Outside Lands returns to San Francisco from August 5-7, 2022, brought to you by Another Planet Entertainment, Superfly, and Starr Hill Presents. Headliners include hometown pop-punk dynamo Green Day as well as rapper, singer, and songwriter Post Malone and recent GRAMMY winner SZA. The lineup is as dynamic and fruitful as ever with a perfect […]
In this special DUB edition of IRIE, we re-introduce you to three extraordinary DUB rebels who have taken a unique path to share their love for DUB and the beauty of what truly is DUB! Dubmatix Jesse King, aka Dubmatix, is Canada’s premier Dub & Reggae artist, producer, and JUNO Award Winner covering dub, reggae, […]
Playing bass has always been Arky Starch’s first love. Arky believes that the bass makes you dance or gets you into this hypnotic state which lifts us from reality and relaxes your soul. That’s what Good Dub Powa is all about, a good bass groove with enough variation on the instrumentation. Different delays and reverbs […]
Bang Bang (The Sweetest Dub) is a tribute to Sound System culture. DJ ́s and selectors competing in so called Sound Clashes who spins the best tunes and makes the crowd dance. Zoe Mazah is haling up her favorite music supported by Roots Reggae veteran Rob Symeonn whom´s engagement in the Reggae Scene is about […]
The sound of Future Dub Orchestra meets Dubmatix is a hybrid of “Cinematic Electronica” and “Leftfield Chill” deeply rooted in Dub, merging into lush vibes, low-end love, and atmospheric layers. Initiated by J.T. Clarke of FDO (Future Dub Orchestra) when he approached Dubmatix about doing a collaboration of two songs turned into an E.P. with […]
Our July 2022 edition of RELEASES is here and it’s strictly a DUB playlist. We’ve put together twelve trax that truly express the DUB life. This month’s curated playlist include ZOOLOOK’s Soul Rebel Dub, Zoe Mazah & Rob Symeonn’s Bang Bang (The Sweetest Dub), Dubmatix and Future Dub Orchestra’s Black Arc – Dub by Future […]
They’re back! The Golden State Warriors, aka The Dubs, are the 2022 NBA Champions, and for Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, and Andre Iguodala, it’s their fourth championship. The Dubs’ first three rings came in 2015, 2017, and 2018, when the dynastic Golden State Warriors made five consecutive trips to the finals. To celebrate […]
Sam Nzima How One Photograph Changed the World Photography By: AP Images IRIE Magazine remembers legendary South African photographer, Sam Nzima, who passed away on May 12, 2018, at Rob Ferreira Hospital in Mbombela (Nelspruit) after a short illness. He was 83. Sam Nzima is best known for capturing the iconic photograph of the Apartheid […]
The music suggests sunshine and sound systems, hot sand, and cool drinks; the bass shuffles calmly and provocatively rebellious. Dub is the art of the disk jockey they first raised to stardom in Jamaica. There were music mobiles, the “sound systems,” the replacement for missing radio stations in the fifties. The DJs, concerned about exclusivity, […]
L’Entourloop La clarté dans la confusion (Clarity in Confusion) Photography by: Royx & Befour Meet Sir Johnny and King James, the leading figures of the mysterious crew: L’ENTOURLOOP. These elders, fed on the sound of sound systems and vinyl culture and lulled by the epic dialogues of the cinema of yesteryear, concoct a fine fusion […]
The sound of Future Dub Orchestra meets Dubmatix is a hybrid of “Cinematic Electronica” and “Leftfield Chill” deeply rooted in Dub, merging into lush vibes, low-end love, and atmospheric layers. Initiated by J.T. Clarke of FDO (Future Dub Orchestra) when he approached Dubmatix about doing a collaboration of two songs turned into an E.P. with […]
In the golden era of Reggae, it was said that the music reflected strong messages of Rastafari and was the sound of the ghetto, as it often referenced the dilapidation of the sufferer’s environment. Being the son of Veteran Recording Artist Donovan Joseph and the cousin to the crown prince of Reggae, Dennis Brown, AUTARCHii […]