Dub Me Tender wins Songlines award
Dub Me Tender has won the ‘best cultural collaboration’ category in the Songlines Music Awards! A big thank you to everyone who voted us onto the shortlist, we were quite surprised to have been nominated, and are over the moon at having won an award. As fate would have it, we are touring the line up we put together last year to showcase the Dub Me Tender material, and have also recorded some new material with this line up, so look out for...
Dub Colossus Dub Band Tour
We are pleased to announce a short tour for the Dub Colossus Dub Band. When their first album, A Town Called Addis, was released back in 2008 it was hailed as one of the most inventive fusion albums of the year, with its blend of contemporary and traditional Ethiopian styles, jazz and dub reggae. This may have started out as a studio-based project, but Dub Colossus went on to prove that they were also a rousing live band. That was followed by a second,...
Dub Band show reviews
Our first Dub Colossus Dub Band show went well on Friday night, we all enjoyed oursleves, so thanks to all who came along and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. There are a couple of reviews here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/14/dub-colossus-review http://mccookerybook.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/dub-colossus-at-new-empowering-church.html We’ll be doing some more shows later in the year, and will post details as soon as we...
Dub Me Tender Vol 1 & 2 now available in high definition
If you want to give your ears and speakers a super high quality treat you can now access Dub Me Tender through B&W’s Society of Sound. Join the music club dedicated to delivering music of outstanding quality and download 14 tracks of full dub remixes of album tracks by Dub Colossus. “The shimmering Ethiojazz elements remain……but Dub Colossus mastermind Dubulah applies heavy one-drop pressure to hypnotic effect.” (Metro...
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Dub Me Tender wins Songlines award
Dub Me Tender has won the ‘best cultural collaboration’ category in the Songlines Music Awards! A big thank you to everyone who voted us onto the shortlist, we were quite surprised to have been nominated, and are over the moon at having won an award. As fate would have it, we are touring the line up we put together last year to...
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Dub Colossus Dub Band Tour
We are pleased to announce a short tour for the Dub Colossus Dub Band. When their first album, A Town Called Addis, was released back in 2008 it was hailed as one of the most inventive fusion albums of the year, with its blend of contemporary and traditional Ethiopian styles, jazz and dub reggae. This may have started out as a studio-based...
Learn MoreDub Band show reviews
Our first Dub Colossus Dub Band show went well on Friday night, we all enjoyed oursleves, so thanks to all who came along and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. There are a couple of reviews...
Learn MoreDub Band
The latest live incarnation of Dub Colossus is about to hit the road. The Dub Colossus Dub Band have been hard at work rehearsing up a brand new set based around the album ‘Dub Me Tender Vol 1 & 2′. A full live dub band featuring the vocals of PJ Higgins and Mykaell Riley, this latest version of the Dub Colossus live experience is...
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Website revamp
We’ve been working on revamping the Dub Colosssus website to improve the looks and functionality. We hope you like it! We’ve also added some exclusive content, such as the Addis Undubbed EP, which is only available via this website. We’ll be adding to and improving the site all the time, so keep coming back to find out what’
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Dub Colossus Dub Band album launch
The Dub Colossus Dub Band will be playing their inaugural show in London to celebrate the release of ‘Dub Me Tender Vol 1 & 2′ at the New Empowering Church in Hackney, on Friday 11th May. Details and tickets availabe from...
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Dub Me Tender Vol 1 & 2 now available in high definition
If you want to give your ears and speakers a super high quality treat you can now access Dub Me Tender through B&W’s Society of Sound. Join the music club dedicated to delivering music of outstanding quality and download 14 tracks of full dub remixes of album tracks by Dub Colossus. “The shimmering Ethiojazz elements...
Learn MoreAddis Through The Looking Glass awarded best album of 2011 by worldmusic.co.uk
Addis Through The Looking Glass has topped the list of best world music albums of 2011 on worldmusic.co.uk This list was compiled from all world music albums released in 2011 that have been received by WorldMusic.co.uk up to the end of Jan 2012 To see the full list: http://www.worldmusic.co.uk/best_albums_of_2011_worldmusiccouk Some great...
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