Vibronics

Vibronics are a reggae collective, based in Leicester, England, starting in 1995. Centred around Steve Vibronics and Richi Rootz, they initially gained exposure via the "Egg Experience '97" shows, leading to a deal with Zion Train's Universal Egg label.Larkin, Colin:"The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", 1998, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9] Mainly working in digital dub, Vibronics' early releases such as "Universal Love" and "Jah Light, Jah Love" found favour with sound systems such as Jah Shaka's, "Iration Steppas", and "Aba-Shanti-I". With Jah Free, Vibronics performed on a series of dub conferences in several European countries, leading to the release of the album "Outernational Dub Conference Volume One" in 1998.

They set up their own "SCOOPS" label, and in recent years have worked with vocalists such as Prince Alla, Tena Stelin, Ranking Joe, Madu Messenger, Parvez (Dub Factory), Jah Marnyah, and Echo Ranks, as well as a collaboration with Fun Lovin' Criminals.

Vibronics have toured all over Europe, including an "Acoustic Vibronics" set at "Summer Sundae" in 2007, and have received airplay on national radio shows such as Brinsley Forde's BBC 6 Music "Dub Bashment" programme. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/dub_bashment/tracklisting_20061230.shtml Brinsley Forde's Dub Bashment, BBC] ]

Albums

*"Outernational Dub Conference Volume One" (1988) Universal Egg (with Jah Free)
*"Dub Italizer" (2000) Universal Egg
*"Dubliftment" (2004) Universal Egg
*"Heavyweight Scoops Selection" (2005) Soundsaround
*"Heavyweight Scoops Selection Chapter II"
*"UK Dub Story" (2008)

References

External links

* [http://www.vibronics.co.uk Official website]
*MySpace|vibronicsdubmusic
* [http://www.wobblyweb.com/ue/vibronics.html Vibronics page at Universal Egg]
* [http://freeradicalsounds.com/roots.htm Review of "Dub Italizer", Free Radical Sounds]
* [http://otwradio.blogspot.com/2004/06/dub-review-june-2004.html Barker, Steve (2004) Review of "Dubliftment"]
* [http://otwradio.blogspot.com/2008/05/dub-review-may-2008.html Barker, Steve (2008) Review of "UK Dub Story"]
* [http://zonareggae.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/zonareggae-reviewsuk-dub-storying-version/ Review of "UK Dub Story" by I-Rick, ZonaReGGae radioshow]