Subatomic Sound System

Dub Champions Festival USA 2016 Sept 8-Oct 29

September 1, 2016 By Subatomic

Dub Champions Festival USA 2016 returns from Sept 8 – Oct 29 from the west coast to east coast. The festival opens this year with a kickoff in Portland, Oregon Dub Champions Festival 2016 USA kicks off with a premiere of Lee Scratch Perrys Vision Of Paradise film in Portland, Oregon followed by live dub sets from Subatomic Sound System, Instigatah/Most Hi Sound, Samizdat & PDX Mandem in cooperation with Signal PDX Details on Facebook event page.

The festival follows up celebrating the 20th anniversary of San Francisco’s Dub Mission party with 3 shows featuring founder DJ Sep along with Subatomic Sound System & Screechy Dan Sept 9-11 including a screening of Visions of Paradise on Sept 10.

After that the Lee “Scratch” Perry 80th birthday tour with Subatomic Sound System starts in Canada Sept 15 with numerous Super Ape 40th anniversary album performances along the way featuring some of our favorite artists supporting on those bills from Sept 15-24.

More dates continue on the east coast with more to announce but highlights will include Manneseh in DC with Grand Ancestor Sound and in Brooklyn with Masada Rock sound. The festival will wrap up with a Halloween throwdown from our longtime friends Tsunami Bass featuring Ghost Producer aka Raz Mesanai and many more.

Current dates listed below with more announcements and details coming soon
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Word Sound Power “Discipline” featuring Delhi Sultanate | OUT NOW!

July 12, 2016 By Subatomic

Subatomic Sound is proud to present new music from Word Sound Power: “Discipline” featuring Delhi Sultanate. Industrial strength dancehall reggae from the concrete jungles of India with deep vocals, political lyrics, heavy resonating bass lines, and horn blasts sampled from the trunks of elephants. Out now on Beatport, Juno, iTunes, Reggae Record, Spotify, and wherever music can be found.
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Filed Under: Digital Releases, Releases Tagged With: dancehall, Delhi Sultanate, Dub, India, jungle, NYC-2-India, reggae, Word Sound Power

Print your Super Ape mask for Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System 40th anniversary tour

May 12, 2016 By Subatomic

Join Lee “Scratch” Perry’s magic show! Click the image below to download & print this ape mask. Cut it out and wear it to the 40th anniversary Super Ape album tour with Lee Scratch Perry crossing the USA, Canada, and Europe between now and the end of 2016. Friday May 13 in Montreal, Saturday May 14 in Toronto, June throughout California. Tag your photos #SuperApe #LeeScratchPerry #SubatomicSoundSystem

The 1976 Super Ape album is one of Lee “Scratch” Perry’s crowning achievements from his Black Ark studio productions, one of dub reggae’s most popular albums, and has never before been performed live until this tour that began with the USA Dub Champions Festival and Kickstarter campaign to build a giant inflatable ape. Here are some live videos from the tour and here is a feature from Wax Poetics magazine going bananas for Super Ape. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: bass music, Dub, Lee Scratch Perry, Subatomic Sound System, Super Ape

Subatomic Sound System & Screechy Dan at Francois K’s Deep Space party at Cielo in NYC

May 11, 2016 By Subatomic

‪New York City, Sunday 5/22. Emch from Subatomic Sound System returns to Cielo to celebrate his new Lee “Scratch” Perry ‪#‎BlackArkVampires‬ release. Original dancehall don Screechy Dan special guests on the mic for a journey with Subatomic from the roots of reggae to dancehall to next phase of electronic bass and dub. All this on a world class Funktion-One sound system at François K’s epic Deep Space party, newly relocated to Sundays at Cielo 8p-2a! Don’t miss this one!

