High Tone

This day, I want to present you High Tone, a band I had seen at the Furia sound system, a festival in Cergy Pontoise. High Tone is a Dub band from Lyon. Formed in 1997, the band came with an emergence of the french Dub Scene (France is the best country actually in dub in all the world^^), with bands like Brain Damage Sound System, Kaly Live Dub, Le Peuple de l'Herbe, Improvisators Dub or Meï Teï Shô. I really love all this group and I has seen most of them.

Formed by five members, High Tone feeds their music with various influences, such as Drum'n'bass, Ambient, Trance, Vintage Dub with artists like King Tubby or Lee "Scratch" Perry, the two inventors of Dub.

After a few self produced vinyl EPs, the band finally signed at the label Jarring Effects (Lyon, France), which is a very good independant label. High Tone members are now considered as major actors in the French Dub Scene, and the band is also known for numerous collaborations.

Groundation

After a long non-attendance, I will present you one of my favourite reggae band : Groundation.

Groundation is an internationally renowned roots reggae band with a jazz and dub flavor hailing from Sonoma in Northern California. The band was formed in the fall of 1998 by Harrison Stafford(vocals and guitar), Marcus Urani(keyboards), and Ryan Newman(bass).Between 1999 and 2001, Harrison Stafford taught the first course on the History of Reggae Music at Sonoma State University.

They had realeased six albums : Young Tree ; Each one Teach one ; Hebron Gate ; We Free Again ; Dub Wars ; and Upon The Bridge.

Each of Groundation’s albums tells part of the story of humanity and the individual's journey through life. Just as this story continues to grow and evolve so too does Groundation. Moving forward on a mission to bring great music and energy to the people of the world.

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