Electric Lion´s Den: Dub-and-Bass-infected Mixtape Culture

Dubpub 2009: Your Musical Right - the Switch Docta Pre-Selection

This was my pre-selection for this party. A musical journey, from Ska to Dub. Strictly vinyl. For those who enjoyed the ruff-cut: This one is the final master mix. For all of you: Never miss a Dubpub show !! Click HERE to have a look at the upcoming shows. Thanks to Soul Vendor and the whole Dubpub crew.

So here´s the playlist:

1. Sir Harry - Musical Rights 03:06
2. Alton Ellis - Dance Crasher 02:33
3. Prince Buster - Madness 02:38
4. Specials - Message to you Rudie 02:47
5. John Brown - Easy Dreadlocks 02:42
6. Sound Dimension - Soul Shake 02:22
7. King Tubby and Aggrovators - Dub Place 02:24
8. Jimmy Lindsay – Ain´t no Sunshine 02:50
9. Horace Andy – Ain´t no Version 02:23
10. John Holt - Love I can feel 03:33
11. Dillinger - CB200 02:34
12. Big Youth - Jamming in the Dance tonight 03:32
13. Niney - Bring the Kutchie come 02:39
14. Junior Delgado - Sons of Slaves 03:23
15. Max Romeo - One Step Foreyard 03:42
16. Jacob Miller - Stop them Jah 02:39
17. Restless Mashaites - King cf Kings 03:54
18. Junior Delgado - Turn him over Version 04:02
19. Macka B - Unemployment Blues 03:18
20. Shabba Ranks - Roots and Culture 04:30
21. Lady Saw - Sycamore Tree 03:30
22. Cobra – Gundolero Version 01:55
23. Sly Dunbar feat. Chris Birch - Wake the town Version 03:08
24. C.K.B. feat. Bob Marley - Sun is shining (extended Mix) 05:42
25. the Streets - Let's push things forward (Zed Bias Vocal Mix) 05:33
26. Matic feat. M.T.C. - Why do the wicked ones rule 04:43
27. Sabres or Paradise - Wilmot 06:07
28. Digital Bled - Dub do Pardal Maluco (Burning Sheep Radto Edit) 03:02
29. dZihan and Kamien - Ocean Air 05:45
30. Black Starliner – Low BMW 02:37
31. Indian Ropeman - Dog inside the Piano (Champion Sound) 04:29
32. Earthtribe - Rudeboy 07:48
33. Dubbit - Everything looks quiet 04:45
34. Red Beat - More or less cut. 03:54
35. Bad Brains - I and I Survive Dub 05:35
36. LKJ - Bass Culture 05:49
37. LKJ - Cultural Dub 03:29

Artwork and Selektion by Switch Docta. Made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. March 2009

 

BassReflex 2009

Many moods of bass. Traditional and futuristic. From Dub to Reggae, from Dubstep to Dub. Reflections of the future, echoes into the past. So here´s the playlist:

1. Intro 00:08
2. Version Big-Fi - Top Of The World (Big-Fi Dub) 05:07
3. Femi Kuti- Eregele (Seven Dub Mix) 04:59
4. Baroquedub feat. Ranking Joe - Bad bwoi sound 04:14
5. Extended Spirit - Sista Riddim 04:25
6. Brass, Wood and Wires - Dub it to Death 07:01
7. Hornsman Coyote - Return of the Warriors 04:15
8. Wood In Di Fire - Dead Dog Dub 05:59
9. Togetha Brotha SoundSystem - Fire a burn Dub 07:03
10. re.dub - 'pon dem Dub 06:39
11. Rusko - Jahova 04:44
12. Muph - Earthquake 04:57
13. Dub In The Pub - Lovy Dub 03:00
14. Jahtari Riddim Force - Farmer in the Sky 04:09
15. Urb Sergeant - High Karate 04:39
16. Roots Ista Posse - RootsRockersDub 03:53
17. Italik Dubree - Transformation p2 03:54
18. Outro 00:14

Artwork and Selektion by Switch Docta. Made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. March 2009.

WordSound: prepare for freedom Vol.4

The last part of my WordSound saga. Compiled from the last CDs this label released. Collect them all and check out WordSound Digital stuff. Sorry, playlist will follow ! Artwork and Selektion by Switch Docta. Artwork based on original album covers. Made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. April 2009.

