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http://www.myspace.com/metastazmusic
http://www.tazart-music.com

Sortie : 2010
Style : Electro Dub

Tracklist :
1. Ghost & Assassin
2. Simpsong
3. Orient Folk
4. The Emperor
5. Snakes
6. Son Of Light
7. I'm
8. Evil
9. Flames In The Rain
10. Bagdad's Breath
11. Draw Me A Rainbow

Voila bientôt 3 ans que nous n'avions plus entendu les productions de Metastaz. Après le cyber succès de Anekoik Pressure, Thomas Simoës aurait pris le temps d'affiner son style, de cajoler et de fignoler ses productions pour revenir en ce début d'année 2010 avec ce nouvel opus : Orient Dub Express.

Avec une valise déjà bien pleine, Metastaz nous offre ici son 4ème album. Après la parution de electrochoc cérébral, l'Ep Conquest et Anekoik Pressure, le natif de St-Étienne fait quelques apparitions remarqués dans les compilations New (Dub) Excursion et French Dub System en 2008, ainsi qu'une série de concerts, notament en première partie de Fumuj, Zenzile ou encore Fedayi Pacha.

Depuis quelques mois déjà, le retour d'un nouveau live amorce la sortie de l'album Orient Dub Express. Un album qui représente une maturité affirmée par la recherche de nouvelles sonorités et une véritable ouverture concernant les styles musicaux qu'il visite. En effet, si l'album composé de 11 pistes ne décevra en aucun cas les amateurs de dub, car c'est encore ici la véritable base du projet Metastaz, l'artiste révèle un fort interêt pour le hip hop, les sonorités brésiliennes et dynamise ses productions par un renouveau de son pannel instrumental. Certaines pistes comme Son of light et Orient folk témoignent donc de la maîtrise de ce que l'on pourrait appeler le dub metastasis. Mais Metastaz sort ici des terrains battus pour nous révéler ses talents. On remarquera d'ailleurs la très appréciable track Simpsong, en collaboration avec le groupe Brésilien Mamelo Sound System, envoûtante et décalée. À noter aussi les nombreux featuring avec des Mc de talent, Mc Miscellaneous (Fumuj) et Blu Rum 13 (Oneself). Toujours dans le changement, Metastaz redonne de la force à ses compositions grâce à des riffs énergiques et un travail de finitions de longue haleine. Bref, Orient Dub Express mélange les genres avec cohérence et souplesse et ne manque pas de surprendre.

Quant à l'artwork, c'est un travail d'orfèvre que nous offre Stan (www.stan-gd.com), graphiste et v-jay de Metastaz, qui nous a habituée a des illustrations d'une grande qualité.
Un album qui s'annonce donc comme étant un petit coton-tige bien sympathique pour commencer cette année 2010 en beauté ! On compte sur vous pour l'apprécier et n'hésitez pas à le faire partager!

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http://spokendub.free.fr/
http://www.myspace.com/braindamagedub

Sortie : 2006
Style : Electro Dub ,  Dark Electro , Spoken Word

Tracklist :

1. Intro

2. Sterile

3. Fenetres

4. Embolism

5. Mistaken identity

6. Metroconversation

7. Under the ground

8. Mad truth

9. Rahtid

10. The beer mystics last day on the planet

11. Pure scenario

12. Final enclosure

  Le lien a été retirer suite à la demande du label indépendant  Jarring Effects

Première fois signée chez Jarring effects, Brain damage est le groupe de dub français qui ose franchir le plus les frontières de son style en y administrant une vision moderne et sans limites. Always Greener démarquait le combo par leur façon émotionnelle d’aborder le dub ; Ashes to Ashes / Dub to Dub montrait une esthétique sonore aboutie avec une nouvelle passion pour le spoken word (et les textes de Black Siffichi, désormais passé pour référence du genre). Dans Spoken Dub Manifesto, le duo assume totalement cette nouvelle orientation avec pour seul fil conducteur : le dub poetry. La pléiade d’invité offre au concept une grande richesse, d’une part due à la liberté narrative des intervenants, et d’autre part, par les expérimentations que les musiciens ont bâti. Nombreux instruments (Guitare, duduk, ney, vibraphones) ont été utilisés pour la création des samples, remodelés et réinjectés autour des narrations et de la basse. Les prestations sont multiples et personnelles. Entre le style dénonciateur de Black Siffichi, la poésie orientale de Mohammed El Amraoui et le rap brut de Giovanni Marks, Suzanne Thoma adopte la sensualité et la douceur. Pourtant non dépourvue de charme, Emiko Ota préfère, par une approche moins organique et plus directe, faire passer son discours dur avec énergie. Le grand Mark Stewart, sur l’étrange Mad Truth, prête sa voix grésillante au côté d’un sample paradoxal, à la fois simple et complexe, roots et sauvage. Plus sage, le spécialiste des techniques vocales ancestrales, Bart Plantenga, exprime une récitation claire et articulée sur une excellente track évolutive. Avec ce véritable travail de collaborations, Brain damage crée la parfaite osmose entre son univers musicale et les travaux des vocalistes. L’effet apporté est, au départ, étrange et dur à assimiler. Puis, après plusieurs écoutes, tout devient clair et Spoken Dub Manifesto apparaît comme la nouvelle perle du parcours des stéphanois, malgré l’absence de titre phare émo-dub digital, comme Cube Dub a pu l’être sur leur deuxième album. Mais cette petite frustration est totalement annihilée par le plaisir que procure la découverte de toutes les subtilités et finesses de la galette. Il est nécessaire pour le groupe de prendre des risques et de s’entourer de personnalités aux horizons et nationalités différentes, toutes ouvertes aux expérimentations et à cette perception diversifiée de la musique. Décontenançant par sa forme et proche d’une production Wordsoundienne, Spoken Dub Manifesto doit marquer le paysage dub français, et s’imposer comme un simple coup de maître. Chapeau bas Messieurs Brain damage !
Chroniqué par Kiteklat
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http://pagesperso-orange.fr/zazen/
http://www.myspace.com/zazenspace

