Blaze Bright

Cate Ferris - Blaze Bright - Roots Garden RGR017AA

From the album In Dub released by Echo Beach Records (2014)

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Chase The Devil Ft. Lee Scratch Perry/Coshiva & Emch  (Adrian Sherwood Dub)

Happy Halloween!  On "Black Ark Vampires" Lee "Scratch" Perry & Subatomic Sound System have crafted a throbbing sound-man tune propelled by subsonic bass, bubbling skanks, and pulsing beats that balance the murky and mystical vibes of Perry’s classic Jamaican dub reggae recordings with the flammable energy and bass vibrations of current electronic music, fine tuning a recipe that they have slow cooked throughout their last four years of U.S. tours spreading authentic dub to a new generation in places like Coachella, Dub Champions Festival, and Red Bull Music Academy. Lyrically the track features Perry’s most focused lyrics in a decade, a poignant oath of vengeance against the vampires that corrupted the ark of the covenant and forced him to burn down his famed Black Ark studio, told in comical rhymes that echo the cadence of a Dr. Seuss story coupled with the morbidity of Edgar Allan Poe, promising the details of where, when, and how he will kill these vampires, from Kingston to London to New York City and everywhere; vampires beware; he will kill them with his hair, with fire, with electric wire, and even with roast corn. Melodically the tune packs soaring vampire hooks, spiritual vocal choirs, groaning melodica bursts, and even a few lines from dancehall vocalist Jahdan Blakkamoore, produced and recorded by Emch at his Subatomic Sound laboratory in NYC. Scratch’s vocals were recorded in Brooklyn at the Hook Studio after an NYC performance with the production assistance of On-U Sound’s legendary Adrian Sherwood, producer of some of Perry’s finest post-Jamaica recordings. The session was filmed by a Dubspot video crew after a long drive through NYC during which Perry recounted the better part of his life story as a warm up for the session.

At the age of 78, Lee "Scratch" Perry has built a life based as much on his fame as a reggae and dub inventor who exhibited boundless creativity and innovation in music composition and production, as he has on his reputation as a madman with playful wit, a propensity for lighting things on fire, a natural mystical spirituality that he famously introduced to Bob Marley, and his defiant individuality and commitment to personal freedom. "Black Ark Vampires" brilliantly ties together these divergent characteristics to create classic Lee "Scratch" Perry material on all levels.

Perry loves to dance and loves dancehall. His nickname actually comes from the name of dance he invented called Chicken Scratch. During his tours with Subatomic Sound System, Scratch had a voracious appetite for hearing new sounds and was interested in the "Vampires & Informers" dubstep track Subatomic Sound System had produced for dancehall vocalist Elephant Man. Perry began performing on the riddim live which led to developing the lyrics for Black Ark Vampires and Subatomic developing a riddim for Perry that captured his vibes. Though Perry is known for seldom giving straight answers and many have wondered if he really burned down the Black Ark studio, Emch from Subatomic Sound System says that one night after performing a show in California, he and percussionist Larry McDonald, a Black Ark studio veteran, were talking backstage when Scratch told them the reasons for his own longevity: "Stress will kill you. That’s why I had to burn down the Black Ark." He said the popularity of the studio had attracted the vampires who came to suck him dry and corrupted the magic of Black Ark, but rather than let that slowly destroy him like a cancer, he chose to close the book on that chapter of his life and move on by torching the studio and making an exodus to the UK leaving the vampires with nothing but the ashes.

THE ARTISTS: Grammy winning reggae and dub inventor Lee "Scratch" Perry is a living legend, one of Jamaica’s most prolific producers and a true original with a spirit that has defined and influenced countless artists across genres and generation, decades of great Jamaican artists from Bob Marley to Max Romeo, punk rockers The Clash, The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, The Orb, The Beastie Boys, Paul McCartney, Kode9, and the list goes on. At 78 he continues to tour, record, and paint incessantly.

Spearhead by producer, DJ, and instrumentalist Emch, NYC’s Subatomic Sound System is leading a dub music renaissance, founders of the US & Europe Dub Champions Festival, 4 years acting as the live band for legend Lee "Scratch" Perry on tours including Coachella & Red Bull Music Academy; plus independently touring North America, Europe, and Asia, and for a decade producing flavors ranging from classic dub to dubstep.

