A1, A2, A3 & B3: produced by Don Oscar & Darkwing Dub 
♥ Lyrics, Voice: R. A. Omolo aka Black Omolo  
♥ Guitars, Organ, Drums: L.F. Cardoso Viana aka Louie Melody 
♥ Trumpet: V. Schwarzbeck aka Vale 
♥ Bass: Trickie aka P. Mathiaschitsch 
♥ Piano: Don Oscar aka O. Rubio  
♥ Kete: B. Palué aka Meekman 
♥ Saxophone: F. Holme aka Joyful Lion 
♥ B3 Dubbed by Don Oscar 
♥ Clarinet: F. Martl 
♥ Mixing, Dubbing & Artwork by M. Engelbogen aka. Darkwing Dub 

♥ B1 & B2: produced and mixed by D. Gasparin aka Dubbing Sun 
♥ Lyrics, Voice: R. A. Omolo aka Black Omolo  &  T. Wayne aka Mowty Mahlyka 
♥ Saxophone: Joyful Lion
♥ Flute: Piya Zawa
♥ mastered by Pressure Mastering 
♥  All rights reserved  ©  &  ℗ 2020 Truth and Vibes


The story of this release began in 2016 when the Portuguese DJ and singer group Real Rockers were invited to play on our sound system at our regular session called Dub der guten Hoffnung. Louie Melody singjay of the group and superb multi-instrumentalist left us with several drum recordings to collaborate on. Don Oscar used one of these drum recordings and produced a tune with Joyful Lion on saxophone. The project stayed in the drawer for a while until we decided to continue working on it, as we saw a lot of potential in the material and wanted to make it a vinyl release. So we got in contact with the Kenyan singer Black Omolo and asked her to record a vocal track, which turned out to be pure lyrical fire, lifting up motherland Africa and chanting down Babylon. In order to help the vocal to its full potential, we linked Vale to support the vocal with his trumpet skills in a question and answer scheme. Soon the bassline got a great reinterpretation by Tricky and everything was sent again to Louie, to record guitars, organ and some percussion instruments.
Over the summer of 2020, Darkwing Dub arranged, mixed, dubbed the song in his Studio and also created his own dub version. During this time our friends Dubbing Sun started to work on a remix. It eventually developed into a very independent project. Large parts of Black Omolos vocal track were replaced by Mowty Mahlyka, taking the theme forward. For the instrumental version Joyful Lion on saxophone and Piya Zawa on flute joined forces for a meeting of uplifting melodies. In the end, Don Oscar produced his own dub version of the original track featuring the skillfull multi instrumentalist Felix Martl on the clarinet.

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Africa Rise EP [TAV001]

A1 // BLACK OMOLO - Africa Rise
A2 // JOYFUL LION - African Sax
A3 // DARKWING DUB - African Dub

A1, A2, A3 & B3: 
♥ produced by Don Oscar & Darkwing Dub
♥ Lyrics, voice: R. A. Omolo aka Black Omolo 
♥ Guitars, Organ, Drums: L.F. Cardoso Viana aka Louie Melody 
♥ Trumpet: V. Schwarzbeck aka Vale 
♥ Bass: Trickie aka P. Mathiaschitsch 
♥ Piano: Don Oscar aka O. Rubio 
♥ Kete: B. Palué aka Meekman 
♥ saxophone: F. Holme aka Joyful Lion  
♥ Mixing, Dubbing & Artork by M. Engelbogen aka. Darkwing Dub
♥ mastered by Pressure Mastering 
♥ All rights reserved © & ℗ 2020 Truth and Vibes

Africa Rise EP

Black Omolo - Africa Rise + African Sax + African Dub [A -Side]

B1 // DUBBING SUN feat. MOWTY MAHLYKA - Africa Rise
B2 // DUBBING SUN feat. JOYFUL LION & PIYA ZAWA - African Vibes
B3 // DON OSCAR feat. FELIX MARTL - African Wind

B1 & B2: 
♥ produced and mixed by D. Gasparin aka Dubbing Sun 
♥ lyrics, voice: R. A. Omolo aka Black Omolo & T. Wayne aka Mowty Mahlyka
♥ Saxophone: F. Holme aka Joyful Lion 
♥ Flute: Piya Zawa

B3:
♥ produced by Don Oscar & Darkwing Dub
♥ Guitars, Organ, Drums: L.F. Cardoso Viana aka Louie Melody
♥ Bass: Trickie aka P. Mathiaschitsch
♥ Piano, Dubbing: Don Oscar aka O. Rubio 
♥ Clarinet: F. Martl
♥ Kete: B. Palué aka Meekman

♥ Artwork by M. Engelbogen aka. Darkwing Dub
♥ mastered by Pressure Mastering 
♥ All rights reserved © & ℗ 2020 Truth and Vibes

Africa Rise - Black Omolo ft. Mowty Mahlyka - Dubbing Sun RMX + African Vibes + African Wind [B]

Label | Studio | Dub der guten Hoffnung Sound System

The Truth and Vibes label has the aim to promote conscious Sound System music in various styles from Roots to Dub to Steppas, working with a network of artists around the world, many based on long lasting friendships.

As the Dub der guten Hoffnung sound system is hand build with great care and a thoughtful selection of components, be sure the music we release is Sound System prooved and will hit heavy in every aspect. We do everything in a DIY style, be it the label or be it trough involvement in production, mixing, dubbing, organizing sessions, or building boxes or other equipment .

The label is operated by Darkwing Dub, who is a cultural activist, producer, selecta, sound system builder and is working as a graphic designer with various Labels like Lion’s Den, Black Redemption and Woodland Records. 

Huge thanks is going to all friends and family, the label could not exist without the support from you. Special bigups to my breddrins King Kri, Joyful Lion, Don Oscar, Dubbing Sun, Ras Lion, Matt Woodland Rec, Bukkha, Gnischrew, Simon/off…. to name a few