LoDubs Records

24/01/2025

Those looking for the last triptych of 12” releases in the lower continent without the major post cost and mystery as to when/if it might turn up should get over to . Dropped some stickers there as well. Legit selection all around.

10/12/2024

Sat down with out of Bristol back in October. What resulted was a bit over an hour revealing the past, present, and future of in the form of an interview, catalog retrospective (featuring tracks from , South3rn, , , .oe ) and discussions on the state of running a dub reflective arts label both back in 2005 and now nearing 2025, the perils of label operation, and what it’s like to release something and hear of its impact in the UK homeland as was the case in those early days of LoDubs, when Dubstep was a word that prompted befuddlement as opposed to the tunnel of derision we now seem to be coming out of. Ending it off is a mix of some of the dubplates which will likely be pressed this coming year. Check Bass Scoops Radio’s SoundCloud for the whole listen.

29/11/2024

Getting ready to pack up records for tonight .pdx and . The flyers are out and about for those shows, but both will be events unlike the typical. On that note, I did a bit of atypical multitasking yesterday in that I had a deadline for a LoDubs mix to go along with an interview I did with Bristol’s last month. I didn’t have a ton of time to go through demos, Dubplates, and rough cuts of stuff that may or may not be appearing on the label, but I can say that the mix is almost completely stuff that just came out on the label in the form of a limited to 30 poly cut (which can be procured via instructions included with the bonus track DL only available on each respective vinyl EP) or is a dubplate for a locked in or speculative future LoDubs 12”. This mix and interview will go up at some point in the future so follow Bass Scoops for that, but in the meantime come to one or both of the shows tonight, as maybe some of this will make it in. Tracks include , .m_ , , , , and a load of others (video shows a cdj as I’m playing back the turntable mix I did yesterday)

09/10/2024

Check em if you’re in Krakow. Great shop!

04/10/2024

New ting....

4 track album

02/10/2024

Tonight. Bringing these and picking up the dub plates over and finally meeting up with the sound man and checking out the first time since meeting him way back in the beginning of this thing back in 2006. .oe will be there as well so almost the complete crew for this set of LoDubs releases! Speaking of Teffa, is the earliest occasion one can get his EP which goes up on Friday, and the only time one can straight up pick these items up in the UK, not to mention the limited to 30 dubplates. So it will be a big night on a bunch of fronts.

02/10/2024

Tonight! If you’re in the area pop by!

02/08/2024

Out today. 6 fire sk**ky grime steppa tracks on wax, as only can. 2 bonus tracks with a vinyl purchase, and details on how to get a 3 track poly with a tune that will only ever come out that way. Link in bio.

6 track album

30/07/2024

New one. Full release out Friday, as is the custom these days…

Spooky has long been one of the hardest working soundmen in East London. At any given time you can see him streaming sets on Insta, blasting out tunes, and being the OG cat he always has been, with a

25/07/2024

Hello all!

LoDubs is back at it once again. As is the labels' nature, once the hype slows down we'll be there to keep the underground alive with new releases!

We are getting close to what will be about a year shy of the 20th anniversary of LoDubs, the premier USA Grime/Dubstep/Garage label founded in 2005. It's crazy to think. The label that brought Clubroot, DZ, Egoless, Mensah, and countless others out on vinyl for their first releases, but still lurking in the shadows nearly 2 decades later.

Between now and October we will have three new 12" EP's. Each will be available digital, but will also come as a limited 12" pressing. This 12" pressing will come with a special download code that will allow vinyl owners access to a version of the EP containing 2 bonus tracks!
..On top of that, these bonus tracks will come with instructions on how to get a limited to 30-50 poly cut of those tracks! In some cases this poly will come with additional surprises, like a VIP only available in that form.

To start things off, we have an EP of Deep UKG from Silent Cubes. Stream link is below the label art/release details to follow:

ARTIST: Silent Cubes
TITLE: Sound In Motion EP

RELEASE: Immediate (Fulfilling orders beginning of August 2024)

CAT # LODUBS-1224029

FORMAT: Limited 4 Track 12" EP W/Digital bonus+Poly Dub cut or 4 track digital DL/Stream

Notes:

A veteran producer (Who prefers to separate this incarnation
from past works) working within many disciplines in sound, Silent
Cubes demonstrates a particular skill in atmospherics and mood
in their productions, creating three tracks of original UGK driven
sound that speak in a dialect as familiar to the progeny and
brethren of Clubroot, Sorrow, and Congi as that of Chez Damier,
Mr Fingers, and Ron Trent. An exercise in deepness, Draped in
the framework and immediacy of Garage.

Showing how evocatively these elements can be transformed is
MOY, himself straddling a line between classic IDM, Old Skool,
and Acid, and with releases on Analogical Force, Vinyl Fanatiks
(AmenTec) and a slew of others. MOY comes forward with a
hybridized remix of “The Stream”, which really is in a class of its
own and closes out side B.

“Sound And Motion”. Presented as a 4 track vinyl EP, in a
numbered/limited edition, and bundled with access to 2 exclusive
Poly Cut/Digital tracks, only ever available via the access
provided through ownership of this record.

STREAM LINK: https://promo.theorchard.com/foHMgYC44fy2Rvkp3D6B

01/07/2024

Next one up. Going live on Bandcamp on Friday. For a snip of one of the tracks head on over to the LoDubs SoundCloud (link in sig).

22/06/2024

Tonight , getting things going for the ever prolific . Full post and some short vids of some of the choons I’m bringing over .

13/06/2024

Soon-er…

23/05/2024

Later today. Live from the Liquid Dancehall stream dungeon, Detroit.

3 pst, 6 here.

A good friend of the function will be in town this weekend for the festival so of course they’re stopping by the HQ to dip their toes in the stream. LoDubs Records legend Jon AD will be accompanied by Bristol Junglist Dial M. Who knows who else may stop by. Link below, pic for reach. Don’t forget this Sunday $5 off at the door with proof of admission to movement, either day or weekend pass. Posters for sale as well.

17/04/2024

I was in a state of delirium last week thanks to getting poisoned by a tree (Not g***a, one in my yard) and too much work when I grabbed a random pile of 45’s off the top of my stack and an assortment of 12” and 10” from around my home turntables and some nearby shelves, representing something akin to an archeologist going through the top soil of a site. Brought it all over to my cousin’s place , who has a setup that is a bit less chaotic than mine, and set about recording a 90 minute assortment of these bits. from 70’s up to just released this month. All in all it came out pretty...listenable. I’d recommend tuning in at 7PM PST if you want to hear what I’m rambling on about (www.lowergrandradio.com). Big up . Some of the artists within: , ,Leba Hibbert (Toots’ Daughter) , .tamlins , , , , , , , , , Mixman , , , , , , , w/ , & , & . Very glad all these people are out there pushing the culture forward and insiping such a wild ride.

27/03/2024

Soooon

Super stoked to finally have received the masters for my upcoming vinyl debut EP on LoDubs Records.