All Songs Written & Performed by Version Big-Fi
Produced by Tone396. Recorded at Big-Fi Studios.
Thanks to : Big Joe & Fay, Dee Sharp, Denise Darlington, Neil X, The Bleechers, Big Youth, Johnny Osbourne, Nitty Gritty, Scientist, Andy Capp, Garnett Silk, Big Toe’s Hi-Fi, Wayne Smith, Prince Jammy, Jah Stitch, Horace Andy, Dennis Alcapone & King Sporty.
This release finds Big-Fi in a more laid back mood exploring dub, reggae, dubstep & all things downtempo in the 11 tracks … held together with heavy drums, booming bass and dub echo’s to the front.
The band then set about the original tracks to take them even further down the spaced out road and the results can be found on the accompanying dub album Dub Collide Hybridize.
All Songs Written & Performed by Version Big-Fi
Produced by Tone396. Recorded at Big-Fi Studios.
Fresh from being nominated for “Best Dub Recording Or Album” at the 2008 Reggae Academy Awards in Kingston, Jamaica, Version Big-Fi’s 2nd album Crux Collide Hybridize is now available for download.
This release finds them in a more laid back mood exploring dub, reggae, dubstep & all things downtempo in the 11 tracks … held together with heavy drums, booming bass and dub echo’s to the front..
The band then set about the original tracks to take them even further down the spaced out road and the results can be found on the accompanying dub album Dub Collide Hybridize.
All Songs Written & Performed by Version Big-Fi
Produced by Tone396. Recorded at Big-Fi Studios.
Thanks to : Joe Gibbs, Ragga Twins, Cheech Marin, Will Smith, The Cast Of Babylon, I.Roy, David Essex, Hijak & Andy Capp.
Hailing from Reading in the UK, Version Big-Fi sound nothing like anything the city has ever produced. Putting classic songwriting aside, this twosome bring wired-up punk energy, super heavy reggae grooves and booming dub echoes to the forefront, as well as taking in influences as diverse and eclectic as King Tubby, The Clash, Massive Attack, Dreadzone, Joe Gibbs, Suicide, Scientist, Dead 60s, On-U Sound, Death In Vegas, The Specials, John Barry & Pop Will Eat Itself they have a foot firmly implanted in the 21st Century taking Dub forwards and upwards.
Version Big-Fi - Tone (beats/dubs) and Papa Sparks (bass/samples) - have been honing their radical assault since late 2006. Previously releasing 7 singles in the UK under the Dubtronic label, the bands first full-length studio album Everything But was produced at Big-Fi Studios in Reading.
2008 saw Version Big-Fi nominated for “Best Dub Recording Or Album” at the 2008 Reggae Academy Awards held in Febuary at the National Indoor Sports Centre, Kingston, Jamaica
In 2009 the band released a double album "Crux/Dub Collide Hybridize" along with the infectious "Hip Gahn Drop" single and are currently putting the finishing touches to their new album to be released later this year.
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