My guest this week is Mark Iration. I drove up to the High Rise Studio in Leeds where we sat down to talk about how he started out in music, the birth of Iration Steppas and how Mark and the crew evolved into one of the most successful & highly influential sound systems out there. I’ve known Mark a long time so, it was great to sit down and talk through his life in dub and hear about buying records in long since closed record shops and being king of the ghetto blaster in Leeds.

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LIFE IN DUB PODCAST #5 MARK IRATION hosted by Steve Vibronics

Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom.  If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.  ~ Charlie Parker

Vibronics, the future sound of dub, have been vibrating the world with bass since 1995. Their music is at the forefront of the UK Dub scene, proven by over 40 releases on their own legendary SCOOPS label as well as a host of albums, singles and remixes for a myriad of other labels such as Universal Egg, Jarring Effects, Dubhead and Jah Tubbys . In the studio they have worked with Zion Train, Iration Steppas, Macka B, Ranking Joe, High Tone, Big Youth and an almost endless list of dub & reggae luminaries. Wether dub-mixing live on stage, rocking the clubs or uplifting the festivals, Vibronics continue to perform tirelessly across Europe as well as in Asia, Central America and the Caribbean.

2012 Release Agenda

"Vibronics French Connection" album release on Hammerbass records in March.
Vibronics come roaring out of their studio with 12 brand new remix collaborations featuring the cream of French dub artists … High Tone, Zenzile, Brain Damage, Weeding Dub, Blackboard Jungle, OBF and Kanka are just some of the artists to be re-worked in this one away international project.

3 x 10" single release on SCOOPS Records for summer. This host of killer new vocals include works by Demolition Man, Ras Tweed, Professor Natty & Echo Ranks as well as instrumental contributions from London's Ital Horns and Tokyo's Killer Sista Makiko.





Dubmakers from Austria.

For bookings contact:
smalltowndubz@outlook.com

Dimeshift / Bait / Locus Sound / Concrete Law / Structurally Unsound

Support from: Rareman, Om Unit, Mia Koden, Truant, Beatrice M., J:Kenzo, Traces, Jossy Mitsu, LARA, Dub Athlete, Axle, Fearless Dread, Sharnie, Deep Tempo, FLO

from Aotearoa New Zealand