Yo, Yo Massive what’s shakin?? Welcome to the Dec. Newsletter, so much is going on right now all of us are really excited!!! Check out the shows this week with Meat Beat Manifesto in Los Angeles & San Francisco.


LIVE
This week!!!!!
Thursday-Every one in Los Angeles come out to the Knitting Factory.
We have the first of two back-to-back shows with Meat Beat Manifesto & Dub Gabriel (with special guest Juakali and Mark Pistel).
Friday-San Francisco- Meat Beat Manifesto & Dub Gabriel (w/special guest Mark Pistel) at the Independent!!!!- Both shows are not to be missed!!!!


STUDIO
Dub Gabriel was at Mix B Studio’s in New York last week working on tracks with Pedro from Gogol Bordello/Chicholina Sound Machine as well as Amy Douglas for an ep that will be released next year that will also feature U Roy and many others.

The debut Meditronica album was recently completed and mastered at Turtle Tone in NYC by Michael Fossenkemper. It is slated for release in spring next year on Rare Noise in the UK which is a new label curated by Eraldo Bernocchi, which will also be releasing albums by Bill Laswell, Charged and many others.
The new project features Ashtech (Interchill Records), Polcari (Almamegretta), Dub Gabriel, Eraldo Bernocchi, Raiz (Universal Records)
To preview tracks: www.myspace.com/meditronica

Mark Pistel (Meat Beat/Consolidated) & Dub Gabriel will also be returning into the studio next week to do the finishing touches on Dub Poet Infinity debut album to be released on Destroy All Concepts in March.
Infinity is the leading voice in Dub Poetry in New York. In the tradition of the greats like Linton Kwesi Johnson & Mutabaruka, Infinity lyrical content is a social commentary of today on top of juicy Dub grooves as a foundation.
He has been the resident MC for the past 5 years at Franois K.’s legendary Deep Space night and has performed with the likes of Carl Craig, Digital Mystics, King Britt, Kode 9 and many others.
On his Debut Album an all star cast of producers back him up including Mark Pistel, Dub Gabriel, Dr. X, DJ Kiva & Process Rebel.
Preview Tracks: www.myspace.com/resistandrise

UPCOMMING RELEASES
Jan. 13th Destroy All Concepts will have 2 new releases out in North America and Digital (Europe/Japan in March)!!!!!!!

Other Weapons- A new project by Process Rebel, 3 years in the works, it features Dr. Israel, Coppa, Juakali, 101Void(aka MC Zulu), Sunru and many others.
www.myspace.com/otherweapons
and
Master Musicians of Jajouka
The Master Musicians are back!! Leader of the legendary group Bachir Attar recently launched Jajouka Records. Destroy All Concepts has teamed up with Jajouka records to bring you the first of many recordings to come featuring the music of Northern Africa.
The first will be a live album, recorded last year in Portugal at a tribute concert for Paul Bowels and will be the first release for the band in 6 years.
www.myspace.com/jajoukamasters

OUT NOW
Dub Gabriel’s Anarchy & Alchemy is now available in the following places.
Digital-Download drm-free wave files, flac and 320kbs mp3’s @
Halcyon-www.halcyondigi.com/search/full.php
Also, check out on daily session an instore dj set Dub Gabriel did recently at this legendary Brooklyn Shop-dailysession.com/2008/11/1...abriel-aa/

Also, Boomkat- www.boomkat.com/item.cfm

Dance Tracks- www.dancetracksdigital.com/sear...e.php

As well as many other digital sites-Juno,Itunes,emusic,amazon and more!!!

The CD Officially came out Nov. 4th in North America threw Innovative Distribution Network, a division of Alliance Entertainment Corp. So it is now up in all major chain stores Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy….
It is also available in the states from Ernie B’s, Revolver, Leeways HGN.

France- We just celebrated the release in France on Nov. 17th and is now available from DG Diffusion.

Japan- Anarchy & Alchemy is now being released in Japan now available from our new Distribution partner SKD Entertainment.


