This week my guest is Adrian Sherwood, the legendary dub producer from the south of England behind the On-U label and so many groundbreaking music projects. We talk a lot about those early days when Adrian was first immersing himself in music and about what it's like to release, distribute & hustle music as well as his work with unforgettable artists like Prince Far-I & Bim Sherman .. Adrian is a great guy with a unique perspective on music so sit back and enjoy his musical journey !   www.lifeindub.com www.vibronics.co.uk/ www.instagram.com/vibronicsdub

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Life In Dub #35 with Adrian Sherwood

This week my guest is Dub Creator, or DC as I have always known him. He is based in the Netherlands and many will know him for his excellent vocal and dub tracks he has produced for the King Shiloh label with artists like Lyrical Benjie, Peter Broggs & Earl 16 .. we talk about when we met 20 years ago, the MP3 digital music revolution and his studio work with many top class vocalists  .. enjoy !   www.lifeindub.com www.vibronics.co.uk/ www.instagram.com/vibronicsdub

Life In Dub #34 with Dub Creator

This week my guest is Earl 16 - Yabby You, Dennis Brown, Michael Rose, Lee Perry, King Tubby, Studio One .. if you want to find out about the hey day of Jamaican music production, you need to talk to someone who was right in the thick go tit and that’s Earl 16 singer, songwriter, entertainer and all round musical ambassador. We also talk about Leftfield, Dreadzone and Earl’s work beyond Reggae as well as his own Merge record label .. enjoy !

Life In Dub #32 with Earl Sixteen

This week my guest is Dan-I, the vocalist, producer and sound system operator from Northern Italy. Now known for his Imperial Sound Army Sound System, he started out as a singer and musician back in Italy, we have a really interesting chat about how things have developed in Italy, and what it takes to run a big Sound Sound System as well as his work with Alpha & Omega and much much more .. enjoy !!   www.instagram.com/vibronicsdub www.lifeindub.com/ www.vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #32 with Dan I

This week may guest is Mad Professor. We have been planning this interview since the start of the podcast, so it was great to finally get to talk about his life in dub. We get  some amazing insight into how he started out, the barriers he encountered, and the struggles he overcame at the start of an incredible career, as well as talk about his new book he is writing as well as tales of Jah Shaka, Sandra Cross and more .. Enjoy !!   www.instagram.com/vibronicsdub www.lifeindub.com/ www.vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #31 with Mad Professor

This week my guest is Liam from Partial Records. Partial is known for its well established track record in re-issuing great music that’s usually hard to get hold of, as well as some killer new productions. For this episode of the podcast, we decided to try something different, and look more deeply at some of these classic tracks that Partial have re-issued and learn more about what it's like to run a small independent reggae label specialising in vinyl .. enjoy !!   Podcast website : www.lifeindub.com/ www.instagram.com/vibronicsdub www.lifeindub.com/ www.vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #30 with Partial Records

This week my guest is Dixie Peach,  well known as vocalist and live performer, but in the interview we learn about his early days which were spent running & playing Sound Systems. We also get to hear about how his big tunes in the 1980’s like 'Pure Worries' & 'Tonight Is The Night' blew up and put him in the spotlight for the first time as well as his time with the Jah Tubbys Sound System & Label .. enjoy ! New Podcast website : http://www.lifeindub.com/ SCOOPS & Vibronics music for sale : https://vibronics.co.uk/shop/ https://vibronics.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/vibronicsdub https://vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #28 with Dixie Peach

This week my guest is Martin Campbell, a vocalist and producer with an unmistakable voice and musical style. Martin Campbell is a veteran singer with a direct link to the  Channel One Recording Studio in Jamaica. It was a real treat to get to know more about his hits like 'Wicked Rule' & Ignorance & Poverty' as well as growing up in Jamaica and so much more in this conversation ... enjoy !! New Podcast website : http://www.lifeindub.com/ SCOOPS Gold Disc Classics back in stock : https://vibronics.co.uk/shop/ https://vibronics.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/vibronicsdub https://vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #28 with Martin Campbell

