PEYOTE SOUND SYSTEM (Australia)

ROOTS OF DUB FUNK 4 - Track 5 - "BORN AFRICAN"

THE MUSIC

I have got a cosmic secret, the waxing moon 2 weeks before the full moon is always a good time for me to start to lay down basic grooves ,bass lines, melody ideas....a good puff of home-grown ganja mix always help to set the mood ..
I live in Australia, it gets sweltering hot in summer, the best way to check the groove is by cranking up the system, walk outside the house and listen to the dub beats rocking the house, if it's shaking the foundations, filling the house in a positive way, getting me skanking to the rhythms & feeling happy, I know I am onto a good start....

I saw Bob Marley live in concert in Sydney 1977 and I remember being blown away by the huge bass sound, the sub frequencies and it's power, it was rocking the auditorium BIG TIME! So for me Bass line comes first, everything else is icing on the cake. so to speak!
This Bob Marley initiation to reggae -dub style left a profound mark on me, and that's the sound I aim to recreate when working dub/style,
My influences are the Ol' School: Lee Perry, King Tubby and this excellent Bob Marley dub translation by Bill Laswell,
I also caught Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare and Michael Rose in a small club last year, the music was so up lifting and very inspiring ,I felt high and recharged for weeks after that, very magical !

I have been writing & mixing music since the eighties, did work projects in a lot of diverse styles but Dub always a favourite love tweaking the delay machine, playing with reverbs and FX, I use different degrees of reverb on each instrument, even Kik drum has got some rev on to make it stick in the right place....

THE STUDIO

Tascam DM-24 mixing desk
Yamaha Rev 7
TC Reverbs and Fx
PMC TB2 studio speakers (pair)
Avalon pre-amp VT-737
Tascam DA-30 MK2 Dat player
PC P4 running Cubase Sx2, Pro-tools, Acid, Reason & Recycle software
Bryston 3B power amp
Digidesign sound card
Samsung 17" LCD monitor x2
Polkaudio powered sub woofer
Roland JX-8P midi keyboard
E-MU Orbit 9090
Korg MS2000R sound module
Roland JP2020
E-MU M-Sonic Mo' Phatt
Steinberg Midex-8
Behringer headphone mixer
Audio technica, Sure and Rhodes mics
1 Squire fender 1972 strat
1 Squire fender 1974 P.bass
1 Yamaha acoustic guitar
diverse percussion: shakere, dumbecks, jembes, ,cabassa & gourds....

BACKGROUND

Don Peyote, aka Yvon Mounier, is an electronic recording artist, producer, composer and multi instrumentalist with a strong & original style.
His music is featured in various dub, chill ,world music & dance compilations ,sometimes under the moniker "Peyote sound system" Yvon has written music for diverse documentaries, film soundtracks, and jingles.

Musical Accomplishments for 1996 -2004 (Selected)

Produced and released "culture groove" a post production CD for Image & Fable music
Recipient of dolphin award for World Music
Recipient of dolphin award for Hip Hop
Recipient of Dolphin award for Ambient Music
Composed soundtrack for the documentary "The Barefoot Bushman" for Channel 7 networks.
Composed the soundtrack for documentaries "Dancing with Dingoes" & "Playing Snakes and Lizards" for channel 7 Australia & Overseas Discovery channels.
Wrote, programmed and produced "Manic Organic" and "Tribal Vibes" CD's for world renowned Didje expert Ganga Giri
Remixed the single "Finn McKool" for Joe Creighton.
Wrote & Produced 5 cuts for Ganga Giri new CD " Beats around the bush"
Collaborated with DJ Rezin (Canada) 'Between Worlds: a journey into ambience for dreamers, trippers, shamans and allies
Peyote Sound System tune "Born African" included in the compilation Roots of dub funk 4. Tanty Records.UK
"Are U Peyoted?" cuts and Don's new unreleased songs are getting airplay on Triple J's Groove Train, Tim Ritchie's Radio National, Melbourne's Sista B.B Planetary Chao, PBS fm, and RRR.
Music licensed in diverse compilations, Chill Out in Paris, San Carlo/Buddah Bar vol. 2 , The Clubbers Bible, Green Ant Ambient 1 & 2 , Green Ant IV, Global Ascendance , Dance Planet. 'Roots of Dub Funk 4' (rise of the eclectic dread).

I hope you have had as much fun listening to my tunes as I had fun making them!

Peace, love & respect to all.

CONTACT: Peyote Sound System

WEB SITE: www.donpeyote.com