WordSound: prepare for freedom Vol.2

The next step into the WordSound universe, featuring, among others, Bill Laswell, Style Scott, Sensational and the Bug! Taken from the WordSound releases 15 -26. So here´s the playlist:

1. EOE - Slow Bleed (taken from: Equations of Eternity) 05:47
2. Ebn E Sync - Sorrood (taken from: Ebn E Sync) 05:34
3. Slotek - Electric Soul Controller (taken from: 7) 05:06
4. the Bug - Amy (taken from: Tapping the Conversation) 03:36
5. Scarab - Seekers of Truth (Tulab el Haqq) (taken from: Secrets of the Past and Future) 05:44
6. HIM - Twirling Dub (taken from: Interpretive Believe System) 05:57
7. Bill Laswell & Style Scott - Radioactive Dub (taken from: Inna Dub Meltdown) 07:17
8. Sensational - Bonus Track (taken from: Loaded with Power) 03:22
9. Spectre - King Cobra in the Temple of Smoke (Remix by Free Time feat. King Kobra) (taken from: Shake the Nations) 03:40
10. Spectre - Revelations (taken from: The Second Coming) 03:08
11. Unipod Particles - Last Flight (taken from: Subterranean Hitz Vol.2) 04:24
12. the Weakener - Pinging (taken from: What do You Know about it) 08:02

Artwork and Selektion by Switch Docta. Artwork based on original album covers Made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. February 2009.

WordSound: prepare for freedom Vol.1

Remember the early nineties, when the dark and powerful force of WordSound-I-Power raised from the dungeons of Crooklyn! The unique blend of arabian sounds, dark electronics, Dub, Funk and HipHop. Bass-loaden, majestic and suprising. This is the first of four parts. All trax taken from the original cds. Except the Intro they were released on WordSound label. So get ready and  ....prepare for freedom!! So here´s the playlist:

1. WordSound - Intro (taken from: Live from the planet Croocklyn) 02:16
2. WordSound - Youthman (taken from:The Red Shift) 04:44
3. Scarab - Wa al Salaam (taken from:Scarab) 00:25
4. Automaton- Painless Steel (taken from: certified dope, vol. 1) 06:18
5. Qaballah - The Conquerer (taken from: Dub in Fusion) 06:33
6. the Seshambe Project - Track 03 (taken from: the Seshambe Project) 04:41
7. Spectre - Evil Dub (taken from: The Illness) 03:44
8. Dubadelicc - Wet Sprocked Rock (taken from: 2000- A Bass Odyssey) 05:31
9. Roots Control - Theme from Dread Western (taken from: Dread Western) 05:14
10. Dr. Israel - Deborah (taken from: 7 Tales of Israel) 06:00
11. Prince Paul - Drinks (Escapism) (taken from: Psychoanalysis (What is it -)) 02:44
12. O.H.M. - The Mistery of Senior Sanchez (taken from: Grounded to the Inner Current) 02:55
13. crooklyn dub consortium - Wolf Dub (taken from: certifed dope vol.2) 05:42
14. Prince Charming - Stroboscopic Searchlights sweeping Tidepools of Parasites (taken from: Psychotropical Heatwave) 03:36
15. The Ill Saint presents - Inner Beein (taken from: Subterranean Hitz Volume 1) 04:17

Artwork and Selektion by Switch Docta. Artwork based on original album covers. Made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. December 2008.

Massive Attack: Blue like neon Vol.4

So this is finishing part of my Massive Attack project. Like before: Remixes and standards meeting artists like Soul II Soul, Horace Andy, Mad Professor or Sinéad O'Connor.... So here´s the playlist:

