Dub Legacy: Mid summer Reggae festival

Sat Jul 02 2022 at 10:00 pm to Sun Jul 03 2022 at 05:00 am

Trinity Centre | Bristol

Trinity Centre
Publisher/HostTrinity Centre
Dub Legacy: Mid summer Reggae festival
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Artist: Black Roots
Soundsystems: Indica Dubs, Roots Injection sound system, Green King Kuts sound system, and Tappa outta Bassi sound system
Tickets: £20 adv / £25 on the door
Tickets available from:
Headfirst: https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/#date=2022-07-02&event_id=73972
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Trinity centre: [email protected]
Supertone Records: https://supertonerecords.co.uk/shop
Doors open: 10:00pm
Doors close: 5:00am
Sponsored by; Supertone records and World of dub, Powerjam radio
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DUB LEGACY TEACHINGS
THE BIOGRAPHY OF BLACK ROOTS
Formed in 1979, Black Roots exploded onto the Roots Reggae scene in 1981 when John Peel, the legendary DJ on BBC Radio 1, showcased their debut EP on his show, hailing them as one of the best new reggae bands in the UK. Their unique brand of roots reggae drew in people seeking to find a voice that spoke out against the injustices and alienation caused by the pace of political reform introduced in Thatcherite Britain. Black Roots’ uncompromising lyrical content was that voice throughout the 80’s.
From these beginnings, the band toured the United Kingdom extensively playing clubs, colleges, venues and universities, and made regular appearances at Glastonbury, WOMAD, Elephant Fayreand other major festivals. They broke into the European circuit following a support slot in 1984 on UB40’s European tour; made many radio and television appearances and released several albums in this period (‘Black Roots’, ‘The Frontline’, ‘In Session’, ‘All Day All Night’, ‘Natural Reaction’, ‘With Friends and ‘the Dub Factor series’). But it all went quiet for the band in the early1990s.
The band seem to slide off the ends of the earth and nothing happens for over 10 years. However, their loyal fans continued to search out their music and it is this loyalty that led to
theirre-emergence, engineered by Makasound (France) after they approached the band licensed and reissued some of their back catalogue ‘On the Frontline’ in 2004 and ‘In Session’ in 2007. This was followed by 2 more reissues in 2011 on Bristol Archive Records (UK) a compilation of their singles ‘The Reggae Singles Anthology’ and a CD version of ‘All Day All Night’ with bonus tracks.
But importantly the band capitalised on this new resurgence and interest by recording original material leading to the release of ‘On the Ground’ on Sugar Shack Records (UK) in 2012. It is their first original studio album in over 20 years and then two more releases of new songsl on Soulbeats Records (France) ‘Ghetto Feel’ 2014 and ‘Son of Man’ 2016 come out. They went back into the studio in December 2017 recorded, produced and mixed another 22 songs at Portishead’s J&J Studio employing the mixing talents of Louis Beckett. Two albums have emerged from this session, ‘Take It’ in November 2018 released and distributed with Khanti Records (France) and ‘Nothing in
the Larder’ released in June 2021 distributed and marketed by Take It Easy Agency (France).
All these original recordings, released since the beginning of this century have struck a chord with
fans new and old, highlighting the alienation and injustices that are re-emerging in Europe today as
it swings inexorably to the right and people’s rights are eroded away, once more. Nubian Records the band’s label has, also, been working with Real Rock Records (Italy) to release
limited edition 7” vinyl only pressings from their extensive back catalogue aimed at the specialist reggae market. So far, they have issued ‘Juvenile Delinquent/Dub the Youth’, ‘What Them a Do/Jah Jah Dub’; ‘All Day All Night/Pressure Dub’ and ‘Release the Food/Folitricshun Dub’ in 2021. Another ‘Blackheart Man/Blackheart Dub’ is planned for February 2022.
They have also been performing live delivering that conscious and uncompromising message with those harmonic vocals backed by a deep melodic roots reggae rhythm that makes them so unique.
The band have performed selected gigs in UK and Europe like Bristol Veg Fest, Glastonbury Festival, Lambeth Country Show in Brockwell Park London, ATP I’ll Be Your Mirror curated by Portishead at Alexandra Palace in London UK; Bagnols Reggae Festival, Cabaret Sauvage Paris, Garance Reggae Festival Bagnols Sur Ceze, Banlieues Bleues Jazz Festival Paris, Reggae Sun Ska Bordeaux, Nomade Reggae Festival Frangy and Nancy Jazz Pulsations France; Dour Festival and Afro C Belgium; Ostroda Reggae Festival Poland; Octopode Festival Geneva Switzerland; Sardinia Reggae Festival Italy, Rototom Reggae Sunsplash Spain and Bristol Harbour Fest.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/black.roots2018/