PRESS & RADIO
Things have been going crazy in radio land with Dub Gabriel’s Anarchy & Alchemy now #24 on the CMJ RPM radio charts. The very competitive chart has been filled with new releases by Nightmares on Wax, Thievery Corp, Chemical Brothers, Squarepusher and many other big names in the electronic music world, so it feels good!!
We have also been getting tons of great airplay in the U.K. on Steve Barker’s Radio Lancashire Show, Pathaan’s Musical Rickshaw & Mary Ann Hobbs radio one experimental show. & in France on Solenoide, RFI and many others!!
Thanks for the support!!

On the press side of things it has been nuts!!!! Here some reviews for u to check out!!!!!

TIME OUT NEW YORK

Dub Gabriel, who's spent a career fusing subterranean bass to sun-baked rhythms and modern dub technique, sure has a wide range of friends. Anarchy & Alchemy features guest turns from Yo! Majesty, Hanoi Rocks bassist Sami Yaffan and R.E.M. mumbler Michael Stipe, the latter singing on a relatively faithful cover of Suicide's 1977 synth lullaby "Cheree." That track's somewhat of an anomaly on an album that, elsewhere, melds the stark soundscapes of dubstep with the lushness of world-fusion beats. From the tabla-heavy, grimy rhythms of "Mash Out" to the hypnotically bubbling "La Vie s'Envole," Gabriel proves as adept at the genre-smashing game as anyone around.__Dub Gabriel plays at Deep Space Mon 17.__— Bruce Tantum__www.timeout.com/newyork/ar...dub-gabriel

WIRE MAGAZINE (UK)

Relocation from NYC to SF has brought a degree of clarity about the_things of value to be retained on this new album, Dub Gabriel's most_realised and best so far, a move away from the explorations of 2005's_Bass Jihad and more towards what has become a wider mainstream in the_intervening years. No instrumentals here and not so much dubbing these_days either, but the preoccupation with bass still dominates; opening_the set is JahDan (Blakkamoore) fresh from the We Are Raiders E.P._with Matt Shadetek and DJ/Rupture in upscale smooth bashment style on_"Chasing the Paper" followed by Karen Gibson Roc spat spoetics on_"Spirit Made Flesh" which, to my ears, utilises a direct and_intelligent lift of a Scratch produced female vocal scat from Superape_days on a Black Ark style shifting shuffle rhythm – perhaps the_highlight of the set if it weren't for the presence of REM's Michael_Stipe on a reverential reading of Suicide's "Cheree" – with an
string_arrangement that at time evokes an early Velvet's dissonance._Juakali's jump-up "Mashup" has an urgency that makes an understanding_of the lyric unnecessary whilst the centrepiece of the set, Judith_Juileratt's "La Vie Senvole" has minimally undulating electric keys_straight out of a Martin Rev tutuorial but with the nouveaux doo wop_styling replaced by a dolorously whispered tale in French. All these_are enough for the memory of the weaker, some might say 'iller',_tracks to evaporate by the album's end._-Steve Barker_www.thewire.co.uk/

BLOGGERTRONIX (CANADA)

Dub Gabriel's sophomore release, was 2 years in the making and is nothing short of an eclectic treasure chest of diverse sounds, flavours snagged from all over the globe, masterfully stirred up and given his unique Dub flavour.__Gabriel's last release, 2005's 'Bass Jihad' received much attention from mainstream and indie media alike, a heavy bass drenched, cultural fusion of electronic musical genius. The album was virtually vocal free, and brimmed with influences from all over the world.__Unlike Gabriel's debut, the new record is thick with steller guest vocalists, legendary singers, and mc's rocking tracks along side equally deadly, on the rise talent.__It isn't often that such seriously diverse artists meld together so well on one record.__'Anarchy & Alchemy' begins with a dark and brooding track about mans obsession with money, 'Chasing The Paper' features vocals by Brooklyn's Jah Dan. The tune flows smoothly into the next track, a trippy reggae
number with a 60's vibe entitled 'Spirit Made Flesh'. This tune carries the spoken word vocals of NYC based poet and singer Karen Gibson, it's truly hypnotic, a song swollen with reverb and lose yourself grooves.__Highlights for me include the atmospheric, 'La Vie S'envole' featuring Judith Juillerat's spoken vocals, a really beautiful track, calming and deep. The lyrics are in french, I'm pretty weak in this language at the best of times, so I'm not totally sure what she's talking about, but that's not an issue...she could be talking about chopping up little bunnies with a hacksaw and I'd be spun to heaven listening to this music... lost.__Another brilliant track on the other end of the audio spectrum is 'Run Down', which features the voices of New York's 'No Surrender'. Jarring electronic screeching, the heavy machinery drone of bass and smart, dark lyrics are top shelf on this song. 'No Surrender' are one of my favorite New York bands, so this is a
real treat for me....if you don't know of them you should.__'Anarchy & Alchemy' is put to bed, tucked in tightly with a song featuring vocals by Michael Stipe (REM), soft hushed lyrics of love, pulsing drums, definite piano and soaring violins, make 'Cheree' a delicious song to lay to album to rest.__This album has is all...if you're a Basshead, theres something for you, if you're a Hip-hop-face there's goodness for you too, Dub-body? sorted, and if you're looking for something really different, emotionally charged and exciting, you must check this out.__Other guest artists featured on the record: Sami Yaffa (New York Dolls), Yo Majesty (Domino records), Mark Pistel (Meat Beat Manifesto), Dr. Israel, Kali Boom, Juakali, 77Klash.
bloggertronix.com/2008/11/2...aster.aspx

