Video Of Dubmaster ‘ Fatta’ Doing Live Mix In Jamaica Of IR Trak feat Jah9, Dr Das, Sawandi

Dubmaster Delroy ‘Fatta’ Pottinger doing a live mix in Jamaica of a new IR  trak  a work in progress  featuring Jah9 aka Janine Cunningham , Sawandi , Dr Das   among others.This mix is a dub reworking by   jamaican musician Sawandi of the Dr Das trak “Shadow Wars”. Janine Cunningham aka Jah9 wrote this wikkid line in the studio session for this trak which feat indigenous poets from Hawaii : “you want to turn your heads away ,cover your eyes to the role you play , the shit you see fit for us to inherit, will be the price you have to pay”pure dub resistance!

‘Fatta” is one of IR ‘s favorite engineer to work with  ; always a great pleasure to watch his truly relaxed , entertaining and sheer skillful mixing style ….check the video and you will see what we mean……dubwise

Some visual dub by peruvian artist Syama inspired by the IR 25 Dubversive cd artwork which featured the Mutaburaka quote" The True Owners Of Yur Nation Are Forced To Live On A Reservation"

A collective dub effort by IR , Labomb,Dubdem,Akaider & The Ghost to put up this giant banner"Breaking Up Babilon's Illusions" in Sao Paulo , Brasil

DEEDER ZAMAN’S NEW MUSIC INSPIRES A COLLECTIVE LABOMB,IR,THE GHOST , DUBDEM,AKAIDER STREET ART ACTION

A while back I.R received some tracks from Deeder Zaman’s upcoming album “ Pride Of The Underdog” which included the tracks “Us & Us” and  ’Bruk Up’.Deeder’s intention was to also create a video for some of these tracks  that would be  linked to the effort to make people aware of the murder of the Patoxo activist Galdino in Brasil .Deeder had been involved in concerts and community events that IR & Dubdem had organised to make people aware of the case of Galdino .These were also ACTIONS like the giant banner of Galdino that Labomb and IR had put up in Rio De Janeiro which were designed to break the silience on Galdino and to shatter the mythology being put forward by the sistem  that everything is okay with indigenous rights in Brasil. So when when Deeder asked us if we could film some footage for him ;we decided to create a street art action and film the process of making it .The name of the ACTION would be BRUK UP BABILON’S ILLUSIONS…which when translated into brasilian portugese is QUEBRAR ILUSOES DA BABILONIA.Literally it means “breaking up the illusions being pushed at us by babylon sistem.” So we created a giant banner that was composed of images from our Ital Roots Dubessentials series .These are IR/ Dubdem visual remixes of books, art , music that some of us in IR felt were essential tools for radikal struggles .There is absolutely no commerce involved in why we decide to promote these works ; in fact the people who issued  these works at this moment dont even know we are doing this . However we simply respect these works and their potential for disrupting babilon sistem!

The Ghost and Dubdem created this banner that represented 3 radikal works .

First “ When The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade” by Mark Stewart .This was a classic album released on the On U Sound label mixed by the legendary Adrian Sherwood .Audio wise its a searing mix of noiz , dub, funk soundsystem & punk vibes filtered through Adrian Sherwood’s ahead of his time razor sharp mixing skills. The lyrics of Mark Stewart on this release like his words for his previous outfit ‘The Pop Group ‘are simply outstanding ..among other things searing condemnations of so called ” democracies ” exposing their authoritarian exceses ….Theres a reason that Mark Stewart has inspired many like folks in IR & Asian Dub Foundation and this album is testament to why that is . Recently we read that back in the days,musician D.WattsRiot used to walk around listening to a cassette that had rappers Public Enemy on one side and Mark Stewart on the other side .Its hard to think of a more lethal sonic and lyrical combination than that!

Second is “ Parable Of The Sower” by Octavia E Butler. Like the writer and poet Audre Loudre ; Octavia E Butler simply astounds us with her visionary viewpoints .An imagining of the future with an alternative vision is in our opinion essential for radikal movements . Using science fiction she dissects the working of the money world , race and gender roles . In particular we really love her subversion of gender roles . Its interesting to us what ordinary folks say about her work Lawrence L Johnson wrote “Forget about Star Trek, thats kiddie stuff compared to Octavia E Butler “ or Nnedi Okarafor who wrote on Feb 25, 2011 “ Today is the 5^th anniversary of the Great Octavia

E Butlers’ death. Go out and read her books , they will change your world !” We really second these opinions ! Underground Resistance is a fan of her work as we are . Simply put she is a fierce writer and dub radikal ; a direct challenge to babylon sistem!!!!!!!!

The third visual remix on the banner is that of the book “African Anarchism;The History Of A Movement” by Sam Mbah and E. Igariwey .Recently IR made a video in Afrika for the track “Brothers and Sisters” When making a video in Afrika one is confronted by some of the very sterotypical images and narrow concepts people worldwide have about Afrika ….military wars , despotic dictatorships , widespread famine, beggas everywhere etc etc..

Sometimes its necessary to search out and find some alternative realities and points of view. “African Anarchism;The History Of A Movement” looks at the history of those activists in Afrika whose focus has been on collective anti authoritarian social activities as opposed to the dynamics that has created power obsessed despots like prime minister Mugabe in Zimbabwe. It is a side of Afrikan history and a critique of authoritarian politics by Afrikans that doesnt receive much attention.Brasil has the largest populations of people of Afrikan descent outside the continent of Afrika itself . Often in Brasil we have encountered black people searching out histories and perspectives on Afrika therefore we thought it was espcially relevant to represent this book in the banner we put up in Sao Paulo, Brasil.

