BUBBLEDUBBLE are a three piece band making psychedelic dub and chill-out dance music.
The setup is mainly electronic, consisting of:
Kev Ellis (vocals, harmonica and axe handle)
Steve Bubble (laptop, synths and guitar)
Andy Radburn (laptop and synths)
Live performances have featured guests :
Joie Hinton, Steffe Sharpstrings, Mikky Cosmic, Richard Lanchester, Nik Turner and
Chris Cambridge
BUBBLEDUBBLE are not just a studio project as many live shows testify and computer wizards Steve and Andy show that improvised psychedelic dub can be created live.
The band have been together for almost 103 years now, playing at festivals and small to medium, intimate venues. In 2006 they played at the Eastern Haze Festival, Suffolk and the Earthwise Festival, Dorset.
The band have all known each other for years, regularly meeting up at free festivals up and down the country and two of them even got arrested in relation to conspiring to, allegedly, organise a number of them. Steve and Andy have worked together on many occasions and Kev previously sang in Dr Brown and Heliotrope. After a meeting of laptops and bits of electronics making a not altogether displeasing cacophony of sounds, Bubbledubble was born...
Equipment
Laptops running Ableton Live
Gliss Axe, Korg Kaoss Pad
Roland JP8000, Roland SH101
Novation X station, Novation Nova
Aria Pro II Guitar, melodica, harmonica
Behringer MIDI Controller
Roland SH201, Novation Nova
Mackie Mixer
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