On the 30th December 2013, myself and DJ Stryda met up and put this mix together. For those that aren't familiar with Stryda, he has been a stalwart veteran in the roots scene in Bristol for many years and is half of the internationally acclaimed group, Dubkasm [https://soundcloud.com/dubkasm]

The aim of this mix, much like the other recent roots mixes I have put together, was to piece together and showcase an array of sound and styles that have influenced the music that both me and Stryda create, records that have helped form a foundation for us as musicians and selectors. 

I chose some favourites of mine from Stryda's vast record collection and we started recording. A journey in to dub.

We hope you enjoy the mix!


Tracklist:

• Let Jah In - The Twinkle Brothers [Twinkle 12"]
• Heart Made of Rock - Sly & Robbie [Taxi 12"]
• Fussing & Fighting - Tristan Palmer/Ranking Joe [Art & Craft 12"]
• All Night Jammin' - Sowell Radics [Dread At The Controls 12"]
• The World Has Just Begun - Earl 16 & The Heptones [Cha Cha 12"]
• Trenchtown Skank - D-Roy Band [D-Roy Records 12"]
• Hunting Man - Barrington Levy/Jah Thomas [Burning Rockers 12"]
• Bounty Hunter (remix) - Barrington Levy [Life Music 7"]
• Can't Take No More - Chris Jay [Dubwise Productions 10"]
• Killamanjaro - Iration Steppas meet Dennis Rootical [Iration Steppas 10"]
• Reminiscence - Iration Steppas met Dennis Rootical [Iration Steppas 10"]
• Victory (verse III) - Dubkasm [Dubkasm Records 12"]



Kahn meets Stryda - Roots & Dubwise Mix [30th Dec 2013]

DUBK-024 Disc 2 Side A Cant Stop This

180g 12inch release on Echo Chamber Sound

Buy a copy here: http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/73003-ecs-002-lq-ben-dudding-incl-dubkasm-remix

Track 1: LQ - Way Down (Dubkasm Remix)
Track 2: LQ - Way Down (Original Dubplate Mix) - Melodica (Ben Dudding)
Track 3: LQ - Come In

Way Down EP - Echo Chamber Sound 002 - Dubkasm Remix

Suns of Dub meets MightyCrown - The Far East Mixtape 

Tracklist:
0. Intro - Various Artists - 0:00
1. Spread You Bed Special - Luciano x Maximum Sound x Mighty Crown - 1:53 
2. Freedom Dub - Jesse Royal x Mighty Crown x Suns of Dub - 3.39
3. Muddy Dub (Victory) Jesse Royal x Dubkasm x Mighty Crown - 5:25
4. Teach the Youths About Garvey - Roots by Nature (Suns of Dub) - 8:21
5. Addis Uptown (Green Lion meets Suns of Dub - 10.44
6. Special Front - Addis Pablo x Suns of Dub - 13:33
7. EveryDay Life - Addis Pablo x Billy Polo 15:49
8. Dancing Addis - Addis Pablo x King Tubby 17:44
9. Sweetest Dub - Lauryn Hill x Mighty Crown x Suns of Dub - 20:10- 23:47
10. Western Land Live in Hong Kong - Masia One x Suns of Dub - 23.48 
11. Fyah (Chapter I) - Masia One x Suns of Dub - 25.01
12. Ring Di Alarm Dubplate - Shanique Marie - 27.07
13. Praise Di King Melodica - Addis Pablo x DO 27.49
14. Steppas’ Delight - Addis Pablo x Shadow Shogun - 29.33 
15. My Mind - Hugh Mundell x Suns of Dub 31.41
16. Say it aint Dance Mix - Sezi x Suns of Dub - 32.52
17. Move Dem - El Toro x Sizzla x Suns of Dub 33.42
18. Jah Presence - Suns of Dub - 35.21
19. Good Vibes - Mr. Williamz - 36.42
20. Rastafari Rise - Hempress Sativa - 38.22
21. Places - Suns of Dub x Equiknoxx {Preview} - 39:58
22. Ancient Dubplate - Jah Bami (Suns of Dub) - 40:42
23. Dub Full of Love - Khari Kill x Suns of Dub - 42:18
24. Dub in Babylon - Yami Bolo - 43:30
25. Walkin - Toddla T x Suns of Dub - 44:42
26. Something Special - Keida x Mighty Crown - 46:42
27. Dub for Something - Keida x Suns of Dub - 48:25
28. Ganja Tea Special - Keida x Equiknoxx x Suns of Dub - 49:18
29. Legalize It Special - Masicka x Equiknoxx x Suns of Dub - 49:57
30. Winter Morning - Randy Valentine x Dub Assassins x Suns of Dub - 51:09 
31. Beautiful Flower (Rose) - Prince Alla x Dub Assassins x Suns of Dub - 53:46 
32. Dinner of Herbs - Roots by Nature x MiraFlowers x Suns of Dub - 55:19
33. Melodica of Herbs - Addis Pablo x MiraFlowers x Suns of Dub - 56:37
34. In Him Verse II (Dub) - Addis Pablo x Mystical Powa - 58:10
35. Unite Special - Hugh Mundell x Chronixx x Suns of Dub - 1:00:58
36. Sing my Dub - Jaqee x Foresta x Suns of Dub - 1:03:27
37. Jah Dub Us - BuzzRock x Suns of Dub - 1:06:15
38. Worry Free - Midnite x IGrade Dub x Rockers International 1:08:05
39. WiseDub - BuzzRock x Suns of Dub - 1:10:37
40. Master Plan - BuzzRock x Suns of Dub 1:14:18