Recently IR/Labomb/ The Ghost /Dubdem& Akaider carried out a successful ACTION

placing the giant banner we had created in a public space , doing grafitti and filming the process .

Our intent is to really inspire people to use public spaces which are OUR spaces to express and offer their own point of views which differs from what babilon sistem is trying force feed us .

For this reason we are showing video and photos of how we did this . Various women and men were part of this ACTION… but in these photos you will only partially see one of the people involved ..

this individual is someone particularly gifted  in scaling  the walls of babylon…..the other people who were there and others who gave support who in IR style will remain in the shadows …The vibe was great during the ACTION and for us in IR what really made it very special was that each person contributed something dub and unique to the process .It was the combination of all these unique contributions that made everything flow so wonderfully .Collective dub.Organised over 3 continents where immense communication and technological limitations /difficulties were overcome : this ACTION is proof of what can be done when those involved share the same motive & commitment and trust one another .You can visit the site where this banner and grafitti was done by going to Rua Belmiro Braga. Beco do Grafitti. São Paulo – Brasil.

calm thinking before an ACTION is a good practice.. photo by akaider

photo by akaider

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scaling the walls of Babilon photo :akaider

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night time ACTION completed .mission accomplished...foto :akaider

You can visit this to see it close up by going to Rua Belmiro Braga. Beco do Grafitti. São Paulo – Brasil.

IR grafitti salute to deeder zaman ; whose music inspired this street art ACTION

banner design by dubdem & the ghost

NOVA MÚSICA DE DEEDER ZAMAN INSPIRA OS COLETIVOS LABOMB, I.R, THE GHOST, DUBDEM E AKAIDER A FAZEREM UMA AÇÃO NA RUA

Há algum tempo atrás a I.R recebeu uns tracks do novo albúm de Deeder Zaman “Pride Of The Underdog”, que inclui músicas como “Us & Us” e “Bruk Up”. A intenção também era fazer um vídeo com algumas dessas, músicas que serviriam como um link no esforço em informar as pessoas sobre o assassinato no Brasil de Galdino, um ativista Pataxo.

Deeder Zaman está envolvido em concertos e eventos comunitários que a IR & Dubdem têm organizado para fazer com que as pessoas saibam do caso do Galdino.

Estas AÇÕES, como a do enorme banner do Galdino que o Labomb e a IR colocaram no Rio de Janeiro, são designadas, também, para QUEBRAR O SILÊNCIO SOBRE GALDINO e a mitologia colocada pelo Estado brasileiro de que esta tudo bem com relação AOS DIREITOS DOS INDÍGENAS no Brasil.

Então, quando Deeder nos pediu para filmar um material para ele, decidimos criar uma ação na rua e filmar esse processo. O nome da ação foi “BRUK UP BABILON’S ILLUSIONS” que em português significa “QUEBRAR AS ILUSÕES DA BABILONIA”. Literalmente significa que se devem quebrar as ilusões impostas pelas cidades e pelos governos.

Criamos um banner gigante composto por imagens da Ital Roots Dubssentials series. São variações de algumas imagens de livros, artes e musicas da IR & Dubdem, que alguns de nós da IR sentimos serem ferramentas essenciais para lutas radicais.

Não há absolutamente nenhum comércio envolvendo o porquê nós decidimos em promover este trabalho; na realidade as pessoas que escreveram aquelas palavras não sabem o que estamos fazendo.

Nós simplesmente respeitamos esse trabalho e o potencial dele para QUEBRAR AS ILUSÕES DA BABILONIA!!!

The Ghost e Dubdem criaram esse banner que representam 3 trabalhos radicais.

O primeiro “When The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade (QUANDO A CASCA DA DEMOCRACIA COMECAR RACHAR) por Mark Stewart é um álbum clássico lançado pelo selo “On U Sound” e mixado pela lenda Adrian Sherwood”.

O áudio é um mix de noise, dub, funk soundsystem e punk; vibes filtradas por Adrian Sherwood, que esta à frente de seu tempo com afiadas habilidades na mixagem.

A letra de Mark Stwart deste lançamento assim como a do lançado “The Pop Group” é simplesmente incrível. Entre outras coisas, é crítica pesada ao que chamamos de democracia que é na verdade um autoritarismo cheio de abusos.

Há uma razão porque Mark Stewart inspirou muitos da IR e do Asian Dub Foundation e este álbum é a prova do por que.

Recentemente nós lemos que há alguns anos atrás, músicos como D. Watts Riot andavam por aí ouvindo uma fita cassete que tinha o rapper Public Enemy de um lado e Mark Stewart do outro.É dificil pensar em uma letra e som mais perigoso do que este.

O segundo trabalho é “Parable Of The Sower” de Octavia E. Butler.

Como o escritor e poeta Audre Loudre, Octavia E. Butler simplesmente nos fascina com seus pontos de vista visionários. Uma imaginação do futuro com uma visão alternativa é em nossa opinião essencial para movimentos mais radicais.

Usando da ficção científica ela disseca o trabalho do mundo do dinheiro, das etnias e dos gêneros. Particularmente nós realmente amamos sua subversão com relação ao que seriam os papeis dos gêneros. É interessante para nós o que pessoas comuns falam sobre seu trabalho. Lawrence L. Johnson escreveu “Esqueçam Star Trek, isso é coisa de criança comparado com Octavia E. Butler”. Ou Nnedi Okarafor que escreveu em 25 de fevereiro de 2011: “Hoje é o 5 aniversário da morte da grande Octavia E. Butlers. Saia e leia seu livro, eles vão mudar o seu mundo”.