Place à la relaxation avec Self Control, premier album de ZaZen, jeune producteur dub français basé en Auvergne. Véritable accalmie sonore, Self Control propose 14 titres empreints d’une certaine schizophrénie, où se conjuguent aussi bien sonorités chaudes et rythmiques marmoréennes et ou règne sans cesse la présence du “Zazen skank”, profond, singulier et hypnotique . Du “ZenDub” que vient bouger en 15ème piste le brésilien Dubalizer (premier album “Sub Existencia” disponible sur Fresh Poulp Records) sur son remix du titre Overland.

Let’s chill out with Self Control, the first album from ZaZen, young french dub producer from Auvergne country. A real sonic lull, Self Control features 14 tracks mixing like a schizoïd warm soundscapes and stone cold beats, with always the use of his “ZaZen skank” : deep, original and hypnotic. Some “zendub” for your ears, with an exclusive remix of Overland by brasilian producer Dubalizer (his first album “Sub Existencia” is available on Fresh Poulp Records).

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Tracklist
01. Overland
02. Dub Expedition
03. Dub Town
04. Reminiscence
05. Japan Airlines
06. Somewhere
07. Just Imagine
08. Oxygen
09. Serenity
10. Xizang
11. Inroad
12. World At War
13. Stun
14. Time Of Relaxation
15. Overland (Dubalizer Remix)

 
Two deadly vocal versions on the so-called "Bits Of Fury" riddim, which already has a little

obscure past...

Side A features a live recording from the unforgettable show with disrupt, Soom T and Mungo's
Hifi at their hombase at the Glasgeh School of Art in Oct 2008. During the set Scotland MC legends
Papa Zeb & Daddy Scotty came spontaneously up on stage for a fistful of riddims, and both are
riding this rough edged 8-bit beauty like there's no tomorrow, making it one of the finest Ganja
odes ever rolled. Soom T gives the lads a hearty cheers at the end - one more for the list of
magic moments. The whole recording of the set can be heard HERE in our Tapes section.

Side B is coming straight from the streets of Leipzig-Connewitz. Captured by chance during a
cloudy freestyle session along with roots dudes Bankil and FlipFlop, Jahtari MC veteran Dressla
delivers this brilliant street fighting anthem with the unstoppable vibe of countless sound system
nights on the mic behind him. Full lyrics HERE. Soom T also joined in for some bits later - there's
no escape from this jolly lass.

The track recently appeared on the amazing compilation "Rage Against The Death Machine:
28 years of injustice - Free Mumia Now", to spread the word about the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
and to raise raise money for continuing the fight for his release from death row. This soli-CD can
be bought HERE or HERE.

The cover on the B-side is part of the amazing 2008 poster "KOPI verteidigen" (defend Köpi) by
Sven from Disorder Rebel Store in Berlin.

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		MP3
SIDE A	Zeb & Scotty - Bring Di Sensi		04:37 (6.3 MB)
SIDE B	Dressla - Bomb Their Circles		03:26 (4.7 MB)
	COMPLETE ZIP		(11.2 MB)

http://www.gaudimusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/gaudimusic

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was and is still very much considered to be the greatest Qawwal (singer of Qaw

wali music) in the world; not only recognized as a legend in his native Pakistan he also took his musical messages of peace, love and spirituality to the international stage, earning him the title of Pakistan's premier ambassador of Qawwali music. The origins of Qawwali music trace back over seven hundred years to the spiritual Samah songs of Persia and the mystical faith of Sufism.

So, what happens when you unite one of world's most revered voices with a long-time veteran of global music production? Dub Qawwali, by London-based producer/artist Gaudi reveals the answer. The album blends organic and digital dub stylings with original vocals from Pakistan's beloved Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The result is a moving body of work that respectfully brings Khan's Qawwali songs together with Jamaican dub via superb 21st century studio techniques. Dub Qawwali is a celebration of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's life and is being released on Six Degrees Records in August 2007, marking the 10-year anniversary of his death.

