Relight



Dubphonic is a dub/trip-hop trio born in 1999, in Paris, France. Dubphonic grew up in the magic forest of evergreen inspiration, but soon looked for a more urban location and set up in Chicago (America) for the recording of their first maxi single signed to Guidance Recordings. In those faraway times, the message was already clear: « War No More! » Back in Europe, a quick stop in Vienna to give a hand to Richard Dorfmeister (file under Tosca), charismatic leader of the experimental dub faction G-Stone. From the archives of those days, the Orozco (Dubphonic remix), originally released on Suzuki In Dub (G-Stone Recordings) made it on Smoke Signals. While riding on the night train from Vienna to Hamburg, the band – now a mobile resistance group - remixed Jah Jah Is A Guiding Star (Jah Jah is a compass) from veteran Linval Thompson. Delivered on arrival (platform 3), the remix was immediately mastered for Select Cuts From Blood & Fire Chapter 2 released by German label Echobeach. Then comes a rather weird period for the trio during which Ben entered the Betty Ford Clinic to cure a severe echo addiction while Alexis disappeared to record Alexkid’s first solo album (Bienvenida – F-Communications) and Stefane, in love with a beautiful Ethiopian girl, got lost in exile in Djibouti. But Dubphonic could not resist the call of the wild for too long and the trio reassembled to tour all around the world of France to support Japanese band Audioactiv and for some memorable solo performances. All means are good to fight evil… And that’s what keeps them going and that’s why Stéfane Goldman (guitar, subassophone, programming), Sylvian Mosca (guitar, 3-tones melodica, programming) and Alexis Mauri aka Alexkid (programming, old fashion reverbs, production) decided to finish Smoke Signals in a secluded recording studio in the city of lights. A few months later, during an excursion into the Northern Parisian suburbs, Dubphonic found shelter from a storm in the office of Hammerbass, pioneer of the Dub Federation For All, symbol of peace and universal cultural exception. And this is how these outskirts activists in a safe haven signed the band, before any major could reach for their chequebook. In their quest for transparency and respect of Mother Nature, Dubphonic sort out their domestic wastes at every creative step. Guaranteed free from GM ingredients, their music helps healing, brings back the beloved one, resolves money problems, gives self confidence, and also proves to be a perfect soundtrack for contemporary arts exhibitions. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.