Realmente respeitamos essas opiniões. O Underground Resistance é fã do trabalho dela assim como nós.

Simplesmente a coloca como feroz e radical dub. Um desafio direto para o sistema da babilônia.

A terceira imagem do banner é do livro “African Anarchism, The History Of A Movement” de Sam Mbah e E. Igariew.

Recentemente a IR fez um vídeo na África da música “Brothers and Sisters” e o processo de filmagem afronta o estereótipo e os conceitos rasos que pessoas de todo o mundo têm sobre a África… Guerras militares, ditadores despóticos, fome por toda parte, etc.

Algumas vezes é necessário pesquisar e encontrar realidades alternativas e pontos de vista diferentes. “Afriacan Anarchism;The History Of A Movement” mostra a história da ativistas na África que se focaram coletivamente em ações antiautoritárias e atividades sociais em oposição a dinâmica que criou os poderes obsessivos e despóticos, como o do primeiro ministro Mugabe no Zimbabwe. É um lado da história africana e uma crítica às politicas autoritárias na África que não recebem muita atenção.

O Brasil tem a maior população de descendentes africanos fora do continente e constantemente encontramos pessoas buscando histórias e perspectivas da África, por isso nós pensamos que seria especialmente relevante representar esse livro no banner que colocamos em São Paulo.

Recentemente a IR, Labomb, The Ghost, Dubdem e Akaider mandaram bem em uma ação colocando um banner gigante que criamos em um lugar público, fazendo também um grafite e filmando o processo.

Nossa intenção é realmente inspirar pessoas para que USEM OS ESPAÇOS PÚBLICOS, que são afinal nossos espaços para expressar e oferecer pontos de vista diferentes dos que o sistema que nos impor.

Por essa razão mostramos o vídeos e as fotos de como fizemos. Varias mulheres e homens participaram dessa ação, mas nessas fotos só verão uma parte das pessoas envolvidas.

Esse indivíduo é alguém particularmente talentoso na arte de escalar as paredes da babilônia! As outras pessoas que deram suporte no estilo IR ficaram ocultas…

A vibe foi ótima durante a AÇÃO e para nós da IR, realmente importante foi que cada pessoa contribuiu com dub e de forma única para o processo. Foi a combinação dessas únicas contribuições que fizeram tudo fluir de forma maravilhosa. Dub coletivo organizado por 3 continentes sendo que havia uma limitação de comunicação e de tecnologia, superadas pela AÇÃO.

Um prova do que pode ser feito quando os envolvidos compartilham do mesmo motivo, comprometimento e confiança um nos outros.

Você pode visitar o local onde isso tudo aconteceu e ver o banner e o grafitti.

Rua Belmiro Braga. Beco do Grafitti. São Paulo – Brasil.

VALEU POR LISA DE LABOMB POR TRADUZIR ESSE TEXTO

Sempre bon por pensar con calma antes un AÇÃO foto:akaider

foto : akaider

banner pronto por colocar

foto : akaider

foto : akaider

AÇÃO a noite ..completa foto: akaider

pode visitar por ver mais perto a Rua Belmiro Beco do Grafitti. São Paulo – Brasil.

Deeder Zaman vocalista originale de Asian Dub Foundation que inspira esse AÇÃO

banner desenho para dubdem & the ghost

Memória do pataxó Galdino chega à África

Deeder Zaman, IR e Dubdem Soundsystem lançam novo vídeo “Remembering Galdino”, gravado na Etiópia

Agosto, 2011 – Deeder Zaman, ex-vocalista do Asian Dub Foundation, responsável por hits como “Free Saptal Ram”, uniu-se novamente ao movimento ativista multicultural Indigenous Resistance (IR), que aborda temas da resistência e da realidade indígenas pelo mundo, e ao Dubdem Sound System, de São Paulo, e juntos lançaram o vídeo “Remembering Galdino”, que traz a faixa de reggae roots “Brothers and Sisters”. Gravado na Etiópia, o vídeo mostra uma garota etíope que toma conhecimento pela internet da história do índio Pataxó Galdino Jesus dos Santos, assassinado em Brasília, em 21 de abril de 1997.

Deeder Zaman performing live with Dub.dem Soundsystem ;a banner with image of Galdino is on the far left hand side

Líder do povo Pataxó Hã-Hã-Hãe, Galdino, que participaria de manifestações no Planalto pela recuperação da terra indígena Caramuru-Paraguaçu, dormia em um ponto de ônibus da cidade quando foi queimado vivo por cinco adolescentes, filhos de pessoas influentes em Brasília. Teve 90% de seu corpo queimado. Um dos episódios mais cruéis da história dos povos indígenas brasileiros, a morte de Galdino tornou-se um símbolo da luta do Indigenous Resistance pelas causas indígenas e pela justiça no Brasil e em outros países.

Fazer a memória de Galdino chegar à Etiópia é extremamente significante para o movimento, já que o país sedia as mais importantes organizações políticas africanas, como o AU (African Union), antigo OAU (Organization of African Unity), com sede em Adis Abeba, que luta pela promoção da democracia e dos direitos humanos, além de realizar esforços para o desenvolvimento econômico do continente africano, principalmente incentivando investimentos estrangeiros.

No vídeo, a garota etíope, chocada com a história do assassinato do líder pataxó, decide tomar parte do movimento para tornar viva a memória de Galdino em seu país e na África, seguindo o que já acontece em outros países como Brasil, Jamaica, Colômbia, Inglaterra, Uruguai, e vai distribuindo pôsteres, camisetas e cartazes, ganhando novos adeptos.

