Matisyahu
Dub Trio
- Crystal Hotel & Ballroom - Crystal Ballroom |
- Thursday, August 5
- 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show |
- $25 advance, $27 day of show |
- All ages welcome
Tickets on sale now!
About Matisyahu
Few artists make an impact as complete as the one Matisyahu made with his Top 40 hit "King Without a Crown": Here was a true original, the song announced - a Hasidic Jewish musician from New York City singing reggae songs about his religious devotion. Fans responded to this one-of-a-kind voice, driving Youth, Matisyahu's Grammy-nominated 2006 studio disc, to the top spot on Billboard's reggae albums chart. That album, as well as Matisahu's previous recording "Live at Stubb's," went Gold. His new album, "Light," which debuted in the top 20 on the Billboard charts, is out now on Epic Records. Produced by David Kahne (Paul McCartney, Regina Spektor, Sublime), Matis recorded the album in Brooklyn, NY and Jamaica and got an assist from several guests Stephen McGregor, Sly & Robbie, members of Fyre Dept. and Fishbone, and others. The result is a bold new direction for an artist who has transcended cultures and genres.
Matisyahu prides himself on his close relationship with his fans, and has excelled at using today's social networking tools to keep fans apprised of his whereabouts while on tour, as well as encouraging them to promote change via his "One Day For Change" partnership with Kenneth Cole.
- Facebook page:
- http://www.facebook.com/matisyahu
- website:
- http://www.matisyahuworld.com/
About Dub Trio
Dub Trio's third studio album, Another Sound Is Dying, finds drummer Joe Tomino, bassist Stu Brooks and guitarist D.P. Holmes working again with producer/engineer Joel Hamilton. The 14 massive tracks showcase Dub Trio's chops and vocabulary (all three members are also seasoned session players) as they pummel with wrecking-ball force on tunes that simultaneously embrace metal, dub, punk and reggae while pushing all of the above into dazzlingly unfamiliar areas.
While again a mostly instrumental set, Another Sound Is Dying features a return vocal cameo from Ipecac co-owner/art-rock jack-of-all-trades Mike Patton. The musicians' first collaboration, "Not Alone," appeared on Dub Trio's 2006 album, New Heavy, as well as the eponymous debut that same year from Patton's Peeping Tom project; and when he took Peeping Tom on the road, Brooks, Tomino and Holmes became the only constant members in Patton's backing band.
Their 2004 debut album for ROIR, Exploring the Dangers of, testified to Dub Trio's jaw-dropping live skills: the album was literally recorded as a live-dub experiment. But with New Heavy, the trio made good on their album's title, creating a metallic K.O. grounded in serious low-end theory. That year's Peeping Tom tour, in which they shared stages with the likes of Gnarls Barkley and The Who while opening for and being part of the headlining act, proved that Dub Trio's sound crossed genre and audience barriers as much as it bridged them.
A live album for ROIR, Cool Out And Coexist, kicked off 2007; and between session work-the members have recorded with 50 Cent, Mos Def, Common, the Fugees, Tupac and Matisyahu among others-and tours with artists such as Gogol Bordello, Clutch and Helmet, Dub Trio teamed with Ipecac to unleash Another Sound Is Dying. As much as the album continues the louder, heavier progression of New Heavy, it also finds Dub Trio melding their preferred styles into a sound that's at once bigger and more cohesive than ever.
- MySpace page:
- http://www.myspace.com/dubtrio
