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Super Hi-Fi: Trombone-fueled hard afro-dub from brooklyn!.

Super Hi-Fi "The Afro-Dub EP" collects the Brooklyn dub band's first two singles, originally released on 45 rpm vinyl by Electric Cowbell Records in 2012, along with some bonus remixes from dub masters Victor Rice and Prince Polo. The double trombone-led band has been memorably described as an imaginary soundtrack from Lee 'Scratch' Perry, The Specials and Led Zeppelin. Led by bassist and composer Ezra Gale, Super Hi-Fi mixes the rhythmic landscapes of dub with afrobeat and raw rock and funk. Gale's last outfit, the San Francisco-based Aphrodesia, memorably took their take on afrobeat all the way to Femi Kuti's Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria, and now Super Hi-Fi has been creating waves in the fertile Brooklyn music scene since 2010.

Partnering with the Sound Liberation Front- the production crew responsible for NYC's Dub Invasion Festival- the band hosted the popular monthly "Afro-Dub Sessions" that featured collaborations with DJ's like Subatomic Sound System and Ticklah to former Liquid Liquid vocalist Sal P. They've shared stages with John Brown's Body, Rubblebucket, Beats Antique, Debo Band, Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad and many others, bringing the noise to the Brooklyn Bowl, Maxwell's, the Mercury Lounge, the Rocks Off Concert series and many others. Super Hi-Fi's members play with other head-spinning bands like Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, People's Champs, Dub is A Weapon, Boy Without God, and Rubblebucket.

The band's first release, the 7" vinyl "Single Payer" (Electric Cowbell Records), was recorded by Brooklyn dub legend Prince Polo and received raves ("warm, enveloping, and heavy as lead" said Reggae Vibes). The B-side of the single is a radically deconstructed remix from Brazil-based dub producer Victor Rice. Their next single, also on Electric Cowbell, was a split 7" with Seattle's Polyrhythmics and features the "cinematic afro-dub" of "We Will Begin Again." The debut full-length, 'Dub To The Bone,' has already been crowned 'Best Reggae album of the year' from NY Music Daily and the #1 album of the week from the NY Daily News (Dec 2, 2012).

Super Hi-Fi features:

Ezra Gale - Bass
Alex Asher - Trombone
Ryan Snow - Trombone
Will Graefe - Guitar
Madhu Siddappa - Drums

  Super Hi-Fi

[The Afro Dub EP by Super Hi-Fi]

The Afro Dub EP
Super Hi-Fi lives in New York, USA.

Tagged as: World, Alt Rock.

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