“Remembering Galdino” traz ainda imagens de diversos shows que aconteceram em memória do líder pataxó, como o da Cohab 5 Malvina, em Carapicuíba, São Paulo, no ano passado, que contou com performances ao vivo de Deeder Zaman e Dubdem Soundsystem, além de workshops de grafite e impressão de camisetas em silk screen com o artistas Labomb.

Brothers and Sisters é uma faixa do novo álbum do Indigenous Resistance “IR25 Dubversive”, que também traz “Remembering Galdino”, de Deeder Zaman, Dr. Das – um dos fundadores do Asian Dub Foundation –, D. Wattsriot e Adrian Sherwood.
Para assistir ao vídeo, acesse:

Remembering Galdino In Ethiopia=Deeder Zaman’s Brothers&Sisters IR25 Dubversive mix

Sobre
Dubdem Sound System
O sound system é um fenômeno cultural que começou na Jamaica nos anos 50 e chegou ao auge na década de 80, perpetuando-se até hoje por todos os cantos da ilha. Fazendo uma referência direta ao estilo do sound system jamaicano dos anos 80, as seleções musicais do Dubdem Sound System incorporam as novidades do reggae e dancehall gravados atualmente, além do tradicional toaster e reggae roots. A essência, no entanto, é a mesma do sound system jamaicano daquela década, como King Tubby’s Hi-Fi, Jack Ruby’s Hi-Fi, Jammy’s e Volcano’s. Mais que um sound system, Dubdem é um grupo de pessoas unidas com o objetivo de valorizar a cultura jamaicana e promover sua integração com a cultura brasileira por meio de diversas expressões artísticas como a música e o design. O conceito nasceu há mais de 18 anos, com o início de uma coleção particular de discos de reggae e com a pesquisa frequente sobre a música e a cultura jamaicana.

Contatos:
www.dubdem.com.br
www.flickr.com/dubdem
www.myspace.com/dubdem
www.youtube.com/dubdemsoundsystem

Facebook: Dubdem Rub A Dub
Orkut: Dubdem Sound System
twitter: @dubdem

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Indigenous Resistance
Em 2003, foi lançado o selo I.R. pelo The Fire This Time, que aborda os temas da resistência e da realidade indígenas. Questões e exemplos relacionados com estes temas, que normalmente não recebem a devida atenção pela grande mídia, são destacados nos projetos. O selo I.R. é parte integrante do Projeto The Fire This Time Freedub e muitas produções têm distribuição livre, com vinis, livros e pôsteres grátis. Indigenous Resistance é uma iniciativa independente e os lançamentos são produzidos com o mínimo de recursos, o máximo de colaboração e empenho de todos os envolvidos. Uma família de companheiros voluntários que acredita no espírito e na efetividade da resistência. Todos temos capacidade de contribuir para um mundo melhor. Todos temos um a papel a desempenhar.

Projeto IR:
www.dubreality.com

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Deeder Zaman
Deeder é mais conhecido como vocalista e membro fundador do Asian Dub Foundation, considerada uma das melhoras bandas inglesas na última década. Começou a carreira em Londres, com apenas 11 anos, quando fez sua primeira gravação. Mas foi com 13 anos, em 1993, que Deeder fundou o ADF, junto com o DJ Pandit G, o aclamado baixista Dr. Das, o guitarrista Chandrasonic e Sun-J.

O primeiro disco, “Facts And Fictions” (Nation Records) foi lançado em 1995, com uma mistura dos ritmos ragga, jungle, baixo tradicional bengali, cítara no lugar da guitarra e uma inspiração no trabalho de artistas como Chuck D (Public Enemy) e KRS1.

Em 1998, foi lançado o álbum “Rafi´s Revenge” (London Records) muito elogiado pela crítica. Este álbum também foi indicado para o Mercury Prize e o BBC Asian Award for Music. Neste ano, o ADF foi considerado um dos grupos mais promissores da cena britânica, além de conquistar um público cada vez maior. Em sete anos envolvido com o Asian Dub Foundation, Deeder gravou cinco discos, muitos deles com hits nas paradas inglesas e americanas. Também viajou por todo o mundo, participando de festivais no Japão, Cingapura, toda a Europa, Canadá e Estados Unidos.

Com apoio de nomes como Beast Boys e Primal Screen, o ADF se destacou cada vez mais no cenário da música alternativa mundial, alcançando o respeito de grande banda, após tantos anos dedicados à música. No final de 2000, Deeder decidiu deixar o ADF, depois de sete anos trabalhando pelo desenvolvimento da banda e seu reconhecimento internacional.

Em 2002, formou o Rebel Uprising, trabalhando com renomados músicos da cena inglesa como: Trevor Boucaud (aka Passion), Dennis Rootical (baixista do sound system inglês Iration Steppas. Em 2008, Deeder lançou seu primeiro álbum solo “Minority Large” no Japão (Beatnik Rec.). As participações no álbum incluem: Brendan Lynch, da Lynch Mob Productions (produtor do Primal Scream), Tony Penultimate (Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain), The Crispy Horns Section (Zion Train), Ghetto Priest (vocalista do crew On U Sound), Clotaire K (rapper francês) entre outros.

Recentemente, Deeder começou a trabalhar com lendário produtor Adrian Sherwood, fundador do On U Sound, com participações especiais de Dr. Das, Skip McDonald e Congo Natty. Mo fyah!

www.deederzaman.com
www.myspace.com/deederzaman

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Contato para a imprensa:
Jornalista responsável: Luciana Mello – MTb: 26.800/SP
Luciana Mello • Reverbere Comunicação
11 2615-5587
luciana.mello@reverbere.com.br

Supporting Dubversive People: Christiane D & Dutty Bookman Do Their Thing

Dutty Bookman has written a new book " Tried & True:Revelations Of A Rebellious Youth.Please support his fundraising efforts .

