Paolo Baldini DubFiles meets Dubblestandart – Dub Me Crazy | New Album

Of course, Dubblestandart have been keeping a version of the dub flame alive for the last two decades. Formed in 1988 as a reaction to the stagnant Austrian pop scene, the group was heavily inspired by the Black Ark, On-U Sound and Jah Shaka, infusing such dub influences within their heady blend of hardcore reggae and new wave, which soon brought them into the European public’s consciousness and as a kind of ‘European’ version of the famous Dub Syndicate. Soon, they were so in demand as to be backing Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, dub poet Lilian Allen, Dillinger, Ari Up, Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths, Chezere and orthers.

Echo Beach, a Dub Reggae record label rooted in Hamburg, Germany, has put out the “Dub Me Crazy” LP (9 tracks + Bonus CD) + CD (12 tracks), a joint release that features Dubblestandart´s finest moments in dub working in collaboration with the new technological dimension of modern dub: Paolo Baldini from Italy. Baldini´s stunning excursion into deep dub, chilling dub and dubble-tough dub reaches the DubFiles into perfection at “Dub Me Crazy”.

Paolo Baldini’s handling of this mission has been exemplary: his production and remixing skills are pleasingly individualistic, retaining plenty of originality and professionalism without seeming stoic, dull or contrived. His collaborations with Mellow Mood, Hempress Sativa, Dub Fx and others are showing faith of what Dub is living for. Since 2007 Paolo Baldini works under the top level name “Alambic Conspiracy” and became world class dub extraordinary performer, bass player, mixologist, producer and provocateur…!