a modernist outlook which naturally translates to the club.

DOT 2

Dialog - DOT 2 (feat. Benji & Josei) - DOT002

sound designer from aquaspace
projects : www.patreon.com/chaindata
bookings / remixes : info@chaindata.nl

Live shows 2025
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8 FEBRUARY – Multicast Dynamics Live – Ambient Bar / Helsinki 🇫🇮
17 APRIL – Dialog Live A/V – Mostra Festival / Barcelona 🇪🇸
21 JUNE – Dialog Live w/ Benji – Solstice Festival / Ruka 🇫🇮
13 JULY – VC-118A Live – Stone Techno Festival / Essen 🇩🇪
9 AUGUST – Multicast Dynamics DJ – Monument Festival Afterparty Salt / Oslo 🇳🇴
9 AUGUST – VC-118A Live – Kafé Hærverk / Oslo 🇳🇴
20 SEPTEMBER – VC-118A Live – BOSC / Barcelona 🇪🇸
18 OCTOBER – Dialog Live w/ Benji – Insomnia Festival / Tromsø 🇳🇴

complex structures | rhythmic grooves | minimalism
label owner @paide

NOTTADIGI02
https://nottarecords.bandcamp.com/album/subdub

NOTTADIGI01
https://nottarecords.bandcamp.com/album/vedet

NOTTA006
12" https://www.decks.de/track/various_artists-puolla_volume_2/co6-95
12" coloured https://www.decks.de/track/various_artists-puolla_volume_2/co6-97

NOTTA005
12" https://www.decks.de/track/cyclic-random-skewed/cno-q1
12" coloured version https://www.decks.de/track/cyclic-random-skewed/cno-q3

NOTTA004
DIGI https://nottarecords.bandcamp.com/album/strange-document

NOTTA003
DIGI https://nottarecords.bandcamp.com/album/sano
12" https://www.decks.de/track/cyclic-random-sano/cit-wt

NOTTA002
DIGI https://nottarecords.bandcamp.com/album/mole
12" https://www.decks.de/track/monoder-mole/ch9-vj

NOTTA001
DIGI https://nottarecords.bandcamp.com/album/puolla-volume-i
12" https://www.decks.de/track/various_artists-puolla_volume_1/cgd-dl

A soulful deejay and spiritual dancer.

Rhobodub worked at the first Ukrainian vinyl shop Diskultura and was a part of the Kyiv house scene. Then Thommy moved to L’viv where became a member of the Hypnohouse parties. For his career, Rhobodub performed in 14 countries.

Nowadays, Thommy lives in Chernivtsi—the most architecturally graceful city in Ukraine—manages the Hustlers community and floats down through various dimensions of music: deep, minimal, afro, soulful and funky house; deep, dub, minimal tech house and techno; techstep, dubwise, liquid and soulful drum & bass; minimal dub, digital dancehall, roots reggae, etc.

Check out more mixes on:
mixcloud.com/rhobodub/uploads

For booking across the Universe write to:
rhobodub@gmail.com

Big up everyone for following, likes and shares.

And remember: only God matters.

Also part of Dialog (https://soundcloud.com/dialog-sound)

DJ, producer and radio host from Helsinki.

Hazy sounds with a clear message.
Distribution worldwide by Kudos UK
Bookings and label enquiries: dialog.sound@gmail.com

Dialog - DOT 2 (feat. Benji & Josei) - DOT002

Dialog | DOT Records