Life In Dub Podcast with Steve Vibronics

LIFE IN DUB EPISODE 42 This week my guest is Prince Fatty, me met at his South London recording studio. He’s had a fascinating journey, from mixing for the Pharcyde & Lilly Allen to working with Bunny Lee. We talk a lot about the golden days of recording in Jamaica, something he prince fatty really knows about .. last in this season, thanks for listening.   www.lifeindub.com www.instagram.com/...

This week my guest is Mark, the man behind the Mostec brand of pre-amps and studio equipment. Hand made specialist reggae-focused music tech that’s used all around the world, we met at his home & workshop, surrounded by components, circuit boards & soldering irons to talk how Mostec came about - check out his amazing life in Dub !!   www.lifeindub.com www.instagram.com/vibronicsdub www.vib...

This week my guest is Clive aka Professor P from Freedom Masses Sound System in Manchester. You want authentic reggae history, growing up with reggae, building sound systems as a child - that’s the kind of life Clive has lived, we shared a very nice time in his recording studio in Manchester - hope you enjoy the interview as we celebrate 40 Podcast episodes. www.lifeindub.com www.instagram.com/vib...

This week my guest is Hugh from Sinai Sound System in Sheffield. He travelled down from Yorkshire to visit me in the dub cupboard studio in Leicester and we sat down & learned about his unique story growing up in the Iration Steppas Sound system and how that inspired him to build his own sound & take it out on the road, and build it up to the super high level it is now. www.lifeindub.com w...

This week my guest is Mick from Ital Power sound system in west London recorded at the Ital Power HQ talking with Mick Ital about this interesting part of London that is such a big part of the UK scene. We hear about how he & his brother  immersed themselves in sound system culture from a very, very young age and how together they started the Ital power sound system, recording studio and recor...

This week my guest is Fikir Amak, the California based vocalist, songwriter and sound system owner. It was great to talk with him and to learn more about his USA perspective on the ever growing worldwide dub sound system scene, as well as many tales about his own journey in Reggae music.   www.lifeindub.com www.instagram.com/vibronicsdub www.vibronics.co.uk/

Back with an entire new season of the Life In Dub Podcast. This week my guest is Jospeh Lalibella, the UK born vocalist that we all know from his string of big sound system anthems recorded for the likes of OBF and King Earthquake. In this episode we hear about blues dances and the youthful musical adventures of Joseph growing up in Birmingham as well as the epic story behind his name and the trac...

This week my guest is Adrian Sherwood, the legendary dub producer from the south of England behind the On-U label and so many groundbreaking music projects. We talk a lot about those early days when Adrian was first immersing himself in music and about what it's like to release, distribute & hustle music as well as his work with unforgettable artists like Prince Far-I & Bim Sherman .. Adrian is a...

This week my guest is Dub Creator, or DC as I have always known him. He is based in the Netherlands and many will know him for his excellent vocal and dub tracks he has produced for the King Shiloh label with artists like Lyrical Benjie, Peter Broggs & Earl 16 .. we talk about when we met 20 years ago, the MP3 digital music revolution and his studio work with many top class vocalists  .. enjoy !  ...

This week my guest is Earl 16 - Yabby You, Dennis Brown, Michael Rose, Lee Perry, King Tubby, Studio One .. if you want to find out about the hey day of Jamaican music production, you need to talk to someone who was right in the thick of it and that’s Earl 16 singer, songwriter, entertainer and all round musical ambassador. We also talk about Leftfield, Dreadzone and Earl’s work beyond Reggae as w...

This week my guest is Dan-I, the vocalist, producer and sound system operator from Northern Italy. Now known for his Imperial Sound Army Sound System, he started out as a singer and musician back in Italy, we have a really interesting chat about how things have developed in Italy, and what it takes to run a big Sound Sound System as well as his work with Alpha & Omega and much much more .. enjoy !...

This week may guest is Mad Professor. We have been planning this interview since the start of the podcast, so it was great to finally get to talk about his life in dub. We get  some amazing insight into how he started out, the barriers he encountered, and the struggles he overcame at the start of an incredible career, as well as talk about his new book he is writing as well as tales of Jah Shaka,...

