Brain Damage meets Vibronics
"Empire soldiers"

Vibronics & Brain Damage teamed up and decided to come together around a concept, a narrative inspiration that will undoubtedly surprise: Anglo-Caribbean and Franco-African soldiers’ experience during the first world war. 
The academic historian, poet & songwriter, Madu Messenger, uses the product of years of study and research, to develop, within that very framework, a series of texts on some key topics such as travel, friendship, war and death. This project thus aims at offering a learning experience about this often little-known period of our history. 
It will draw troubling parallels with some more contemporary considerations on culture shocks, immigration, imperial powers and horrors of war that still affects all of us today. Following their reflection on this sensitive issue, the musicians of the project’s – all of many other origins, Anglo-French, Jamaican or Asian – move towards a cultural alignment, opposite to certain enslaving and communitarian models. 


SUFFERATION  w/PARVEZ


Sufferation we don’t need no more in Babylon

As Britain she stood with her back up against wall
The sons of old India came and would battle and fall.
In there thousands they went off to fight 
for duty they offered their lives
And many would never survive
like a mill grinding corn 
Many thousands now lost
Many thousands now gone
They suffered the pain, mental strain
As bombs fall like the monsoon rain
As brothers they stood side by side
A thin brown line sent to stem up the tide

Sufferation we don’t need no more in Babylon

In this time of the islamophobe
It’s a half that’a seldom is told
With the death in the mud and cold
They showed bravery, were steadfast and bold
Fighting for Europe to be free
But little is written down in history

Sufferation we don’t need no more in Babylon


Brain damage meets Vibronics w/Parvez : "Sufferation (extended mix)"

Vibronics meets Brain Damage

Extracted from the "Empire soldiers" project :

Strickly limited 10" dublate, mixed by Steve Vibronics :

A1 Do U remember ? w/ Sir Jean
A2 Do U dub ?
AA1 Youts to war w/ M. Parvez
AA2 Youts to dub

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Brain Damage meets Vibronics
"Empire soldiers"

Vibronics & Brain Damage teamed up and decided to come together around a concept, a narrative inspiration that will undoubtedly surprise: Anglo-Caribbean and Franco-African soldiers’ experience during the first world war. 
The academic historian, poet & songwriter, Madu Messenger, uses the product of years of study and research, to develop, within that very framework, a series of texts on some key topics such as travel, friendship, war and death. This project thus aims at offering a learning experience about this often little-known period of our history. 
It will draw troubling parallels with some more contemporary considerations on culture shocks, immigration, imperial powers and horrors of war that still affects all of us today. Following their reflection on this sensitive issue, the musicians of the project’s – all of many other origins, Anglo-French, Jamaican or Asian – move towards a cultural alignment, opposite to certain enslaving and communitarian models.

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Vibronics meets Brain Damage w/Sir Jean : "Do U remember ?" (Echo Ranks teaser)

Vibronics meets Brain Damage

Extracted from the "Empire soldiers" project :

Strickly limited 10" dublate, mixed by Steve Vibronics :

A1 Siege Of Kut (sound system mix)
A2 Siege Of Dub
AA1 Neuve Chapelle dub
AA2 Neuve Chapelle version


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Brain Damage meets Vibronics
"Empire soldiers"

Vibronics & Brain Damage teamed up and decided to come together around a concept, a narrative inspiration that will undoubtedly surprise: Anglo-Caribbean and Franco-African soldiers’ experience during the first world war. 
The academic historian, poet & songwriter, Madu Messenger, uses the product of years of study and research, to develop, within that very framework, a series of texts on some key topics such as travel, friendship, war and death. This project thus aims at offering a learning experience about this often little-known period of our history. 
It will draw troubling parallels with some more contemporary considerations on culture shocks, immigration, imperial powers and horrors of war that still affects all of us today. Following their reflection on this sensitive issue, the musicians of the project’s – all of many other origins, Anglo-French, Jamaican or Asian – move towards a cultural alignment, opposite to certain enslaving and communitarian models.

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Vibronics meets Brain Damage : "Siege of Kut" (Echo Ranks teaser)

Brain Damage Dub Sessions 
"What you gonna do ?"

Avec l'album Ashes to ashes, Brain Damage opérait en 2004 une plongée presque schizophrène dans une musique au fond plutôt sombre et froid, qu'il opposait alors à une version personnelle d'un reggae dub infiniment plus mélodique et harmonieux. S'il est vrai que le duo avait depuis fortement glissé vers le côté obscur de cette dichotomie, il aura fallu attendre 2012 pour assister à un grand retour vers la mélodie, la chaleur et le rapprochement de certains grands modèles anglo-jamaïcains du genre. Pour ce faire, Martin NATHAN - désormais seul aux commandes a choisi de s'entourer de vocalistes de talent qui ont su transcender les univers musicaux qu'il leur a proposé. Et si chaque individualité a amené un peu de son univers, il est intéressant de noter que ces artistes semblent bel et bien posséder des préoccupations communes, qu'ils évoquent respectivement dans leurs textes. 
Quand Learoy Green parle de la jeunesse du ghetto, Madu Messenger évoque les grands généraux des armées de la finance, que Brother Culture propose de combattre avec son plan radical. Zeb Mc Queen, quant à lui s'interroge sur l'attitude à adopter quand le totalitarisme fondra sur nous, ce à quoi M. Parvez semble vouloir répondre que nous ne disposons aujourd'hui que d'une marge de manœuvre plus que réduite. C'est Sir Jean qui mettra sans doute tout le monde d'accord en engageant les différents artistes contemporains à faire attention aux mots qu'ils utilisent, aux rôles qu'ils doivent tenir, à l'exemple qu'ils doivent donner, en particulier à la jeunesse. A notre humble niveau, agir avec nos propres armes sur les choses et les gens qui nous entourent, c'est justement le message que Brain Damage entend faire passer avec ce nouvel album. Un manifeste musical résolument optimiste, contrastant avec l'esthétique ténébreuse développée ces dernières années.

Brain Damage Dub Sessions 
What you gonna do ?

1 - What you gonna do ? 
w/Zeb McQueen 
2 - We a di danger 
w/ Learoy Green 
3 - Radical Plan 
w/ Brother Culture 
4 - Royal salute 
w/ Sir Jean 
5 - The armies of darkness 
w/ Madu Messenger 
6 - No solution 
w/ M Parvez aka The Dub Factory 
7 - What you gonna do ? 
version 
8 - We a di danger 
version 
9 - Royal salute 
version 
10 - The armies of darkness 
version 
11 - Radical Plan 
version 
12 - No solution 
version

CD bonus track 
13 - Tanx for life (unplugged version) 
w/ Sir Jean


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