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Hailing from Reading in the UK, Version Big-Fi sound nothing like anything the city has ever produced. Putting classic songwriting aside, this twosome bring wired-up punk energy, super heavy reggae grooves and booming dub echoes to the forefront, as well as taking in influences as diverse and eclectic as King Tubby, The Clash, Massive Attack, Dreadzone, Joe Gibbs, Suicide, Scientist, Dead 60s, On-U Sound, Death In Vegas, The Specials, John Barry & Pop Will Eat Itself they have a foot firmly implanted in the 21st Century taking Dub forwards and upwards.
Version Big-Fi - Tone (beats/dubs) and Papa Sparks (bass/samples) - have been honing their radical assault since late 2006. Previously releasing 3 singles in the UK under the Dubtronic label, the bands first full-length studio album Everything But was produced at Big-Fi Studios in Reading.
2008 saw Version Big-Fi nominated for “Best Dub Recording Or Album” at the 2008 Reggae Academy Awards held in Febuary at the National Indoor Sports Centre, Kingston, Jamaica
In 2009 the band released a double album "Crux/Dub Collide Hybridize" along with the infectious "Hip Gahn Drop" single and are currently putting the finishing touches to their new album "Meets" to be released later this year.
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“They're very much a 21th Century act, and not just because of the fact that Version Big-Fi was born in 2006. The progressive UK based DUB collective is determined to do their part in taking Reggae Music into this century and they're doing it, too!All kinds of digital technologies and possibilities are used to express their works of DUB Art, everything in the Punky Reggae tradition that so many in the UK have been influenced by.Pure energy, pure niceness!” Dubroom.org
DUBKEY Records is proud to present the second release: CRUCIAL ALPHONSO with his debut album VISIONARY CREATION - check it out: http://dubkey.com/dubkey002.html
long time man , i was in hibernation to lay a new album !! I release my new album " Freedom " on my label Pura Vida . I would alone !! Go on www.analoglife .fr for more information . Pura Vida to Version Big-Fi !
The first DUBKEY album MANWEL T MEETS MIND'S EYE DUB AT THE TEMPLE OF DUB has just been released: it is available as a free download here - http://dubkey.com/dubkey001.html
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Cast Notes: 01. Ranking Dread - Jean Green Dub 02. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Herb 03. The Upsetters - Washroom Skank 04. Dreadzone - Life, Love & Unity (Drumhead Mix) 05. Version Big-Fi - Mystikz Jai Ho (MashUp) 06. Joe Gibbs - Schooling The Beat 07. Prince Far-I - Throw Away Your Gun 08. Ticklah - Scratch To Win 09. Kulture - Babylon 10. Version Big-Fi Meets Marcia Griffiths - Feel Like Jumping 11. Papa San And Lady G - Legal Rights 12. Clive And Naomi - Open The Door 13. Monkeyman at the Control - Selecta Dubstep 14. Chase & Status - Eastern Jam 15. TC - Wheres My Money (Caspa Remix) 16. AudioShrapnel - He Said He Dubbed Me
Kis-ko Amari passin tru ur page to leave sum blessing... Also I want to let u now that I am thankful to have u as a friend. I hope u have a blessed weekend
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Big Up to Big-Fi....Version Big-Fi that is! Jamming on the Crux/Dub Collide Hybridize! And luv the Blue Monday dubstep stylee mix... Look for lots of airplay inna Echo Chamber (on KFAI in Minneapolis USA). Come visit me at the House of Dr. StrangeDub.
RIPPLE EFFECT "Keeping things conscious and following up their rather eclectic and experimental album Roots All Sorts, the MDV have just birthed a dynamic and vivacious live sound. Once again seasoned with that grounded MDV rootsy signature, the essence of this album speaks commandingly yet beneficently. The songs illustrate the bands live proficiencies - a steady resonance of authentic Roots Reggae, very often abandoned by the sounds of today. Ripple Effect is an intelligent and fresh assemblage of brilliant tunes with a slice of instrumental experimentation. Enjoy!" -AMF68
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