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Chrome Optimism

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Dubblestandart brings together a world class summit of mad genius: Jamaican dub originator Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry together with iconic American filmmaker David Lynch, plus as an added bonus, famed French avant garde composer Jean-Michel Jarre. On “Chrome Optimism”, Scratch exercises his inimitable gift to juxtapose spirituality with humor through wordplay that walks a line between nonsense and profundity: “Hello, Hell is very low and Heaven is very, very high!” David Lynch responds with equally mind twisting metaphors like “Euphoric, chrome optimism” and mantras like “The ideas tell you how they want to be”, describing his powerful experience and obsession with transcendental meditation. The otherworldy melody from Jean-Michel Jarre’s famous composition “Oxygen Part 4” floats over the top. Vienna’s Dubblestandart, NYC’s Subatomic Sound System, & Bristol’s RSD switch up the musical vibes beneath, moving from hard charging dubstep to Perry’s classic dub reggae to spacey soundscapes typical of Lynch & Jarre aesthetics. A side kicks off with a Subatomic remix, a bombastic distorted sub-bass heavy beast that threatens to define a new genre somewhere between dubstep, dub reggae, and the twisted ambience of David Lynch’s film scores. Dubblestandart counters with a deep and minimal downtempo dub version of “Chrome Optimism” that balances on a line between a wide open David Lynch film soundtrack, the wild sound experimentalism of Perry, and Jarre’s out of body ambient melodies. The B side kicks back in full force with an originator of the Bristol, UK dubstep scene, producer RSD (also known as Rob Smith of Smith & Mighty) delivering a hard hitting remix of the Perry & Dubblestandart track “I Do Voodoo”, a guaranteed sureshot to satisfy the UK dubstep crowd. Following RSD is a second Subatomic Sound System remix that brings it back to Perry’s Superape era for a rootical dubstep relick of his tune with Dubblestandart entitled “Deadly Funny” (originally also on the “Chrome Optimism” riddim), but this time revisting his classic 70s style, adding not only the ghost of Augustus Pablo on melodica, but also drums and bass big and bad enough knock out a dubstep club crowd.

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Genre

DubStep

Release Date

08.06.2010

Cat No

SUBS012

Tracklist

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Track 2
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Track 3
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Track 4
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Reggae / Dub
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7"
Lee 'Scratch' Perry
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Reggae / Dub
7"
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry
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Black Ark Vampires Subatomic Sound
Reggae / Dub
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7"
Anthony B & Subatomic Sound System
9.50 €
NYC 2 Africa Subatomic Sound
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Reggae / Dub
7"
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Anthony B & Subatomic Sound System
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NYC 2 Africa Subatomic Sound
DubStep
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12"
Elephant Man
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Vampires & Informers Subatomic Sound
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12"
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Elephant Man
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Vampires & Informers Subatomic Sound
DubStep Reggae Style
7"
Subatomic Sound / Ari Up / Lee Perry
8.50 €
Hello, Hell Is Very Low Subatomic Sound
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7"
Subatomic Sound / Ari Up / Lee Perry
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Hello, Hell Is Very Low Subatomic Sound
DubStep
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12"
Dubblestandart / Lee Perry
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12"
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Dubblestandart / Lee Perry
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Black Ark (Blackboard Jungle) Subatomic Sound
Pop
LP
Jimi Tenor
23.95 €
Multiversum Bureau B
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Rock / Pop / Indie
LP
Jimi Tenor
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Multiversum Bureau B
Indie / Alternative
LP + mp3
Spiritualized
38.95 €
Everything Was Beautiful (Ltd.Ed.Del.Col.) Pias / Bella Union
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Rock / Pop / Indie
LP + mp3
Spiritualized
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Everything Was Beautiful (Ltd.Ed.Del.Col.) Pias / Bella Union
Jazz
LP
John Coltrane / Johnny Hartman
41.95 €
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (Acoustic Sounds) Impulse
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Jazz
LP
John Coltrane / Johnny Hartman
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John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (Acoustic Sounds) Impulse
Afro Beat
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LP
Tony Allen
23.95 €
N.E.P.A. (Never Expect Power Always) Comet
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Afro Music
LP
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Tony Allen
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N.E.P.A. (Never Expect Power Always) Comet
Afro Beat
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Tony Allen Plays With Afrika 70
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Progress Comet
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Afro Music
LP
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Tony Allen Plays With Afrika 70
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Progress Comet
Afro Beat
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2-LP
Jimi Tenor And Tony Allen
26.95 €
Inspiration Information 4 (Repress) Strut
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Jimi Tenor And Tony Allen
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