The fourth annual Dub Champions Festival returns to New York City to celebrate the influential style known as dub, from the reggae roots to the future of electronic bass music, featuring one of a kind performances, educational workshops, and art openings by the legendary artists from Jamaica who invented dub as well as the latest innovators from around the globe who have continued to push the influential style forward in electronic music and beyond. NYC label Subatomic Sound began the mission four years ago developing a week long festival here in the city that has included NYC, DC, Philadelphia, and Boston, as well as expanded to Europe over the past two years and debuted this year on the West Coast in California. Artists, events, and info below the cut…
Dub Champions Festival West Coast debut 6/18-22 & 7/5 LA & San Francisco
SUBATOMIC SOUND PRESENTS
DUB CHAMPIONS FESTIVAL WEST COAST DEBUT
June 18, 19, 22 and July 5, 2014
Los Angeles & San Francisco
MUSIC PERFORMANCES & EDUCATION EVENTS FROM THE REGGAE ROOTS TO THE FUTURE OF ELECTRONIC BASS MUSIC WITH LEGENDARY DUB MASTERS AND SOUND REVOLUTIONARIES
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This June & July, Subatomic Sound launches the first annual Dub Champions Festival on the west coast in Los Angeles & San Francisco. The events begin June 18 and end July 5. In LA, the festival includes performances at the legendary Dub Club @ Echoplex and at Los Globos with the Dub Siren HiFi custom built 16,000 watt Jamaican style sound system plus educational music workshops at the new Dubspot music production and DJ school opening this June in Hollywood. In San Francisco the festival includes a performance and workshop at the longest running dub event in the world, Dub Mission @ Elbo Room.
After three years in New York City and the North East and two years in Europe, Subatomic Sound is proud to present the 1st Annual Dub Champions Festival on the West Coast in cooperation with Dub Club @ The EchoPlex, Dub Siren Hi Fi, the new Dubspot music school in LA plus Dub Mission in San Francisco. The festival is several day journey into the international musical phenomenon known as “dub”, a musical style characterized by heavy bass, drums, and copious use of effects, where the producers become the artists and the mixing board becomes an instrument. The festival will include performances and educational workshops to exhibit how the music is created and how it has evolved from its roots in ‘70s Jamaica to become a cornerstone of electronic bass music. Dub is a major inspiration to artists across many genres including rap, rock, punk and dance music. Dub Champions Festival was founded in New York City by Emch of Subatomic Sound System and is dedicated to featuring the world’s greatest dub pioneers from Jamaica as well as current innovators on every continent. The festival has taken place in New York City, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Vienna, Amsterdam, and now debuts in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
LIVE PERFORMANCES: SCIENTIST – ADRIAN SHERWOOD – MAD PROFESSOR – SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM – JAHDAN BLAKKAMOORE – ROOMMATE – THE LIONS – TOM CHASTEEN – DJ SEP – DUB SIREN HIFI SELECTAS – JEREMY SOLE – LOST CITY – GENERAL JAH MIKEY – ZVULOON DUB SYSTEM – BOSS HARMONY
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
JUNE 18 DUB CLUB PARTY @ ECHOPLEX, LOS ANGELES
JUNE 19 MUSIC PRODUCTION WORKSHOP @ DUBSPOT, LOS ANGELES
JUNE 22 DUB MISSION PARTY @ ELBO ROOM, SAN FRANCISCO
JULY 5 SOUND SYSTEM EDITION @ LOS GLOBOS, LOS ANGELES
Dub Champions Festival Europe 6-8 Feb 2014
2 cities, 3 days, 20+ artists, and tons of dub echoes and bass! 6-8 Feb, Dub Champions Festival Europe returns in 2014 to Vienna 2/6 @ Fluc and 2/7 @ WUK and debuts in Amsterdam, Saturday, 8 Feb. Click here to view the full full festival program. Performances and educational events from the reggae roots of dub to the future of electronic bass music featuring legendary dub masters and sound revolutionaries.
Limited discount tickets available here for Amsterdam and Vienna.
Join the events on Facebook and share with others who love this music. Spread the word! Sign the mailing list here www.DubChampions.com and like the Facebook page www.facebook.com/DubChampions
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Mad Professor & Subatomic Sound System dub Boston 10/29 & Brooklyn 11/2 on “Roots of Dubstep” tour
HALLOWEEN IN DUB! Mad Professor meets Subatomic Sound System in Brooklyn at The Bell House with special guest DJ Scratch Famous of Deadly Dragon Sound, Saturday, November 2, 2013 ( Brooklyn event RSVP, tickets, & more info on Facebook ) & in Boston at Great Scott on Tuesday, October 29, 2013 ( Boston event RSVP, tickets, & more info on Facebook ) for the USA Roots of Dubstep tour.
WIN TICKETS TO THESE SHOWS by going to the Subatomic Sound System Facebook page this week and look for the posts about sharing this flyer or retweeting for Boston and NYC!
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