Sudden Reverb returns with another subversive groove, drenched in dub and delay. His original is complemented by Pitch Black's uptempo breaks remix and SUBSET's wonky downtempo dub.

Sudden Reverb - Distanced (preview)

SUBSET’s new EP "Call of the Whipbird" builds on his previous fusions of electronica and live instrumentation to great effect.

The enchanting opener "Whipbird Dub" features an Australian Eastern Whipbird recorded in misty parkland in Maleny, Queensland, and gave rise to the EP’s title. It is followed by the oft psychedelic "Journey to Tayrona", which relies heavily on live guitar and bass.

The atmospheric "Aximal" was the first track completed for the release, and its interplay of effected and mangled synth lines creates a spacious and syrupy vibe, like dancing in a cave full of bubble tea.

Originally started in May 2021, the aptly named "Off the Deep End" was a late discovery in a trove of incomplete tracks, and was the last tune completed for the EP. Finally, "Step Function" sees a return to a more straight-forward dub techno feel with flicks and flecks of warped and effected synths creating texture atop a driving kick drum and bassline.

Marking a break from SUBSET’s usual photograph-based artwork, the cover was generated by directing a machine-learning algorithm to hint at the illusive nature of the Eastern Whipbird.

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SUBSET - Step Function (preivew)

We asked our artists to choose their top ten tracks from our archive.

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https://selectcuts.bandcamp.com/album/deep-fried-dub

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4nAXKRruGPedF7QUijQPzr

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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfg75Dy-SKYdmGJ-tOlfdZWQSKSOLJYEK

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SUBSET - Decoded (preview)

Nga Tae - Te Hau Maru (Paddy Free Dub)(preview)

Shankara NZ - After Thought (preview)

International Observer - London Dub (preview)

Straight to the head of all bass warriors and sound system disciples, soundcloud.com/gaudi drops a killer new cut with two versions, both designed for moving and grooving! 

Shakatak version one is a militant stepper aimed straight at the dancefloor, with version two being all about half-tempo dub. 

With one foot in the past and one in the future, Gaudi's old school analogue attitude combines with his new school electronic approach to make for one hell of a bass heavy sonic ride!

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Gaudi - Shakatak (preview)

The bass-quaking Terra and fierce flipside Terra Dub drop on 7” this May 5th.

Terra’s pulsating bassline is complemented by sparse tribal percussion and disembodied vocals, creating a grounded and meditative vibe.

Terra Dub is straighter and heavier, with a punchy bass and a relentless steppers rhythm, guaranteed to lively up the dancefloor.

Both tracks are taken from the Solve et Coagula album, which focused on alchemy and transformation, with the elements presented in pairs. Downbeat dubs morph into uptempo steppers, all crafted with the unique blend of roots and psychedelia that are the hallmarks of the Mexico-based soundcloud.com/tormaindub’s production style.

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Tor.ma In Dub - Terra Dub (preview)

For the second in our Select Cuts series, we asked soundcloud.com/globular to choose 10 tracks from our back catalogue.

This is what he said:

"The process of picking my top 10 tunes from Dubmission's incredible back catalogue very quickly brought home just how much I owe this label and all the artists it has supported and curated over the years. 

Each of these tracks means a huge amount to me and has heavily influenced the direction of my own musical endeavours: the pure sub and mad stereo snare on soundcloud.com/tomcosm's soundcloud.com/pitchblacknz remix was like nothing I'd heard at the time; Smoke Signals is where I discovered soundcloud.com/akashaexperience (and then soundcloud.com/quanta-uk) and I'll never forget hearing their unique take on techy squelching subby dub for the first time. soundcloud.com/internationalobserver came much later for me, but it was love at first listen, moving quickly on to serious obsession. Pitch Black, soundcloud.com/simonposford (Walter Ego..), soundcloud.com/bombayduborchestra.. the stuff of legends. 

Huge thanks to Dubmission for reaching out. Loadsa love. I hope you enjoy the selection!"

Quanta - Overflow (preview)

Live @ Cosmic Cwtsh - Unearthed Festival 2023

a lil bit elder

Dubmission Records have blazed a trail of warped woofers since the mid 90’s, when they launched with a trio of bass heavy dubwise compilations. 

In 1996, they kicked off with the Mashing Up Creation album, which featured tracks by Doof, Adelphi and http://soundcloud.com/andyguthrie amongst others. It was reviewed favourably by The Sunday Times, DJ and Sleaze Nation – the latter describing it as “carrying on where original dub hijackers The Orb left off!” It was swiftly followed by Dubbed On Planet Skunk, with stand out tracks from http://soundcloud.com/zion-train, Quirk and Alpha & Omega. The third instalment took 2 years to put together – More Bass Than Space was a double album which represented every spectrum of the modern dub scene, with tunes from artists as diverse as Hallucinogen, http://soundcloud.com/woob, http://soundcloud.com/solarquest, Singers&Players and Tribal Drift. It sold well all over the world, and led to tours of Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and USA.

From 2001-5, the Dubmission crew concentrated more on artist management and event promotion than releasing records. However after hearing Ape to Angel by http://soundcloud.com/pitchblacknz, they decided to bring Dubmission out of “retirement”, as it represented everything and more that the label had tried to achieve.  

Since then the label has gone from strength to strength, with several more releases from http://soundcloud.com/pitchblacknz (Frequencies Fall, Rude Mechanicals, Rhythm, Sound & Movement plus their first two albums, Futureproof and Electronomicon), as well as Seen, Heard and Felt by http://soundcloud.com/international-observer, Make Animals Happy by http://soundcloud.com/warptechnique, Third Ear Audio’s Third Ear Audio and Paddy Free’s Karekare. The crew has also found time to compile two smoky collections for the Japanese label, Wakyo: On A Dubmission Volumes One and Two.

In 2010, to celebrate 15 years of business, they released 15 titles, including new EPs by http://soundcloud.com/pitchblacknz, http://soundcloud.com/warptechnique, Doof and Green Monitor, plus re-issued classic but deleted albums by Bluey, Stress Assassin and Bill&Ben, as well as playing 15 shows around the world and uploading 15 DJ mixes of Dubmission music to download.

The last few years have seen EPs released by http://soundcloud.com/akashaexperience, http://soundcloud.com/quanta-uk and http://soundcloud.com/erssound., two albums and an EP by http://soundcloud.com/deepfrieddub, a collection of http://soundcloud.com/pitchblacknz remixes of other artists and a new compilation series, The Next Mission, designed to showcase up and coming talent.  

All Dubmission releases are available from http://dubmission.bandcamp.com

SUBSET - Decoded (preview)

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