Wojciech Przysiezny, in dub and sound system culture commonly known as
Violinbwoy, is a gifted musician from Wroclaw (Poland). The now well
established dub merchant started his musical teachings at the young
age of ten. After years of dedicated training at a music school in
Poland, he achieved his personal success of mastering the violin.
Moving to the U.K. for a university degree in ‘music production’
helped him shape a real future in sound. It was here where he stumbled
upon the monthly dub session ‘University of Dub’ – the founding place
of his upcoming journey in dub.

This very session and sound inspired Violinbwoy to start creating
dub-influenced music off the edge. It immediately resulted in his
beats being picked up by sound systems and radio stations across
Europe and Western countries. In matter of months, his dubplates
effectively traversed the globe with support from the biggest sound
systems from the likes of ‘Jah Shaka’ & ‘King Earthquake’.

Soon after this positive movement, the Polish producer decided to give
away his first free release in 2012 named ‘Los Alamos’. His
influential sound was quickly recognised by the well-acclaimed
‘Moonshine Recordings’ flagship, which gave him the honour of remixing
‘Ireland’ by ‘Radikal Guru’. The imprint also enabled him to release
his first, highly successful vinyl release ‘Dread Out Deh’ (which sold
out in matter of minutes). This points out that Violinbwoy’s inventive
sound is accredited by the ever-growing dub culture.

The following years Violinbwoy got invited by various promoters to
come play live dub and violin shows across many venues in Europe. In
2014 and 2015 played live violin for Italian sound system ‘Imperial
Sound Army’ founded by the vocalist and producer of Alpha & Omega -
Dan I. All of this has made Violinbwoy a critical part of dub and
sound system culture. With forthcoming releases on Moonshine
Recordings, Archetype Records and Dub Invasion Records, it’s safe to
say that this musically-inclined dub producer just does what he loves
best: crafting his own version of the ‘roots & culture’ sound.

booking :
 Artik Unit
 Valérie Bader
 val@artik-unit.com
 artik-unit.com

site: http://www.hightone.org/dub-invaders/




•••DUB • INVADERS • #2•••
Après le lancemment en 2009 du 1er satellite "wake the town & tell the people" voici que ce profile à l'horizon 2012/13 une nouvelle mission pour les DUB INVADERS:
"pour nous, fabriquer nos vinyles est une forme d'engagement, nous retrouvons l'esprit alternatif, on enregistre nous même, on mixe, on grave, on fabrique les pochettes , on gère la com et la distrib, on se fait plaisir en dehors du formatage médiatique ambiant. On retrouve la même énergie à jouer en sound system que lors des fêtes transgressives des 90's."
En effet, les HIGH TONEs - indissociables de la "Bass Culture" - ont décidé de mettre en orbite le projet •DUB•INVADERS•2• avec une nouvelle galette ( double LP) et une tournée en sound system.
Le disque, catalyseur des side-projets d'High Tone à paraitre en décembre 2012 réunira des titres de : Fabasstone, AKu-Fen, Natural High, Twelve, Roots'n future hi-fi, et Led Piperz.
La tournée en live machine & DJset, s'étale de novembre 2012 à Juillet 2013 en configuration sound system, "au sol" dans les salles et festivals, accompagné d'OBF ou Dub Addict et leurs puissants réacteurs soniques.


Dub Invaders
 

High Tone crew soundsystem tour
Following the 2009 release of their debut LP, ‘Wake The Town & Tell The People‘, the Dub Invaders now have a new mission as they sail towards 2013.

