Founded in 2001, the band has spent the last 10 years honing their craft on stage through headlining club tours across the country, supporting the likes of Antibalas, John Brown's Body, Easy Star All Stars, as well as providing the backing music for the legend of the scene Mr. Lee "Scratch" Perry on his tours throughout North America. Dub Is A Weapon's national debut record titled Vaporized (released on April 26, 2011 by Harmonized Records) has managed to bring all those experiences together in a studio effort that was recorded in the tradition of old jazz records: live in studio. "From the Black Ark days of Lee Perry to Tubby's Waterhouse dubs and discipleship of King Jammy, it's good to see that DIAW are carrying on the torch for dub fans worldwide. Vaporized not only exemplifies the evolution of dub but pays tribute to its history by retaining key characteristics that make quality dub music what it is." (Chuck Reinemann)
Press
"Bass and drum coming so hard and dangerous you can see the competition's bloodstains." - Village Voice
"A sprawling supergroup that combines the spacey atmospherics of dub with the brassy big-band soul of African pop." - New York Magazine
"Dub Is A Weapon charged ahead with overstated rhythms and a spiraling undulating sound that literally forced you to move or loose your balance." - Jambase
Recently serving as both opener and backing band of dub pioneer Lee "Scratch" Perry, the group recalls the grittier, hard-hitting sounds of Britain's Dub Syndicate. "I realize that most people's idea of dub is something that you sit on your couch and listen to while doing bong hits," chuckles Hahn, 32. "But I wanted to do something that would make people get up and dance-and something that was a little more confrontational." Mission accomplished. - Relix
Tour Dates
Fri May 13 - Virginia Beach, VA Record Release Party - The Jewish Mother, Norfolk, VA
Sat May 14 - Asheville, NC Record Release Party - The Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC
Thu Jun 09 - with Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - Met Cafe, Pawtucket, RI
Fri Jun 10 - Dub Is A Weapon LIVE! with Bedouin Soundclash - Higher Ground, S. Burlington, VT
Sat Jun 11 - with Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad - Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY
Management
Jeff Sackman
RB+M
jeffsackman@gmail.com
Booking for North America
Chad Denney
Nimbleslick Entertainment, LLC
chad@nimbleslick.com
Booking for UK / Europe
Jens Czopnik
Phonocaster Music
jens@phonocaster.com
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