B.R.STYLERS
– DUB BIOGRAPHY
BLUE
RADICS STYLE
BR
Stylers is a reggae dub band from Pordenone, a small town in the
north east of Italy. BR stylers started playing in spring 2000 and
are composed by Michela Grena (voice), Paolo B (Bass,programming
& dubs) GP Ennas (drums), Stefano Boscolo (live sound engeneer
), Ras Antonio ( live keyboards);
During
the years they performed at Rototom Reggae Sunsplash festival in
Italy, Soca River splash in Slovenia, Mocvara Festival in Croatia,
Reggae in Wulf in Germany and had the honour to perform together
with many reggae dub artists such as Zion
Train,
Revolutionary Dub Warriors, Mad Professor, Lee Perry, Horace Andy,
Africa Unite…they have also played in many clubs and squats in
Italy, Slovenia and Croatia.
In
December 2002 their first album "DUB RESONANCE" was
released thanks to the great support of an independent Slovenian
label, VINYLMANIA RECORDS.
In
June 2003 Alpha & Omega new album "Spirit of the Ancients"
was released, and BR Stylers contributed with 2 remix, created by
the London duo A&O, only for their own new album. The two
remix are both based on the song "One Island dub" (Dub
Resonance- Vinylmania Records, 2003) and are called "No more
sadness" for the sung version and "Island of dub"
for the dub version.
In
2004 gigs kept going and not only that. After a gig at Villaggio
Globale in Rome such as supporter of the most interesting and well
known voice in reggae, Massive Attack, Horace Andy, they got back
to Dub alchemy studio in springtime- only one year and a half
after the release of their first album, Dub Resonance- to record
an EP called "OVER
THIS PLACE", completely written and
arranged by BR Stylers themselves and mixed by Madaski at the
Spliff Dada Studio in Pinerolo (Turin). Special guest on this EP
is the English dub activist Jah Free.
At
the End of June the EP finally was released in the market, again
under the Vinylmania Records Slovenian Label, and gave start to
the "OVER THIS SPACE TOUR 2004" . Again BP Stylers
performed at the Rototom Reggae Sunsplash main stage, River splash
in Tolmino, at the Etno blog in Lignano Sabbiadoro and at the main
reggae festival in Polland, the Bielawa reggae festival, first gig
of the short tour that took them for the very first time in
eastern Europe.
In
September they attended some other important events such as
Baraonda Summer Festival, opening for Africa Unite, and in the
middle of the month, they attended the short movie European
exhibit "Milano Film Festival
May
2005
Brstylers Poland tour: The italian band leaves for 10 gigs around
Poland touching the most important cities of the country, Warsaw,
Opole,Krakow…
June
2005: the new album
of B.r.stylers – “
Dubbing from the earth”
is out, released for the first time from the Italian label
“ Alternative - Venus” and distributed all over Italy.
Written and arranged
and recorded by
BR
Stylers and mixed by
Madaski from
Africa Unite ( the most important italian raggae band) . The album
is a journey – a vision around the earth and her faces. Special
guest Vibronics, Prince Alla & Dubital.
Summer
2005
B.r.stylers
are now on tour around Italy , Slovenia and Crotia.
At
the live set
- b.r.styers sound is “
minor ” – is a vision of the world..
The
sound is blue like the night that
warms the dance-hall.
FOLLOW
THE ROOTS AND THE BLUE OF THIS DUBWISE SOUND.