Join the event on Facebook for more! Share it with your people. Promo mix coming soon. Here is a Subatomic roots mix from Dub Mission’s 1000th event. Check Subatomic Sound releases on the Subatomic Sound Soundcloud page

“Black Ark Vampires” Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System

March 12, 2016 By Subatomic

Out now on Beatport (#1 in dub/reggae), iTunes (Top 5 reggae tracks), Juno (#1 in dub/reggae), ReggaeRecordDL, Spotify and more. (alternate mixes also available on limited edition vinyl)

Lee Perry’s murky Black Ark era vibes meet Subatomic’s Brooklyn beats and bass pressure on this battle cry in an all out war on vampires. Legendary percussionist Larry McDonald , a veteran of the 1970s Black Ark studio sessions, and vocalist Jahdan Blakkamoore throw extra pepper in the pot. Fiyah haffi burn! On tour through 2016: USA in April-June, Canada in May, Europe in July, August, and November. Check back as more dates and venues are announced. More information below. Share this with someone you love who loves dub.

Listen and download on Juno, iTunes, Beatport, ReggaeRecordDL, Spotify and more…
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Filed Under: Digital Releases, Featured Releases, Releases, Subatomic Sound System releases Tagged With: bass, bass music, Black Ark, Black Ark Vampires, brooklyn, Dub, Lee Scratch Perry, reggae, steppers, Subatomic Sound System, vampires

Tune in to audio & video of Dub Mission 1000th party w/Subatomic Sound System, DJ Sep and more for Dub Champions Festival

November 10, 2015 By Subatomic

Check the video on YouTube or stream or download the recording now on Brooklyn Radio! 90 minute live dub mix set by Emch of NYC’s Subatomic Sound System alternately using the DS1 mixing board, Ableton Live, Traktor, effects, melodica, and siren. Special guest Luv Fyah joins on the mic in the middle of the set. Performed 10/25/2015 at Dub Mission’s 1000th event in San Francisco as part of the 5th annual Dub Champions Festival.

Subatomic Sound System Live Dub Set @ Dub Mission 1000 by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud

“On October 25th, Dub Mission reaches a rare milestone for any club night: our 1000th show. We are proud to celebrate with all the resident DJs, a sound system show featuring one of Bay Area’s best vocalists MC Luv Fyah, and New York’s Subatomic Sound System, one of the most respected artists on the dub & reggae scene today.”

Also here is Emch’s video interview about Dub Mission party history and influence on founding Dub Champions Festival…
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: DJ Sep, Dub Champions Festival, Dub Mission, Elbo Room, reggae, Subatomic Sound, Subatomic Sound System

NYC-2-Africa-2-Brasil remix EP digital release out now!

October 31, 2015 By Subatomic

Artist: Subatomic Sound System & Nomadic Wax feat Anthony B, Jahdan Blakkamoore, and more
Title: “NYC-2-Africa-2-Brasil”
Label: Subatomic Sound
Catalog #: SS030A
Format: digital exclusive
Release: August 28, 2015
Genres: Dub/ Dancehall / Roots Reggae/ Hip Hop
1) Dem Can’t Stop We From Talk | Maga Bo’s Coco remix w/ Anthony B
2) Real Authentic Dub} Victor Rice dub mix
3) Real Authentic Vibes | Buguinha Dub’s Abudaba remix w/ Jahdan Blakkamoore

“NYC-2-Africa-2-Brasil” features two of the world’s top reggae vocalists, Anthony B and Jahdan Blakkamoore, and builds on the NYC-2-Africa project from Subatomic Sound System & Nomadic Wax, a mission to musically connect the roots of NYC hip hop back through Jamaican reggae and then back to Africa. Here it takes another musical journey on an express train to Brasil…
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Filed Under: Digital Releases, Featured Releases, News, Releases, Subatomic Sound System releases Tagged With: Anthony B, Buguinha Dub, Dub, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Maga Bo, Nomadic Wax, NYC-2-Africa, reggae, Subatomic Sound System, Victor Rice

Subatomic Sound System in Portland for Dub Champions Festival with Mista Chatman, Signal PDX, Most Hi Sound, Zam Zam

October 20, 2015 By Subatomic

A NIGHT OF DUB, BASS, DANCEHALL, ROOTS & FUTURE!
Coming off a triumphant sold-out show backing dub legend Lee “Scratch” Perry at the Star Theatre in early September, Subatomic Sound System returns for a solo gig for the Portland massive, accompanied by Seattle-based ragga MC Mista Chatman.

