Brain_Damage_(dub_band)

Brain Damage (dub band)

Brain Damage (dub band)

French dub band

Brain Damage is a French Dub band, from Saint-Etienne. The band was founded in 1999 by Martin Nathan and Raphael Talis. It is considered one of the pioneering dub bands in France.[1]

For the French rock band, see Brain Damage (band).

History

Soon after its creation Brain Damage was to be composed solely of its frontman, Martin Nathan.[2][3]

In the early 2000s the band released various albums based on collaborations with Jamaican artists, such as Horace Andy and Winston Mc Anuff.[4]

In 2021 Brain Damage produced Brain Damage meets Big Youth-Beyond the Blue,[5][4] with Big Youth[6][7] and in 2023 Groundation meets Brain Damage-Dreaming From An Iron Gate with Groundation.[8] [9]

Discography

EPs

  • Bipolar Disorder (Bangarang) – 1999
  • Brain Damage Dub Sessions meets Sir Jean (Jarring Effects) – 2012

Studio albums

  • Always greener (on the other side) (Bangarang/Hammerbass) – 2002
  • Ashes to ashes / Dub to dub (Bangarang/Hammerbass/Sounds Around) – 2004
  • Spoken dub manifesto vol.1 (Bangarang/Jarring Effects) – 2006
  • Short Cuts (Bangarang/Jarring Effects) – 2008
  • Burning before Sunset (Jarring Effects/Discograph) – 2010
  • Burning before sunset featuring Black Sifichi (Jarring Effects) – 2010
  • High Damage by High Tone meets Brain Damage (Jarring Effects) – 2012
  • What you gonna do? (Jarring Effects) – 2012
  • Empire Soldiers by Brain Damage meets Vibronics (Jarring Effects) – 2013
  • Walk The Walk (Jarring Effects) – 2015
  • Talk The Talk (Jarring Effects) – 2016
  • Liberation Times by Brain Damage meets Harrison Stafford (Jarring Effects) – 2017
  • Ya no mas ! (Jarring Effects) – 2018
  • Beyond the Blue by Brain Damage meets Big Youth (Jarring Effects) – 2021
  • Dreaming From an Iron Gate by Groundation meets Brain Damage (Baco Records) – 2023

Live albums

  • Short Cuts Live (Jarring Effects/Discograph) – 2009
  • Empire Soldiers Live (Jarring Effects / L'Autre Distribution) – 2015

References

  1. [1]
    "Brain Damage, sorcier pionnier du dub français". Radio Nova (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Zenzile/Brain Damage : "La scène dub est plus présente que jamais"". www.telerama.fr (in French). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Brain Damage. Un reggae sans frontière avec Harrison Stafford". Le Télégramme (in French). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. [4]
    (en-US) Marie-Sophie Administrateur, «  » [archive], sur What The France, 30 août 2021 (consulté le 30 mai 2023)
  5. [5]
    UK, VIBE (18 May 2021). "Brain Damage meets Big Youth". ukvibe.org. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Beyond the Blue, by Brain Damage meets Big Youth". Brain Damage. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Brain Damage's unexpected tribute to Big Youth on new album". PAM - Pan African Music. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  8. [8]
    Department, World Music Central News (27 May 2023). "Groundation and Brain Damage Collaborate for a Reinvented Reggae Experience on "Dreaming From An Iron Gate" | World Music Central". Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  9. [9]
    easystar (4 May 2023). "GROUNDATION RELEASES "FORGIVENESS" WITH BRAIN DAMAGE". Easy Star Records. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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