INTERRUPTOR (Switzerland)

ROOTS OF DUB FUNK 4 - Track 12 - "AFRICAN SATELLITE DUB"

THE MUSIC

During recent years I gravitated a lot towards the sound aesthetics of the early Dub music from Jamaica. I started playing the Melodica and experimented with old analogue effect units like spring reverbs and tape delays. "African Satellite Dub", my contribution to "Roots of Dub Funk 4" is an excellent example of this development. Many of the drum and percussion hits on this track were collected from old Reggae records - then newly arranged aiming for a tightened and heavier feel. The original inspiration for the track was the spoken greeting message sent from orbit by a NASA astronaut to the Congress of African Heads of State in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1963. The actual introduction heard on the tune was spoken by singer Andrew Robinson. The female vocals are by my Empress Aury.

BACKGROUND

Daniel Bosshard (The Interruptor) lives in Zurich, Switzerland. He writes and records music ranging from Dub to Reggae, Dancehall and Jungle.

Since 1997 he released 7 tracks for compilations on different labels, two 7-Inch vinyl singles and a self-distributed full length album with guest performances by jamaican singers and DJs.

I was attracted to Jamaican music since my teenage years in the mid-eighties. Listening to the likes of Bob Marley, Burning Spear, and Black Uhuru my attention was soon drawn to the powerful drum and bass framework which propels most Reggae songs. Inspired by the work of Sly & Robbie, Reggae's predominant rhythm section and production team at the time, I started to record my own riddims on a 4 track tape recorder. I didn't care too much for Dub music until much later but I did listen to Dub records a lot at that stage because they allowed me to focus to the individual instruments and thus helped me to understand the inner workings of Reggae music.

Eventually I enhanced my set-up with a computer, synth and sampler. Although I knew these new machines would offer a whole universe of new possibilities I still focused on reggae riddims and natural sounding timbres. >From the early nineties on I also began to soak up influences from Hip Hop and Dancehall.
A real turning point was autumn '94 when Jungle music from the UK reached my ears for the first time. I had finally found a playfield where I could fuse together my Reggae background with all the computer age tricknology. What followed was a series of tracks which combined Reggae and Jungle-breaks in different manners. Among these is "The Return of Sleng" which is included on Tanty Record's Album "Roots of Dub Funk". I pushed the boundaries further with other fusions like for example the dub/house track "Dance a Yard" and "Inner City Dub" which were both released on Tanty Records.

STUDIO

I am a big fan of the warm electric and acoustic sounds of the pre-digital era but I still would not want to give away the new recording technologies like hard disc recording, sequencing and mixing automation. I like to combine sounds and technology from the old days with the possibility to edit all aspects of the music - thus allowing control over details which would otherwise be left to coincidence.

PC with Logic Audio (Midi Sequencer & Hard Disc Recording)
Creamware Pulsar + Luna Audio Cards for mixing and
Synthesizer sounds
E-Mu-Sampler E4k
Fx: spring reverbs: Fisher Space expander, Fostex 3180, Boss RX-100
Roland RE-301 Chorus Echo
Revox A77 reel to reel tape (used as tape echo)
Sony MP5 Multi-FX processor
Alesis Microverb II
microphones: Neumann TLM 103, AKG C409
Dynaudio Accoustics BM6A monitors
DAT: Sony 60ES

DISCOGRAPHY

"Interruption Style"
CD-Compilation, 1997
In your Face - Drum'n'Bass
Energetic/Jaboo (Switzerland), JAB008, MV910.823

"Madrugada & The Return of Sleng"
7" Vinyl Single, 1998
XTRA Records (Switzerland), XTRA85556

"Dance a Yard feat. Steve Machete"
for the Dub Funk Association album "Sounds of the Heavyweight", 1999
Tanty Records (London) TNTYCD005

"Mosquitos & Electrons"
full length album with 14 tracks featuring guest vocals
by Marc Wonder, Steve Machete, Spectacular, Mumaleck,
Calalooman, EQ's, Candyman and Jocelyn Brown. 2001

"The Return of Sleng"
for the compilation album "Roots of Dub Funk", 2001
Tanty Records (London) TNTYCD006

"Mumaoo" feat. Calalooman
featured on the TerraTec MP3 compilation 3/2001

"Inner City Dub"
for the compilation album "Roots of Dub Funk 2", 2002
Tanty Records (London) TNTYCD008

"Jah is my Strength & Nation open your Eyes"
Andrew Robinson feat. Ras Charmer
7" Vinyl Single, 2004
Interruptor Music, INT001
distribution: Sonic Sounds, Kingston JA

"African Satellite Dub"
for the compilation album "Roots of Dub Funk 4", 2004
Tanty Records (London) TNTYCD 010

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