With 7 lifetimes of music between them, Dr. Rock and Cypriano Rizla are coming for your minds with dub. Through mountain valleys and back alleys Great Stone has spanned the continent and now begins the dub takeover. You can try and run for cover, but disya sound is like no other.
As a youth, Dr. Rock sailed Caribbean waves and listened to 80's reggae music while he fell asleep each night. He started with drums and now he controlsmetal, wax and wires. After years of selecting hip-hop, funk and reggae, his devotion to classic reggae, dancehall and dub led him to form Great StoneSoundsystem. Great Stone Soundsystem's positive, energetic, and sweaty gatherings bumped all around Los Angeles. Over ten years he rocked spots like DubClub, Jamaica Gold, and many rhythmic nights at The Temple Bar,. The infamous Drop Out, a Great Stone manifestation at Hollywood's elusive Jamaicanspeak-easy, leveled vibes and gathered a faithful crowd. His weekly live show, "Dr. Rock's Free Clinic" on the respected and eclectic internet radio,www.dublab.com garnered fans all over the globe. He has been honored to perform with some of the greatest names in reggae. As he blasted sirens and mixedlayers of classic dancehall and roots all over L.A. dancefloors, The Beat Magazine called him "talented, passionate and humble".In 2001, while selecting and dubbing, working in part with Mad Professor at a Lee Scratch Perry show, Dr. Rock met fate and began a musical exploration withmusician and dub engineer, Cypriano Rizla. Cypriano called dub music the only music he's experienced that parallels the natural frequencies of the humanbody. He controls subsonic waves on a cellular level. Cypriano's dub style offers mysterious echo, reverb expansion and effortless harmony. Besides knobs, heknows strings, wind and organs; anything that can be played he makes sound loosely tight. From a multi- musical background, he found reggae at an early ageand become a purveyor as engineer, musician, and producer. Cypriano creates rich and thick soundscapes ready to explode.
After years of record flipping and dubbing, they now produce their own vibrant versions and work with a variety of talent in the studio as well as liveperformances. Though they love rocking a high-energy DJ set, their original sounds are off-the-grid, drawing from reggae, punk, rock, circus tent revival,and good old jazz. Great Stone's live dub show is dynamite: rootsy evolutionary and outer-national. King Tubby's spirit surrounds and blesses their dubcollages and echoes of light, yet each moment is completely innovative and fresh, building infectious vibrations that bodies can't help but move to. Pure.Heavy. Wide. On the downbeat, the energy swells high. When dancehall meets roots meet space; it can be rough and deep and not for the amateur. The sound isbest when performed live and loud. The dub rock takeover has begun.
Great Stone is honored to share the stage with Burning Spear. Culture. Scientist. Mad Professor. Pablo Moses. The Abyssinians. DJ Shadow .Cut Chemist. TheCongos. Apple Gabriel. Sound Tribe Sector 9. The Rhythm Doctors. Damon Aaron. Twinkle Brothers. Adrian Sherwood. Lee Scratch Perry. General Smiley. And more.
There is no question, Great Stone Soundsystem is part of the future sounds of reggae music.
