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DUB GABRIEL - ADSR DUB - OUT NOW - VINYL & DIGITAL

2017 marks the return of Dub Gabriel with his 5th full-length solo album entitled “ADSR DUB”. After his critically acclaimed 2013 album, Raggabass Resistance, Gabriel locked himself away in the studio and went into complete isolation in what Gabriel refers to as “one of the most prolific times of his 20 year career ”. Mixing his love for classic dub productions with vintage analog tape echoes, spring reverbs and tubes, with his love of krautrock and his collection of Moog, Arp and Korg analog synthesizers, to give us one of the most original albums to come out in recent time. 

Featuring guest performances by Addis Pablo, son of the legendary Augustus Pablo. Ranking Joe, who rose to prominence in the 1970’s on such legendary labels as Studio 1, as well as his collaborations with King Tubby. And, The Spaceape, who became the voice of U.K. Dubstep through his groundbreaking work with Burial, Kode 9 & The Bug. Recorded in San Francisco at d/a/c laboratory for research & development, mastered by the legendary, Kevin Metcalfe, at Sound Masters in the U.K. and cover art by acclaimed French illustrator, Olivier Bonhomme.

1. Horace Andy – Youths Of Today
2. Junior Byles – Beat Down Babylon
3. Johnny Clark – Don’t Want To Be No Rude Boy
4. Trinity – Phsams
5. Desi Roots – Weed Fields
6. Johnnt Clarke – King In A Di Arena
7. Linval Thompson – Jah Jah Is The Conqueror
8. Kojak – Black Skin
9. George Boswell – Jah Fire
10. Phillip Myers – Getho Struggle
11. Early B – No Funny Tricks
12. Joy White – Dread Out De
13. Jah Joe – Dreadlocks Song
14. Denis Brown & Augustus Pablo – Spirit Of Umoja
15. Almighty Stones – Penetrate
16. Martin Campbell & The Hi-Tech Roots Dynamics – Richman
17. Barry Brown – Politician
18. Freddie McGregor – Rasta Have Faith
19. Zig Zag – Rasta Clean
20. Brent Dowe – Down Here In Babylon
21. Shaumark and Robinson – Weak Hear Feel It (part 1)
22. Hugh Mundell – Great Tribulation
23. Tristan Palmer – Bad Boys
24. Barry Brown – Release The Chain
25. Bunny & Ricky – Freedom Fighter
26. Doc Alimantado – I Shall Fear No Evil
27. Big Youth – Dreader Than Dread
28.  George Taylor Pace Setter Band – Sweet Talk
29. Clint Eastwood – Production Plan
30. Eric Monty Morris – He Is Back
31. Hopeton James – Get Up Blackman
32. Asher & Tremble – Humble Yourself
33. Denis Brown – General
34. Lee & Junior – Dreader Locks
35. Big Joe – Bitter Water Rock (Re-Mix)
36. Prince George – Babylon Kingdom Fall
37. Jah Brown – Freedom Fighter
38. The Upsetters – Black Belt Jones
39. Tayon – Disco Pants
40. Prince Far I – Frontline Speech
41. P. Weston – Royal Cord
42. I-Roy – Caveman Skank
43. Toyan – Tracks & Socks
44. Barry Brown – Juks And Watch
45. Sammy Dread – I Wont Cry
46. I-Roy – Tribute To Marcus Garvey
47. Prince Alla – Forty Days And Forty Nights
48. Prince Mohammed – Come Mek We Rub A Dub
49. The Immortals – Babylon
50. Dill And The Pickles – Nine O’Clock
51. Bob Andy – War In The City
52. Eric Donaldson – Freedom Street

70-90% of digital sales a artist receives is from iTunes. It’s decision to switch to a streaming service will not only put the final nail in the coffin of record sales, they choose to hold artist hostage with no other option. They have decided a self imposed 3 free month trial where artist and labels will not be even paid for the streams in it’s peak time of discovery.

You have to understand, Independent artist and labels who press vinyl are not doing it to just follow a trend, but for survival. Bandcamp, artist websites and independent record shops are the only true resource to truly support the craft of recorded arts. People like to think that artist can just survive off of playing out, but that is a whole other dilemma of regional promoters, clubs, venues and underground parties being blocked out and monopolized from by corporate backed mega festivals. Music, like other art mediums needs to be respected into our culture to all that it gives.

My personal feeling, streaming services is like looking at a jpeg of a Vincent van Gogh. But beyond the argument of what is best for music delivery, we must look at it as a social responsibility. It helps create our identity and takes us on journeys of new perspectives. Support culture in our society, not marketing on the back of recording artist everywhere to sell more iphones. Apple doesn’t care if profit is made from streaming as long as they can keep selling you the phone.

-Dub Gabriel
Destroy All Concepts
www.destroyallconcepts.com
https://dubgabriel.bandcamp.com/

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