Children of Dub
Children Of Dub was started by former Zero Gravity member Luke Eastwood. It began in '91 following a one off collaboration with guitarist Demian Castellanos and DJ Quark on what later became the song "Journey to the Inner Light". Demian decided to pursue his own music, returning periodically for live sets and several recorded collaborations.
In 1993 Luke joined forces with Zach (also from Zero Gravity) working together on a remix of Psychotropic and playing their live debut at London's Whirl-Y-Gig. After some musical differences Zach also left to pursue his own music and Luke carried on alone until enlisting Katie Hecker (formerly of Ecstacy Of St Teressa & Revolution 9) as percussionist.
Children Of Dub signed to Diversity in April '95, recording their first album joined by Demian on "Journey to...". The album "The Silent Pool" was released in September, after a trip to India, to rave reviews. Their first tour of the UK was a success leading to gigs and the release of the album in Europe on Incoming! Records. Two EPs - "Nemesis" featuring Whirl-y-gig and Bumpy capers remixes) and "Transcendental" (featuring a live version at Megatripolis) were also released before Diversity folded. All the Children of Dub Diversity recordings are long since deleted but fortunately "The Silent Pool" is available again with new sleeve artwork (by mail order direct from C.O.D. or Magick Eye since June 2001).
As fans of Astralasia the band was more than delighted to join the same label, Magick Eye Records. The 1st Magick Eye release was the trance and d'n'b "Adrenochrome" EP. Their 2nd album "Chameleon" was released in 1996, featuring Mick Lawler and Katie Hecker and they completed their second UK tour (including WOMAD, Whirl-Y-Gig and Megatripolis) and several dates in Europe.
A limited edition EP "Greed" featuring David Riley on vocals and a remix by Surge was released in spring and their 3rd and highly acclaimed album "ESP" was released in summer '97 also featuring two tracks with Demain Castellanos and Greed with David Riley. This was followed by the trance EP "Nemesis/Rhythm Of Life" in autumn and short tours in the UK, Holland and Germany.
A compilation for USA, Canada and Japan only "Analog Meditation" was released in August '97, featuring tracks formerly only on 12" and CD singles. It is only available in the UK via the internet (try CDnow/Amazon).
In spring '98 "Feeling Has Gone", a limited edition 12" featuring Saoirse Keogh on vocals, was released, receiving excellent reviews. This EP delvs once again into drum n bass and ambience on the flip side. This was followed by another short tour of the UK.
At the end of '98 the fourth, and arguably best, album "Digital Mantras for a Fucked Up World" was released. Once again this received excellent reviews and several tracks from this album were used on compilations, including "Spook" on Return to the Source's "Ambient Meditations", their last live appearance was at RTTS in 1999, for the launch of Ambient Meditations.
A best of album is due for release on 20 August 2001, "Evolution 1995-2001". With tracks culled from the rarest 12"s, deleted CDs and rare complilations, it is also due to include previously unreleased versions of their songs. With the various collaborators now scattered between Ireland, London, Chile, New Zealand and Cornwall, future releases are unlikely and so this will probably mark the end of the road for Children Of Dub.
Their last recording, the ambient track "Space Child", will also appear exclusively on a compilation, more details to follow when available.
Taken from the official COD web site.
Single: Adrenochrome EP
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I was a bit disappointed by this EP - its a little on the weak side, especially after hearing the tracks they contributed to the Magick Eye compilation Visitation.
Single: Greed EP
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This is a limited edition 12" which is to be followed by a new CD album called ESP. Greed is a dub epic featuring vocals of David Riley, whilst Electronic Meditation is more trancey and uplifting.
CD Album: Evolution 1995 - 2001
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Released 8/01 on Rumour Records. Thanks to Rumour Records for the promo copy. Evolution is an excellent summary of the COD discography, tracing a journey of how their sound has evolved through squiggly, dubby electronica, trance, break beat and drum 'n bass. It is compiled from many rare and unavailable / deleted COD EPs and vinyls, rather than a hand picking of tracks from their past five albums. Hence Evolution is more than just a "best of..." album and is an essential purchase if, like myself, you missed many of these releases first time round.
Other Info:
The Goa Trance 2 compilation features Transcendental - Live at Megatripolis, which is the same version as found on the Transcendental EP.
Check out Visitation, the Magick Eye compilation album, for two tracks by Children of Dub. Soma is taken from the new album, whilst Fallen Angel is an exclusive track unavailable elsewhere.
For further information on Children of Dub see their web site or the Magick Eye web site. or contact:
E-Mail: magickeye@magickeye.com
Also, see my pages on the other Magick Eye artists:
....and finally the Magick Eye compilation albums Visitation
