Brain damage in Palach

Brain Damage was created in 1999 by two founder-members of the Bangarang dub collective from St Etienne/France. The duo (bass/mix) belongs to an electro dub style of its own, which was developped along its different creations and lives.

Coming with the two Lp’s realised with the label from Paris, Hammerbass, their productions can also be found on more than twenty compilations in France or abroad, resulting from many artistic collaborations with some of the main activists of the international dub scene: Zion Train, Alpha & Omega, Vibronics, The Disciples, Alter Echo, Mossman, Spectre, Scorn...

In 2006, the project took a new direction with the release of the third album : Spoken Dub Manifesto, produced by Jarring Effects. An ambitious piece of work, recorded with none the less than eleven vocalists, gathered here around a spoken word concept, confirming the emotional and special way that Brain Damage has to produce dub, hereafter unique. More than ever the duo affirms its identity trough its choices, sometimes drastic, of concepts, collaborations, mixes or masterings.

After more than 350 concerts in France and abroad, it is interesting to notice that everything seems to oppose the ambient and “brainy” aspect of the studio work and the live performances, where sensations become physical again, sub basses tangible and the fight against the straightness of the machines mercyless.

Band Members. Raphael Talis; Martin Nathan

Dub / Emo / Electronica