One of the most dubversive folks IR had the pleasure to come across in Jamaica was a writer Dutty Bookman . We were impressed with empathy with indigenous rights and indigenous philosophy and his ability to relate it to the Jamaican context . You can watch a practical example of that here .Bookman has just written a book entitled “Tried & True ;Revelations Of A Rebellious Youth “
He feels it “ most resembles a combination of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Jon Lee Anderson’s Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life “
We liked what he wrote about the motivation for him writing the book
“During the entire process of writing Tried & True: Revelations of a Rebellious Youth, I kept asking myself WHY I dared to think that my life experiences would even matter to other people. Memoirs of interest are usually written by people with some sort of celebrity status. I am far from a celebrity, yet that is exactly why I thought I should release this book to the public. My intention is for people in my age group (and younger) to read my story and realize that they can be quite ordinary while accomplishing extraordinary things. I believe that I am an example of a good soul with good intentions and, because of that, I have received great blessings. By printing my story, the impact on the reader has transformative potential.”

Dutty is currently raising funds to print and launch his book on the site indie Go Go . Please support his efforts here

IR Vocalist Christiane D Has A New Two Song Release Available On Nimbit Music Site

Christiane D has been involved over the years as a vocalist and lyricist in some of the most epic IR productions
that have truly spanned the globe from Greenland to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific .
Her powerfull vocals can be found on IR traks like “ Eagle Screaming :Red Sky Alight” “Indigenous & …Sacred” and most recently “ Ivere …The Land” . This will a featured track on our upcoming release IR 26 ‘Land Is Not For Sale / Ivere “ which also have artists like Asian Dub Foundation , Soy Sos , Ramjac ,VU and Dr Das . Christiane has just launched a two song teaser OOTE from her upcoming full length solo album. This release contains two songs “ Beautiful Disaster ” and “Either It Will” and is available on the nimbit music site here
Please support this dub courageous artist !

Breaking Down Some Of The Dub In New IR Deeder Zaman Video ,DR Das & Word Sound Power :The Bant Singh Project

Famous Lion Of Judah statue in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia

The new IR video for Deeders “brothers and Sisters “deliberately doesn’t have exotic images of Africa ..ie no wildlife inexplicably appearing in the middle of a scene …but in a very quiet dub way if you look carefully  you will catch some images with real dub significance …like the famous Lion of Judah statue in Addis Ababa  which has in some cases been responsible for inspiring many iconic images that can been seen in the reggae world like the image below

“As The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade ”  was the classic album by Mark Stewart & The Mafia produced by Adrian Sherwood .Released on the ON U Sound label it has inspired many subversive actions and musicians …as part of our series IR Ital Roots Dubessential series IR has created visual mixes of  album,books,subversive arts that some of us feel are essential tools for dubversion..In this stil from the new IR Deeder video Ethiopian idren is  seen wearing an Ital Roots Dubessential t shirt featuring Mark Stewart

IR Dubdem's visual remix of Mark Stewart's " As The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade "

ethiopian idren wearing IR remix of classic mark Stewart album cover " When The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade "

IR Visual Remix of "African Anarchism The History Of A Movement"

When making a video in Africa one is confronted  by some of the very stereotypical images and narrow  concepts people worldwide have about Africa …. military wars ,despotic dictatorships, widespread famine , beggars everywhere ..etc etc

sometimes it necessary to search out and find some alternative realities & points of view …” African Anarchism The History Of A Movement ” by Sam Mbah and E. Igariwey

looks at the history of those activists in Africa whose focus has been on  collective anti authoritarian  social activities as opposed to the dynamics that has created power obsessed  despots like  prime minister Mugabe in Zimbabwe.Its a side of African history and a critique of authoritarian politics by Africans that doesn’t receive much attention .IR remixed the cover of the book for our Ital Roots Dubessential series .In the IR Deeder video you can see one of the dancers in the Ethiopian crew ” The Breaks ” wearing this t shirt .”The Breaks” are a crew of young Ethiopian dancers IR  came across . Very talented and humble  IR was impressed by how they interacted among each other .During their practices it was lovely to watch how they spontaneously   and effortlessly  pair off  and organise  their dance routines .Sometimes the community space that they practised in would be jam packed with other dancers who would come to learn moves from them. The space would be filled with loads of  dancers in a very chill way teaching each other moves and enjoying themselves and all of this without a single ” adult supervising ” them in sight . Very dub! These high school students took their school work and learning very seriously and IR had some very dub conversations with them about the importance of learning .Even though they came from humble circumstances no one in the crew ever put out their hands to IR begging anything .One of the things IR perceived is that this was a talented group and a very nice set of people very open to learning  but they were in front of many obstacles to get opportunities .This was especially since they didn’t have friends and ” connections ” in high places or in the media or music industry .We felt they were deserving of an opportunity .

members of Ethiopian dance crew "The Breaks" during filming of IR Deeder video

IR/dubdem visual remix of "Parable Of The Sower" by Octavia E. Butler

Octavio  E. Butler created   classic science fiction work….Underground Resistance is a fan of her work as many of us are .Quite simply she is a fierce writer and dub radikal! We love these quotes we came across on her work

Lawrence L Johnson  ”Forget about star trek, that is kiddie stuff compared to Octavia . Bulter”

Nnedi Okorafor

“Feb 25   , 2011  .Today is the 5th year anniversary of the Great Octavia E. Butler‘s death. go out and read her books, they will change your world.”

