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The Subatomic Sound System and Dub Champions family includes: emch aka scientifik and noah tha riddim doktor pon tha mix & dubs. Appearing on the mics: naada, nemiss, treasure don, daddy lion chandell, rhiannon, king django, & jahdan blakkamoore. Percussionists include: benny beats (nomadic wax), amon drum, & chauncey yearwood (live). Additional extended spiritual family: victor rice, whetzel and more...
Influences
dub reggae, hip hop, drum and bass, jungle, dancehall, jazz, punk rock, the blues, all that. Bob Marley, Dennis Brown, Sizzla, Capleton, Barrington Levy, Black Uhuru, Mad Professor, Manu Chao, Black Star, Mos Def, Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Gangstarr, Wu Tang Clan, Snoop, Dre, NWA, Eric B and Rakim, Coldcut, Aphex Twin, The Temptations, WAR, RZA, the Stones, Fugazi, Quicksand, Sunny Day Real Estate, Shellac, Rye Coalition, Radiohead, Iggy &; The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, Zen Guerilla, Dandelion, Jane's Addiction, Tom Waits, At The Drive In, Bad Brains, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Mingus, Roni Size, Bad Company, Ed Rush &; Optical, Prince Jammy, King Tubby, Scientist, Lee Scratch Perry, Agent Orange, Jimi Hendrix, Soundgarden (emch grew up in Seattle), Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding, Howlin Wolf, Curtis Mayfield, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, James Brown aka the Godfather of Soul, and Rick James, bitch!
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Sounds Like
A wide variety of flavors. SUBATOMIC material has been compared to Thievery Corporation, King Tubby, Massive Attack, Gorillaz, Roni Size, Lauryn Hill, Lee Scratch Perry, Roots Radics, Mos Def, Wu Tang Clan / RZA, Digable Planets, the Wailers, Black Uhuru, Barrington Levy, Cutty Ranks, Dennis Brown, Sizzla, Capleton, Roots Manuva / Big Dada, Lady Sovereign, Bad Company, Shy FX, LTJ Bukem, Bugz in the Attic, Mad Prof, Tricky, The Neptunes
TREASURE DON, GHETTO CHAMPION!!!!!
Emch, live at the dub controls, everytime.
Nemiss & Naada: Doin' It
Naada @ I Heart Danger
Rhiannon tells the people, "Riiiiiiiiiiiize Up!"
Rhiannon & Benny Beats @ I Heart Danger
Dub Champions in effect
Paging Pete Miser
Daddy Lion & Treasure Don repping New York City & Jah Rastafari
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Press Reviews of the 'On All Frequencies' album
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"The surprise of the year... ‘On All Frequencies’ takes on dub, underground hip hop, broken-beat and dancehall and packs them into 14 sonic gems. [The song] ‘Ghetto Champion’ is what Damien Marley should have been working on."
"It gives me the same feeling I get listening to early Massive Attack work, not because of the sound directly, but because of the artistic energy & flavor everyone brings into the project. Great work!"
- ProperlyChilled.com
"While they may ply their trade in an assortment of reggae, hip-hop, broken beat, and jungle tracks, each is approached with a maverick, dub-wise sensibility that shouts a clear music-first missive to the masses. The band delivers as advertised, hitting you thoroughly on all frequencies."
- XLR8R Magazine
"Tracing the roots of bass heavy dub with a funk-styled edge of underground hip-hop, SSS bridges dancehall energy and multi-cultural communication. Solid beats, meaningful messages and remix trickery."
- BPM Magazine
"Subatomic Sound System hurl themselves into the vacuum with fierce force, taking you on a dubwise journey with a powerful message and style to spare"
- DJ Synapse, Beautiful/Decay Magazine
"***** Wickedness! Now here's an album I want to have on vinyl. A true collector for selectors! ...[Subatomic Sound System is] one of the most important bands contributing to the expansion of modern dub"
- Chronic Sonata/ DubSelector.com
"I’m stunned. Seriously, these tunes are top shelf, first class dynamite. I LOVE THEM! Massive tunes! Brilliance."
- Mista Micha, The Chill Pill, BayFM
About SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM, NYC in Toronto this Sunday
Visit WWW.SUBATOMICSOUND.COM to buy CDs/vinyl, download mp3s, & get on the events/releases mailing list. All releases available worldwide on iTunes, Emusic, Calabash, and many more.
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BREAKING SUBATOMIC NEWS
=============================== + SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM LIVE IN SF VIDEO! Subatomic Sound System special forces dub unit (featuring Emch, Treasure Don, & Jahdan) travels to San Fran to put it down proper for Dub Mission's 11 Year Anniversary party. Here's what happened...
