More awesome dub from our friends in Spain - oh so good..If ya love dub, start downloading!
Hotdrop - Dis[Cover] Showcase,
Greetings! Good news in the reggae-dub planet with Hotdrop’s new release ‘Dis[cover] Showcase’ a delightful selection of powerful covers that aim straight to the heart of Jamaican rhythm lovers.
‘Dis[cover]’ will rock you with its authentic showcase format, each track has a first vocal part which later gives way to a totally atmospheric ‘Hotdroppic’ dub.
On this occasion, the Spanish band leaves its mark with a unique covers compilation, often played live by Hotdrop, which renders tribute to souls classics (William Devaughn, The Spinners) and legendary late 70s reggae singles (Matumbi, Dennis Brown, Inner Circle).
Entirely recorded in Madrid city and mixed analogically in a 8 track device, ‘Dis[cover]’ works as a time machine that brings us these vintage scented unique covers, never loosing Hotdrop’s refreshing sound.
The record travels from soul grounds with the mellow ‘Be Thankful’, passing the rhythmic soulful-reggae with ‘Bluebeat & Ska’ and the indomitable ‘I’ll be around’, to end up flowing into the wild Caribbean sound of ‘Should I’ and ‘Reggae Thing’, culminating this musical trip in ‘Straight to the Greencat’s head’, dubwise from the caverns. Hotdrop - Dis[Cover] Showcase
Tracklist:
1.- Be thankful extended version
2.- Bluebeat & ska discomix
3.- I’ll be there
4.- I’ll be there pt.2
5.- Should i ft. Carlos Alonso
6.- Drum & bass version
7.- Reggae thing ft. Quique Vaz
8.- Straight to the greencat’s head
Mixed by Puppashan @ discoinferno.
Masterized by Nick Litwin at Mastering Mansion Madrid.
Produced by Hotdrop, Madrid 2010.
Yep - the boss, his missuss and his dog have finally come home to WA!!!
Things can only blossum from here! A bigger pond for the label to play in! And a city that loves its dub, dubstep and dnb!! Plus a whole lot more music goodness..the city is PERTH.
LRRecords studio will be based in Rockingham but our presence will be felt city-wide and our releases will continue to be global! Check the contact_us page for our updated contact details…
Check out this gig full of local talent if your around -
**SIMMER DOWN IN THE SUMMERTIME **(Scorpio Party) Gig… Saturday 14 November 2009 @ Kuranda Amphitheatre from 1pm-11pm
hosted by the Amphitheatre, Featuring ZENNITH and proudly supported by KOAHLITION with GUDJU GUDJU, PAD BOYS, RACONTUERS plus a few other emerging acts.
Get immersed in Music Culture. Australia’s favorite Island Roots Reggae festival is gearing up for a well wicked 2009.
Set in the lush tropical grounds of Tjapukai Cultural Park, showcasing some of the most exciting new emerging performers alongside renowned world class artists across three stages over 10 hours. Evolving, growing, developing, ReggaeTown is now 7 yrs old, and has blossomed into a well loved and highly anticipated annual event on the calendar – not to be missed featuring more than simply Reggae.
Delivering local, national and international artists from Africa, New Zealand, Numea, Australia, The Torres Straits and more. Combining Traditional, Old School and contemporary styles including; Hip Hop, Reggae, R n B, dancehall, Roots & World Music in a myriad of Island flavors.
Delicious selections available in the Music, multicultural food stalls and Art/Craft Markets, Wiked workshops and the general festival feeling will round of the best day of the year!
SEPT 5, TJAPUKAI PARK, SMITHFIELD, CAIRNS
1PM - 11PM
Zennith performed an outstanding opening to the Annual 2009 Qsong Awards held at one of Brisbane’s most spectacular venues The Tivoli Theatre on Tuesday 11th of August.
Aden Brim and Zennith were nominated in three categories ‘Best Regional, Blues & Roots and Indigenous’; Aden accepted the award for Best Regional.
Zennith recently received another two nominations ‘Best Band and Album of The Year – Simplify’ for the 15th Deadly Awards to be held at The Sydney Opera House on October the 15th.
The band has a new single and video clip coming soon for their song ‘Simplified’ re recorded by Brisbane producer Paulie B (George, Beautiful Girls). This is to be closely followed by a debut album and national tour commencing early 2010.
“Wherever the boys from Kuranda go, success seems to follow. Their energy on stage and ability to connect with the crowd is unsurpassed and it’s little wonder these boys are finding their place in the stars. The sky really is the limit. Look out world, here comes Zennith”. Jesse Kuch timeOUT editor Cairns
‘Little Rascal’ mixing up some phat dub, dubstep and jungle at this ‘must go’ local festival!!!
July 3 and 4 - Kuranda Roots Festival @ Kuranda Amphitheatre
The festival has three stages – the Main Stage, Dub Stage and Café Reggae Stage – which will showcase a breadth of local, national and international talent. Kuranda Roots Festival is an all-ages event and a great opportunity for the whole family to enjoy Kuranda’s lively arts and culture.
The line-up on the Main Stage includes Ash Grunwald, Zennith, Kingtide, The Nomad, Rudekat Soundsystem, The Chocolate Strings, Oakley Grenell (OG) and Mystic Beats.
The Café Reggae Stage will feature Bandawalla Moons, Iman Dan, Melatonin, Pachooka, Patch Up and Simon Asquith, and the Dub Stage will showcase Billy Dread, Little Rascal, Sol, Ombudsman and Huckleberry.
Local bands involved in the line-up include Zennith (Kuranda), Koahlition (Koah), Bandawalla Moons (Townsville), Pachooka (Townsville) and Patch Up (Cairns). All the DJs on the Dub Stage are locals except for Byron Bay exports Huckleberry.