One of the great things about Octavia Butler’s work is her dissection of the working of the money world , race and gender roles .Some of us love her subversion of gender roles and we tried to dub some of this into the “Sisters and Brothers ” video. Here in a still from the video you see an Ethiopian man cutting onions for a traditional meal. Cutting onions is usually a role that women do  in Ethiopia so we decided to subvert that .

Ethiopian idren wearing IR Octavia E. Butler remix t shirt cutting onions in scene from IR Deeder video

In fact we decided to subvert traditional gender roles in Ethiopia even further .In the video the men are the ones cooking and sewing and are the one  receiving knowledge and learning from the women inverting the traditional roles of men as the teachers and the transmitters of knowledge .The women in this video are the ones  who seek out knowledge about the death of Galdino Jesus Dos Santos the indigenous Pataxo man in Brasil who was set on fire as a ” joke ” by the sons of prominent judges and lawyers in Brasilia.After learning about the case and reading about how others in the world have organised concerts, made t shirts , banners ,posters ,handing out flyers  talking about what happened to Galdino;they decide to do the same in Ethiopia .They are the ones taking action.

Ethiopian sistren in IR Deeder video who outraged upon learning about story of Galdino takes action to spread the word about his case in Ethiopia. In the video she explains in the local language Amharic about Galdino.

On U Sound artistDeeder Zaman performing with Dubdem Soundsystem in Brasil at a gig to remember Galdino

Banner to remember Galdino Jesus Dos Santos (1952-1997) placed on top of buillding in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro Brasil by Labomb & IR

Wikkid bassist,remixer & IR producer Dr Das in a still from the new IR Deeder video. Dr Das did a remix for the very first IR release IR1 a blue 12 " vinyl given free to the public in Brasil and which honoured Galdino & indigenous resistance in Brasil .

 An integral part of IR work is constantly looking outwards and trying to make the connections between different forms of downpression happening in various parts of  the world. A while back  IR conspirators Dubdem Soundsystem & Mapuchedub posted a clip on their site from Word Sound Power :The Bant Singh Project  .This is a dub righteous project whiich among other things uses poetry and music as it focusses on some of the often unspoken about  injustices in India. They have an excellent website word sound power and it  is  well  worth checking out  ! On the site you can learn more about dub conscious  musicians  like Delhi Sultanate. Well as the dub would flow we just received a remix that Dr Das has done for the track “Into The Fire :The Bant Singh Project” .Its an astounding  dub tornado of a remix with massive bass  and maximum impact !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And finally …last but not least the video that has been the subject of most of this post ” Brothers and Sisters” by Deeder Zaman.This is a special mix Deeder made just for our IR 25 Dubversive album.Special big up to Deeder for all the dub work he did so tirelessly  in Brasil bringing the subject of Galdino into public consciousness.Now if you are wondering how this video filmed & edited  in Ethiopia   got on to the internet..well its classic IR dub , people in different countries working across the enormous digital divide , dub relaying files , messages , materials across borders .Special dub shout out to Sister Dub, Mapu,Tapedave ,Dubdem, Jahteecha & Senor Acai.For those of you outside of Brasil who agitate on behalf of Galdino and wonder what impact your actions have ..well we came across an interesting passage from the leaked cables released by Wiki leaks .The American embassy in an assessment of Brasilian foreign policy wrote that internally the Brasilian government was highly sensitive about how their actions in regards to their indigenous populations and the Amazon were percieved internationally ……It is our hope that this video will be broadcast on Ethiopian national television …..now does Brasil have an embassy  in Ethiopia which is the country that is headquarters for many very important African political organisation ? YES IT DOES ……..nuff said.

DARREN’S DUBVERSIVE VIDEO FOR “LUANA” WHERE SOLOMON ISLANDS SINGERS MEET SOY SOS IN A SONG FOR CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

It’s an unfortunate reality but throughout the world there seems to be an epidemic of abuse and total disrespect for the human rights of children….a quick glance around the world confirms this ..wether it be child slavery /trafficking and adoption abuse in Haiti or the exploitation of street children in Egypt by the police and military among others….the list seems endless.. [ Check out a great post on ear conditioning blog on recent events in Egypt by D.Wattsriot here ] The track” Luana “ from the “IR 25 Dubversive “ album is a song that addresses the human right abuses suffered by children the world over. The vocalists are indigenous singers from the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific and include longtime IR conspirator Tohununo who collaborated previously with ace producer Soy Sos on the IR twelve inch vinyl IR 22 “Routes To Roots”.Super dub intuitive producer Soy Sos is at the mixing board helm for this mix creating a pasifika roots reggae track backed by a crew of talented musicians.Soy Sos always amazes us with his ability to reach out across the internet to musicians in   a distant part of the world and just tap perfectly into the right vibe needed for that particular collaboration. Video maker Darren has created a very touching and moving video that mixes social commentary with his own unique visual treatment style.Darren is part of a growing network of IR conspirators in different parts of the globe generously contributing their time and creative efforts to add some much needed dubversion to this planet .In that vein we would like to welcome another IR conspirator in the shadows Bambu Dub in the Oceania region who is assisting us in getting the music and the message to the dub folks in the South Pacific and elsewhere… Dis fala vidio hem wanfala padifik rege  ”luana “song wea hem askim rispect fo oketa raets blo oketa pikinini. oketa singas from solomon aelan oketa sing insaet lo this wan and dis fala song hemi bin plei lo reidio hawai ana u.s.a.

JURG’S LOVELY INTERVIEW WITH ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION AS THEY LAUNCH ” HISTORY OF NOW”ALBUM & MENTION GALDINO

A really lovely interview done by Jurg with Chandrasonic and Sanjay Tailor of Asian Dub Foundation in Paris as they launched their new album” History Of Now ” in France…. the insights into the studio spontaneity that lead to songs like “Naxalite ” are wonderful to listen to ..and among things in the interview they discuss collaborations with I.R including ones we did with them with on  Galdino  and with Assatta Shakur as well as some of our dub co conspirators like Dr Das, Ramjac and Underground Resistance

An IR mural done by Colombian artist Chite Yarumo in Candelaria District ,Bogota ,Colombia to mark the release of our “IR 25 Dubversive” album.If you look closely below Galdino’s name in the center mural , you will see written ” La Tierra No Es En Venta” which translates means” The Land is Not For Sale’ a deliberate reference to the musical track of the same name IR did with Asian Dub Foundation and the activists of Atenco .Mexico .ADF has included a brand new version of this track on their new album and soon IR will be releasing a new double A Side release ” Land is Not For Sale /Ivere” which will feature a Ramajc remix , and an original Asian Dub Foundation unreleased vocal mix done in Jamaica alongside
the Soy Sos .Christiane D & Olovotu track” Ivere..” a trak about enviromental devastation .

Con motivo del lanzamiento del trabajo de Asian Dub Foundation titulado “La historia de ahora” en Francia, se llevo a cabo una entrevista muy amena realizada por Jurg con Chandrasonic y Sanjay en París…. las visiones interiores espontáneas que se generan dentro del estudio y que conducen  canciones como “naxalitas” son maravillosas para escuchar .. Durante la entrevista se habló sobre las  colaboraciones con Indigenous Resistance  incluida la que hicimos sobre Galdino y con Assatta Shakur, así como algunos de nuestros compañeros conspiradores dub como el Dr. Das, Ramjac y Underground Resistance
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El mural IR realizado en colaboración con el artista Chite Yarumo en el barrio la Candelaria de Bogotá Colombia,  fue con motivo del lanzamiento del álbum “IR 25 Dubversive”. Si se  fijan bien, debajo del nombre Galdino, podrás ver escrito ” La Tierra No Esta en Venta “, que traduce: “The Land is Not For Sale” y que a su vez es una  referencia  a la pista musical del mismo nombre que  IR desarrolló con Asian Dub Foundation y los activistas de Atenco -México.olhar amais fotos de  murale aqui http://www.dubreality.com/dubversive.html   ADF ha incluido una nueva versión de esta canción en su nuevo álbum y pronto IR lanzará un cd neuvo con titulo  ”la tierra no está en venta / Ivere”, que contará con un remix Ramajc, un original de Asian Dub Foundation  y un mix vocal hecho en Jamaica, con la participación de Soy Sos y la pista  ”Ivere” de Christiane D + Olovotu…” Un pista que trata sobre la devastación del medio ambiente

RAMJAC & DR DAS ‘S DUBVERSIVE DRUM N BASS DRIVE IR TRAKS

Dr Das mogelling a Dubdem design : photo by Ramjac done in V.U lab

Dr Das ‘s militant basslines and remixing abilities have been an integral part of IR from the very beginning of IR .

The first IR release was a blue twelve inch vinyl record with an extensive information foldout on the situation of indigenous people in Brazil.It was given free to the public and distributed around the city of Rio De Janeiro in Brazil by Zumbi in his handrawn cart. His cart drew widespread attention for the image of an indigenous person crying tears of blood that was spray painted on its front by carioca grafitti artist Bragga .

This vinyl record featured a Dr Das remix of an UR ( Underground Resistance ) trak that was a result of an IR collaboration with the Krikati people of Brasil.

Later on IR took this collaboration to another creative level by having legendary Jamaican dubmeister Steven Stanley dub up the mix in Jamaica ; creating a historical musical meeting between Detroit electro and Jamaican dub music. Interestingly during the mixing session Steven Stanley, a former Compass Point engineer who mixed classic Black Uhuru dub albums kept commenting on Dr Das basslines saying “ this bass player is too wikkid! ”

One of the mixes from that session can be found on the IR 25 Dubversive cd  [ available here ]The album also features another Dr Das remix for IR “ Sacred Power :The Dr Das Ragga mix” a track which features the Cree traditional singing of Jimmy Dick from Canada alongside vocals from Tohununo from the Solomon Islands. This remix and youtube video [watch here] for this mix elicted such a positive response espcially from indigenous youth  that we decided it deserved a place on the Dubversive cd.

Ramjac mogelling a Dubdem design photo by Dr Das

Dr Das ‘s bass can also be heard on the “Dubversive” album track “Galdino 2010 :The Adrian Sherwood Karaoke Mix feat Deeder Zaman” and on “Continue To Fight ;Ramjac’s Gloriously Funky Mix”.