THE SUBATOMIC SOUND LABEL: Subatomic Sound specializes in limited edition exclusive vinyl releases that push the envelope of dub, reggae, & dancehall in the context of electronic bass music through forward sounding productions and unlikely collaborations with icons such as Lee "Scratch" Perry, David Lynch, Anthony B, Elephant Man, Ari Up of The Slits, as well as new school torchbearers like Dubblestandart, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Dub Gabriel, and many more. Subatomic Sound actively produces events and founded the annual Dub Champions Festival running 4 years in the USA and Europe. Subatomic Sound Radio airs on Brooklyn Radio and for three years ran on KEXP’s Radio New York, 91.5FM broadcast which transmitted to a footprint of 11 million listeners.

Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System "Black Ark Vampires" vinyl 45 mix

Buonasera - Big Youth - Cool Breeze (creato con Spreaker)

Dub Paradise

Desi Roots - Weed Fields (DuBioLin JaM)

Sly and Robbie - Can't Dweet Riddim (DuBioLin JaM)

Track #2 taken from King Ital Rebel's album, RebelChant, Out May 20th!

Written and performed by King ITal Rebel
Produced by Max Powa & JamrockVybz Records
Mastered at Macles Music Factory 
Artwork by JamrockVybz’s graphic artist Empress C 
Distributed by: VP / VPAL, NYC

Intro
Yes I Bless I 
Holy Emmanuel Emperor I 
InI a give thanks for the breath of life 
Emmanuel I

Chorus  
When them show i hate iyah show dem love 
Binghiman nuh deal wid malice no grudge
Bun hypocrites vampires n slugs
Tafari ites we never flex like thugs

Verse 1 
Equal rights justice for all 
Bobo stand firm watch di wicked dem fall 
King Haile Selassie I rule over all 
Tell babylon fya blaze dun dem wars 
Dem kill Freddie Gray think dem a top a nor 
Iya watch out fi them deh cyah give I no scar
Fox news CNN none nah work fi a cause
Sell fabricated views full ah hate n flaws

Verse 2 
Baltimore to Portmore check the scheme 
Dem have di youths dem a search fi Merican dream
No where to found dem sell it to di dream team 
Better open yuh medz life is real 
Give thanks to Negus I fly di seal 
Tell babylon keep dem pork n beans 
Bobo keep it balance firm n clean
Give thanks to Jah highly supreme

Verse 3 
Chantin' dis one fa di youths in di slums  
Listen keenly warning from the king son 
Tun a blind eye to politicians n dem guns
Dem sell we out call us bums n thugs
Ini come to leberate Tafari I sons 
Redder earthquake ina town cyah dun 
Cyah stop the words flowing from I tongue
Tafari govern moon n di sun 

Verse 4 
No peace in the belly of the beast 
Gotta buss off them head n yad out to east 
Binghi Hail Emmanuel I I chief
One eye open fya rebels nah sleep 
Keep it humble blessed are the meek 
Times of destruction Most I yuh betta seek 
Meditate n chant till babylon get weak 
Come fi separate the wolves from the sheep 

King Ital Rebel  - Show Love

New single from The Hempolics to be released on 28th October 2016

Me Love To Sing

Burning Spear	Social Living
Lee "Scratch" Perry Caveman Skank
Scientist Vs Prince Jammy  The Crushing Of The Stormtroopers
Ernest Ranglin	Surfin
King Tubby Bionic Dub
Michigan and Smiley	Nice Up The Dance 12" Version
Junior Murvin Roots Train
Eek a Mouse Ganja Smuggler
Prince Far I The Conquest 
Augustus Pablo	Up Warrika Hill


King Tubby - Bionic Horn Dub

Available on 10" vinyl and streaming / download. Get the wavs here: https://iroots.bandcamp.com/album/stability-walk-with-jah

Rhythm by Noel Zebulon, mixed by Ras Muffet, recorded at Ten Strings

Sly and Robbie - Can't Dweet Riddim (DuBioLin JaM)

Sylvain (Four Seasons of Roots)

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