Dub/Reggae
Atlas Kopko was initiated by Markus Jud in 1987 and was at the beginning more of a musical project than a band, a descendant of the group Ix-Ex-Splue with their hypnotic improvisations and meditative noise orgies to experimental industrial/noise rock. This description also fits the current production of Atlas Kopko. Atlas Kopko is a follow-up band to Ix-Ex-Splue, but with an expanded musical vocabulary that additionally includes a strong tendency towards cinematic music. The creative element of improvisation also takes a more subordinated role in Atlas Kopko's new album and, since the recordings made in 1994 were very carefully done, brought the possibility of transferring these over 29 year old recordings into the present time through current mixing and production techniques. Atlas Kopko consists in this production of musicians , who were at that time all involved in the Basel experimental music scene and some still are today . Since the Skin And Speech label was also founded at that time, it became necessary to make this exciting, diverse production accessible to the public.. credits: released January 22, 2024 Atlas Kopko: Markus Jud: Sax and Electronics - Tobi Madörin: E-Bass, Rebab - Role Schmid: Drums Manuel Liebeskind: Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin - Dani Meyer: Electronics - Markus Kneubühler: Synthesizers and Electronics All tracks composed by: Markus Jud Recorded by Alex Buess @ Wolf281 Studios, Basel 1994 Mixed by Markus Jud, 2023 Mastered by Alex Buess @ Wolf281 Studios, Basel 2023 Lacquer Cut by Adi Flück @ Centraldubs, Bern Titles generated by Andreas Kreie Kreienbühl Cover by danilot & PAZ Graphic design and Videoworks by BigRogers
After Prince Istari finished the Dub Encounter with Erik Satie, he immediately set to work on expelling the evil curse of artificial intelligence. While the encounter with Satie was guided by the original compositions, this album delves deeper into dub science. The opening track is “Curse Of Machine Learning,” a grinding cumbia dub track that sucks you into the curse of machine learning. It’s followed by “Artificial Neural Network,” arguably the album’s most nerve-wracking track, with wild snare rolls colliding with offbeat echoed riddim sections. “Large Language Models” offers a more relaxed, arabesque one-drop riddim with speech synthesis vocals. “Fake Image” closes the first side with a full trombone solo contributed by Eugene Rosebud. Side B starts with the one-drop killer tune “Haunted By Delusion,” featuring an organ solo by Prince Istari. Drum and bass in your face. “Evil Forces,” on the other hand, is a fusion of jazz and dub; after the brass section breakdown, it rolls into a crazy synth solo. Then next „I Want Your Data” pulls your data into the AI’s guts with a vibraphone. This is maybe the ambitious tune on the record speaking of chord progressions. The final track sees Eugene Rosebud return with a double trombone solo in “Transhuman Feedback Rock” assisted by a saz cooling the blues pattern with a hookline. Here we have beautifull springreverb and harmonizer dub effects on the snare twirrling around the trombone solos. All tunes composed, arranged, conducted and engineered by Prince Istari and played by his house band The Virtualistics. Trombone Solos by Eugene Rosebud. Packaged in a nice cover drawn by Markus Schäfer and frequency shift and cut by LXC. (label info)
With the 7th Grade of the Riddim Dub School series, Prince Istari enters Junior High School. Prince Istari returns with his Riddim Dub School series now on 12inch, pushing deeper into the intersection of dub, drum and bass, and sound system culture. This 6-track EP, titled "lessons into drum and bass wise", explores raw rhythms, analog feedbacks, and heavy low-end pressure. The EP starts with a Drum and Bass cut with a One Drop of the DUB ME LOOPY tune from Riddim Dub School 5th Grade. INTIMACY COORDINATOR follows with a heavy Disco Dub. The last track on Side A is LABOUR’S DUB, with deep bass polished through spring reverb. The shakers come in late and push the whole thing forward. Side B begins with GONE TOO SOON from Riddim Dub School 4th Grade, in an alternative version. It’s followed by the most upfront track on the release CONQUERING DUB – brass fanfares and a deep disco rocker beat with minimalistic arrangement. NO DUB INNA DI WRONG ends the 7th Grade with a roots way style. It suggests that dub music doesn't belong to or support negative, corrupt, or unjust actions or spaces. Dub music stays righteous, true, or positive, and doesn’t associate with bad vibes or wrongdoing. A DUB ME LOOPY (One Drop Version) INTIMACY COORDINATOR LABOUR’S DUB B GONE TOO SOON (Version 3) CONQUERING DUB NO DUB INNA DI WRONG
