Ciao Creation Stepper ∞

Willi Stepper a.k.a Creation Stepper is gone this Monday 17th of November, 2009 in an hospital in South West of London. He was a singer with a very distinctive voice. A very sweet and melancholic voice.
He had started is career as vocalist in the beginning of the 1980's with the band Fred Locks & The Creation Steppers and the album "Love And Only Love" but Willi Stepper has mainly play with sound system in England such as Jah Tubbys, Dubateers or Keety Roots during the last 20 years.

discography
Love And Only Love (Tapir's Regal - Coxsone, 1982)
Treat Me Unkind (12" - Moa Anbessa, 1981)
Mount Zion (7" - Word, Sound And Power Music, 199?)      
Three In One (7" - Word, Sound And Power Music, 199?)
King Nebuchadnezzar (10" - Jah Tubbys, 2004)
Go Back A Yard / Dibby Crackhead (10" - Dubateers, 2007)
Judge Me / Adversary (10" - Conscious Sounds, 2007)

Dubalizer - Sub Existência ∞

I finally get time to listen Sub Existência the first album of a Brazilian dub producer called Dubalizer. Release published on the excellent net label Fresh Poulp Records.

For a first album, the result is rather good. The producer presents a dub music with lot of influences for a sound already quite mature. We can feel that Wagner Bagão a.k.a Dubalizer has probably some experiences and a rich background in music. By the way, it looks like he is a full musician. Actually, he plays all the instruments to create his own music: beats, bass and keyboards plus the dub's effects.
In end, Sub Existência presents a dub which mixes roots and electronics blended of latino flavours. By moment, a music which remember some masters of the UK scene and a sound more dance-hall influenced by other time.

Also, the album is rich in collaborations. Mainly with singers from the Brazilian scene such as Dom Lampa, the female singer Nell and Arcanjo Ras. The French dub producer Tsunami Wazahari proposes a version of Abra Sua Mente too.

tracklist
01. Miseros Talentos feat. Dom Lampa
02. Miseros Dub
03. Cosmunidade
04. O Tapa feat. Dom Lampa
05. Murro Dub
06. Abra Sua Mente feat. Nell & trumpet by Gutierrez
07. Dom Coragem feat. Dom Lampa
08. Ogum
09. Pare feat. Arcanjo Ras
10. Dub Is Eletronic Music
11. Soldiers Of Dub feat. Nell & Mc Bing Man
12. Salvia Divinorium
13. Abra Sua Mente (Tsunami Wazahari Remix)
14. Miseros Talentos (Stereo Dubs Remix)
length: 1:09:38

Dubalizer - Sub Existência
Fresh Poulp Records
release date: 2nd of November, 2009

the link to download the release
http://www.fresh-poulp.net/releases/fpr041
(RAR-file 175,3 Mb / tracks in MP3 @ 320 kpbs)

The Intergalactic Slapstick by Liquid Stranger ∞

Second album under the name Liquid Stranger for the prolific producer from Arizona (USA) Martin Stääf. After a first full album release in year 2007 and some releases with this scene name and a multitude of productions with other aliases, Liquid Stranger is coming back for "The Intergalactic Slapstick" on the label Interchill Records.

On this new album, the producer propose a dub music which is very own and composed of various influences. The sound of the record is before all inna psychedelic dub style. A very interesting sound. To this sound, Liquid Stranger has added in a very good way some influences from East Europe such as gipsy music or from India and tones from the native Indians of North America. Very nice.
Also, he added some drops of dubstep (but not some much, just enough). By this fact, the production varies and waves between a electro-dub chill-out and powerful tracks in the limit of drum and bass with a bit of stepper to spice the sound.

More, it appears three different singers too: Brother Culture for two pieces of pur electro rub-a-dub style, Warrior Queen for a powerful "Mutants" inna dubstep style (à la Undubground) and Deeyah for a song "goastep".
The result is a album very unique which could touch people who are more oriented electro music inna dub style.

tracklist
01. Hiding In The Morning Mist
02. His Fully Automatic Wheelbarrow
03. Dance On The Pettles Avoiding the Nettles
04. Soundboy Killa
05. Full Metal Jacket
06. Tantrum (feat. Brother Culture)
07. Dub Missile
08. Mutants (feat. Warrior Queen)
09. Rough Road (feat. Brother Culture)
10. Hexed and Perplexed (feat. Deeyah)
11. Bodily Needs
12. Lotus
13. Dew Point
length: 1:10:51

Liquid Stranger - The Intergalactic Slapstick
Interchill Records
date of release 16th of October, 2009

available
on Amazon.co.uk in CD format / MP3 format
on Amazon.fr in MP3 format