The Dub Chieftain on Banjo, Programming, Mandolin, Keyboards and Guitar
Influences
Miles Davis, The Dubliners, The Stone Roses, King Tubby, The Happy Mondays, The Velvet Underground, The Flanagan Brothers, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, OMD, Simple Minds, The Doors, Farid Al Atrach, Tom Morrison, Khaled, Charles Mingus, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Prince Jammy, Patrick J Touhey, Joe Meek, Bruce Haack, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Sun Ra, Aphex Twin, 2 Unlimited.....er and all the musics i have ever listened more than once.
Sounds Like
Lately, This How I Lay Down The Shizzle:
I write a tune on the banjo then arrange a fruity electronic setting, adding keyboards, drums, bass and sometimes mandolin.
He started off playing blues guitar in the local theme pub circuit, and after teaching himself to play the banjo and keyboards he quickly graduated into the heady world of the home recording enthusiast.
It was whilst studying painting in Dundee, that he developed an idea that would consolidate his musical consciousness and lead to his greatest discoveries:
The Dub Grotto is a semi imaginary, meditative headspace.
Part Recording Studio, part Dreamscape, its here, where The Dub Chieftain receives his ideas.
These messages from The Dub Grotto interbreed with his interest in weird electronica, mythology, novelty records, circuit bending, improvised noise and traditional music to make what he affectionately calls: "tunes"
These days The Dub Chieftain is located in the south side of Glasgow and plays gigs on his own and with friends. He likes to meet up with people from the Internet and perform in other parts of the Britain and occasionally Europe.
jesus fuck a pig eddie, that drawing is so scarily like you its unreal! saw you a few weeks ago in mount florida, reckon you were prolly on your way to work, was far too hungover to even raise my head never mind shout on you! hope youre well
This will be the second coming of Christ. to Tronic, after his glorious appearance in the spring of 2007. Christ.'s talent for gliding intimate analogue synth sounds over delicate broken beats amid lush soundscapes and haunting vocal samples has established him as an Eno-esque downtempo master. Music beautifully simple and organic, very much outside the confines of modern electronica.
Like the prodigal son, Dextro returns to Glasgow in July to join Christ, Araya and The Lava Experiments in a night showcasing the best of Scottish electronic.
A night of live music not to be missed.
July 4th Blackfriars Basement 9m - 2am £6 / 8
Christ. [benbecula] Dextro [Gronland, Border Community] Araya [benbecula] The Lava Experiments [Antimatter]
Howz it going. Am playing in what could be my last gig in Glasgow on saturday. Am moving back to Bangalore end of next month. There is also One More Tune @ Blackfriars, which you could head to after the gig. Look forward to seeing u there.
Hey, I love your music. Saw you posting on thesession. org, when i saw the words "banjo" and "electronica" in the same sentence, i knew i had to listen...
How are you? So nice to hear your tunes again... I'm drinking a good old single malt whisky with friends and I was thinking of you, I don't know why... I hope to see you at Sonic Weekend 4!
Hey Chief!, how are you? Sorry to bother you, just wondered if you wanted to hear this remix I’ve done of the new Radiohead single? You can just click below. Any support would be amazing, there is until 1st May. Thanks loads and speak soon
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‘White Label Music’ is a London based record label and collective who specialise in exposing experimental electronic music. Responsible for the ‘Electronic Bible’ series, a compilation featuring tracks from Jarvis Cocker, Sonic Boom, Billy Ray Martin & Delia Derbyshire amongst others. Mixing this with a strong hand in the Scottish electronica scene this label is at the heart of underground electronic music across the UK.
In association with ‘White Label Music,’] TRONIC will be showcasing three live electronic outfits from north of the border, in a night of avant-garde, electronic tunage, not to mention a very special guest appearance from Ann Shenton – Add N To X (Mute)
Ann is co-founder of ‘White Label Music,’ a label that embraces all forms of experimental music, with this being a unique billing of acts which is not to be missed. For more on White Label Music www. myspace. com/spindlewood www. whitelabel-music. co. uk
TRONIC presents: White Label Music May 8th @ The Admiral Bar (72 Waterloo St. Glasgow) 9 – 2am
Respect! Very very cool stuff you have going on here. Love your myspace. Like it like it liiiiike it. Great taste and what flavour. Thanks for the add and your interest. I thought you might like to know that I have posted new videos for new fusion mixes. One that has just gone up is a radical combo of Rihanna with a dollop of Peter, Bjorn and John. Rebooted, filtered, animated, shaken, cut, pasted and smashed with a great hammer, deconstructed and turned into Young Folks with Umbrella. Another newey mixes Coldplay and Kraftwerk and if that's not enough there's a new tune called Scooby Mama which moulds Fun Lovin Criminals to a Scissor Sisters. There's more fusion mix foolishness on the myspace which is being updated with new tunes and vids regularly. Thanks again for the add and your interest. Love and Peace. Sex Dwarf. And remember...don't do genre.
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