I have a machine called the Kaossillator. On this machine, if you write a drum machine pattern and then slow it way down, it pixelates all the beats so that they sound really fucked up.
Almost every music geek and musician loves late 70s Dub. This made it easy for me to involve many of my friends in the making of this record. This zine is full of their faces. If you tell anyone you need help making a Dub record, they will beg to be part of it.
It's possible that Dub is humanity’s greatest achievement.
Gods like King Tubby and Lee Scratch Perry will once again walk the earth as today’s tyrants decay under their feet. "The Space Echo" will be the most holy object. Along with maybe the melodica or timbales.
It is my hope that this record will bring you even half as much joy in listening as it brought us in making it. This is my humble homage to the original practitioners of the form. Dub.
Your servant,
Thor
credits
released July 22, 2022
Doom Dub II
Thor Harris
1. Day 32 of Quarantine (4:41) (with Lawrence English, Stine Janvin Motland)
Mixed by Lawrence English
Stine Janvin Motland - Vocals
Everything Else Played by Thor Harris
2. Day 19 of Quarantine (4:58) (with Daniel Rejmer, Sarah La Puerta)
Mixed by Daniel Rejmer
Sarah “Goat” Gautier - Vocoder / Vocals
Jared Samuel - Vocoder / Vocals
Mike Watt - bass
Everything Else Played by Thor Harris
3. Day 447 of Quarantine (7:52) (with Craig Ross, Zola Jesus, Dorian Wood)
Mixed by Craig Ross
Dorian Wood - Vocals
Zola Jesus - Vocals
Everything Else Played by Thor Harris
4. Do Androids Dream of Dick? (0:50) (with Adam Harding)
Mixed and Mutated by Adam Harding
Adam Harding - Vocals
Everything Else Played by Thor Harris
5. Day 9 of Quarantine (4:07) (with Brandon Eggleston, Marissa Nadler, Adam Harding)
Mixed by Brandon Eggleston
Brandon Eggleston - Additional Drum sounds
Kevin Schneider - Peculiarly Tuned Pianos
Marissa Nadler - Vocals
Adam Harding - Vocals
Monk Parker - Saxophone
Mike Watt - Bass
Everything Else Played by Thor Harris
6. Day 62 of Quarantine (5:00) (with Dan Haab, Marina Tadic, Adam Harding)
Mixed by Dan Haab
Marina Tadic - Vocals
Adam Harding - Vocals
Everything Else Played by Thor Harris
7. Sean Cook Dub (3:56) (with Sean Cook)
Mixed by Sean Cook
Sean Cook - Bass
Craig Ross - Guitar
Everything Else Played by Thor Harris
8. Day 7 of Quarantine (4:42) (with Christopher Pravdica, Sarah La Puerta)
Mixed by Christopher Pravdica
Sarah “Goat” Gautier - Vocoder / Vocals
Jared Samuel - Vocoder / Vocals
Adam Harding - Vocals
Bruce Hughs - Bass
Everything Else Played by Thor Harris
9. I Miss You So Much (2:46) (with Adam Harding)
Mixed by Adam Harding
Adam Harding - Vocals
Everything Else Played by Thor Harris
Lyrics:
"Day 7 of Quarantine"
Another kind of conquest.
Began very very sloooooooowly.
Very Very Sloooooooooooooowly.
Will they endure?
Will they endure?
Will they endure?
These "paint people"
The transmission was watered down.
English translation was watered down.
It was watered down.
Left to pray in the church.
Will they endure ? x 3
Another kind of conquest began very very very Slooowly
Slooooooowly
Very.
Very.
Life has changed.
Life has changed.
Life has changed.
Life. Changed.
Life isn't supposed to be.
isn't supposed to be.
Life isn't supposed to.
isn't.
life.
Life isn't supposed to be silence x 2
silence.
it was another kind of conquest.
Will they endure?
Will they endure silence?
silence. silence. silence. silence. silence. silence. silence. silence. silence. silence.
"Day 447 of Quarantine"
Christ don’t generate a feeling
A road that I am wary to take
Christ don’t take away my weeping
A road that I am wary to take
Christ leaked down from the ceiling
A road that I am wary to take
Light broke my body into pieces
The road that I was wary to take
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