iGL & Alecho - From A Droplet

iGL & Alecho is an electronic music project from Athens, Greece, consisting of Konstantinos & Alexandra. The duo made its first appearance on Dubophonic Records during its live session at the Lockdown Online Festival, while their track “Time Capsule” was included in the compilation “Explorations In Dub / Lockdown dub” in year 2020.

From A Droplet” is their debut album release. It is the story of a small atomic structure and its journey to the stars. So significant was this molecule’s appearance it would change worlds and be the matrix of life on this planet. It is a conceptual dub album revolving around the journey of life, from the water to the stars, as it is described through the titles of the tracks, but also through the inspiring artwork. 

 

A special moment in the album is the track “Limbs”, which includes a melody from Barrington Levy’s “Shine eye Girl”, which is completely reworked. We have also included as a bonus a bonus remix by Indamouse.

Produced by iGL & Alecho

Mastering by iGL & Alecho and Indamouse

Artwork by: Monte

01 Underwater / 02 Limbs / 03 Launch / 04 Wormhole / 05 Unexplored / 06 Laika /
07 Limbs (Indamouse Remix)

iGL & Alecho - Revolution

iGL & Alecho  is an electronic music project from Athens, Greece, consisting of Konstantinos & Alexandra. The duo made its first appearance on Dubophonic Records during its live session at the Lockdown Online Festival, while their track “Time Capsule” was included in the compilation “Explorations In Dub / Lockdown dub” in year 2020. They also released in 2021 their debut album “From A Droplet”.

Their new EP is entitled “Revolution” and includes six tracks in a fine dubwise style, fusing roots reggae and dub music with electro-dub and blurring the musical boundaries. We have also included a special remix by Indamouse. It is available for free download from Bandcamp.

 

Explorations in Dub Vol.2 / Lockdown Dub

The first Explorations In Dub compilation was released back in year 2013, showcasing the works of many artists from around the world and their personal approach on dub music. In the present time of  COVID-19, most producers have been in a lockdown. Nevertheless their  creativity did not stop and some fresh ideas started to sprout while in isolation. So it was time, seven years later, for a Vol. 2, showcasing again many great outernational projects.
 
Explorations in Dub Vol. 2 is compiled by Dub Cmd & Dub Thomas and includes fifteen tracks by label artists, guests and friends, in a collaborative effort to keep producing music during the COVID-19 lockdown situation: Dillon Wyte (USA), Deepke & Wirk (GER), Boom One Soundsystem (USA), O.L.M. (ITA), Dub Cmd (UK), iGL & Alecho (GR), SistaSara (ITA), Stefanosis (USA), Don Fe All Stars & Manwel T (SP/MT)*, High & I (UK), Barnaba (PL ), Sub Conscious Dub (CY)**, Hermit Dubz (CY/UK), Xicury Dub & Rocka (MEX) and Xucar Warriors (SP). Artwork by Savvas Thomas & Gabriel Ufir

01 Dillon Wyte – Trust In Jah / 02 Deepke & Wirk - Svadhyaya / 03 Boom One Soundsystem ft. B. Davis - Bully Bully / 04 OLM – Sit & Wait / 05 Dub Cmd – Fire / 06 iGL & Alecho - Time Capsule / 07 SistaSara - Future Stepper / 08 Stefanosis - Atlas Shrugged / 09 Don Fe All Stars - No Fear (Manwel T Mix)*  / 10 High & I – Vampires Dub / 11 Barnaba – You / 12 Sub Conscious Dub - Admission Dub** / 13 Hermit Dubz - Arrakeen II / 14 Xicury Dub & Rocka – Shakti / 15 Xucar Warriors - Lion Step

 

* musicians T. Oldfield, Paul Maiden, Tina Brown, Ras Bruno, Platty Garcia, Hector Silva - mix by ManwelT
**  Don Fe Stems Patreon project / produced by T. Oldfield – mix by Subconscious Dub 

