Meditronica - Out now on Rarenoise Records
Meditronica - Out now on Rarenoise Records
Meditronica ----- OUT NOW ----------
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"a masterpiece of serious dub n space action" ..... Pathaan [BBC/Worldwide]
"Highly recommended summertime listening is this self titled album by Meditonica. Perfect chilled dub electronica with touches of Mediterranean, Balearic influence." - Neonlite
"All the long of the album, we find again the bass line of the Italian producer. A pure, flowing and style line. Excellent!" - Dub Connection
"excellent production makes this album a stand out" - Massimo Nova
"big fat, deep ambient electronically enhanced dub soundscapes that rattle and hum in all the right places." - ireallyovemusic.
"a laidback, slow-burning and highly engaging dub odyssey - full respect to meditronica" - Naasko Interchill records - Canada
"How does the spiritual survive in the urban jungle? Ashtech- bass player, producer and solo artist -has created a rare noise groove of dub-buoyant meditations with collaborators Polcari, Dub Gabriel, Raiz and Eraldo Bernocchi.nbsp; In ldquo;Meditronicardquo; the Mediterranean flavour that weaves through the albumrsquo;s urban dub style electronicanbsp; is the thematic thread that pulls us deeper into the world of the walking target (the title of Ashtechrsquo;s last album) which we all are to some extent. Basslines of liquid fire ground the atmospheric soundscapes - 'Meditronica' is a mirror of our times, wid nuff bass inna yu face!" - Jasmine Tutum
(Journalist 'Riddim' Magazine / and Dubtress from the Dub Radio programme 'Dub'Kali Rootz') - Germany
MEDITRONICA is a rich and tasty stew of Mediterranean influenced Dub Electronica.
Skillfully woven together by sound wizards Ashtech and Polcari, it features an impressive
pedigree of artists involved with the project.
Ashtech is a producer, bassist and solo artist. In 2007, he released his debut solo album
'Walkin' Target'. Produced in London by dub maestro Gaudi for Canadian label Interchill
Records, the album included vocals by Cheshire Cat from Leftfield. An edgier and more
song based work of urban dub than Meditronica; it was well received, with airplay from
Pathaan on the BBC Asian Network, On The Wire (BBC Radio Lancashire), Mixmaster
Morris and Radio Reverb and press coverage in Touch Magazine, Pitchfork and One Week
To Live. Ashtech has played live all over the world and in the UK at Waveform, Electric
Picnic, Glade and venues such as The Big Chill House and Inspiral Lounge.
Polcari is a keyboard player, composer, and producer. He has worked with a wealth of
artists including Adrian Sherwood, Bill Laswell, Temple Of Sound, Zion Train, Horace Andy
and Gaudi.
Hailing from Brooklyn, Dub Gabriel is one of the key players in the Dub music scene in
America, and has performed all over the US, Europe and China. He has worked with Meat
Beat Manifesto, Dr. Israel, Mad Scientist, Michael Stipe and countless others. His last
record, ldquo;Bass Jihadrdquo; (Azra Records) received radio airplay in over 600 radio stations
worldwide and reached the top 10 CMJ World Music radio charts in America, where it stayed
for over 2 months.
Eraldo Bernocchi is a guitarist, sound designer and producer. He has worked extensively
with international artists such as Thomas Fehlmann, Nils Petter Molvaer, Harold Budd, Bill
Laswell and Mick Harris.
Vocalist Raiz, the former frontman of Naples act Almamegretta, has collaborated with many
artists, including Massive Attack, Leftfield, Adrian Sherwood, Gaudi, Eraldo Bernocchi, Bill
Laswell, Stewart Copeland and Zion Train. Almamegretta became very popular, doing did
remix work for Massive Attack and Adrian Sherwood, who remixed their album 'Sanacore'.
RareNoise is a new music company based in London, operating as a record label and music
production house. It's experimental, it's different, and it transcends music boundaries.
Their output, as one of their artists Bill Laswell says, is 'Collision Music', that is, projects
sitting at the crossroads of genres. It encompasses guitar based, ambient, dub and
electronica music and mixed media/audio visual aspects in its releases. Stay tuned!
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