Second Coming Of The Urban Mystic - Music

Producer DJ And Multi-Instrumentalist Dub Gabriel Has Been Pushing The Boundaries Of Rock Dub World And Electronic Music For Over A Decade. His Musical Explorations In Brooklyn In The Mid 90’s Drew Him To The Outer Limits Of The New York Scene Where He Got His Start As A DJ At The Legendary Limelight. His Genre-Bending Style And Hard-Hitting Sets Launched Him As A Trailblazing Figure In The New York Underground Club Scene And Gained Him The Attention Of Leading Publications Including Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine Who Hailed Dub Gabriel As “one To Watch” In New York City. Fast-Forward To Today And Dub Gabriel Continues To Build On This Legacy In Everything He Does - Whether It’s Creating Genre Defying Original Music Remixing Projects Or Throwing Down Slamming DJ Sets. Most Recently He Has Collaborated With Michael Stipe On A Track For The Album Ciao My Shining Star The Songs Of Mark Mulcahy Which Also Features Tracks From Thom Yorke The National Mercury Rev And Frank Black. This Is His Second Collaboration With Stipe - The First One Being For Dub Gabriel’s 2008 Album Anarchy & Alchemy. The Album Has Garnered Critical Acclaim From Leading Publications Pitch Fork New York Magazine The Wire And CMJ With Exclaim Magazine Naming It The “Best Dance Album Of The Year”. In Between Working On His Upcoming Fourth Studio Album Which Features Collaborations With A Diverse Crew Of Legendary Artists That Include U Roy David J Bauhaus/Love & Rockets Members Of Gogol Bordello And Many Others 2009 Has Seen Dub Gabriel Dropping Remixes For Balkan Beat Box J Dub Raiz Universal And A Soon-To-Be-Released Remix For The Uncompromising No-Wave Pioneers Suicide. Staying True To His Multi-Cultural Roots He Is Also Working On A Side Project With Bachir Attar & The Master Musicians Of Jajouka Which Will Culminate In Both A Studio Release And A Live Touring Project. If All Of That Isn’t Enough He Continues To Stay Busy Composing For TV & Film And Has Written Music For MTV VH-1 And Nickelodeon As Well As Scoring An Upcoming Feature Film Staring Bradley Cooper. As A DJ Dub Gabriel Is Much In Demand On The International Club Circuit Dropping Sets Alongside Other Genre Defying DJ’s And Artists That Include Kode 9 DJ Craze Banga Bomb Squad Jazzanova Scientist And Meat Beat Manifesto. He Is A Regular Guest At Francois K’s Legendary Deep Space Night At Cielo And Has Even Held Down Sets At Givenchy’s Runway Show During China Fashion Week In Beijing Puma’s World Cup Party In Berlin And The 50th Anniversary Of The Peace Bell Ceremony At The United Nations! “Gabriel Proves As Adept At The Genre-Smashing Game As Anyone Around”
- Time Out New York. “Dub Gabriel's Most Realized And Best So Far”
- The Wire. “The Cross-Cultural Fusion Is A Philosophical Masterpiece”
- XLR8R. “A Top Producer In The Electronica Scene"
- All Music Guide. “His Tracks Variously Bring To Mind Moments Of Thievery Corporation Bill Laswell And Brian Eno But Overlays These Influences With Gabriel’s Distinctive Flair. *CRITICS PICK!”
- Billboard. “Gabriel Firmly Embraces An Identity Formed By A Punk Rock Youth A Progressive Spiritual Consciousness And Equal Adoration For Dub Electronic And World Music Traditions”
- Resonance. “Plays Like A Kubrickian Soundtrack For Future Societies Where All The Worlds Instruments Are Thrown Into One Circle And The Orgy Is Conducted By None Other Than Archangel Gabriel Himself”
- Paste. “New York-Based Producer-Artist Dub Gabriel A Frequent Flier In International Dance Scenes Supplies The Bigness And Relentlessness You Need For A Modern Dub Fix” - LA Weekly. “Because Everybody And Their Mom Can Essentially Be A DJ And/or Producer These Days It’s Hard To Discern What's Worth Paying Attention To In The Electronica World. That Said Brooklyn-Ite Dub Gabriel Is Well Worth Your Time - Much Like Thievery Corporation He Uses A Lot Of "world" Influence But Comes Off More Dark And Disturbed”
- Village Voice. Ciao My Shining Star Shout Factory - Michael Stipe & Dub Gabriel - Writing And Production Gaudi- Next Album Six Degrees Suicide/Marty Thau Red Star - Remix Meditronica Remixes Rare Noise - Remix Infinity – Writing And Production Laya Project Remixes Earthsync - Remix Meditronica - Mediterranean Electronics Rare Noise - Album Balkan Beat Box - Nu Made Crammed/J Dub - Remix Dub Gabriel - Anarchy & Alchemy Destroy All Concepts - Album N.I.C. In Dub Hammerbass France - Album Bambu Brothers Azra - Album Tigarah Universal Records - Remix Raiz Universal Records - Remix Dub Gabriel - Bass Jihad Azra - Album Dub Gabriel - Ascend Baboon Records Album Samsara Soundsystem - Ritual Of Carousel Baboon Records Land Of Baboon Vol. 3 - Various Artist Baboon/Caroline/EMI Baraka Orchestra - 5 Worlds Baraka Foundation/Caroline/EMI Qaballa Steppers - Imaginatrix Baraka Foundation/Caroline/EMI Freedom Sounds “Tribute To The Skatalites” - Various Artist Shanachie Management Sean Leonard - Sean@dubterra.Net read less