BRAIN DAMAGE DUB SESSIONS feat SIR JEAN (maxi LP)

Description

For the past ten years, Martin Nathan and Raphaël Talis have been producing very personal music, a cross-sectional approach to dub, from its origins to its most contemporary forms. Founders of the French dub scene that exploded during the 90s alongside High Tone, Kaly Live Dub, Improvisators Dub, and Zenzile, the duo nevertheless appears more "cerebral," with a dark and tortured touch that tempers their "electric" side. This is evidenced by their first 5-track EP, *Bipolar Disorder*, followed by their first album, *Always Greener*, which logically confirms the duo's uniqueness. In parallel, Brain Damage collaborated, for one album, with the propagandists of English dub, Alpha & Omega, then a variety of prestigious collaborations: Disciples, Scorn, Zion Train, Lab°, Spectre, proving their aura on the international stage. In 2004, still combining instruments and machines, Brain Damage reconnected with the "vocal dub" spirit of the pioneers through the superb *Ashes To Ashes / Dub To Dub* released by Hammerbass. This approach culminated with the successive releases of *Spoken Dub Manifesto* and *Short Cuts*, two conceptual albums with a plethora of prestigious guests such as Black Sifichi, Mark Stewart, Sam Clayton, Hakim Bey, Emiko Otta, Giovani "Subtitle" Marks, propelling Brain Damage to the firmament of experimental and mutant dub. "Brain Damage once again brilliantly shakes up our somewhat formatted minds, and proves that electro dub has not yet fully revealed itself." - Bokson