1. Feelin free live rap - Soul II Soul (Backing vocals by Massive Attack)
2. Mustt Mustt (Massive Attack Remix) - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
3. Light My Fire (Live) - Massive Attack
4. Heat miser / Weather storm - String Vindaloo / Massive Attack
5. Man next door - Massive Attack
6. False Flags - Massive Attack
7. Incantations - Massive Attack feat. Horace Andy
8. Opening Title / You´ve never had a Dream - Massive Attack
9. Inertia Creeps - String Vindaloo
10. End Titles - Massive Attack
11. Two Rocks and a Cup of Water - Massive Attack
12. Future Proof - Massive Attack
13. It´s All Good (produced by Massive Attack) - Sinéad O'Connor feat. Damien Dempsey
14. Black Melt - Massive Attack feat. Elizabeth Fraser
15. Group Four (Mad Professor Remix) - Massive Attack
16. Butterfly Caught (Paul Daley Remix) - Massive Attack
17. Be Thankful for What You've Got (Perfecto Mix) - Massive Attack
18. Back - She Comes - Massive Attack
19. The Academy - Massive Attack

Selektion (December 2006) and artwork (July 2008) by Switch Docta. Made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany.

Hart an der Grenze - rebel music inspired by the novel

The titel of novel by Norbert Himme´s "Hart an der Grenze" can be translated in different ways. It could be read as "Close to the edge" or as "Strong at the frontier". The story is about a rebel punk rock youth in the late seventies / early eighties of the last century. It´s about a life on the boring country side of West-Germany. A life between books, music und rebellion. Rebellion against the "normal" live and the downpressing society. And, of course, against the growing power of a nuclear industrie. Reading the book, you´ll find a lot of music between the lines, it was the soundtrack of these times. (Click here and read some lines (in German))The author, a good friend of mine, asked me to mix down an extraction of this sounds. So here it is. And here´s the playlist:

1. Harry Belafonte - Angelina 03:55
2. Dillinger - Funky Punk 05:41
3. the Clash - The Magificent Seven 05:22
4. Eddy Grant - Living on the Frontline 05:56
5. the Beat - Whine and Grine Stand Down Margaret 03:36
6. the Ruts - JAH war 06:51
7. the Clash - Revolution Rock 05:34
8. Toots and the Maytals - Revolution 03:28
9. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Fite dem Back 04:20
10. Scientist - Seconds Away 03:06
11. Scientist - Upper Cut 04:08
12. Scientist - One - Two 03:05
13. Lee "Scratch" Perry - I am a Madman 05:38
14. Black Uhuru - Youth of Eglinton 04:27
15. Black Uhuru - Youth 03:36
16. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae fi Peach 02:37
17. Bob Marley - Redemption Song. 03:49

Artwork and Selektion by Switch Docta. Artwork based on a photo by Günter Zint (Thanks for sharing !!). Click here and find more photos of Günter Zint!! Made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. Dezember 2008.

Dubmotion: the all sessions

This one was recorded at the Berlin Culture Centre "All" in the year 2000 and was released on a small number of tapes. It was a female project including Sister Baba on the decks, Mrs. Melody playing the melodica and Sister Ifua playing the percussion. Overdubed in the studio by the all-massive. I was lucky to find one of the tapes, that is still working (I beg your pardon for the sound quality). And the playlist got lost, too. But check the artists and you can be shure to get a really good blend of Dub, Ambient and Reggae. So here´s the "playlist":

1. High Priest 04:43
2. Aba Shanti-I 04:08
3. Messenjah 03:50
4. ? 02:40
5. I-Shensound 04:27
6. Sabres of Paradise 06:04
7. Manasseh 03:49
8. Stoppa and Nobby 04:05
9. Dr. Israel 02:45
10. Hempolics 07:31
11. Burning Bush 06:09
12. Vienna Dub Melange 05:40
13. Roots Control 03:31

Selektion by Sista Baba. Original recorded as an audiotape 2000. Artwork based on original tape cover (Dubmotion logo by Switch Docta). All digital rework made by Switch Docta at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. September 2008.

DJ Rudi Mental: `a deeper dub´ DUBSTEP SELECTION Vol.1

This one is a very special mixture. DJ Rudi Mental (aka King David) outa Berlin brings a perfect blend of heavy sounds, starting with a dub classic and then sliding into the deepness of the Dubstep abyss (never forgetting the DUB in Dubstep!). Thanks Rudi Mental. P.S.:Find out more about King David at http://www.myspace.com/kingdavidsoundsystem. Another Rudi Mental Mix is here: www.megaupload.com/de/?d=PJ5H8Q6A So here´s the playlist:

1. Lee Perry - Rubber rubber words
2. Disrupt - Foundation bit
3. Disciples - Jungle rmx
4. Juju - Message
5. Mundo & Lifted MC - Bring murda
6. EMU - Skylarkin´ dubplate
7. the Others - Hear dis Style
8. Scuba - Kontrafunk 003 rmx
9. the Others - Underworld
10. Crooked One - Annihilation
11. Mundo & Lifted MC - Burn it down
12. N-Type - Street justice
13. Mala - Forgive
14. Loefah - I rmx
15. 23Hz & Numaestro - Galleon Dub
16. Reso - Toasted

All work made by DJ Rudi Mental at King David ´s Summer 2007. Thanks again for sharing and Respect every time!