Ramjac is another longtime IR collaborator.This ace percussionist, programmer, dj [You can listen to his internet radio station here ] and audio engineer in addition to creating tracks for IR like “ Sacred Land :Ramajc’s F**k Babylon Mix”has also contributed some invaluable mastering & audio engineering for IR .Conversations with folks like “Mad Mike” founder of the radikal Detroit techno outlaws Underground Resistance keyed us in from early on about the importance of mastering . At one of the first meetings IR had with “Mad Mike “ he hooked up his keyboard and proceeded to give us a lesson in the science of frequencies and how they can elict certain emotions. Mad Mike knows his frequencies !!!! He also knows and values how a good mastering engineer can contribute to making a great sounding record.UR records were mastered by the late Ron Murphy who really made an important contribution to the art of making fantastic sounding dance floor vinyl that could be played loud without distortion.The first IR 7 inch a record which was done for theWest Papua Independence movement which  featured Dr Das ,Sun J and Adrian Sherwood among others ;was mastered by Ron Murphy and it was truly an eye opening experience working with him.Ramjac has done some amazing mastering work for IR espcially on the series of 7 inch vinyl records IR did in Jamaica.In particular on the traks featuring Senegalese percussionists that were recorded live in Senegal under very technically challenging circumstances. Ramjac’s mastering and editing made a really significant positive difference and enabled us to put out a great sounding 7 inch record. Ramajc’s engineering abilities can also be heard on the Dr Das solo cd “ Emergency Basslines “ and he also plays live percussion alongside Dr Das in the Emergency Basslines live shows. His contribution to the Dubversive album” Continue To Fight “ which showcases his percussive abilities really lives up to its title of being gloriously funky !!!!!Currently Ramajac is putting the finishing touches to a remix of the IR/Atenco Activists/Asian Dub Foundation collaboration “ This Land Is Not For Sale “ Stay tuned for more on this !!!!!!

These photos of Dr Das and Ramjac with some Dubdem designs were taken in the Visionary Underground lab …..Dubly Dave has done some cool visual remixes of photos from those sessions ..you can check them here…..also worth giving a listen to is the soundcloud page of Dr Das [ here]for some traks that mix dub , noiz and silience & of course….militant basslines !!!!!!

DUBVERSIVE NEW VIDEOS

A new video for the track ” Galdino ..Truth Is What We Need Dub .. A Delroy “Fatta” Pottinger Dub Mix”.

Affable dubmaster  Delroy “Fatta” Pottinger   created this dub mix of a Sawandi composition at Anchor studio in Kingston ,Jamaica . The mix took place in an atmosphere enhanced by the dub presence of Sawandi’s 5 year old daughter Sade playing in the studio at the same time ‘ Fatta” was weaving his mixing magic . Seemingly effortlessly “Fatta” skilfully reeled off various gorgeous dub mixes that brought to the foreground Sawandi’s distinctive ethereal synth playing .This mix entitled” Galdino.Truth Is What We Need Dub” can be found on the cd ” IR 25 Dubversive ” .The accompanying video  is a visual dub mix that  attempts to communicate some of the feelings and mood behind the music.For that reason Jah 9 and Tapedave ‘s lyricals are matched to events like the tragic deaths in the fire at Armadale Correctional facility in Jamaica [ read more about Armadale here on the Mothers Of The World Blog ]  .The video itself spotlights various pieces of street art in different parts of the  world that IR coordinated to remember the murder of the indigenous Pataxo activist Galdino Jesus Dos Santos in Brasil.
In the early part of video there are images of indigenous writers, poets, artists, computer programmers , teachers  at a gathering in Brasil. As you can see from the images they are joyful exuberant vibrant folks ,happy to be in one another’s company . In Brasil and in many parts of the world there is so much emphasis on the image of indigenous people as dead or dying and while this video itself is built around the murder of an indigenous man; we wanted to balance this out by showing some images of vibrant indigenous people and the resilience and resistance that signifies. Also in Brasll itself you dont usually  see images like these of indigenous people in the media. Indigenous people are usually just shown only living in the jungle with bows and arrows ,painted up and not much else.The reality is that IR  has met indigenous people living  in practically  every major urban city in brasil and  in alot of smaller urban municipalities also.  The Brazilian media doesn’t usually  show the indigenous people who are writers ,poets, programmers, hackers etc
In this visual mix you will also be seeing a host of street art, posters and photograghy done by dubversive artists like Dubdem, Gaya dub, Labomb, Fabdub , The Ghost ,Chite Yarumo and others in the shadows…. When the mainstream media tries to suppress the truth about certain events and issues ; IR likes to take to the streets and communicate our point of view there .In this video you will also see photos of Sawandi and Dutty Bookman done by a very talented Jamaican photogragher Saybriya Simon ..we were dubbed out  awhile back when we came across this piece of work of hers entitled ” The Trinity Gathering ” check out her great photo here

In the course of the global movements of IR we come across individuals
who though extremely modest in personality and low key in demeanor , simply strike us has having great clarity of thought and subversive/ dubversive potential .One of these individuals is a Jamaican writer & thinker Dutty Bookman.IR follows his blog Duttyism .Recently on his blog he wrote a piece on IR and some of the Jamaican performers highlighted in the aforementioned Galdino Dub video …but for us the real gem inside this dub beautiful piece of writing [ which you can read here ] was the revelation that Dutty had read in public an excerpt of an IR publication ” IR 9 Indigenous& Black Wisdubs” A book which presents both Black & Indigenous philosophy and political thought .
Jamaica like many countries has suffered heavily from the duplicity of politicians / political parties who have pushed certain babilonian definitions of power as a motivation/justification for countless misery inducing actions. They don’t take too kindly to those who challenge their point of view.So for us its particularly subversive for us to watch Dutty choose to read a section of indigenous philosophy from IR9 to a live audience in Jamaica that not only profoundly and radically challenges these concepts of power but is powerfull because at the moment it is so obviously relevant to the context of Jamaica.
His reading in this video not only strikes a chord with those who know intimately the context of Jamaica but IR has already received comments from indigenous people in Chile and activists in Brasil
who have written saying they feel the reading is ” amazing ” and who think it is dub courageous and impressive in the manner in which he made the link between indigenous philosophy and the on the ground situation in Jamaica . You can see him reading from IR9 Wisdubs in the second half of this video its well worth the wait .