March 2024 Lee “Scratch” Perry Memorial B-day Shows

3/26 in San Francisco3/27 in Seattle3/29 in Ellensburg3/30 in Portland. Check the full list of shows as tour dates are added in the upcoming tour dates Events page

After the August 2021 passing of the legendary Lee “Scratch” Perry, Jamaica’s reggae & dub pioneer, Subatomic Sound System & Screechy Dan, who were Scratch’s band for over a decade, arranged a handful of memorial shows to honor Scratch’s legacy by performing his music and incorporating sampled audio and video of their past work with Scratch.  For Scratch’s birthday in March 2024, Subatomic will do a limited run of memorial shows in some of his favorite cities that weren’t reached on the initial tour due to COVID restrictions.

The Smithsonian Museum’s current Afro-Futurism exhibit in Washington DC includes interview and performance footage of Lee “Scratch” Perry & Subatomic Sound System as well as one of Scratch’s tape machine’s from his burnt out Black Ark studio. Exhibit also includes Parliament Funkadelic, Jimi Hendrix, Sun Ra, Nona Hendryx, Outkast, Janelle Monae,

No Bloodshed video premiere 11/8/23 Subatomic Sound System + Don Husky

Premiering 1pm Jamaica time. The link has a trailer until then. Although the completion of this video was significantly delayed, it seems to be arriving just on time for a world overrun with bloodshed and a lack of hope for the youth. Don Husky & Subatomic Sound System “NO BLOODSHED” video was shot in Tivoli Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica, directed by Tizzy Tokyo with a special cameo from legendary sound system builder Uncle Ronnie, builder of the system in the video as well as Kingston Dub Club and many others. YES to LOVE. NO to HATE. MORE LIFE!

No Bloodshed in Kingston, JA or anywhere in the world! Single song and dubstrumental out on SpotifyApple Music, Bandcamp (best spot for hi-rez and wave files) and all digital platforms. Don Husky on the mic. Produced by Subatomic Sound System for Yard Birdz Records.

Cali! 9/2 LA & 9/3 Long Beach Subatomic Dub Sets

Subatomic solo dub sets by Emch on proper sound system stacks:

Saturday night 9/2 at Left Method space in Los Angeles

Sunday afternoon 9/3 in Long Beach, 1-6pm, at Bamboo Club outdoors.

August 3-5 California tour Subatomic + Screechy Dan

Subatomic & Screechy Dan tour dates in California, August 3, 4, & 5.

8/3 Santa Cruz CA @ The Catalyst | w/ Ancestree
8/4 Mill Valley CA @ Sweetwater Music Hall | w/ DJ Sep
8/5 Redway CA @ Mateel Community Center | w/ Blvk H3ro
Lee “Scratch” Perry memorial set

7/17-23 + 7/30 Stephen Marley “Babylon By Bus” tour with Subatomic Sound System

7/17-23 + 7/30 Stephen Marley "Babylon By Bus" tour with Subatomic Sound System

Across the USA! 7/17-23 in the midwest + 7/30 in Brooklyn and 7/20 in Chicago at the after show celebration only.

Stephen Marley “Babylon By Bus” tour” with Subatomic Sound System on these select dates

Click city name for tix! Venue names are Instagram accounts.

7/17 Wichita KS @WaveICT
7/18 Memphis TN @MinglewoodHall
7/20 Chicago IL (Subatomic after show party performance only) @WildHareMusic
7/21 St. Louis MO The Big Top @kranzbergarts
7/22 Cincinnati OH @RiverFrontLiveCincy
7/23 Kalamazoo MI @BellsEccentricCafe
7/30 Brooklyn NY @BrooklynSteel 

[Read more…]

Lee “Scratch” Perry is the Dub Organizer

Lee 'Scratch' Perry is the dub organizer

🔥 “Fiyah! Fiyah, fiyah! Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is the dub organizer!” That’s the anthem.

Click this link to listen & love on all digital services the new 4/19/23 release from Lee “Scratch” Perry, Subatomic Sound System, & Screechy Dan.

Across the USA & Europe this summer, Subatomic is live with Stephen Marley & Jack Johnson.

August 5 @ Mateel in Redway, CA Subatomic performs a Lee Scratch Perry memorial set.

Hear the new song live with help from the crowds in Hamburg, Cologne, and Amsterdam. Also KEXP had us perform the song in the studio. Check the full session & interview as well…

[Read more…]

Jack Johnson + Lee “Scratch” Perry + Subatomic Sound System “Traffic in the Sky” single

New single out now! Subatomic will be on tour with Jack in Europe, June 11-16. Listen on all platforms. From Emch: “Been working on this for awhile. Single out with two dubs from Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System and a full album that I’m mastering right now with more dub remixes from us as well as Scientist, Mad Professor, Dennis Bovell, Nightmares on Wax and more. Lookout for upcoming summer tour dates with Jack Johnson & Subatomic in support of the album!” At the 2/18/23 Cali Vibes Festival after party Subatomic met and performed for the first time with Jack Johnson and his band and joined them again during Jack’s headlining set at the festival the following night — after Subatomic performed their own Lee Scratch Perry memorial set on the main stage earlier that day featuring special guests Mykal Rose & Blakkamoore on the mic.

[Read more…]

“No Bloodshed” Don Husky + Subatomic Sound System

No Bloodshed in Kingston, JA! New single song and dubstrumental out today on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp (best spot for hi-rez & wave files) and all digital platforms. Don Husky on the mic. Produced by Subatomic Sound System for Yard Birdz Records. Video shot in Tivoli Gardens and directed by Tizzy Tokyo premiers Nov 8, 2023 at 1pm!

Mykal Rose & Subatomic Sound System @ CaliVibes 2/19, Red Rocks 4/20, Cali Roots Festival 5/25

The mighty Mykal Rose + Subatomic Sound System debut at several massive festivals in 2023! Cali Vibes, Sunday 2/19/2023,

Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Thursday 4/20/2023 with The Marley Brothers & Steel Pulse,

Cali Roots Festival , Thursday, 5/25/2023 in Monterey, California.

Performances will include Mykal’s tunes from his Grammy winning run with Sly & Robbie in Black Uhuru. Subatomic will include selections from their decade of work for dub legend Lee “Scratch” Perry. Stay tuned for announcements in the next weeks about the upcoming album and more tour dates in 2023.

Subatomic & Screechy Dan shows in Washington state
(click venue names for tickets)

Fri 4/21 Ellensburg @ Pounders,

Sat 4/22 Seattle @ Clock-Out Lounge

Mykal Rose + Subatomic Sound System headline Word Sound Power festival August 13, 2022

Lookout for the mighty Mykal Rose + Subatomic Sound System delivering bass heavy dubwise versions of his Black Uhuru classics plus new Subatomic riddims pon tour this summer and headlining the Word Sound Power festival on August 13 in Minneapolis along with Turbulence, Scientist with Johnny Osbourne & Junior Dread, Joe Nice, DJ Madd, Green Lion Crew, Reggae Rajahs and many more across the spectrum of dub and bass. Tickets on sale 5/27/2022. One of the heaviest dub and sound system events to ever take place in the USA. Outside all day on multiple stages and multiple custom built sound systems…

[Read more…]