HEAVYWEIGHT DUB CHAMPION set to release Rise of the Champion Nation on May 5th, 2009
Released on: March 19, 2009, 7:11 am
Author: Massive Music America
Industry: Entertainment
"Heavyweight Dub Champion restores all hope." - KRS-ONE
Founded in a log cabin at 9,000 feet in the mountains of Colorado, and now based in
San Francisco, California, Heavyweight Dub Champion is a movement of
interdimensional warriors representing the Army of the Last Champion. Firmly rooted
in hip hop, dancehall, dub and electronic music, founder and Last Champion Manifesto
author Resurrector transcends space and time wielding an arsenal of deep
revolutionary audio with support from a evolving crew of co-conspirators that
include co-founder Patch, Totter Todd, Dr. Israel, A.P.O.S.T.L.E, Jillian Ann and
Stero-Lion. At the collective's core is the universal intention of inspiration,
mind expansion and transformation through creative expression - all of which
manifests in their collective artistic performance known as The Liberation Process.
Their award-winning debut album Survival Guide for the End of Time is a hard-hitting
slab of revolutionary consciousness that continues to galvanize a growing legion of
followers across the globe. Their unique sound, powerful presence and evolutionary
message of self-determination have attracted the attention of many notable artists,
critics and international festivals. Their music has been remixed by the legendary
FreQ Nasty who included his mix of "Snared" on the recent FabricLive 42
compilation and, by rising star Bassnectar, whose mix of "Arrival" was released by
the seminal San Francisco electronic label, OM Records. 2009 is poised to be a
landmark year for Heavyweight Dub Champion with the global release of their new
album Rise of the Champion Nation and their continued success on the international
touring circuit.
Heavyweight Dub Champion - Rise of the Champion Nation
Rise of the Champion Nation is the highly anticipated, genre-bending new album from
Heavyweight Dub Champion. Produced by Resurrector and Patch and recorded over the
span of five years on multiple continents, Rise features collaborations with some of
contemporary music's most incendiary vocalists, including Killah Priest, Dr.
Israel, A.P.O.S.T.L.E. and three tracks with the legendary KRS ONE. More than 25
artists contributed to the album with additional production from Totter Todd.
Building on the foundations of hip hop, dub, electronic music and ancient trance
ritual - Heavyweight Dub Champion is breaking new ground and blazing new paths in
what they term Sonic Shamanistic Alchemy.
Picking up where their debut album Survival Guide for the End of Time and its
included 60 page Last Champion Manifesto left off, Rise of the Champion Nation is a"conceptual" album that follows the inner battle of the "Warrior," from the
Arrival (of the Last Champion), through Warrior Divination One, Two and Three, to
his emergence as the King Of The Mountain and the journey's end with the entrance
to the Promised Land. Throughout the album Emcee VILL is again beckoned by "N.A.F.
Agents" while on his quest to infiltrate Champion Nation and assassinate the Last
Champion. Heavyweight Dub Champion's mission is simple: "The Unconditional
Liberation of the Human Race."
"An ill-bent mix of apocalyptic hip hop dubtronica." - Westword Magazine
"Some of the hottest dub hop on the planet." - Marquee Magazine
"Their genius is the great virtue of 70's dub - never overdoing it." - L.A. Weekly
Rise of the Champion Nation features contributions from KRS ONE, Killah Priest,
A.P.O.S.T.L.E., Dr. Israel, Totter Todd, Stero-Lion, Elf Tranzporter, Ganga Giri,
Lady K, Emcee Vill, Lady K, J Criminology, Wailer B, Lynelle Moran, Dan West, Ivan"Choi" Khatchoyan, Hector Becerra, Emcee Vill, Vida-Sunshyne and DJ Illnaughty.
Mix Engineered by Oz Fritz
Mastered by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
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