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Born out of a scene that spawned Massive Attack, Krust, Portishead and Roni
Size, Bristol producer Ben Dubuisson has never been short of
inspiration and stimulus in his hometown. Ben began his musical path in the
height of the ‘trip hop’ scene, cutting his teeth with seminal labels like Hombre
& Cup Of Tea Recordings.
A decade later and Dubuisson emerges out of his dingy basement after slaving
away on the Akai and Atari, with ‘Basement Blues’ - a slick
production that melds hip hop with funk, jazz, soul & a touch of dub reggae.
Label mates Def Harmonic appear on the cosmic ‘Mostly Empty
Solid Space’ and percussive ‘Brain Busy’, whilst individually, Lunaversol
9 lends her effortless, silky vocals to the dub tinged ‘Flavor’ and
Jason Todd adds fuel to the funk fire of single ‘Hardcore
Poetry’ - which has received extensive Triple J airplay.
Rising US star Alison Crockett features on the angst ridden
soul cut, ‘Dream On Delay’, and a little bit of Celtic magic on two tracks from
Compost Recordings superstar Joseph Malik.
East London singer/songwriter, Victor Davies also drops lyrics
on the string laden ‘Lead Not Follow’, and UK hip hop stalwarts Chester
P & Farma G (A.K.A. Task Force) plus hotly tipped
female lyricist EV.ON (The Herbaliser/Lyric
L) also make themselves heard.
Hundred Strong is a renowned remixer - having remixed the like of RJD2,
Dynamo Productions and Katalyst.
Dubuisson also runs Bristol label High Noon which functions
as an outlet for local Hip-hop and beats producers and recently featured Boca
45's collaboration with McKay which was listed in
Giles Peterson's top records of 2004.
Ben Dubuisson's polished production and slick sampling makes ‘Basement
Blues’ a hip hop album with soul and a whole lot more!
Credits:
All tracks mixed at the Instrument London by B. Dubuisson and Kevin Paul. Except 3 & 4 mixed by B. Dubuisson and S. Mathews at S.O.A. Bristol.
Mastered by Martin Giles @ Alchemy Soho
Executive producer Nick Lawrence
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