The last grade of the elementary Riddim Dub School. If you like it hot you go for Mwendoskasi and so Prince Istari did for the first side on the 6th Grade. Brass driven hot stepper dub on this one with a killer bass line as allways. Flipside ‚I Dub Further‘ dives in deeper territory of percussion solos and fans of organ licks and brass sections have their treat on this heavy dub rocker. (label info)
Prince Istari. The basic of this tune goes way back to 1995 where the young Prince Istari had some friends over at his and recording some live dubs on a house party. Flipside we find our way into joyfull dreamscape disco dub with psychadelic guitar and flute solo played by Prince Istari. This one is kind of a special tune. I hope you enjoy! (label info)
Prince Istari in the 4th Grade of the Riddim Dub School brings a one drop tune on the first side called ‚Gone Too Soon‘. Prince Istari plays here the opening acustic guitar solo. then the tunes flaps into heavy spring reverbation in a drum and bass style just to swing back into a melodic part with some uplifting melancholic mallets solo. On the flipside ‚Lost You In A Club‘ a melodica solo and lover rock influenced disco dub tune will pick you up into gentle rub-a-dub. heavy ibanez hd-1000 harmonizer dubbing on this one! (label info)
Prince Istari in the 3rd Grade of the Riddim Dub School dropping hails King Zukale with some heavy weight rockers dub tune. On the flipside the rockers invites you for some bass and brass inflicted lover style riddim. Made on earth with love, for space exploration and bass. Limited to 300 copies and comes in stamped cardboard sleaves. (label info)
Prince Istari in the 2nd Grade of the Riddim Dub School dropping an original classic cover in rockers style on the first side, while on the flipside he comes down for some stepper and playing his melodica. Made on earth with love, for space exploration and bass. Limited to 300 copies and comes in stamped cardboard sleaves. (label info)
Prince Istari attends the Riddim Dub School. 1th Grade lessons brings us computerized acid and dub. Nothing to say about this one, except that it brings you original flavours for computerized riddims and stepper lovers. Made on earth with love, for space exploration and bass. Limited to 300 copies and comes in stamped cardboard sleaves. (label info)
The new GRMMSK! collaboration release of Minor, Totes Format, Sozialistischer Plattenbau, Hafenschlamm, canopyweekends, False Move Recs
One of the early Jamaican Recordings LPs documenting the story of 70s dub meisters.
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Label info: Acid Skanking Volume 6 rolls back to strictly dub style and acid lines with the tune LOVE and on the flipside the extended version with some more breakbeats and gabba dub spices. featuring main theme played on the balafon, rolling bassline from the transistor bass teebee 303 and lots of swinging hihats and gentle moving drums. served well on 75 or 150 bpm. <iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2158788671/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="https://digital.sozialistischer-plattenbau.org/album/acid-skanking-volume-6">Acid Skanking Volume 6 by Istari Lasterfahrer</a></iframe>
Scorn: Colossus Early Scorn album on Earache from 1994. From collection (since 1994), vinyl is in excellent condition. Sleeve has a bit of all-round shelf wear
Classic On-U stuff, original pressing from 1983 in excellent condition. In my collection for ca. 40 years. Not played very often. Excellent condition. Sleeve has a bit of storage wear and a small price sticker on the top right side.