MAD-145/LODUBS-SR-6 - Diplo (Swarms RMX) 6Blocc - Mad Decent/LoDubs Split Release
LODUBS-1211022 - Egoless - Rainbow Dub
LODUBS-12001 - Clubroot - III-MMXII
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LODUBS-1212024 - Egoless - Before/After EP
Soundcloud
Available as a limited edition 12"+DL and DL here:
http://lodubs.bandcamp.com/album/lodubs ... e-after-ep
About:
Egoless Returns to LoDubs with three new tunes, showcasing both his signature Reggae centric garage, and a Dancefloor bass and drum workout akin to the bastard child of UK Funky and tribal drum-driven-Dubstep.
The first 12" From Egoless on LoDubs, "Rainbow Dub" was in an inadvertently a return to 2006 and the birth of LoDubs in several ways we never expected. Like our first 12", Starkey's "Dementia", we where entering a territory largely uncharted at that time, in that "Dementia" was a proto-Grime instrumental, produced by a stateside artist, which was an act unheard of in its day. In relation, "Rainbow Dub", an unusual hybrid of live instrumentation and bottom heavy riddim production, was structurally based on the principals of Dubstep, but was at its heart classic Jamaican dub, regardless of the fact it had came from Zagreb, Croatia, and thus also largely uncharted territory.
With the release "Rainbow Dub" as with "Dementia" we chose to step back to our purest concept of presentation, and released it as a hand stamped record, limited to 200 copies. As then, it was our thought that music of this character, free of the homogeneous nature of modern EDM would find an audience fitting such a number. In that manner we where right both times, in that every copy quickly found a home. In relation, both records proved to be the catalyst for a a whole new thread of growth in the sound, in that the attention the underground release "Dementia" received that in turn helped launch LoDubs back in 2006 was very similar to the support Egoless' "Rainbow Dub" garnered from the likes of J:Kenzo, Mistajam, BBC1Xtra, and numerous other DJ's all these years later.
As such, We present 3 new tunes from Egoless, An artist who better than any before him has demonstrated the direct connecting character traits between the original bass music sound of Jamaica and the modern sound of Garage in productions that are no history lesson, but instead and exercize in bass, groove and funkiness.
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LODUBS-12002 - Clubroot - Summons EP
Available as a limited edition 12"+DL and DL here:
http://lodubs.bandcamp.com/album/lodubs ... summons-ep
About:
The critically lauded Clubroot album "III-MMXII" is completed on vinyl, and accompanied by an exclusive to this release bonus track.
Vinyl is an odd paradox in many ways. One of which is that if mastered correctly, it is the best possible format for nuanced music such as Clubroot. Thus, a vinyl cut of one of his tracks always has a presence that in some hard to determine way shows a range beyond the other formats. Paradoxically, these same nuances and the spectrum of frequencies tend to get smashed together and fade into the background under the more dominant sounds with each minute added to a side of a vinyl 12" cut. Therefore, Vinyl is the best representation, but only if the limitations of the medium are respected.
Such limitations present themselves every time we release a Clubroot LP. While it is important to maintain the overall atmosphere of the album, each side of the vinyl version cannot exceed something between 10 and 12 minutes, or the colors start to fade. The process of laying out these "Sides" is akin to a filmmaker in the editing process, trimming at the edges to make a lean, succinct anthology. However, as the old adage goes, some cuts are painful, and 'Summons' from the CD version of III-MMXII was among such painful cuts. Be that as it may, once it became clear it was neccesary, it actually presented an exciting opportunity, as in the realm of cutting vinyl masters, the Paradoxical Antithesis can be just as true. Often times the shorter the program length, the more amazing the final cut.
With that, we bring 'Summons' To the A Side of a new Clubroot EP bearing its name, and close the EP out with a second track from the III-MMXII CD, 'My Kingdom'. In between, we have added the new track 'Deep In Thought' which has only appeared on mixes prior to now, and will only be released in this format.
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LODUBS712023 - Stereotyp
Soundcloud
Available as a limited edition 7"+DL and DL here:
http://lodubs.bandcamp.com/album/lodubs712023-stereotyp
about:
Stereotyp, the originator of both Barefoot and a multitude of proto-Dubstep Reggae substrains re-emerges with his first release on LoDubs, featuring Sizzla, Meesha, and Daddy Freddy.
As those well versed in the world of music may know, any expanding genre is a progressing cycle towards the unknown. In relation, although the classic era of Dubstep may have seemed to appear out of the blue for some, many in the know have seen it as the cycle of growth, either in a general way as part of the continuum from Dub on up, or in a more specific way by sighting influences. It would be hard not to see how Stereotyp, and his 2002 full length "My Sound" was not almost a direct template of the Roots-driven side of the sound to emerge out of South London 4 years later, with its combination of minimalistic proto-electro percussion, emphasized dub-centric basslines, and roots style vocal contributions from future dub pioneers such as Tikiman and DJ Collage.
Much as any true visionary, fast forward ten years from the release of that seminal record and you find stereotyp working in a realm grounded in indigenous culture, yet advanced beyond any catch all genre parroted by the tastemakers. For Stereotyp, his productions, which involve aspects of a multitude of south of the equator cultural influences is known simply as "Barefoot".
And under that banner Stereotyp has unveiled productions at a dizzying pace, with 7 pages full of individual tracks just on his soundcloud. The material on this 7" started as a remix created by LoDubs alumnus Meesha (LODUBS-1210018). Himself a man of many interests, with productions ranging from drone music to UK Funky, Meesha from time to time works in the 90 BPM dancehall framework, and sent us his restructuring of "One A Name Hittas" Featuring Daddy Freddy along with a few other tracks. Although every track in the pile stood out from the crowd, his remix, with its swung production which lies somewhere just on the less frenetic side of the autonomic DnB sound stuck out, and became a regular inclusion as part of both DnB and dancehall sets.
Once something sticks in our pile of dubs for a minute, and shows the traits of forward thinking yet tradition mindful music, it moves up to the short list. It was just a matter of what to get from Stereotyp to accompany it, which, with his endless pile of amazing productions, was admittedly hard. However, "Break the Silence" featuring Sizzla, with its huge bass hits and slack delivery yet culture words (True to the Sizzla style) was the one, the second it hit the speakers.
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And with that, LoDubs is proud to present a first on two fronts. Our First Dancehall record, and the first 7" 45 to be release on the label.
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and all who support me and Lo Dubs records... 