CYCLIC DEFROST MAGAZINE (AUSTRALIA)

Dub Gabriel – Anarchy & Alchemy (Destroy All Concepts)_Published by Chris Downton at November 27, 2008 in Reviews Issue 21._Brooklyn, NYC-based dub / downbeat producer Dub Gabriel certainly managed to make some waves in all the right critical circles with his impressive 2005 debut album 'Bass Jihad', with his bass-meets-ragga explorations calling to mind the likes of Rhythm & Sound and Stereotyp whilst receiving plaudits from both the WIRE and XLR8R. Three years on, this follow-up on Gabriel's own Destroy All Concepts label sees him pretty much picking up the baton directly from where 'Bass Jihad' left off, with Dr. Israel, Yo Majesty and Meat Beat Manifesto's Mark Pistel appearing amongst an impressive guest list on ten tracks that increasingly show the influence of dubstep rising to the surface. 'Chasing The Paper' certainly provides a suitably adrenalin-surging opening gambit, with Jahdan's rich ragga-soul vocals taking things into suitably doomy
and apocalyptic territory ("for the money some people will sell anything / for the money some people will kill anything') over a writhing backdrop of surging sub-bass swells and flickering, off-beat rhythms that highlights the aforementioned Stereotyp comparison.__From there, 'Spirit Made Flesh' calls to mind one of Ursula Rucker's urban beat poet sessions gone spectral dub as her limber vocals tumble out over a lazy, swinging backdrop of lovers' rock bass, metallic offbeats and vast dubbed-out sweeps, before the digitally-contorted 'Rundown' brings the hard-edged hiphop stylings to the fore as No Surrender alternately attack and croon into the mic. While dub / hiphop / dubstep offers up the main part of the menu throughout the ten tracks on offer here, it's with some of the more unexpected genre digressions here that some of the biggest highlights arrive. 'La Vie Senvole' sees Judith Juileratt contributing a breathy vocal performance that calls to mind
a Gallic Laurie Anderson as gentle, minimalist electronic rhythms and burbles pulse back and forth amidst harpsichord-like analogue synths, before REM's Michael Stipe takes the vocal spot for perhaps the most surprising closer of all, a cover of Suicide's 'Cheree' that replaces the original version's feedback for soaring strings and harp elements – while it's certainly effective stuff, it manages to call to mind Stipe's 'main' band far more than any of the other tracks on this album. An excellent second album from Dub Gabriel that further cements his status as a producer to keep an eye on. www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/