"At SF’s Dub Mission party, Subatomic’s eclectic Brooklyn dub riddims, peppered by Treasure Don and Jahdan’s patois flows, had the crowd locked." - Forward Ever
+ Subatomic Sound System in Napster Staff Picks 11/20/07 Napster features the 'On All Frequencies [Instrumentals & Mixtape]' album in their staff picks this week.
+ New release: HEAT BRINGS HEAT hits iTunes 11/18/07
+ NEW DIGITAL RELEASE 10/08/07: Subatomic Sound System digital exclusive pre-release on Calabash of the HEAT BRINGS HEAT EP. Dubwise hip hop and sizzling dancehall reggae built to sweat it out when tensions run high and it's hotter than July in NYC's urban jungle! Brooklyn rapper Pete Miser, dancehall king Treasure Don, the legendary Jamalski, and velvet voiced songstress Rhiannon all touch the mic over Emch & The Riddim Doktor's bangin' 'It's The Heat' riddim.
+ NEW VINYL RELEASE: Subatomic Sound System dub 45s out now! Preview both sides & pick it up at Turntable Lab. "Brooklyn's own Subatomic Sound System is the latest crew to bless a classy Bastard Jazz 45. "Our Father, Our King" (a-side) sounds as majestic as you would expect from the title... This rootsy dub tune is just in time for the sweltering heat of the office... the dub(b-side) on the flip takes it to a sub-Subatomic level as the new school gangsters of peace Chronic Sonata meet the veteran dub surgeon Victor Rice. This one had the deep heads at the office checking the turntable as our overheated, sweaty workplace temporarily dissolved into an exclusive tropical sauna. Nice work on all fronts... right down to the lion profile on the label and the unfadeable yellow paper sleeve. This stuff is too hot for Summer, so get yours."
+ NEW RELEASE 6/16/07! So u loved 'On All Frequencies' but need some dubwise instrumental goodness?? Be first on your block to get the On All Frequencies [Instrumentals & Mixtape] album -- out now on Calabash Music, iTunes, and other services. Download individual tracks or the whole 1 hour mixtape for the price of one song! (mixtape is on Calabash & iTunes only)
+ NEW RELEASE 4/20/07! Crucial Times EP out now on Beatport, iTunes, Calabash, Emusic, and others. “New York-based collective Subatomic Sound System follows up their full length ‘On All Frequencies’ album with the Crucial Times EP, a selection of remixes and new music that further extends their maverick mash-up of styles, be it pairing grimey hip-hop with dubbed-out dancehall, or juxtaposing jungle's manic energy with conscious roots reggae.” – XLR8R.com
+ NEW VINYL IN JULY! Fresh out the pressing plant, Bastard Jazz will release 7" vinyl of Subatomic Sound System's 'Our Father, Our King' b/w a re-dub mix by Victor Rice & Chronic Sonata. Hits stores internationally next month.
+ SUBATOMIC MUSIC ON THE NEW XLR8R MAGAZINE & ZUNE COMPILATION CD! Get two free copies of the CD with every April XLR8R magazine. Also check xlr8r.com for an exlusive Subatomic Sound System download track off the new Crucial Times album.
+ SUBATOMIC IN THE CMJ TOP 40! Subatomic Sound System's "On All Frequencies" album hits the CMJ top 40 for U.S. radio play in both the RPM & World/Reggae charts, getting lotsa love from DJs throughout the country.
+ 200,000 PROMO CDs HIT THE STREETS Check for a brand new Subatomic Sound System track, N.AA.D.A., on the upcoming XLR8R magazine Incite Compilation CD that will be blanketing the crowds at WMC and SXSW and distributed with each copy of the April magazine!
+ 4 AFROS & LOTSA LOVE FROM OKAYPLAYER.COM: "Subatomic Sound System holds a clinic on the standard of releases for 2007 on their newest album. Artful lyrics, soulful singing and innovative beats... These beats could become the blueprint for future producers...Genius producing."
+ Check out the feature article on Subatomic Sound System in the new issue of Beyond Race Magazine...
