Long Beach Dub Allstars with Tomorrows Bad Seeds and Makua Rothman
Brentwood Emporium
561 1st St, Brentwood, CA 94513, USA
California
37.9312499
-121.69403
Description
An Intimate all ages show with Long Beach Dub Allstars with Openers Tomorrows Bad Seeds and Makua Rothman.
Doors: 7pm
Music: 7:45pm
Tickets: $22 in advance and $30 day of Show
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LONG BEACH DUB ALLSTARS
After making their triumphant return in 2020 with their self-titled album, Long Beach Dub Allstars are taking it all the way back-to-basics on their new album "Echo Mountain High". The album will take listeners on a trip through a psychedelic mountain range of musical madness filled with reggae, rock, ska, hip hop, hard dub, and soul.
When the pandemic hit, tour was cancelled and the band was put down for about a bit. After about a year, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Opie Ortiz and Edwin Kampwirth got busy and started to write some songs. Setting up their own personal musical "resort" in Opie's yard, the duo began to demo new tracks. This "resort sesh" led to the creation of 18 demos that would become the seeds of "Echo Mountain High".
The band began working with Long Beach Dub Allstars guitarist Michael “Miguel” Happoldt to help figure out which of the songs to focus on. 13 songs were chosen and sent the band. With the full band tracking straight to tape at Tracking at 64 Sound, the canvas and frame were built and it was now time to paint. So then off to record overdubs with the great Lewis "Lew" Richards at 17th Street Recording studios , as well as at Mike and Tim's home studios. Within a year, the album was completed.
"This release is extra special because after the pandemic, I honestly didn't know if we had another album in us," commented Long Beach Dub Allstars bassist Edwin Kampwirth. "The way Opie, myself and the crew came together to work on this album was really amazing to me. Everyone got busy, did their parts and treated these songs with respect and love. The last album was really beautiful, but it was very mellow. To me, 'Echo Mountain High' is the wild album that needed to happen. We took some chances, broke down some barriers and now the floodgates are open."
Long Beach Dub Allstars have always taken chances and have never been afraid to chart into unknown musical territory. "Echo Mountain High" sees them experimenting with some heavy psychedelics and finds the band playing some hard classic dub anthems along with some wild experiments, showcasing the band's free spirit and fearlessness to venture into the unknown.
Opie Ortiz describes the sound "I feel with the self-titled album, it was an old-time vibe we were going for, and Cameron Webb has more of a punk-rock approach. This new album has more of a soul feel to it, and we experimented with a bunch of sounds like Roger playing a mellotron on 'Fly So High', which gave it a sort of Beatles 'Strawberry Fields' vibe. "
Joining the Dub Allstars on this mind-altering musical journey are Chris Dowd (Fishbone), who adds his trombone flavor to one track, some sweet vocals on another and some of his iconic keys on two others. Devin Morrison (Expanders/Man Like Devin) and Jesse Wagner (Aggrolites), lend some singing on a few tracks. Philieano (Doobie Raider) jumps on two tracks to rap and sing some harmonies, and local Long Beach ripper, Travis Goertz, plays a little slide guitar on one track.
The album's first single "Precious Time" was inspired by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that took the lives of nearly 16,000 people and injured thousands of others. Frontman Opie Ortiz was visiting when the earthquake happened and the harrowing experience stuck with him.
"I was there when it happened visiting my brother Philieano, but luckily we were on the west side in Nagasaki," he remembers. "It was a real eye opener being in a different country in a state of emergency. I was speaking with a person in our crew who played guitar with the One Big Family Band, his name is Yuichiro Oku, and he said I should write a song and call it 'Precious Time' because time is precious."
Today’s generation of reggae-rock fans may not fully understand how critical this group was to the reggae-rock genre, following Sublime’s conclusion in 1996. They played at a time when social media was non-existent. Live-videos of their early performances are mostly of grainy VHS quality, while most live-photos shot by fans were with throw-away cameras. There was no Youtube, Facebook, and this was before Myspace or even iTunes. They were the torch bearers of a genre that Sublime introduced and the original ‘Dub Allstars lineup included most of the players who were involved in cultivating that Reggae-Rock sound with Brad Nowell. Seeing them reunite and perform new music after a 15-year absence is exciting. Together these musical professors and legends from Long Beach have engineered a new studio album that adds to the legacy of Long Beach Dub Allstars. 25 years later the band has found its resurgence with Opie Ortiz(vocals), Miguel Happoldt (guitar), Tim Wu (horns) joined by Roger Rivas (keys), Ed Kampwirth (bass) and Gil Sharone(drums).
"Echo Mountain High" rolls through the mountainside with some wild contact highs along the way with songs about youth, ghosts, police brutality, love, hate, life, death and mushrooms.
Track Listing:
Duppies
Somewhere
Fly So High
Preacha feat Philieano
Up on the Land
Things You Do
Oh Mamma feat. Philieano
In This Life
Trouble in Here
Starting to Believe
Precious Time
Dancing
Don't Walk Away
Connect:
https://www.lbdamusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/LongBeachDubAllstars/
https://twitter.com/lbdamusic
https://www.instagram.com/lbdamusic
Tomorrows Bad Seeds
Tomorrows Bad Seeds is a five-piece American reggae band from South Bay, LA, California. Their Southern California influences helped yield their unparalleled sound; a perfect mix of reggae, rock, punk and pop. From Hood B-boy Street to Surf/Skate Culture Tomorrows Bad Seeds have emerged into a multicultural musical phenomenon with a cause.
MAKUA ROTHMAN
Makuakai (Makua) Rothman was born on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. An accomplished professional big wave surfer and aspiring musician, Makua was crowned the 2015 Big Wave World Champion. Makua’s first win came at the age of 18-years-old where he won the 2002 Billabong XXL Award for riding a 66-foot wave at Jaws (the largest wave known to be surfed anywhere in the world that winter).
Before he was 10-years-old, Makua was surfing some of Hawaii’s notable and dangerous waves, including Pipeline and Sunset Beach. When Makua was eight, he surfed 12-foot Waimea ~ an accomplishment that’s nearly unthinkable.
By the time he was 13, Rothman had emerged as one of Hawaii’s most promising young surfers. Surrounded by legends of surfing – Sunny Garcia, Muyles Padaca, Johnny Boy Gomes, and Dane Kealoha, to name a few – Rothman was taught how to dive, surf, farm and hunt. He credits these men as role models who instilled values of leadership and respect.
Music was a source of constant inspiration for Makua, but he never considered it as a career until 2012, when friends and family encouraged him to pursue his dreams. On the verge of leaving for a trip to Indonesia, Rothman decided to cancel the trip to work on his music. A few months later, he released his first EP, "Makanale Road.” Since then, he’s released his full-length album and toured all over the US, headlining small shows and opening for artists such as Matisyahu, Sublime w/Rome, Common Kings, The Wailers, Steel Pulse, Slightly Stoopid, Rebelution, and Donavon Frankenreiter.
Heading towards the future - Makua’s aspirations have turned to helping the troubled youth of Hawaii. Heavy planning is underway to partner with some of Hawaii’s renowned athletes, celebrities and community organizers to help educate and nurture the future people of Hawaii. Makua states, “Surfing is my life and music is what I love. I’ve been blessed to travel the world, encountering different traditions and cultures, which has been a beautiful experience and privilege. But no matter where I am, whether it’s on a big wave in Costa Rica or on a big stage in New York, Hawaii will forever have my heart.”
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