Dub Session 28 will go down in history as one of the coldest ever. It was in the snow that the crowd arrived at the Trabendo on Saturday, shortly before midnight. Judging by the numbers present, the weather at least proves that these sessions have become the Paris public's monthly mass.
It must be said that once again, the line-up was mouth-watering. Nothing less than Scientist had been announced, King Tubby's disciple who is behind the mixes of a harvest of Jamaican classics, along with Black Board Jungle, the Rouen sound that is a regular in the capital. In every sense of the word, the latter handled the warm-up, heating up the crowd with, as usual, sounds ranging from early reggae to the most recent dub. The transitions are sometimes strange, but the Rouen crew treated us to a few monstrous dubplates.
It is one o'clock when Scientist enters the place. The engineer keeps his leather jacket on as he gets to work. He begins by working for a good half hour on the riddim of Same Song, Israel Vibration's famous tune. Note by note, frequency by frequency, he takes the track apart… until the crowd is worn out.
Not really at ease live, and out of step with Mc Oliva, who runs the control tower, Scientist even ends up stopping his session after barely an hour. A pity: he will not leave much of a memory with the crowd for his first appearance at a Paris dub session. It was still worth seeing him play piano on his mixing desk, impressive.
Blackboard Jungle therefore took the decks back sooner than planned, and delivered well in their final set, notably with long sessions on the mic from Ranking Joe (what a flow on Rasta Ska!) and African Simba. And a Mc Oliva more whimsical than ever.
Find the pictures and the atmosphere of Dub Station 28 in the audio slideshow below:
It is one o'clock when Scientist enters the place. The engineer keeps his leather jacket on as he gets to work. He begins by working for a good half hour on the riddim of Same Song, Israel Vibration's famous tune. Note by note, frequency by frequency, he takes the track apart… until the crowd is worn out.
Not really at ease live, and out of step with Mc Oliva, who runs the control tower, Scientist even ends up stopping his session after barely an hour. A pity: he will not leave much of a memory with the crowd for his first appearance at a Paris dub session. It was still worth seeing him play piano on his mixing desk, impressive.
Blackboard Jungle therefore took the decks back sooner than planned, and delivered well in their final set, notably with long sessions on the mic from Ranking Joe (what a flow on Rasta Ska!) and African Simba. And a Mc Oliva more whimsical than ever.
Find the pictures and the atmosphere of Dub Station 28 in the audio slideshow below:
Report written by T.S
Comments (2)
Ante victoriam ne canas triumhum.
Pro100nik ·
Si quelqu'un connaît la dubplate de High elements qu'ont passé Blackboard elements, j'aimerais beaucoup connaître son nom. Peut-être était-ce "I live"?
Merci d'avance,
TS
TS · · rating: 5 out of 5