Web: https://blackrootsreggae.net/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/blackro
Supertone Records
Supertone Records: A Piece Of Reggae History in Brixton, London Lilian van Engelen-Kramer posted November 1, 2018 During our visit to London last month, we popped into reggae specialists Supertone Records in Brixton and were greeted by the broad smiles of Alex Caramellino and shop owner Wally B. While Wally looked after the shop, Alex showed us around, telling us all about the reissues he has been working on. He also told us Wally was not around retirement age (which we thought he was), but in his eighties.
Our jaws dropped even further when we entered the small rooms stacked with thousands and thousands of recordings waiting to be discovered. We were so stunned by everything we saw and heard, that we didn’t realise we didn’t buy any records until we were back on the tube. And we had a lot of questions, so we reached out to Alex upon our return. Plus: Wally kept asking us if he could be on the front page of Discogs, and although this isn’t quite the front page, Wally, this one’s for you!
Can you tell us a little bit more about your background and your role within Supertone Records? Alex: Sure. I grew up in Italy where I’ve always been somehow involved in the music, whether running a recording studio, operating my sound system, distributing records or producing my own music. I moved to London in 2009, and I was looking for a job when someone told me this record shop called Supertone Records was looking for somebody to revamp the mailorder department and build up a new website. That’s how it all started. Over the years, I ended up working for a few different shops/record labels/private sellers etc, and then I founded my own record label Jah Fingers Music, specializing in the reissuing of rare music, and a lot of releases are done in partnership with the shop owner Wally B, he taught me a lot about reggae business and is also a real father figure to me.
Indica Dubs
Sukh started listening to vinyl and attending Roots / Dub events at a young age and describes it as a life changing experience. “Seeing the vinyl spinning, and the vibes in the place – especially when the bass dropped on the sound system – it changed everything, I immediately knew this was the path for me.” Inspired by the energy, the spiritual upliftment and vibes within the Dub community, Sukh was determined to create his own contribution and started producing his own tunes by the age of 17, with the schooling of his uncle and Dougie Conscious Sounds. With a clear goal of reaching 100 independent vinyl releases on his own label, Indica Dubs was founded and released its first vinyl in 2010 at the age of 20 and was quickly played by various top Sound Systems such as Jah Shaka, Channel One, Iration Steppas, King Earthquake and many more. In 2011, Indica Dubs travelled to play outside of UK to play across Europe and Latin America. In 2017, Sukh unleashed the Indica Dubs Sound System. The least to say about attending an Indica Dubs Sound System session is that it’s guaranteed to be a special experience with the most exclusive tunes being played straight from the Indica Dubs studio. Since then, Sukh has had sound meet sessions with top sounds systems like Young Warrior, Aba Shanti-I, Channel One, and Iration Steppas, and provided his sound system for Jah Shaka. In 2018, Sukh and his team launched their self-organised events: Ghent Dub Club. These exclusive sessions feature heavyweight sound systems and the best artists in Dub. Organically growing and attracting more and more people each edition, these sessions have quickly become known on a global scale. Throughout the years, Indica Dubs has been producing some of the toughest releases and providing dubplates to his most influential sound systems. Collaborating with some of the best international Roots / Dub artists, his reputation at the forefront of the Dub scene keeps growing all over the world. From strength to strength, Indica Dubs aims to continue pushing Roots / Dub music and making a positive impact on new, upcoming and young artists, and all supporters. Indica Dubs on Life in Dub podcast, hosted by Steve Vibronics: https://soundcloud.com/vibronics/lifein-dub-podcast-17-indica-dubs-hosted-by-steve-vibronics
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