Cybersitars (Once upon a time from the East Vol.2)

By public demand: The second part of the Asian Underground tape. If you liked the first part, you will love this one, too. Again strictly vinyl, again rare and tasty. So her´s the play list:

1. Lelonek - Kizmet 04:58
2. Asian Dub Foundation - Buzzin (Dylan Rhymes Remix) 04:06
3. Khaled and Amar - El Harba Wine (State of Bengal Mix) 05:47
4. Black Star Liner - Fatta connection 05:06
5. Harissa - Ride (Badmarsh and Shri remix) 05:11
6. Juttla - Bullet 05:27
7. Digital Bled - Fonkarabic (Dub Do Pardal Maluco) 07:41
8. Shankar Experience and State of Bengal - Betelnut Productions ( DJ Ras Futus Remix) 09:00
9. Badmarsh - Jungle sitars 05:48
10. Joi - Deep Asian vibes (album version) 06:31

Inspired by Lu-Jah and Tuna. Respect every time. Call JAH by any name and he will answer! Selektion by Switch Docta. Original recorded as an audiotape July 2003 (created for Mrs. Melody with love). Artwork based on original tape cover. All digital rework made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. June 2008.

Under the Tree of Dub

Sitting under this tree you will find a hand selected bunch of music, from jazz-flavoured old school melodies to digital-spiced tunes. Most of them without vocals. All of them with a musical deepness. Meditate! So here´s the playlist:

1. Kaliroots - Soldiers of Dub 04:54
2. Dub Guerlla - Who's controlling whom 05:02
3. Cedric Im Brooks & The Light Of Saba - Ethiopia Tikdem 04:03
4. Dengue Fever - Ethanopium 04:28
5. Ras Amerlock - Farther East 05:20
6. Light Of Saba - Lambs Bread Collie 03:25
7. ? - Armagedon 04:01
8. ? - Eastern Rhythm 03:52
9. I-Plant - Run away 06:21
10. Meekman - Natural meeting dub part III 03:24
11. Calamalka - Hear The Most 03:40
12. Twilight Circus - The Groove 04:12
13. Boozoo Bajou - Son of Tupelo 05:10
14. U-Roy and Francois K - Rootsman Dub 05:14
15. Dino Dub - Jah Victory Dub 05:56
16. Jah Billah - Killah Dub 01:36
17. Baroquedub - Ghetto People Song (Extended Disco Mix) 07:24

Artwork and Selektion by Switch Docta. Made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. May2008. 

DubClub Berlin Opening Night: The Switch Docta PreSelection

Tunes from the Silver Age of Dub. All of them inna 1996 style (except the bonus track). All from the original vinyls. Conscious, independent, dubwise. So here´s the playlist:

1. Dub Syndicate feat. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Jungle (Disciples Remix) 06:07
2. Aba-Shanti-I - Positive Vibrations 04:37
3. Dub Ghecko - Love to the Power of each (Original Ghecko Mix) 04:23
4. I-Shensound - Heavy Dub 06:46
5. Iration Steppas meet Dubplate K - Mystical Warrior 05:06
6. the Disciples - Prowling Lion (version 1) 04:09
7. Bush Chemists - Earth Rockers 03:39
8. Revolutionary Dub Warriors - Squat 04:50
9. Dry and Heavy - Radical Star 04:38
10. Zion Train - Get ready 04:54
11. the Truth - Truth Theme (original vocal Mix) 03:59
12. the Rootsman - African style 06:24
13. Disciples and Rootsman meet Woodshed - Dubnut (Rootsman Mix 2) 04:57
14. Sofa Surfers - Sofa Rockers 04:41
15. Danny Red - Jailhouse Rocking 04:38
16. Starky Banton - I and I saw dem Comin 04:01
17. Israel Vibration - Cool and calm 04:18
18. Pablo Moses - The Spirit of JAH 04:13
19. Zebulun - Chant down Babylon 03:23
20. Pablo and the Upsetters - Lama Lava 04:08
21. Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves 03:42
22. Seeed - We seeed 06:21
23. Burning Spear - Farover 04:07
24. Prince Far I - Survival (Vocal) 04:54
25. Charlie Chaplin - One of a kind 03:31
26. Prince Far I - Survival (Dub) 05:11
27. Dry and Heavy - Rumble Dub 04:41
28. the Disciples - Faithfull man 06:41
29. Iration Steppas meet Dennis Rootical- Kilimanjaro 04:41
30. the Rootsman - Koyaanisqatsi (year 3000 style) 04:42
31. Alpha and Omega - Ancient African Dub 03:17
32. Misty in Roots - Poor and Needy (12" mix) 11:19
33. Fabolous Five - Ooh Aah (12" Mix) 06:25
34. BONUS: Fat Freddy´s Drop - Cay´s Crays (Blood & Fire versus Deep Sounds Remix) 05:33

Artwork and Selektion by Switch Docta. Made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. April 2008.

Turntablas (Once upon a time from the East Vol.1)

The first part of an 2 hour mixtape. A selection of some rare and kicking tunes from the time, when the blend of oriental musical sources and urban styles like Jungle, Dub and House got the name "Asian Underground". All tracks taken from vinyl-releases (including a lot of limited 12"s), some of them were never available on CD.



So here´s the playlist:

1. Massive Attack - Inertia creeps (State of Bengal Mix) 06:21
2. Krome Assasins - Return of the Shankar 05:30
3. Earthtribe - Rudeboy 07:52
4. Ges- E and Usemen - Dah-Din Beats 07:53
5. Sawt el-Atlas - Ne me jugetz pas (Transglobal Underground Combination Mix) 09:27
6. Cornershop feat. Justin Warfield - Candyman (Uptight remix) 05:50
7. Black Dog feat. Ofra Haza - Babylon (Scanner Aluminium Glue Mix) 04:41
8. Black Star Liner - Low BMW 02:36
9. Black Star Liner - Anna Drone 04:29
10. Equal-I - Equation 06:16

Inspired by Lu-Jah and Tuna. Respect every time. Call JAH by any name and he will answer! Selektion by Switch Docta. Original recorded as an audiotape July 2003 (created for Mrs. Melody with love). Artwork based on original tape cover. All digital rework made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. April 2008. Blessings, Switch Docta

Extra-Terrestrial Delays

Arthur C. Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) Clarke's most important scientific contribution may be his idea that geostationary satellites would be ideal telecommunications relays. He described this concept in a paper titled Extra-Terrestrial Relays — Can Rocket Stations Give Worldwide Radio Coverage?, published in Wireless World in October 1945. The geostationary orbit is now sometimes known as the Clarke Orbit or the Clarke Belt in his honour. "I sometimes think that the universe is a machine designed for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers." “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” So here´s the playlist:

1. Echo_TM - Intro
2. Dub Tractor - Mig selv
3. Jamie Woon - Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Mix)
4. Jahkob Guest Dub - Focused
5. Zenzile Sound System - Basstone
6. Rhythm & Sound - JahVersion
7. Kukan Dub Lagan - The Sound of the Sword
8. Burial - Archangel (8-Bit Boy Remix)
9. Smerins Anti-Social Club - Dr Who (Jah Humphrey Dub Mix)
10. Beam Up and Dj Delay - Suuluup
11. Echo_TM- Dub Culture (M - Version)
12. High Tone - Worse & worse (Dark Down Dub)
13. Dreadzone - The Warriors
14. Zenzile Sound System - Moon Landscape
15. Uptight People - The Maybe Tomorrow Dub
16. Zentone - Dub Invaders
17. Grievous Angel Vs Bill Withers - NoSunshine
18. Shannon O'Neill - Dry Dub

Artwork and Selektion by Switch Docta. Made at Electric Lion´s Den. Berlin-Kreuzberg. Germany. March 2008. Problems with downloading or/and listening? Push the buttons below and visit one of the archives: