DUB TRINITY
Dub Trinity's latest album "Alexandria (and other cautionary tales)" reached #3 on the album charts and #1 on the world charts at CFBX 92.5 'the X' FM for December 2011.
We, Dub Trinity will be paying our annual tribute to Bob Marley this February 4th in Peterborough and February 18th 2012 in Toronto . See the SHOWS page for locations and details.
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Dub Trinity is a high-spirited, 6-piece dub/ska band that brings social consciousness to the dance floor. Their songs blend the styles of Burning Spear, Woody Guthrie and Linton Kwesi Johnson while their music fuses roots dub-reggae and ska with Meters-style funk, with a dash of Fela Kuti's afrobeat and picket line solidarity. Dub Trinity's relationship with political issues has led to collaborations with various community and human rights-based organizations as well as invitations to play a wide variety of festivals, conferences, forums and fund-raisers.
Their present line-up includes: Kirsten Addis (bass and vocals), Wyatt Burton (guitar), Chris Collins (keyboards and vocals), Tom "Hojo" Reader (trombone), Greg Roy (drums, percussion and vocals) and Rob Wilkes (guitar and vocals). Now in its eleventh year, Dub Trinity have accumulated an impressive list of achievements.
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HISTORY
Beginning as a 3-piece dub unit, original members Danny Devilo, Beau Dixon and Greg Roy set out to work with singers, songwriters and, dub poets with strong slants toward social, political and musical change. After recording their first EP in July 2001 (a live 4-song set), Dub Trinity began working with dub poets d'bi young, Chet Singh and Afua Cooper. Soon the band would expand to a 4 piece adding Dave Tough on guitar. A steady rotation of creative guitarists would serve time with the Dub Trinity project including Danny Devilo, Dave Tough, Rob Wilkes, Paul Earle, Jean Marc Pineau and, most recently, Wyatt Burton.
Within months, another live album came along. "Xperimentin' Dub" is a full-length collaboration with d'bi young, an experiment in improvised drum-and-bass and dub-reggae; 1 part live improvisation, 1 part rehearsed arrangements and all dub. They also contributed to d'bi's "Blood" demo CD in 2003..
Meanwhile, Dub Trinity was also writing music for and touring with Chet Singh, another dub poet whom they "coerced out of retirement". Guitarist Rob Wilkes and Kirsten Addis on bass joined the fold bringing their reggae, ska and funk sensabilities with them. With Chet they were invited to play various festivals and forums such as the OPIRG-Carleton IndyMedia Conference, the Toronto Mayworks Festival, the Toronto Irie Music Festival, the Ottawa Urban Music Festival as well as headlining the Peterborough Folk Music Festival twice. In 2004, they produced the critically acclaimed CD titled "Dub Trinity with Chet Singh" to very positive reviews.
Many of their shows feature collaborations with various poets and their affiliation with the aforementioned members of the newly-formed Dub Poets Collective, coupled with their strong passion and support for the dub poetry genre, led to their work as back-up band for the Dub Poetry Festivals in Toronto in 2004, 2005, and in Peterborough in 2010. In 2007, Dub Trinity boosted Chet Singh's first solo CD titled "Darkness of Daylight", writing the music for 6 tracks. Recently, they have expanded the line-up and have been writing and honing new music and songs and continue to add fuel to their live shows. In 2011 they released their latest CD entitled 'Alexandria (and other cautionary tales)'.
They continue to support and collaborate with other poets as well as community-based action groups as they sing for equal rights, justice and social change within the whole of community.
contact: kingofthewatch@hotmail.com