New Artist Announcement

Tropical Diaspora Records® is delighted to announce DUB MANUAL as part of our Artists Portfolio.

/// English

There is a story to be told. It began with the march of the maroons. When ska slows down into its most extreme form, as it is dub, the music stretches its bass line to cover more land, as to create an invisible wall that threatens the ship in the horizon. The sound system is magical, its sound is allurement. It can only be heard by the slaves that populate the colonial ship. The sound system drives them to rebellion and the ship sinks while the brothers and sisters get into the shores of the new land. There, the process of reconstruction of a true radical universal democracy begins. Nobody remembers the bodies of the oppressors sunk down in the waters of history.

/// Brazilian Portuguese

Há uma história para ser contada. Começou com a marcha dos maroons. Quando o ska desacelera para sua forma mais extrema, como é o dub, a música estica sua linha de baixo para cobrir mais terra, como para criar uma parede invisível que ameaça o navio no horizonte. O sistema de som é mágico, seu som é sedução. Ele só pode ser ouvido pelos escravos que povoam o navio colonial. O sistema de som os leva à rebelião e o navio afunda enquanto os irmãos e irmãs chegam às margens da nova terra. Lá, o processo de reconstrução de uma verdadeira democracia universal radical começa. Ninguém se lembra dos corpos dos opressores afundados nas águas da história.

Musician Sanzyo Rafael presents his side project DUB MANUAL, a celebration of the rich Jamaican sound, with an emphasis on reggae and dub influences. With the goal of propagating Jamaican music in its most full-bodied and processed form, Dub Manual delves into the depths of dub, creating unique sonic experiences.

In the studio, he has produced several innovative mixes that transform conventional music and integrate it into the world of dub, with carefully crafted sound interventions and details, where each track becomes an engaging auditory journey.

Sanzyo’s influences are vast and varied, ranging from samba and MPB to groove and funk, as well as the rich Afro-Cuban and Afro-beat traditions, without forgetting the roots of reggae and Jamaican dub. With DubManual, he seeks not only to entertain, but also to connect deeply with the emotions and stories behind the music.

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