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Madmen (Lil Obeah & Marius Costache Spacedub)

by Dub Colossus

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„It was Count Dubulah, Nick Plato Page aka the Dub Colossus who has taught me that VERSION is the KEY! Socially and politically, version has created the necessary cultural environment for people of all races and classes to create and add layers to the historic fabric of music and art. Through Nick I understood a song is a blank canvas open to renewal each time you want to revisit it and that it has to reflect the times we are living. When we worked together on Vraja and Tacerea, each of our songs had 4 versions and Nick encouraged me to start the platform to release them myself. I owe Count Dubulah the foundation of the now 3 year old label, Sound of Art to Come.

Me and Marius Costache of Studio148 had the privilege to remix Dub Colossus, anti-politricks anthem Madmen, the only composition in their beautiful catalog with Nick Plato Page aka Count Dubulah’s vocals. It is amazing to have it launched on Bandcamp Friday celebrating what would have been Nick’s 63 birthday. THE MAD MADMEN THE MADMEN THE MADMEN RULE MY LIFE! I loved this song from the first listen and to be able to bring it into space with Marius Costache, my co-producer and collaborator is one big honor.

Dub music is an artform and if King Tubby was Pablo Picasso and Lee Scratch Perry was Salvador Dalí, then Nick Page aka Dub Colossus, was Phidias reborn as Alexander Calder. Nick would carve out dub from Ethiojazz and world/ global music sounds like no other with a special balance between modern and old school, with Joe Gibbs and Niney the Observer as inspirations.” Obeah

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WE CAN SEE NOW WHERE THE FUTURE LIES
COMPUTER DECIDES WHEN THE FOOD PRICE RISE
STOCKS AND SHARES MOVE THE PRICE OF BREAD
THE EYE IN THE SKY IS A DRONE OVERHEAD

THE MAD MADMEN THE MADMEN THE MADMEN RULE MY LIFE
THE MAD MADMEN THE MADMEN THE MADMEN RUN MY LIFE

STRESS AND STRAIN, AS THE MARKETS BUCK
PEOPLE TREAT ME LIKE THEY JUST DONT GIVE A F F F F FUCK
GOT LESS MONEY FOR MY WEEKLY SHOP
THE RAIN KEEPS FALLING (IT JUST WONT STOP)

THE MAD MADMEN THE MADMEN THE MADMEN RULE MY LIFE
THE MAD MADMEN THE MADMEN THE MADMEN NAME THEIR PRICE



THE MAD MADMEN THE MADMEN THE MADMEN RULE MY LIFE
THE MAD MADMEN THE MADMEN THE MADMEN NAME THEIR PRICE

WE CAN SEE HOW THE FUTURE LIES
COMPUTER DECIDES WHEN THE FOOD PRICE RISE
STOCKS AND SHARES MOVE THE PRICE OF BREAD
THE EYE IN THE SKY IS A DRONE OVERHEAD

JUDGE, I WILL ENTER AN INNOCENT PLEA
BECAUSE I’M JUST ONE OF ENDLESS HUMANITY
IS IT A CRIME, JUST TO BE BORN?
ITS NOT A CASE OF INSANITY

credits

released November 3, 2023
Nick Page – vocals, guitar, original production, synths, drum programming
Neil Waters - trumpet
Ben Somers - tenor sax
Bob Dowell - trombone
Toby Mills – percussion
Paul Chivers - dub fx
Sebastian Martinez - bass guitar
Dani Fabregas - drums

Remix by Marius Costache & Obeah @ Studio148
Marius Costache - mix, master
Cristiana Bucureci – artwork

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Dub Colossus London, UK

Dubulah formed Dub Colossus in 2008 & with the release of the album "A Town called Addis " on Real World Records to many fantastic 4 and 5 star reviews, going to No1 in the Euro World Music Charts..
"Addis through the Looking Glass" and "Dub Me Tender" followed, all on Real World Records.
"Addis to Omega" (EM002) was released 2014 to rave 5 and 4 star reviews in Songlines, Guardian and Froots etc.
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