Scoop the new Subatomic Sound System 'On All Frequenices' CD in the Subatomic Store
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Press Reviews of the 'On All Frequencies' CD
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**** Rated 4 Afros "Subatomic holds a clinic on the standard of releases for 2007 on their newest album. Artful lyrics, soulful singing and innovative beats... These beats could become the blueprint for future producers...Genius producing." - OkayPlayer.com
"'ON ALL FREQUENCIES' is certified gun smoke. Cop that!" - OJ Lima. VIBE magazine, editor-at-large
"While [Subatomic Sound System] may ply their trade in an assortment of reggae, hip-hop, broken beat, and jungle tracks, each is approached with a maverick, dub-wise sensibility that shouts a clear music-first missive to the masses. The band delivers as advertised, hitting you thoroughly on all frequencies."
- XLR8R Magazine
"Tracing the roots of bass heavy dub with a funk-styled edge of underground hip-hop, SSS bridges dancehall energy and multi-cultural communication. Solid beats, meaningful messages and remix trickery."
- BPM Magazine
"The surprise of the year... 'ON ALL FREQUENCIES' takes on dub, underground hip hop, broken-beat and dancehall and packs them into 14 sonic gems. [The song] 'Ghetto Champion' is what Damien Marley should have been working on."
"It gives me the same feeling I get listening to early Massive Attack work. Not because of the sound directly, but because of the artistic energy & flavor everyone brings into the project. Great work!"
- ProperlyChilled.com
"***** Wickedness! Here's an album I want to have on vinyl. A true collector for selectors! ... One of the most important bands contributing to the expansion of modern dub" - DubSelector.com
DON'T HAVE THE SUBATOMIC ALBUM YET? HERE'S HOW TO SORT THAT OUT RIGHT NOW:
+ Beatport picks the new SUBATOMIC album ON ALL FREQUENCIES as an essential release. Download hi rez mp3s and uncompressed wave files directly from Beatport.
+ BPM Magazine features SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM in the "Vital Releases" column
+ XLR8R Magazine features SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM in as an Incite staff pick download
Latest Scientific Research on the Effects of Drugs on Spiders
01/05/07: ON ALL FREQUENCIES, full length album of nasty new jointz from the Subatomic lab featuring singing, rapping, and chatting from Nemiss, Naada, Rhiannon, Treasure Don, Daddy Lion Chandell, King Django, and Paige Scott. Broken beats, bass bin blasting dancehall and dub, conscious hip hop, junglism, and some all new styles u ain't never heard that mash it all up, baby!
“Subatomic Sound System hurl themselves into the vacuum with fierce force, taking you on a dubwise journey with a powerful message and style to spare." – DJ Synapse, Beautiful/Decay Magazine
"I’m stunned. Seriously, these tunes are top shelf, first class dynamite. I LOVE THEM! ... Massive tunes! Brilliance.” Mista Micha, The ChillPill, BayFM.org
SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM is a production crew/ live soundsystem/ mobile studio/ community/ musician's collective/ way-of-life committed-to-individuality-and-the-pursuit-of-personal-freedom born and raised in New York City by Emch and Tha Riddim Doktor.
SUBATOMIC fuses the DJ soundsystem tradition with dub studio techniques, bringing the studio flavor into the soundsystem to detonate an improvised explosive new style of music and live performance that combines the flow and diversity of DJ sets with the energy and improvisation of bands and the sound manipulation techniques of the studio laboratory. Classic and original dub, roots, and dancehall reggae get mashed up with futuristic hip hop and space age drum and bass rhythms that are reworked and rearranged in real time collaborative interaction with a diverse crew of MCs, vocalists, and musicians. Simultaneously, the entire sound is mixed and manipulated live on the spot. What!? What!? What!? Okaaaaaay! Watch yourself!
Check www.subatomicsound.com for the SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM mix CD Code Orange Relaxation techniques.
Also, check out the album from the SUBATOMIC live duo of Emch and Carras called
DUB CHAMPIONS : all instrumental dub based joints with a dose of middle eastern vibes and the blues. Huh? Yes. Full length album Rolling now available online with a bonus track featuring Treasure Don at
Calabash,
Beatport,
Itunes,
Napster,
Real Rhasopy,
Emusic and others.
Stay tuned for loads of new SUBATOMIC music featuring Naada, Daddy Lion and Rhiannon. Check www.subatomicsound.com for the latest updates. Peace.
Daddy Lion Chandell speaks truth to power...
...and the people get down
Emch & Tha Riddim Doktor win Red Bull VinylLab competition!
Subatomic Bad Girls: Naada & Rhiannon
SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM, NYC in Toronto this Sunday's Friend Space (Top 16)
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Thursday DEC.21 SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn opening for GLEN ADAMS, original member of the UPSETTERS band -- recorded and performed with Bob Marley, Augustus Pablo and Lee Perry. Click for more info.