THE RETAINERS
Produced by Madsickill aka Dub Terminator
Madsickill AKA The Dub terminator is based in the north island of New Zealand south pacific ocean planet earth. An eclectic sound bundle of roots influenced music the Madsickill/Dub terminator has been known to dabble in such genres as Dub,Reggae, Dub-step, hip hop and drum & bass. Coming from a musical back ground he became familiar with playing guitars synths , drum machines and the MPC & from an early age played in bands of many different genres and would use these skills in his future sound experimentation’s. In his early teens he was sent to live in a bush hut situated on a mountain on the edge of a forest in the coromandel in the north island of new zealand. He found himself miles away from anywhere there was nothing to do but jam all day. It was here the Dub terminators path became clear that his mission in life was not to create music from a commercial perspective but to create underground music to nod ya head too. MADSICKILL has been producing beats for over 12 years, contributing to many projects, T.v. sounds tracks, advertising jingles, making albums, pressing drum & bass records etc, bringing him together with a variety of artists of different styles, including MC Mana, Rhombus, Commodores member Ronald LePread, DJ Substance, status Kaya, New technology division & of corse J.J. Hunt the second founding member of the to be live performance dub terminating machine set up in 2007 as a launching platform for Mr Madsickills Dub productions ‘The Retainers’.
‘The Retainers’ soon evolved into a unique Aotearoa style of Funk infused Dub, Roots and Hip hop bass heavy sound bringing a fresh sound to the ears of dub fans in clubs, festivals & cyberspace. The creative force behind The Retainers are cousins Christian McLay (MADSICKILL) and Jeremy Hunt. They have been making music together in the Auckland region of New Zealand since 2000. Producer Christian McLay (Madsickill) steps up as Beat maker, lead vocalist and plays keyboards and guitar, along with other instruments that are incorporated into his unique beats and Retainers live shows. Cousin Jeremy Hunt who holds it down on the bass guitar when the band performs live, he also has a hand in creating some of the tracks for The Retainers. After living in London and travelling Europe and Peru, Jeremy returned to New Zealand at the beginning of 2006 to hook up with cousin Chris in developing ideas for dubbed out, funky, innovative rhythms. Karl Smith, a long time friend, joined the line up in late 2007 as co-guitarist and back-up vocalist, building the rhythm section for the live act and adding that extra bit to the Retainers live shows.
Now pushing on, Mr Madsickill has directed the first Retainers music video ‘Rise up’, an Aotearoa dub/hip hop pleaser ready for the air waves featuring on the ‘1000% mad music’ release coming out on Little Rascal Records!! Retainers & LRR will be spreading the positive vibes by making 5 of their freshest Tracks available on free download from the LRR website. The retainers will continue to move forward with their kiwi do-it-yourself approach to making music with the aim to inspire young musicians and artists to take control and get their stuff out there, no matter what. Mr Madsickill is all about the hook ups when it comes to making music. He’s constantly on a mission Hooking producers & MC’s up beats just so others can have the experience of making a ‘dope track’ . Stay tuned… Peace! THE RETAINERS MADSICKILL > DUB TERMINATOR > … Management/production/Bookings Contact +64 21 1095331 retainersmusic@hotmail.com dubterminator@gmail.com
FREE DOWNLOAD
THE RETAINERS LRR FREE EP DOWNLOAD
‘1000% MAD MUSIC’
1. MIND OVER MATTER
2. TAKE ME TO THAT PLACE
3. RISE UP (VIDEO MIX)
4. POSITIVE VIBES
5. LOW VOLTAGE
PRODUCED BY MADSICKILL AKA DUB TERMINATOR
ALL TRACKS COPYRIGHT 2009 THE RETAINERS
‘Little Rascal’ DJ BlitZ playing hip hop and dub with local indigenous MC LGB, supporting Patch Up reggae band.
Patch Up is an Indigenous, original reggae six piece with a message of unity, peace and one love.
Patch Up has played at Reggae town, Kuranda Roots Festival, Yungaburra Folk and have just played at this year’s Woodford Folk Festival. Their previous gig at the Green Ant was a roaring success so we thought we’d bring ‘em back for another reggae remedy!
Lafamille presents Hotdrop’s brand new release, ‘It’s a remix ting’.
The spanish reggae band strikes back with this original project that has been created thanks to the collaboration of different international artists.
For the occasion, Hotdrop hits us with refreshing versions of some of the tracks included in their first record ‘Ready’, made by the inspired hands of several producers.
‘It’s a remix ting’ is still scented with jamaican rythms, but also oozes cutting edge sounds such as hip hop or dubstep, surprising and refreshing the spanish reggae scene. This work, purists abstain, is sealed with the style and personality of the following emergent artists from all over the world: Process Rebel (USA), Deeproots & Bean (Romania), Jambassa (Italy), Volfoniq (France), Cut la vis (UK) y Ojah (Spain). The tracks are genuine revisions of the original songs, pure reminiscences of what we first heard in ‘Ready’, stating the creative turmoil in which jamaican music is evolving currently.
A unique and adventurous trip across a whole heap of possibilities that will delight the lovers of musical challenges.
Its on again!! One of our favourate local festivals just got bigger for 2009!! Be sure to check out ‘Little Rascal’ playing dubwise tunes at Kuranda Roots Festival:
PATCHUP
SAT 4TH APRIL FROM 8.30PM
Patch Up is an Indigenous, original reggae six piece with a message of unity, peace and one love.
Patch Up has played at Reggae town, Kuranda Roots Festival, Yungaburra Folk and have just played at this year’s Woodford festival.
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