An exclusive showcase featuring specials, dubs, unreleased & released tracks from the catalog of Suns of Dub w/ Mighty Crown exclusive cuts & plates. This 40 Track fusion of Dub, Reggae, Roots, Dancehall, Drum & Bass, Edm, Rockers, Hip Hop & more is mixed by Mighty Crown with over 75mins of Music, its the fitting follow up to our 2013 Major Lazer x Suns of Dub Mixtape

Suns Of Dub Meets Mighty Crown (Far East Mixtape 2015)

Suns Of Dub Meets Mighty Crown (Far East Mixtape 2015)- FreeDownload

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Dubkasm Boiler Room London DJ Set

Dj Stryda plays acetate cuts of Dubkasm's 'Counter Attack' as well as the Gorgon Sound remix, on the airwaves of his Sufferah's Choice Radio show on Sub.Fm.

The 12" will be available via rwdfwd.com from 20/4/16
and in all good record stores the week after.

(First copies available via Idle Hands over the counter on Record Store Day 16/4/16)

Stryda plays 'Counter Attack' and the Gorgon Sound Remix (PengSound009) on Sufferah's Choice

Black Door - taken from 'Shady Grove' - the 11 track LP out now via Peng Sound Records -
support here:
https://rwdfwd.com/label/peng-sound-records/

Some background history on this track title, straight from Dubkasm:
If you lived or spent time in St Pauls back then you know what you'd go and pick up at Black Door!
 This is one of the most evocative tracks of the LP for us as it conjures up a particular feeling and atmosphere. Walking through St Pauls towards a session and hearing the rumble of the bass from a distance, getting closer feeling the excitement and hearing the searing echoes and sirens coming into focus. That dark, dread atmosphere is something that will always stay with us. When we listened to Jah Shaka’s Commandments series, that’s what came into your mind - those sessions and the intense vibe. The first sound of muted guitar and Dub Judah’s growling bass takes us right back to that teenage era and those feelings.

Dubkasm - Black Door

Bristol’s Dubkasm is an absolute pillar of the worldwide roots, dub, and sound system movement.  In fact it’s hard to imagine the contemporary UK dub scene without them. Massive releases on Peng! Sound, Bristol Archive, ZamZam, and especially their own Sufferah’s Choice and Dubkasm labels have made Stryda & Digistep household names among lovers of contemporary sound system reggae.  Holding down and forwarding traditional dubplate culture for 25 years now, “Two X Two” showcases two slices of two different tunes, both in a raw steppers style, and demonstrates why they are among the world’s most beloved groups, a link back to the elder generations of Bristol sound, and a beacon to the younger.
 
“Discipline,” presented in two pieces, cuts to the chase with a massive, relentless, fully saturated digital bassline blasting straight into the future of dubwise steppers.  No surprise that it has a ‘Year 3000’ vibe, as it was, in Stryda’s words “originally built for Iration Steppas to run at Teachings In Dub against his pupil Sinai Sound.  All those who remember the dubplate special version “schooool him iyaaaah..!!”  If the main mix, "Discipline", feels extra heady for a ‘Part 1,’ the "Lights On Mix" charts a course even further into reverb space with the tape echo running mad and the snares ricocheting to infinity.

Opening with a beautifully resonant piano figure, “The Key” featuring Ashanti Selah is another propulsive steppers, also presented in two pieces, this one with a galloping live-drums feel, Digi’s sax surfacing majestically through the flurry of syndrum and rim shots.  Of “The Key” Stryda says “it’s been played by Aba Shanti-I on dubplate for the past couple of years, and there is a Keety Roots vocal and horns cut which rumour has it will see the light of day next year…” Stay tuned!!

Mastered by Sam at Precise.  Art & Design by Polygon Press.  Limited to 600 12" vinyl copies for the world.  No repress, no digital.  Releasing first week of November 2019.

Dubkasm "Two X Two" Khaliphonic 14, 12" vinyl blends

Sufferah's Choice with guest Nick Manasseh - 21/09/2009

This week my guest is Stryda from Dubkasm in Bristol. Stryda is a prominent figure in the reggae & sound system arena, he started out on Pirate Radio back in the 90s and is now maybe best known as being one-half of the mighty Dubkasm. He is also promoter of the legendary ’Teachings In Dub’ nights in Bristol and is about to launch a new Radio show. As well as all things Dubkasm and Teachings in Dub We talked a lot about the city of Bristol, a city that has given Vibronics so much support over the years.

T-Shirt link :https://vibronics.bandcamp.com/merch/i-live-my-life-in-dub-t-shirt

Dubkasm Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Dubkasm/
Dubkasm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dubkasm

 http://www.lifeindub.com/

LIFE IN DUB PODCAST #15 STRYDA DUBKASM hosted by Steve Vibronics

Dubkasm are comprised of childhood friends Digistep and DJ Stryda, who kicked off their dub project in the mid-'90s before going on to launch their Sufferah's Choice label in 2003 in order to showcase their studio productions. Their 2009 debut album 'Transform I' was a culmination of their work so far, collecting tracks from their previous 12-inches and including vocal turns from Dub Judah, Levi Roots and Afrikan Simba. A dub version of the entire record along with a remix CD completed the Transform I Trilogy in 2010.  

Dubkasm continue to push out a positive message through quality roots and dub reggae productions and regular live shows across the globe.

"Modern roots reggae at its finest" - Steve Barker, Wire Magazine

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