Tickets at Bozar

Dub Be Good To Me

In the fall of 2013 AB focuses on a new reggae sub-genre and its influence worldwide: dub. Just call it: the instrumental version of reggae. Dub came into being in 1968 – and so it's exactly 45 years old this year – thanks to the error (!) of one man: Osbourne Ruddock aka King Tubby. During the completion of a master tape, he accidentally forgot to mix the vocals into the whole. Dub (and versions aka instrumentals) was born. To honour this symbolic date, AB launches the series Dub Be Good To Me to provide an answer to the question: how (relevant) does dub sound in the year 2013?

Bozar Electronic Arts Festival

Bozar is collaborating with various partners for this 2nd edition of BEAF, not only the Elektra festival (Montreal, Can.) but also AB have committed to presenting the broader field of the digital arts.
What this means is that AB will take on the programming of the Terarken Hall on Saturday.
And what could be better, this year, than coupling BEAF with the Dub Be Good To Me project and so bring the current cream of dub-influenced electronic music to Brussels.

We'll be starting at 11:30 pm with a live-set from Bill Kouligas.
We know this Berlin-based Greek as, amongst other things, label boss of the prominent PAN (from which Lee Gamble and Helm are also to play at BEAF on this evening). He came into contact with post-punk, hardcore and new wave as a young guy, but is also a great fan of dub. Be sure to check out the Dub-mix he recently made for The Boiler Room.
At BEAF he will play a live set that will launch an attack on your legs. Prepare yourself for a set full of top electronica and deep basslines.

Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit.

We know Friedman from Flanger, his Nu Dub Players project, and his collaborations with the likes of David Sylvian. Liebezeit is the founding member and drummer / ‘human metronome’ of legendary German krautrock founders Can. Under the title ‘Friedman & Liebezeit’, they've just released their 5th album in the Secret Rhythms series and on it they again prove that they are still operating at great creative and artistic heights with their mix of circular rhythm and subtle electronica.

Next up are Terror Danjah vs. Champion: Clash Of The Titans

What’s in a name! London's Hyperdub label – brainchild of Kode9 and homebase to Burial – has dub in the blood and is living proof of the dazzling relevance of dub. Take a look at The Wire's Top 50 of 2012 and you'll see Hyperdub-artists like Laurel Halo, Dean Blunt, DVA and Cooly G adorning the upper regions. Terror Danjah (a grime icon in the London underground) joins forces with funky pioneer Champion, under the title ‘Clash of The Titans’. Diplo, Four Tet, Skream & Benga are fans.

After that, we dive deeper into the night with Deadbeat.

This Canadian artist (Scott Monteith to his friends) made a number of releases on labels like ~scape and Wagon Repair before starting up his own label Blkrtz (indeed, named after Lee Scrach Perry’s famous Black Ark studio) in 2010. He just happens to live in Berlin too. The music makes you think dark dub reggae drenched beats, digital dancehall and ambient dubstep and it goads you to new heights in this trip for legs and head.

The entire programme from Bozar Electronic Arts Festival can be found at: http://checkthis.com/beaf2013

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