« Making our records ourselves is a way of getting more involved; a way to rediscover a more alternative approach to the industry. We record, mix and produce our own music and even make the LP artwork. We handle our own PR and distribution and find it rewarding to distance ourselves from current media formating. Playing at a sound-system festival is a reminder of the transgressive atmosphere that pervaded free parties in the 90s.«

Indeed, High Tone, now an integral part of « Bass Culture », has decided to launch the Dub Invaders #2 project with a new double LP and a sound-system tour. The record, a hybrid of High Tone’s side-projects, will be released in December 2012 and will feature music by Fabasstone, Aku-Fen, Natural High, Twelve, Roots’n future hi-fi, as well as Led Piperz.
This collective’s tour will vary (with number of performers at each venue) in Live Machine & DJ set, and will run from november 2012 through July 2013 in a sound-system dedicated configuration, « on the floor » in concert venues and festivals, and accompanied by OBF or Dub Addict, along with their powerful sonic woofers!

SE Dub Collective is made up of musicians from the thriving South East London music scene, taking influence from Dub/Reggae/Dance Hall and Rocksteady.

As they gear up to celebrate 20 years of riotous marauding, the Dub Pistols are prepping their seventh as-yet-untitled album in 2017 and there’ll be a documentary about the band dropping at some point in the year, too. And they’ll be out on the road, as usual, of course — the hardest working band in showbiz.

A kinda 21st century equivalent of 2-Tone acts The Specials or The Beat, the Dub Pistols are the quintessential festival band. Coming over a bit like if King Tubby and The Skatalites bumped into Terry Hall at a Goldie gig, the Dubs have reached their two decade milestone with a lot of ups and downs along the way. 

They’ve worked with vocal legends like Rodney P, Busta Rhymes, Gregory Isaacs, Terry Hall, Lindy Layton, Akala and Horace Andy, while the band’s mainstays are fiercely loyal and dedicated. An unorthodox collective of musicians who each have their own personal interests and solo projects, when they come together to form the Dub Pistols some dubwise magic happens.

The rhythm section of Jack (drums) and Dave (bass) are granite-solid, and guitarist Andreas (or sometimes the rock & roll stand-in, Johnny Rockstar) provides all sorts of licks and skanking chords to nice up the dance. The brass section is on fire, and rapper Seanie Tee brings the mic skills to complement main man Barry Ashworth perfectly. They’re a proper gang of outlaws, rebels with a cause, renegade outsiders who know how to bring the good times. If you haven’t seen the Pistols yet
Barry might be the heart, face and mouth of the Dubs, but they are still very much a band — as tight as fuck, and yet able to cut loose to rock venues to the core. Tracks like epic drum & bass cut ‘Gunshot’, ska ditty ’Problem Is’, early beat-freak single ‘Cyclone’ and singalong anthem ‘Mucky Weekend’ have become firm fan favourites, and onstage see the band getting deep, down and dirty. With a nod to their ska influence, and the fact that Terry Hall was an honorary Dub Pistol for a few years, they still do a lively version of ‘Gangsters’ - The Specials’ first ever single. But otherwise it’s all their own work — the back catalogue is rich in flavas.

“The next album is actually a bit more chilled-out than the last two,” says Barry. “It’s still a classic Dub Pistols album, but ‘Return Of The Pistoleros’ and ‘Worshipping The Dollar’ were more club-orientated — leaning more towards peak-time bangers. This album is a bit more relaxed, with a smoked-out reggae vibe — although there are still a couple of bangers on there.”

The guests on the next album read like a who’s who of conscious styles. Dancehall dons Beenie Man and Cutty Ranks, reggae singer Earl16, young hip-hop act Too Many T's, seminal MCs Navigator and the Ragga Twins, and long-time collaborator Lindy Layton (and dope rapper Genesis Elijah??) all bring their unique talents. Some of these will be appearing with the Dubs live over the coming year as the band present a history lesson in all the different bases they’ve covered over the past two decades. With added bass!

Band members may have come and gone, but the progression of the core of the band is constant. “It’s never like everyone leaves at once,” says Barry. “People’s priorities change: they get married or have kids and the lifestyle isn't for them anymore, so they leave — but luckily not all at the same time. So someone new comes in, and suddenly it feels like a new band.”

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