Future Dub from Ancient Scotland

Nominated for Live act of the Year 2023 at the MG Na Trad Awards & The Scottish Altrnative Music Awards.

An Dannsa Dub (The Dub Dance in Gaelic) is the brainchild of dub vocalist & producer Tom Spirals and Scottish traditional musician Euan McLaughlin formed in 2020. The project fuses the mystical energy and instruments of traditional Scottish music and Gaelic song with the heavy, meditative, driving basslines digital dub music.

Music is one big conversation. And few projects live at the heart of it like An Dannsa Dub.

Born from a love of traditional Scottish folk, dub reggae and dance music, together they summon the joyous, communal energy of a cèilidh and a sound system session.

Their name comes from the Gaelic for “The Dub Dance”. Their sound celebrates the ancient Gaelic and West African rhythms that influenced reggae, which in turn, via sound system culture and dub’s pioneering remixes, produced modern dance music. Their live shows and recordings are a seamless, pulsating fusion of all this and more.

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“Tha Mi Air Chall”, which translates into english as “I Am Lost”, is a groundbreaking release. It’s the first time ever that Scottish Gaelic & Jamaican Patois have been combined on the same recording. This was not the goal from the outset of writing the piece but a culturally significant and organic bi-product of An Dannsa’s boundary pushing musical journey. A.D.D have expertly weaved together the ethereal Gaelic vocals of award winning Hebridean singer Josie Duncan and the rich Jamaican patois of the legendary veteran soundsystem MC Horseman. The two highly contrasting vocals work beautifully together, creating a dynamic, dramatic and cohesive scene, powerfully presented over a deep & driving one drop rhythm produced in a hi-fidelity future dub style.

THA MI AIR CHALL ft. Josie Duncan & Horseman

with mixes by Paulo Baldini & GAUDI

31/10/24

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Video by Colin Black - Filmed at Celtic Connections 2024

An Dannsa Dub’s latest offering “Kick Up The Dust” is a wild journey to the frontiers of folk fusion, combining the ancient spirit of traditional Gaelic song and the ethereal voice of award winning Hebridean singer Josie Duncan (Inyal, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening) with the pulsating, hypnotic energy of high fidelity Future Dub.

The release has been mixed by legendary Italian dub producer Paolo Baldini who features on the digital B-Side with a reimagined and reconstructed dub mix of the original track - “Kick Up The Dub”.

Both tracks have been mastered by Nick Manasseh and are available to purchase via Bandcamp and stream across all digital platforms

After the booming success of An Dannsa Dub's debut album 'Air an Turas' in March 2023 , a plan was hatched to collaborate on a remixes project with artists from the myriad of musical scenes that helped inspire the unique sound of the original record ; Bass music, Psychedelic Trance and of course Heavyweight, Soundsystem Dub .

It is with total pleasure and a mischievous glint in our eyes that we present you with the kaleidoscopic , whirlwind journey through genres that is ' Air an Turas : The Remixes '

Featuring re-imagined versions from ;

Eurythmy , Kreed , FleCK , Azulon , Kandee , Cronyx , Wicked n Bonny, , Toroki , Barefoot Bren , Maxiroots , Krosis

Air An Turas, meaning ‘on a journey’, maps out a significant path for the band as they build upon
their current success and look towards a promising future, taking listeners on a trip of musical
exploration.

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MY BLOOD IT RUNS DEEP

An Dannsa Dub returns with the next part of their story and a fresh steppa anthem from ancient Scotland; ‘My Blood Runs Deep’, featuring vocals from rising Glasgwegian folk star Flew The Arrow.

The single wraps Flew the Arrows lyrical imagery of the Scottish landscapes and culture in a rich tapestry of heavyweight dub-wise production featuring live instrumentation from the An Dannsa Dub band. The 2 track EP also features a riddim mix, edited and prepared for action in the soundsystem arena . The EP is available to stream or download digitally and as a limited run of bespoke 10' vinyl hand cut by Pressure Mastering and designed by MostIll. Available exclusivley on bandcamp.

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THE TALE OF AN DANNSA DUB

Legend has it , that two musicians were taken awa’ by the faeries to play for them at their ceilidh dance .. When the pair returned hame, naebody believed where they had been! All they had to prove it was a new collection of otherworldly tunes they had learned…

The concept behind the EP is based on an old Scottish story from the Orkney Islands, re-written by Tom Spirals and narrated by renowned storyteller Gillian Macdonald on the first track of the EP. The tale has also been brought to life as a music video , shot in stunning scottish locations including ‘The Crawick Multiverse’ , and features breathtaking dance choreography from Sanchez & Rigg aswell as a performance and vocals from Gaelic singer of the Year Ellen Macdonald .

The An Dannsa Dub EP was nominated as BEST ORIGINAL WORK in the 2022 Scottish Traditional Music awards.