Dutchie Gold meets Kaleya - Been There And Seen

Kaleya was born in Athens, Greece and started his music journey as a guitarist. He has been involved in various bands and projects, such as Bongo Tchaka, Musinair, Kilimanjaro and as a bass player in Remi & The Road and Los Dos O Mas. He is aslo DJ playing at various reggae/dub events and is a member of Reggaewise Selectors, Origins Soundsystem and Bliondy’s Mini Sound. In 2018, he started hosting his own podcast Kosmos Dub Factory on Kosmos FM, one of the most popular radio stations in Greece.

Dutchie Gold was born in Mandeville/Jamaica and started working with the sound systems of his neighborhood as a teenager. He worked with Junior Reid, Shaggy Dread, General Trees, Professor Nuts & more. His recording career started in 1991 with Gold Gun and followed by works with Junior Reid label, The Washington DC based label 2 Tuff, and the legendary New York sound system/ label Massive B. In 1994, he recorded his first album entitled Dutchie Gold in Germany, which led him to work with artists like Error Dunkley, Michael Prophet, Nado Ranks & others. Further tracks were released on German Reggae Compilations and in 2006 he released the album Mission To Righteousness.

Wosui is the Deep Dub solo project of Gabriel Mentis (Reggaewise, Urban Danja), born in 1987 and based in Athens, Greece. Having a classical music studies background, playing the violin and participating in school bands, he discovered cubase and started making his own beats. From 2008 to 2018 he was the member Dub Riots alongside iGL, a Reggae-Dub producing and live duo. In 2012 he started the project Wosui, a journey to the world of deep echoes, dub and soundsystem aesthetics, along with low frequencies basslines. He has released music for labels such as Dub Communication, Iron Shirt, Dubophonic, Indigo Movement and others. He has organized many events and headlined all over Greece, including international guests such as Radikal Guru, Leon Switch, Mexican Stepper, Skarra Mucci and many others.

Dutchie and Kaleya met in 2020 when Dutchie visited Greece for an event with El Paso Soundsystem. The night before the event, they recorded the track at Bliondy’s Sound Station. The following months, 2 dub versions were created, following the original version. Wosui then joined the family to produce a remix and a dub version of the original track.  

Produced by Dimitris Lappas / Vocals & Lyrics : Allen Devon Anthony / Mastered by Gabriel Mentis / Cover art by: Lila Frenopoulou / Cover photo by: Mayo Darling / Special thanks goes to: Donnie Dub & the El Paso Family, Bliondy, George Spiris, Mayo Darling, Sophia Bouchama. 

 

LOCKDOWNDUB WEEKENDER II / LIVE STREAMING

All ready to Time for the 2nd Lockdown Dub Weekender 🙏  Check out the schedule and join us in the chat // We will try to be on time but since this is an outernational streaming event, sometimes there may be delays with the connection 💛💚❤️

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SAT 2ND MAY 2020 (UK TIME) 
MORNING GREETINGS FROM STEFANOSIS (USA)
14:00 ROOTS FAR-I (JP)
16:00 DUB THOMAS (CY)
17:00 SIS ORI KING LION (SP)
18:00 IGL & ALECHO (GR)
18:30 MURJAH WARRIORS (ITA)
(Special multistream broadcast from three different places)
20:00 THE DUBBSTYLE (ARG)
21:00 SUB CONSCIOUS DUB (CY)

SUN 3RD MAY 2020 (UK TIME)
14:00 SISTER MAKI (JP)
15:00 3000 WORLDS (JP) / DUB MIXING
16:00 GOOD OVER EVIL PR. (SP)
17:00 DUB CMD (UK) / YOUTUBE STREAMING
18:00 HERMIT DUBZ (UK) / DUB MIXING
19:00 KIKI SLAWTER (UK)
20:00 REBEL-I (PE)
21:30 MUNAY KI DUB (ARG)