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Member Since: 3/3/2005
Band Website: subatomicsound.com
Band Members: WANT TO SEE SUBATOMIC LIVE? BOOK SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM for live band, sound system, or DJ sets Send a myspace mail or contact: booking (at) subatomicsound dot com
So this is what happens now that Nas & Jay have become "black Republicans"?
The Subatomic Sound System and Dub Champions family includes: emch aka scientifik and noah tha riddim doktor pon tha mix & dubs. Appearing on the mics: naada, nemiss, treasure don, daddy lion chandell, rhiannon, king django, & jahdan blakkamoore. Percussionists include: benny beats (nomadic wax), amon drum, & chauncey yearwood (live). Additional extended spiritual family: victor rice, whetzel and more...
Influences: dub reggae, hip hop, drum and bass, jungle, dancehall, jazz, punk rock, the blues, all that. Bob Marley, Dennis Brown, Sizzla, Capleton, Barrington Levy, Black Uhuru, Mad Professor, Manu Chao, Black Star, Mos Def, Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Gangstarr, Wu Tang Clan, Snoop, Dre, NWA, Eric B and Rakim, Coldcut, Aphex Twin, The Temptations, WAR, RZA, the Stones, Fugazi, Quicksand, Sunny Day Real Estate, Shellac, Rye Coalition, Radiohead, Iggy &; The Stooges, The Velvet Underground, Zen Guerilla, Dandelion, Jane's Addiction, Tom Waits, At The Drive In, Bad Brains, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Mingus, Roni Size, Bad Company, Ed Rush &; Optical, Prince Jammy, King Tubby, Scientist, Lee Scratch Perry, Agent Orange, Jimi Hendrix, Soundgarden (emch grew up in Seattle), Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Muddy Waters, Otis Redding, Howlin Wolf, Curtis Mayfield, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, James Brown aka the Godfather of Soul, and Rick James, bitch!
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Sounds Like: A wide variety of flavors. SUBATOMIC material has been compared to Thievery Corporation, King Tubby, Massive Attack, Gorillaz, Roni Size, Lauryn Hill, Lee Scratch Perry, Roots Radics, Mos Def, Wu Tang Clan / RZA, Digable Planets, the Wailers, Black Uhuru, Barrington Levy, Cutty Ranks, Dennis Brown, Sizzla, Capleton, Roots Manuva / Big Dada, Lady Sovereign, Bad Company, Shy FX, LTJ Bukem, Bugz in the Attic, Mad Prof, Tricky, The Neptunes
TREASURE DON, GHETTO CHAMPION!!!!!
Emch, live at the dub controls, everytime.
Nemiss & Naada: Doin' It
Naada @ I Heart Danger
Rhiannon tells the people, "Riiiiiiiiiiiize Up!"
Rhiannon & Benny Beats @ I Heart Danger
Dub Champions in effect
Paging Pete Miser
Daddy Lion & Treasure Don repping New York City & Jah Rastafari
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Press Reviews of the 'On All Frequencies' album
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"Certified gun smoke. Cop that!"
-OJ Lima, VIBE magazine editor-at-large
"The surprise of the year... ‘On All Frequencies’ takes on dub, underground hip hop, broken-beat and dancehall and packs them into 14 sonic gems. [The song] ‘Ghetto Champion’ is what Damien Marley should have been working on."
"It gives me the same feeling I get listening to early Massive Attack work, not because of the sound directly, but because of the artistic energy & flavor everyone brings into the project. Great work!"
- ProperlyChilled.com
"While they may ply their trade in an assortment of reggae, hip-hop, broken beat, and jungle tracks, each is approached with a maverick, dub-wise sensibility that shouts a clear music-first missive to the masses. The band delivers as advertised, hitting you thoroughly on all frequencies."
- XLR8R Magazine
"Tracing the roots of bass heavy dub with a funk-styled edge of underground hip-hop, SSS bridges dancehall energy and multi-cultural communication. Solid beats, meaningful messages and remix trickery."
- BPM Magazine
"Subatomic Sound System hurl themselves into the vacuum with fierce force, taking you on a dubwise journey with a powerful message and style to spare"
- DJ Synapse, Beautiful/Decay Magazine
"***** Wickedness! Now here's an album I want to have on vinyl. A true collector for selectors! ...[Subatomic Sound System is] one of the most important bands contributing to the expansion of modern dub"
- Chronic Sonata/ DubSelector.com
"I’m stunned. Seriously, these tunes are top shelf, first class dynamite. I LOVE THEM! Massive tunes! Brilliance."
- Mista Micha, The Chill Pill, BayFM
Record Label: Subatomic Sound (subatomicsound.com), ModusVivendi
Type of Label: Indie