Joining the headliners will be some of Portland’s top selectors of dub, bass, dancehall and related genres, including
• E3 (ZamZam Sounds)
• Monkeytek (PDXINDUB)
• selectress instigatah (Most Hi Sound)
plus Signal resident DJs Saltfeend, Samizdat, Pouren and Shockman

Signal and Most Hi Sound are proud to present this landmark Dub Champions Festival 2015 event.

Link up with us on Facebook here!

Super Ape tour final show Thursday Oct 1 @Brooklyn Bowl with Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System

September 29, 2015 By Subatomic

Super Ape fanatics! Thank you for your support and we hope to see some of you this Thursday at Brooklyn Bowl for the final show of the US tour with Lee Perry & Subatomic Sound System! The 10 foot gorilla was a huge hit across the entire country this past month. Scroll down for some live videos. People have also been printing their own ape masks and wearing them to the show (you can print an ape mask at www.DubChampions.com )

This is great stuff for Perry fanatics to hear him actually performing these classic Super Ape album tunes for the first time live. Please share! Lee Perry & Subatomic Sound System “Super Ape” album tour live preview

And here is another one: Lee Perry & Subatomic Sound System perform “Dread Lion” live in Seattle https://youtu.be/OOH-44_rzxw

Super Ape Lee Scratch Perry Subatomic Sound System Dub Champions Festival

If you are an instagram user, please repost this square version of the tour flyer below the cut…

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Brooklyn Bowl, Dub, Dub Champions Festival, Lee Scratch Perry, Subatomic Sound System, Super Ape

Lee Scratch Perry needs giant Super Ape & more for Dub Champions Festival

July 28, 2015 By Subatomic

Final day of Kickstarter! Ends Thursday evening! To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Lee “Scratch” Perry’s “Super Ape” album, one of the crowning achievements of dub and reggae produced at his Black Ark studio in Jamaica, Scratch will be performing the album for the first time ever live at Dub Champions Festival events across the USA this September and October. Check out the Kickstarter here! Bring this historic album to life and contribute towards:

A giant inflatable gorilla to emulate the album art
Including our full backing vocal and horn section throughout the tour [band members are currently based in NYC and LA]
Animations of the album cover artwork

Please watch the video for more information on the project and history of Lee Perry. This Kickstarter is put on by Emch, founder of Dub Champions Festival and band leader of Subatomic Sound System, with the consent of Lee Perry. We have been supporting Scratch in the USA for the past 5 years. During that time, we have refined a combination of electronic elements and live instruments to represent Scratch’s Black Ark studio sound in a live environment. Word on the streets is that these are some of the best Scratch has ever done. Tour dates below the cut…

Super Ape will be performed at these Dub Champions Festival events.
Tue-Sep-01 Solano Beach CA @ Belly Up
Wed-Sep-02 Los Angeles CA @ Echoplex for Dub Club
Thu-Sep-03 San Francisco CA @ The Independent
Fri-Sep-04 Santa Cruz CA @ Moe’s Alley
Sat-Sep-05 Portland OR @ Star Theater
Tue-Sep-08 Kansas City MO @ The Riot Room
Wed-Sep-09 Minneapolis MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
Sun-Sept-13 Austin TX @ The Flamingo
Mon-Sept-14 Santa Ana CA @ The Observatory
Thur-Sept-17 Black River Falls WI @ Infrasound Festival
Thurs- Oct-1 New York City @ Brooklyn Bowl
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Filed Under: News Tagged With: classic albums, Dub, Dub Champions Festival, Lee Scratch Perry, reggae, Subatomic Sound System, Super Ape

Featured Release

“Babylon Soon Fall” Subatomic Sound System + Screechy Dan