ZIKADDICT (FRANCE)
Connu et reconnu pour son adresse à unir des genres disparates et des sonorités provenant du _monde entier (du Moyen-Orient à la Jamaïque en passant par Brooklyn), le pionnier de la 'fusion _globale' nous livre aujourd'hui une nouvelle cargaison de dub protéiforme et multicolore. Un obus _imparable et impeccable ! _DJ globe-trotteur et producteur de beats percutants et loops infectieuses depuis plus de dix ans, _Gabe Freedman (alias Dub Gabriel) est devenu l'une des références incontournables de la scène _electro underground (et multiculturelle) new-yorkaise. Trois ans après nous avoir scotchés avec _l'excellent, Bass Jihad, l'ingénieux manipulateur de sons réitère l'exploit avec Anarchy & Alchemy, _sorti via son propre label (fort bien nommé), Destroy All Concepts ('détruis tous les concepts'). Là _encore, ce nouvel album grise et hypnotise l'auditeur en l'aspirant dans un tourbillon de styles variés _et d'ambiances cette fois-ci
définitivement urbaines (c.a.d. : aux teintes plus sombres). Enregistré sur _une période de deux ans entre New-York, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rio et San Francisco, Dub _Gabriel délaisse néanmoins les résonances 'world' qui firent la gloire de son précédent opus, et nous _terrasse désormais de grooves sourds downtempo, de sonorités mats et de rythmiques _vrombissantes, le tout, paré de collaborations imparables. Le guerrier du dub engagé, Dr Israel, _officie sur le mystique "Battle Of The Righteous Man", la MC de Tampa, Yo Majesty, souligne l'accent _hip-hop de "Pony Girl", Jah Dan s'attaque (sur "Chasing The Paper") au matérialisme ambiant sur _fond de grooves dancehall, Michael Stipe (de REM) donne de la voix sur une reprise très 'Bowie- _esque' du titre "Cheree" (du groupe Suicide), et la liste s'allllllonge… Anarchy & Alchemy est une _collection titres aussi planants que percutants.. à écouter sans modération.
www.zikaddict.fr/chronique...b-gabriel/

BOKSON (FRANCE)
Tant qu'il y a de la basse, Dub Gabriel tabasse. C'est ainsi que, depuis plus de dix ans, il se laisse guider par son flair dans les rues de New York, à la rencontre de ceux qui l'ont aidé à devenir culte, qu'ils soient issus de l'electro, du dub ou du hip hop. Et rien qu'à Big Apple, ca fait du monde: du label Wordsound à Public Enemy, en passant par Jamalski, Dr Israel, Badawi, ou Qaballah Steppers, tous ont pris l'habitude de se délecter de sa musique au spectre assez large, tant qu'elle laisse la part belle aux sourds vrombissements. Si «Bass Jihad», son précédent album, a connu un véritable succès en 2005, Dub Gabriel n'a pas pour autant choisi de simplement rééditer l'exploit. Trop simple pour un producteur de son rang. Il a plutôt laissé ce «Anarchy & Alchemy» s'imprégner de son expérience de Dj résident à Berlin, là ou cet album fut composé, pour mieux le ramener ensuite aux Etats-Unis et le proposer à une pléthore de
voix, la plupart prestigieuses sans qu'elles parviennent pour autant à lui faire de l'ombre. Un bel exploit quand on voit qu'ont été convié Michael Stipe de REM (sur «Cheree», reprise de Suicide), Yo Majesty, Sami Yafa (New York Dolls), Mark Pistel (Meat Beat Manifesto), et Dr Israel pour n'en citer qu'une poignée parmi tous les invités de cette fête un brin mystique («Battle Of The Righteous Man»). Exit les influences world music, le producteur de Brooklyn leur déroule cette fois un long tapis d'une musique planante, définitivement urbaine par son côté sombre, totalement mise à leur service, et laissant la place au propos. Illustration parfaite avec l'ouverture «Chasing The Paper» laissant entière liberté à un Jah Dan s'en prenant au matérialisme, avec l'excellent «Run Down» (feat No Surrender) visant la justice, ou le totalement soporifique «La Vie s'Envole» bercé par le chant français de Judith Juileratt. Heureusement
aussi, quelques titres viennent réveiller les morts, apportent une touche plus vitaminée et positive, comme le frais et dansant «Pony Girl» par Yo Majesty, le toast ragga de Juakali sur «Mash Out», ou le rythmiquement appuyé «Crooklyn Clouds» (feat 77Klash). Et bien que ce «Anarchy & Alchemy» soit assez bien mené, finalement assez varié, il lui fallait bien ces quelques éclairs de lumière pour espérer emmener l'auditeur jusqu'au bout de son œuvre. Celui là en sera comblé s'il est un minimum sensible aux terrains de prédilection de Dub Gabriel. __www.bokson.net/electro/ch...e/3259.html