Transformed in Dub

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1.	Dub Void 04:07	buy track
2.	Seven Times Seven 03:41	buy track
3.	Play I Some Dub 04:21	buy track
4.	Beto's Yard 04:14	buy track
5.	135 Orange St 00:37	buy track
6.	There's a Dub 03:59	buy track
7.	Tá Gravando Agora 04:08	buy track
8.	Woodsman Dub 04:05	buy track
9.	Last Tune 01:42	buy track
10.	Memories of Xylon 04:31	buy track
11.	Transform I & I 04:32	buy track
12.	Hail Jah in Dub 04:36	buy track
13.	This Man Was Born There 02:11	buy track

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"As if this Anglo-Brazilian duo´s debut album wasn´t impressive enough, its version arrives training a magnifying glass on the studio wizardry of Dubkasm. This dub is lean, stripping the original´s rich sound far down to the bone – ”Ta Gravando Agora` is empty streets and alleyways in which we catch glimpses of a lone, wandering melodica. Out from among the trees denuded of their leaves soars the lone sprial of a saxophone on ”Woodsman Dub”.

Tena Stelin opens ”Play I Some Dub” strong and brash before slipping down the echo chamber to a fanfare of horns, after which the bass and drums are left to explore the chasm left open. Stelin attempts to regain a foothold in the song, but the edges of the bottomless pit are too slippery. And when Christine Miller´s beautiful voice rises with a single, "only so much to give", the entire less-is-more aesthetic is justified for all time.

Not every track is boiled down to the skeleton. ”Beto´s Yard” is lush in detail and features the bounciest bassline on the entire album. And not every track reworks album material. ”Memories of Xylon”, for example, is a tribute to Lidj Xylon, a passionate, lion of a singer who recently passed away in Ethiopia.

The partnership of DJ Stryda and Digistep, though stretching back to the mid-nineties, has certainly spilled forth delights in the past months from the horn of plenty which is the Transform I project. The trilogy was completed recently with a remix album featuring exciting and innovative names from the far reaches of the reggae diaspora."

- Stephen Fruitman, Sonomu

credits

released October 9, 2019

All tracks produced & arranged by Digistep (Ben Glass) and DJ Stryda (Sam Howard) at the Dubkasm Studio Brazil and UK, except for: tracks 3, 5, and 7, rhythm section and upright piano recorded at Iguana Studios (London), bass guitar on track 4 recorded by Tony Caddle at the Bajan Steppa Studio (Norway). Percussion on tracks 1, 4, and 9, recorded at Digitaldubs Studio (Rio de Janeiro).

Vocal Overdubs: Dub Judah recorded by DJ Stryda at the Dub Tech Studio, Nottingham. Ras Addis recorded at the Dubkasm Studio, London. Tena Stelin, and Christine Miller recorded by Dougie Wardrop and DJ Stryda at Conscious Sounds Studio, London. Ras Bernardo recorded by Digistep at Digital Dubs Studio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Mixed by Digistep at Daddy Roots Studio (Bristol).
Mastered by Fernando Sanches at El Rocha Studio, São Paulo, Brazil.

MUSICIANS

Digistep (Ben Glass) : Keyboards and Programming, Guitar, Upright Piano, Saxophone, Melodica, & Percussion
Blood Shanti : Drums and V Drums (Tracks 3, 5, and 7)
Stanley Andrew : Guitar (Tracks 3, 5, and 7) Bass (Tracks 3 and 5)
Tony Caddle : Bass Guitar (Tracks 4 and 7)
Colin Marcland : Trumpet, Flugel, Valve Trombone (Tracks 3 and 4)
Joás Bongo : Berimbau, Nyahbinghi Drumming (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, and 11)

"The whole joy of creating an original rhythm for an original song, that's it you know, that's the ultimate." Augustus Pablo 1998

Heartical thanks to the singers and players of instruments who have played with Jah in their hearts.

Dub versions taken from the debut Dubkasm LP, Transform I. For more information check out: www.dubkasm.com

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Dubkasm Bristol, UK

Dubwise outta Bristol!

Dubkasm are comprised of childhood friends Digistep and DJ Stryda, who kicked off their dub project in the mid-'90s before launching their Sufferah's Choice label in 2003.

The duo continue to push out a positive message through quality roots and dub reggae productions and regular live shows across the globe.

"Modern roots reggae at its finest"
Steve Barker, Wire Magazine ... more

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