THE DUB SURRECTION
Heavy Weight Sound System
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ABOUT
“Modern Australian Dub rooted in classic Sound System Culture”The Dub Surrection is an Australian dub collective from the Gold Coast, creating modern roots dub music inspired by the heavyweight spirit of 1970s Jamaican sound system culture. Their debut EP, recorded in Currumbin, brings together some of Australia’s most respected reggae, soul, and jazz musicians.Featuring vocalist Jamie Allensworth (Bobby Alu), drummer Lisa Purmodh (Damian Marley, Stephen Marley, Bunny Wailer, Xavier Rudd), and a heavyweight horn section comprising Nick Garbett (The Strides / The Vampires), Peter Hunt (Kooii), and James Greening (The Melbourne Ska Orchestra), the EP also features guitarist, producer and engineer Scott French (SELVE) alongside bassist and creative Brook Rees.Written & Produced by Brook Rees
Co-produced by Jason Karabash and Scott French
Mixed & Mastered by Scott French
Additional Songwriting — Jamie Allensworth
Engineered — Scott French, Brook Rees
Horns Engineered — Declan Kelly
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Heavy Weight Sound System
The Last Light The First Fire
Trapdoor to the Edge of the Universe
My Stash, Your Hash
Dub Sista
Enter the Serpent
The Dub Surrection #7
You can’t necessarily hear it in the music, but there are two albums with a French DNA or French connection that have been impactful on the making of Heavy Weight Sound System — Miles Davis’ Miles Davis in Europe, recorded live at the Antibes Jazz Festival in Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera in 1963, and St Germain’s “Tourist”.These two albums, particularly the latter, were influential in trying to make an album that was effortlessly listenable across the LP, but also because of its approach to vocals - minimalistic at times, poignant and powerful.When I was in my late twenties, I lived in Paris for a couple of months and tried to dig into the music scene as much as I could. So it’s totally rad to have some of my music, some of this dub music, being played there, even if it’s just for one weekend m, in such a happening art, dub, reggae and jazz scene.