This week my guest is Liam from Partial Records. Partial is known for its well established track record in re-issuing great music that’s usually hard to get hold of, as well as some killer new productions. For this episode of the podcast, we decided to try something different, and look more deeply at some of these classic tracks that Partial have re-issued and learn more about what it's like to ru...

This week my guest is Dixie Peach,  well known as vocalist and live performer, but in the interview we learn about his early days which were spent running & playing Sound Systems. We also get to hear about how his big tunes in the 1980’s like 'Pure Worries' & 'Tonight Is The Night' blew up and put him in the spotlight for the first time as well as his time with the Jah Tubbys Sound System & Label...

This week my guest is Martin Campbell, a vocalist and producer with an unmistakable voice and musical style. Martin Campbell is a veteran singer with a direct link to the  Channel One Recording Studio in Jamaica. It was a real treat to get to know more about his hits like 'Wicked Rule' & Ignorance & Poverty' as well as growing up in Jamaica and so much more in this conversation ... enjoy !! New Po...

This week my guest is Dennis Bovell, the Barbados born legend of reggae. From his early outings in Sound Systems in London way back in the 1970’s, through Matumbi, Linton Kwesi Johnson and beyond , few people have made such an impact on the world dub & reggae world as Dennis Bovell. As well as all these things mentioned, we talk about him writing the soundtrack for the film Babylon, and we get stu...

This week my guest is Brinsley Forde. Brinsley has played such a key role in the reggae & dub world, he starred in the film Babylon, he was front man & voice of Aswad and was hanging out with Bob Marley & The Wailers when they were living in London in the late 1970s. We hear about all this stuff and much more during this really interesting interview .. enjoy !!   New Podcast website : http://www.l...

This week my guest is Earl Gateshead, many of you will have caught Earl’s infectious reggae selections over the years, wether with Trojan Sound System, Reggae Roast or any of the other many many sessions he has played at during a career that has lasted over 40 years. Earl tells us about time spent with Big Youth and Sugar Minott as well as how he helped get Reggae into music festivals ... enjoy !!...

This week my guest is Scientist. Welcome to one of the ultimate dub mixing legends ever ... in this interview I loved hearing about King Tubby and those magical early days in Jamaica when dub music was born. Its fair to say that Scientist has suffered at the hands of an unfair music industry that doesn’t respect dub mixing in the way it should, and we talk about this as well as Scientists own theo...

This week my guest is Neil from, King Shiloh Sound System, Amsterdam’s Healing of The Nations sound. Me & Neil have known each other a long time and we dig deep into his personal journey, that include talks about Yorkshire, Amsterdam and even Ethiopia. We had some technical issues with the recording, so about 20 minutes in we have to move over to the back-up recording, but please stay with it,  yo...

This week my guest is Solo Banton. Solo is a talented & charismatic performer, lyricist, producer, host & a great interviewer too (check old his Old Ragamuffin show to see what I mean). We get chance to find out how his life in dub started back in London, as a young child obsessed with Reggae Music & Sound Systems, we also talk about how Covid has messed the music industry up and about his future...

This week my guest is Jamie Kibir La Amlak, we talk about his experience from a very early age of reggae music, speaker boxes and music making, We learn a lot about the Kibir La Amlak journey that started out in Southend, one of the great places for reggae sound systems in the UK, and amongst many subjects we talk about the Brazilian singing trio the Dawtas If Aya, with whom we have both worked. K...

This week my guest is Sandra Cross. Shame on me that it took me 20 shows to finally get a female guest! Sandra is THE voice of Lovers Rock, but she’s also a lover of roots reggae, hence the tracks we released together last year. In the interview we learn about her early days growing up in Brixton and how she rebelled and immersed herself in the vibrant London sound system scene of the 70s and 80s....

This week my guest is Paul from Nucleus Roots in Manchester. Nucleus are of the great collectives and production houses that started out in the 1990s. Paul talks about his love of live music and how punk has been a big influence on him, as well as the whole story of my personal favourite Nucleus Roots release - the infamous ‘Brown Album’ . FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/nucleus.roots BANDCAMP...

This week my guest is Murray Man from Birmingham, a great vocalist and producer and founder of the Mellow Vibes record label. Certainly one of the nicest guys in the business, Murray Man talks about his childhood times in Jamaica as well as some great stories about the old sound system days in Birmingham and his involvement in the Virgo sound system back in the 1980s … enjoy !   Murray Man YouTube...