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.::BIOGRAPHY
As a youth, Dr. Rock sailed Caribbean waves and listened to 80's reggae music while he fell asleep each night. He started with drums and now he controls metal, wax and wires. After years of selecting hip-hop, funk and reggae, his devotion to classic reggae, dancehall and dub led him to form Great Stone Soundsystem. Great Stone Soundsystem's positive, energetic, and sweaty gatherings bumped all around Los Angeles. Over ten years he rocked spots like Dub Club, Jamaica Gold, and many rhythmic nights at The Temple Bar. The infamous Drop Out, a Great Stone manifestation at Hollywood's elusive Jamaican speak-easy, leveled vibes and gathered a faithful crowd. His weekly live show, "Dr. Rock's Free Clinic" on the respected and eclectic internet radio, www.dublab.com garnered fans all over the globe. He has been honored to perform with some of the greatest names in reggae. As he blasted sirens and mixed layers of classic dancehall and roots all over L.A. Dancefloors, The Beat Magazine called him "talented, passionate and humble". In 2001, while selecting and dubbing, working in part with Mad Professor at a Lee Scratch Perry show, Dr. Rock met fate and began a musical exploration with musician and dub engineer, Cypriano Rizla. Cypriano called dub music the only music he's experienced that parallels the natural frequencies of the human body. He controls subsonic waves on a cellular level. Cypriano's dub style offers mysterious echo, reverb expansion and effortless harmony. Besides mixing, he knows strings, wind and organs; anything that can be played he makes sound loosely tight. From a multi-musical background, he found reggae at an early age and became a purveyor as engineer, musician, and producer. Cypriano creates rich and thick soundscapes ready to explode. After years of record flipping and dubbing, they now produce their own vibrant versions and work with a variety of talent in the studio as well as live performances. Though they love rocking a high-energy DJ set, their original sounds are off-the-grid, drawing from reggae, punk, rock, circus tent revival, and good old jazz. Great Stone's live dub show is dynamite: rootsy evolutionary and outer-national. King Tubby's spirit surrounds and blesses their dub collages and echoes of light, yet each moment is completely innovative and fresh, building infectious vibrations that bodies can't help but move to. Pure. Heavy. Wide. On the downbeat, the energy swells high. When dancehall meets roots meet space; it can be rough and deep and not for the amateur. The sound is best when performed live and loud. The dub rock takeover has begun.
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