Dub Manual — "Quando"

Out September 11, 2026 at 12pm (Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil)

Dub Manual has been with Tropical Diaspora Records since the beginning. Single after single, we have released their work on a foundation of fair partnership — artists retain ownership, revenue is split transparently, and no one signs away their future.

This new release confronts colonization directly.

"Quando a verdade não é fixa / A maldade se apropria / Tudo está em fluxo"

When truth is not fixed, evil appropriates. Everything is in flux. The echo, the noise, and the rupture tearing through the imposed silence. Evoking the ancestors, decimated by colonization. Reimagining the world from the ruins. Building the future with shards of the past.

For Tropical Diaspora Records, this is not a departure. It is a continuation. Rooted in Pan-African ideology and Frantz Fanon's Third Way, the label has always understood that the music of the African diaspora is not a product to be extracted — it is memory, resistance, and continuity. Colonization attempted erasure. We respond through amplification.

"Quando tomamos posse dos meios / As máquinas do mundo vão se expressar / Fora dessa lógica de opressão"

When we take possession of the means, the machines of the world will speak. Outside the logic of oppression. Reimagining the world from the ruins. Building the future.

This single is another step in that direction. Another fragment. Another frequency.

Release Date: September 11, 2026 — 12pm (Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil)

Where to listen:

🎧 Bandcamp (recommended): https://dub-manual.bandcamp.com/track/quando
💿 Our website: www.tdrgo.co
🌍 Mainstream platforms: https://hypeddit.com/ldymvx

A note on mainstream platforms: All major streaming platforms — through economic or political ties to genocidal and apartheid states — support genocide, oppression, and environmental destruction in one way or another. We are on these platforms for accessibility, but we strongly encourage you to listen on Bandcamp or our website, where your support goes directly to the artists.

Credits:

Produced by Dub Manual
Music: Dub Manual
Lyrics: Felipe S.
Album: Bairro Novo Sunrise
Recorded at CultivADub Studios between 2014–2015
Audio capture: Eiraldo Valença / Sanzyo Rafael

Dub Manual:
Sanzyo Rafael — Programming, effects, keyboards, melodica

Guest Musicians:
Felipe S. — Vocals
Ninho Júnior — Clavinet, Organ, Piano
Vitor Magall — Guitar / Bass

Mixed by Thiago Brigidio (Vinil Pompéia)
Mastered by Thiago Brigidio (Vinil Pompéia)
Cover Photo: Tropical Diáspora Records
Promotional Photos: Vitor Magall (Take One)
National and International Distribution: Tropical Diáspora Records
Artistic Representation: 7 Claves Produções

Lyrics:

Quando a verdade não é fixa

A maldade se apropria

Tudo está em fluxo

O eco e o ruído e a quebra rasgando o silêncio imposto

Evocando os ancestrais

Dizimados pela colonização

E quando a verdade não é fixa

A maldade se apropriar

Tudo está em fluxo

O eco e o ruído e a quebra rasgando o silêncio imposto

Reimaginamos o mundo

A parte das ruínas

Construindo o futuro

Com estilhaços do passado

Quando a verdade não é fixa

A maldade se apropria

Tudo está em fluxo

Em fluxo

O eco o ruído e a quebra rasgando o silêncio imposto

O eco o ruído e a quebra rasgando o silêncio imposto

Evocando os ancestrais

Dizimados pela colonização

Quando tomamos posse dos meios

As máquinas do mundo vão se expressar

Fora dessa lógica de opressão

Reimaginamos o mundo

A partir das ruínas

Construindo o futuro

Evocando os ancestrais

Dizimados pela colonização

Evocando os ancestrais