Gaudi was one of six producers who were initially offered a single Nusrat track to remix by the Lemon Group – owners of the song publishing of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's works from 1968-1974, in association with Khan's original Pakistani label Rehmat Gramophone. The company loved what Gaudi had done with the material and offered him complete access to the recording sessions from 35 years ago, including rare and unreleased vocal parts. The original studio reels where sent to Gaudi's studio in London in 2005 and work began.

Although other producers, including India's Bally Sagoo and the UK's Massive Attack, have remixed Khan's work, in Dub Qawwali Gaudi has taken an entirely new approach to re-interpreting the work of this great artist. He has created a collection of new compositions in which the original vocals are seamlessly fused with a full spectrum of dub & reggae styles and musical themes & flavors from other cultures, genres and environments. A universal theme of peace and love, very much evident in both Khan's work and at the heart of reggae music, is the unifying element.

It was Gaudi's strong sense of the direct connection between roots reggae music's humanitarian messages of compassion and love and Khan's devotional songs, that was a major inspiration in the creative direction of Dub Qawwali. Gaudi is as much a scholar of Khan's work as he is of dub, and lists among his favorite dub artists King Tubby, Scientist, Mad Professor, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. After doing studio work with the "eccentric studio genius" Perry in 2005, Gaudi had confirmation of one of his own strongest beliefs in music production which is to respect your own personal integrity by "being yourself and always following your own sound."

Gaudi has been pursuing his own singular path since the early 80's with his first major album release coming in 1990 with "Basta Poco" (Polygram). Since then he's released 11 solo albums, 80 remixes (for artists including Bob Marley, Simple Minds and Ojos de Brujo) and been featured on over 100 compilations to date (for full discography go to www.gaudimusic.com).

His 2004 Interchill album Bass, Sweat & Tears, is still the label's best selling release. He co-wrote and produced the album Re:sonate (FAX Records) with ambient-chill legend Pete Namlook and worked with reggae legends Horace Andy and Dennis Bovell. Dub Qawwali is a further expansion of Gaudi's eclectic and smooth deep-dub electronic sound.

The album opens with the soft tones of "Bethe Bethe Kese Kese"; a nostalgic and warm track where melodious Flute and Strings echo contemplative vocals. A firm stepper rhythm anchors and drives the track while Sarangi adds dimension to this wistful introduction. This is also the first track that Gaudi produced in the series and very much provided the drive and direction that is evident throughout the rest of the album. "Tera Jana Kere Rang Lawe" is a dub influenced roots reggae track combining passionate and melancholic Strings with a roots dub bassline. Its uncluttered feel and rolling Bass spiced with off-beat Tabla gives space and groove. The vocals in "Dil Da Rog Muka Ja Mahi" inspired the inclusion of a theme from the Kraftwerk track "The Model" used by permission from the legendary German electro-pioneers in this remarkable excursion of a track; analogue Synthesizers give authenticity to its 1977 origins, while Hammond organ, a deep bassline and fills of dubbed up percussive echo keep the reggae flavors rolling. "Ena Akhiyan Noo" is positive and evocative; an upbeat reggae theme supporting emotive and expansive vocal passages is spiced up with rub-a-dub flavors and breaks of hypnotic chant. You don't have to understand Urdu, Punjabi or Persian to feel the sentiment evoked on Dub Qawwali, it is a work of truly international appeal.

The use of vintage analogue studio equipment and dub production techniques such as tape echoes, valve amps, Fender Rhodes, spring reverbs, Hammond organ and Moog, characterizes Gaudi's production style, however it is not without its share of 21^st century intervention and wizardry… Individual tracks from the original 70's multi-track recordings often contained multiple parts together on them. These had to then be carefully cleaned up in order to make them usable in a way that would enable the composition of these new works. (This included much of the vocal parts which where mixed in the same track as the Harmonium and other instruments!)

Gaudi's attention to detail paid off. Dub Qawwali revives Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's vocals in a truly distinctive fashion – a vital accomplishment given Khan's stature. The legendary Pakistani artist has inspired the likes of Peter Gabriel, Michael Brook and Eddie Vedder and is in the Guinness Book of Records for having the world's largest recorded output by a Qawwali artist — a total of 125 albums. Gaudi, aware of the gravity of re-working such a prolific and globally respected artist was moved to comment: "After 26 years of music activity I have to say that this is one of the most important productions I have ever done."

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Tracklist :
[01]. Bethe Bethe Kese Kese
[02]. Tera Jana Kere Rang Lawe
[03]. Jab Teri Dhun Main Raha Karte They
[04]. Dil Da Rog Muka Ja Mahi
[05]. Ghamgar Bare Ne
[06]. Abhi Apna Abhi Paraya Hai
[07]. Ena Akhiyan Noo
[08]. Kahin Mot Se Bhi Na Jao
[09]. Mainoo Ole Bai Ke Pee Lain De
[10]. Othe Mera Yar Wasda