Two years in the making, the 12 tracks on Coup D'Yah unleash the devastating bass-weighted sound which has become the recognized trademark of the crew's eponymous NYC club night (First Fridays at Love) and its blazing live sets. Coup spans a broad spectrum, from the dub-wise depths to dancefloor crushing bangers.
SS has carved a unique global footprint, leading with heavy ragga inflection, thick beats, wide basslines, and live organic instrumentation ranging from the drums and wind instruments of India to the marching horns of New Orleans. The album showcases the signature vocal talents of Zulu (Ghislain Poirier, DJ C), MC Coppa (Al Haca, Stereotyp) Napoleon Solo (Goonda NYC), and Sub Swara's own rising star Juakali (Sub Swara, Kush Arora, Pinch, D1 and more).
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What People are Saying:
-"The Sub Swara collective tosses a monthly party at Love, a club that boasts perhaps the clearest sound system in the city. That might account for the crew’s obsession with detail; Coup d’Yah is a sonically crystalline collection, with every drum hit sharp as a knife and each bassline deep as a canyon. But the real appeal of the album lies in the way it melds its dancehall and dubstep inclinations with Middle Eastern melodies, subcontinental percussion and ragga-style toasting into a spare, dark stew, with its precise arrangements keeping the focus on the funk."
-'Sub Swara deals with the most fascinating melt of sound - beats and bass laced with the elemental voice of Juakali...pure heaven...The Sub Swara mix was devastating - contender for mix of the year on the BBC Radio 1 show for real.' - Maryanne Hobbs, BBC Radio 1
-'The whole album is dazzling. Sub Swara manages to transfer the eclectic sounds of their New York club night to tape, bleeding and blending dubstep, ragga, dub, global elements and straight up dance music in a flawless manner that's always fresh, never stale. Their ability to fuse the dark with the subtle and danceable with the complex is a marvel' - Kid Kameleon, XLR8R Magazine
'If you're looking for one entry track into this sound, look out for Koli Stance, a masterclass in swirling subcontinental tablas and warping dubstep bass' - Blackdown, Pitchfork Media
'Electronica has been reinvigorated as barriers between fiercely guarded genres continue to come crashing down, whether it's Flying Lotus and Samiyam's messy marriage of hip hop and electronica or house, techno and electro collapsing in on each other. Sub Swara is a New York club night and label that's been running since 2005 and is frequented by pioneering producers such as Hank and Keith Shocklee of The Bomb Squad. Sub Swara's debut LP Coup d'Yah (Low Motion Records) showcases what the night and its collective of DJs, producers, vocalists and instrumentalists are about: the track Infiltrate floats filtered tablas over jagged two-step bass; the brooding Alabaster Dub places subcontinental horns and kathak classical dance rhythms with snares and dhols; Belgrade Riddim playfully chops up marching band brass with slinky percussion; Banga ties ragga to trampolining bassline; The Balance is rolling, fidgety bhangra-bashment; and Koli Stance morphs from hypnotic tabla-funk into a gnarly, stomping banger. Coup d'Yah is a clean sonic draw on Indian instruments, electronica, dub and dancehall but beyond that, it's 21st-century global basstronica. It sounds exceptionally fresh and relevant.' - Metro UK
Dhruva, It's "MamaSan", this is my new page for acting and modeling. I can't wait for you guys to come to L.A. - soon, yes! Love all the new trax. Blessings and Beats, -Sanyo
Friday night was complete BEDLAM! WOW! Thank you for putting out so much energy time after time and making each party better than the last. YOU ARE SO APPRECIATED!!!!
We got an invite to All Points West from a friend on the bill there and I just saw on your calendar that you're playing all three days. My week is off to a great start.
Vah vah vah! Love the new stuff you're putting out there. Lookin' forward to the next time you're out on the West Coast! Have fun in Iceland and playing with Moby in Europe! Hugs, Jen
here's the review i promised i'd post. i dunno if you have heard or are familiar with the metro newspaper (which is a free london newspaper). anyway, they published a review of coup d'yah yesterday in the metrolife section. thought you might want to read what they had to say. sadly, there's no post on the metro website (metro. co. uk) and since i don't have a scanner, i'll have to type the review out below:
metro/friday/june 27/08 "Electronica has been reinvigorated as barriers between fiercely guarded genres continue to come crashing down, whether it's Flying Lotus and Samiyam's messy marriage of hip hop and electronica or house, techno and electro collapsing in on each other. Sub Swara is a New York club night and label that's been running since 2005 and is frequented by pioneering producers such as Hank and Keith Shocklee of The Bomb Squad. Sub Swara's debut LP Coup d'Yah (Low Motion Records) showcases what the night and its collective of DJs, producers, vocalists and instrumentalists are about: the track Infiltrate floats filtered tablas over jagged two-step bass; the brooding Alabaster Dub places subcontinental horns and kathak classical dance rhythms with snares and dhols; Belgrade Riddim playfully chops up marching band brass with slinky percussion; Banga ties ragga to trampolining bassline; The Balance is rolling, fidgety bhangra-bashment; and Koli Stance motphs from hypnotic tabla-funk into a gnarly, stomping banger. Coup d'Yah is a clean sonic draw on Indian instruments, electronica, dub and dancehall but beyond that, it's 21st-century global basstronica. It sounds exceptionally fresh and relevant." -Rahul Verma
lovely sounds.heard of your stuff via checking out juakali's page one day and then through beatport.
belgrade is definitely lovely, especially when the drop comes.a new fave of mine. it's nice too that you've given more details on each track on your site.
Oooo, I'm LOVING "Insh'allah"! Reminds me of sunrise at Burningman, hearing the right beats at the right time, in the right place with the right person, or just loving the SELF, as the sun emerges on the horizon, aaaaahhhh. Thanks so much for all your newness on this ever-new day. And on a different subject . . .for a tragically truthful laugh, peep this political satire clip, http:www. imvotingrepublican. com. I figured YOU would appreciate the way art imitates life. Sad, funny, scary and true all at the same time. Enjoy. Blessings and Beats, -MamaSan