This week my guest is Dennis Bovell, the Barbados born legend of reggae. From his early outings in Sound Systems in London way back in the 1970’s, through Matumbi, Linton Kwesi Johnson and beyond , few people have made such an impact on the world dub & reggae world as Dennis Bovell. As well as all these things mentioned, we talk about him writing the soundtrack for the film Babylon, and we get stuck into the ‘Small Axe’ TV series, New Podcast website : http://www.lifeindub.com/ SCOOPS Gold Disc Classics back in stock : https://vibronics.co.uk/shop/ https://vibronics.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/vibronicsdub https://vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #27 with Dennis Bovell

This week my guest is Brinsley Forde. Brinsley has played such a key role in the reggae & dub world, he starred in the film Babylon, he was front man & voice of Aswad and was hanging out with Bob Marley & The Wailers when they were living in London in the late 1970s. We hear about all this stuff and much more during this really interesting interview .. enjoy !! New Podcast website : http://www.lifeindub.com/SCOOPS Gold Disc Classics back in stock : https://vibronics.co.uk/shop/ https://www.instagram.com/vibronicsdubhttps://vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #26 with Brinsley Forde

This week my guest is Earl Gateshead, many of you will have caught Earl’s infectious reggae selections over the years, wether with Trojan Sound System, Reggae Roast or any of the other many many sessions he has played at during a career that has lasted over 40 years. Earl tells us about time spent with Big Youth and Sugar Minott as well as how he helped get Reggae into music festivals ... enjoy !!www.instagram.com/vibronicsdubwww.lifeindub.com/www.vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #25 with Earl Gateshead

This week my guest is Scientist. Welcome to one of the ultimate dub mixing legends ever ... in this interview I loved hearing about King Tubby and those magical early days in Jamaica when dub music was born. Its fair to say that Scientist has suffered at the hands of an unfair music industry that doesn’t respect dub mixing in the way it should, and we talk about this as well as Scientists own theories as to why Dub Music has grown to be such a powerful force in musicEmpire Soldiers : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nhMu1T7jYacGluLX5FQt9-_CrZV-a6dkYwww.instagram.com/vibronicsdubwww.lifeindub.com/www.vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #24 with Scientist

This week my guest is Neil from, King Shiloh Sound System, Amsterdam’s Healing of The Nations sound. Me & Neil have known each other a long time and we dig deep into his personal journey, that include talks about Yorkshire, Amsterdam and even Ethiopia. We had some technical issues with the recording, so about 20 minutes in we have to move over to the back-up recording, but please stay with it,  you’ll soon get adjusted and carry on enjoying the Shiloh story. www.instagram.com/vibronicsdubwww.lifeindub.com/www.vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #23 with King Shiloh

This week my guest is Solo Banton. Solo is a talented & charismatic performer, lyricist, producer, host & a great interviewer too (check old his Old Ragamuffin show to see what I mean). We get chance to find out how his life in dub started back in London, as a young child obsessed with Reggae Music & Sound Systems, we also talk about how Covid has messed the music industry up and about his future plans, we had a great chat .. hope you enjoy it !Solo Banton Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/solobantonofficial/Old Raggamuffin YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOrytMH740Ino089tzQw2bQwww.instagram.com/vibronicsdubwww.lifeindub.com/www.vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #22 with Solo Banton

This week my guest is Jamie Kibir La Amlak, we talk about his experience from a very early age of reggae music, speaker boxes and music making, We learn a lot about the Kibir La Amlak journey that started out in Southend, one of the great places for reggae sound systems in the UK, and amongst many subjects we talk about the Brazilian singing trio the Dawtas If Aya, with whom we have both worked.Kibir La Amlak Bandcamp : https://kibir-la-amlak.bandcamp.com/Kibir La Amlak Website : https://www.kibir-la-amlak.com/www.instagram.com/vibronicsdubwww.lifeindub.com/www.vibronics.co.uk/

Life In Dub #21 with Kibir La Amlak

Talking to people who live their lives in Dub & Reggae

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Life In Dub Podcast with Steve Vibronics

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