Rebbs aka Rebel With Creation - Composition, engineering, programming and live performance.
In the newly updated Rebel Music Production Studio, Rebbs uses a custom built Dual Core Pentium PC running Nuendo 3 and RME Hammerfall I/O with 24 ch ADAT linked directly to Mackie D8b digital mixing desk. Roland Fantom keyboard, Roland AX-7 remote keyboard, Korg, Native Instuments, AAS, Arturia, Steinberg and TC powercore plugins with live performance outboard from TC Electronic and Lexicon.
Rebbs duplicates this set up with the addition of synchronised big screen visuals and light show when performing live, his sets are a culmination of playing live jazz reggae fusions and electrifying dub mixes live on stage.
Once described as Jean Michael meets the Mad Professor!!
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Influences
Jah Rastafari and Life, Coxsone Dodd, Sly 'n' Robbie, Jackie Mittoo, Dennis Bovell, Steel Pulse, Aswad, Third World, Bernie Worrell, Wally Badarou, Stevie Wonder(Just for being alive), William(Bootsy) Collins, George Clinton, Stanley Clarke, Lee Dean(my mate bad boy bass player), Cold Play, Jeff Buckley, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Lee Scratch Perry, Devon Russell, Junior Delgado, Iration Steppas, Dennis Rootical, Blood Shanti, Jimmy Cliff, Benjy Myaz, Genesis, George Duke amongst others.
Rebel With Creation is one of the most predominate artist’s to arrive on the UK roots reggae scene. Reknown keyboard player with some of the UK’s top reggae bands and artistes i.e Devon Russell (Rebbs produced ’Bible And The Gun’), played keyboards with Blackslate and many other reggae artistes.
Hit on the UK Dub Roots scene in 2000 with his first album ’Dubb To Afrika’ the title track becoming a dub anthem all over the planet played by sound systems such as Aba Shanti, Iration Steppas and Jah Shaka. 2002,2003 and 2004 saw the releases of albums ’Steppas Delight’, ’Kebra Negast’ and ’New World Order’ which lead to the release of the single of the same name which also provided a dubplate anthem worldwide. 2005 saw collaborations with Michael Rose and Rick Wayne which provided top selling single ’Words of Freedom’ and album ’Life 2000Fifth Rick Wayne Meets rebel With Creation’ respectively.
2006 saw the release of the new album Manifestation the summer of this year and the 10" dubplate style 6 track single released 8th May entitled ’Dread Head’ with ’Out There’ on the flip. 2007 has already kicked off with a brand new as yet untitled album featuring new tracks Electro Dub already test driven by Iration Steppas! and Darfur Rebbs feeling the plight of our Sudanese brothers and sisters. Also just finished a single with Sheldon Senior a true blessing entitled "Rise Up Rise Up" and the bredren known as Likkle P (see top friends) also an eagerly awaited collaboration with The Mighty Masseda in the pipeline you can only but watch this space.
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Not to be missed INNA DI DANCE upcoming events in Hamburg Saturday 12.12.09 COOL RUNNINGSä feat special guest from Zürich ALI BABA SOUNDSYSTEM Location: WAAGENBAU - Max-Brauer-Alle 204 Hamburg //DOORS: 11pm //
INNA DI DANCE PRE CHRISTMAS DANCE Monday 21.12.09 Straight from Jamaica STONE LOVE (For the first time in Hamburg) Supported by Bramma (Live on stage from Jamaica) Talawah Sound Josha (Bushfire Sound) Location: WAAGENBAU - Max-Brauer-Alle 204 Hamburg //DOORS: 11pm //
I was checking out your songs and I could add 3D to the songs I'd like to mix/remix and master your songs to bring out the 3D hidden with in the songs 323-200-1962
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SWING BABY LIVE MUSIC SHOWCASE SUN 23RD AUG CARNIVAL SPECIAL @ BAR MUSIC HALL!
Swing Baby Live Music Showcase is back for the true lovers of music and quality entertainment. Whether you love Jazz, Electro, Indie, Hip Hop or pure soul, we will tickle your toes at some point! Come down and support and appreciate quality music from some of UK's most precious musical gems. We promote a platform where live music and dance share the same breathe, some come and shake a leg with us!
Featuring some of UKs most talented gems, help support our talented British artists!!
Emeli Sande - Electroacoustic songstress with a smooth of edge soul - one to look out for! www.myspace.com/emelisande
Where : Relais TIR , 11 rue de l'entrepôt, 1000 Bruxelles
Entry: 10€, 5€ for 6mic members.
6-Mic asbl presents, Haile I Dub, each and every month at Au relais T.I.R, featuring guest sounds, selectors and artists from all over Europe and the UK. Musical uplifment and education is the order of the evening, delivered through the Coptic Sound System.
Dougie Conscious from the Bush chemists, is a Roots ambassador : more than just a dedicated fan of King Tubby, Lee Perry, Scientist and the dub dynasty of the ‘70s and early ‘80s, Dougie started making his own sounds in 1989 with a simple four-track owned by one of his friend (Nick Manasseh). Producing several albums and LPs since 1996’s under the Conscious Sounds label, he released some of the hardest digital roots and crucial steppers in Britain.
Coptic Sound System is coming from Lille-Roubaix, north of France with his 9x1,25Kw sound system. Starting in 2000, Nic Coptic and Jericho I were playing radio shows and kept on spreading the conscious vibes by creating also the CSSA, Community Sound System Association. Coptic sound is a wonderful digital producer and they played with top international sounds as Aba Shanti, Channel one, Jah free, Insiration sound and many more.
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