Born From A Rebel available now!

Piracy Meets Tommy Dubs "Born From a Rebel" Mixtape now available for free download. Please help us spread this, once we get 2000 listens we will be releasing the full length record....

About 40 minutes is how long this journey lasted. I lost track of the time quickly. Piracy Meets Tommy Dubs mix tape. The prelude to a much anticipated album. These artists have pulled the inspiration of life here in San Diego mixed it with reggae vibes, deep dub and dub-step music, and painted it their own color. This mix tape takes you through Dancehall, Culture, Consciousness, and Roots. The heavy drum and bass with grooving melodies are what I’ve been looking for in new music. I haven’t been this excited for a collaboration since “Distant Relatives”.

Piracy Mel C‘s honest and variant vocals keep the music transforming. She can mash it up tuff in her dancehall flows and still keep it light and positive on chorus. The message is oneness. A way of life is offered. The dub influence makes it catchy and transition well. This teaser is just a taste of what we will be awaiting.  The compliment of Tommy Dubs easy smoky California vibes with Piracy’s hard rebel style brings balance to the track. This is sounds from San Diego. The concept is fresh and Mel C gives me hope for the preservation of Dancehall music. With so many international artists missing out on gigs because of the economic hardships the world is experiencing, this style of international music is kept in good company with us in San Diego. I will be checking Piracy live soon.

Tommy Dub’s creates a sound for our coastline. His lyrics and flow are a step above the mainstream. The love for this project is apparent in his voice. This is heavy music with a lot of messages. His smoky acoustic voice is easily traded in for harder rhyme’s and I would even say a hip-hop style.  The engineering and pulling together  or the “dubbing” if you will, of this music is awesome. The heavy beats and melodies are all unique and pull together well almost to tell a story. I can’t imagine the time spent putting this together. I will be getting this album for sure. Listen and Share, 40 minutes of massive tunes.

Tom Searcy - RollingSD.com

From Thepiermag.com and 2012 Most Anticipated Albums

Tommy Dubs has a 10 song March release titled Piracy Meets Tommy Dubs: Born From a Rebel. It was self produced at Tommy’s home studio and features vocals by Piracy and Aleko from Go Lem System. Here’s a breakdown of what you can expect from this album, straight from Tommy Dubs:
”The Piracy meets Tommy Dubs project is a mix of Dancehall, Hip Hop & Dub influenced urban sounds. Tight production keeps the bass bins boomin and Piracy brings her original flow creating a truly unique sound unlike anything being produced on the scene. Kick Rocks will be released as a mixtape for FREE download prior to the release of the full length album on iTunes in March.” – Tommy Dubs

Free Download Cue Vs. Seismic Levler Volume 1

It has been a wonderful year of music with the release of 3 records and now we want to start of 2012 right. This is something I had been sitting on for a while and just finished bouncing the file. This is volume 1 of the Cue Vs. Seismic Leveler Sessions featuring all live all improvised true DUB music. Please download and share with your friends cause it wont be up forever.... Much Love

CUE VS. SEISMIC LEVELER VOLUME 1 by Tommy DUBS

Take What You Want now available

Album Review:
Take What You Want is an album busting at the seams with psychedelic, soul, reggae, blues and dub sounds that will bring a little warmth and sunshine in the cold winter months. Just the fact that the songs were written in less than 30 days is astounding, but add in the fact that songs and lyrics are actually high quality makes the feat even that much more impressive.

This album has something for everyone, from dub heavy tracks like “Un Poquito Mas”, “Bring Fire On You”, and “Fade Away”, to upbeat grooves like “Nothing To Learn”, and “Wont Be Coming Home”, makes the bands versatility crystal clear. The multiple layers of different sounds and effects are so intricate and well produced. This album is a real treat right before the holidays and will make wrapping all those presents that less arduous.

“Won’t Be Coming Home” has a bluesier feel to it and sounds like the kind of song you might hear on the soundtrack from a movie at Sundance. As the first song on the album it allows each instrument to shine, transitioning between keyboard and guitar solos. It sets the bar high for he rest of the album, which does not disappoint.

The Spanish-English fusion, “Un Poquito Mas”, features special guest Aleke from the Barcelona band Planeta Lem. The song is a seductive blend of lush dub effects and hard-hitting drum and bass. They were able to take manufactured sounds and blend them together in a way that feels organic. The song also shows that music is so powerful that it can break all barriers. No matter what language you speak, everyone understands good music.

“Straw Men” starts out with a powerful clip from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” speech which was delivered the day before his assassination on 1968. The song seems to be a call to action and asks many of the same questions running through the minds of our generation, “Who can think with all this fighting going on? Just cause you think that you are right, doesn’t mean that I am wrong. Who are you to tell me what side of the tracks I belong?” Instead of making an album full of songs with lighthearted, catchy lyrics (and there are a few, but who can resist!) Tommy let us poke around in the corners of his mind and see the world from his eyes.

Some bands work for years to produce an album as good as Take What You Want, and many of them fall short. Hopefully this album will garner the kind of attention it deserves because you cannot only hear, but feel the passion woven through each melody. While San Diego may already know and love Tommy Dubs and Seismic Leveler, it’s time to make the rest of the world stand up and listen.


Written & Reviewed by: Ashley Allred

CD Release Horrible Time

We are going to have a crappy time at this show with a room full of our most distant friends HA! Come celebrate the release of our new album at our hometown venue, Winstons. We are bringing Bad Neighborz with us to help kick it off and DJ Boomstyler is providing his own set of some of the sickest tracks you never heard. Sign up on our mailing list to get free downloads of the new album

New Song and Video

Have a Listen to "Wiped Away" (Acoustic) a song inspired by Bob Dylan's song "Man like me". The footage from the video is a collection of train hopping videos mixed with footage of insane train riders in Mumbai with death defying style. Jay and I recorded this yesterday and made the video last night... Happy Holidays everyone

Take What You Want One Sheet

New Album Teaser

We are stoked to announce that "Take What You Want" is being released December 20th and we are having our CD release party Jan 14th at Winstons in Ocean Beach with Guests Bad Neighborz. Check out the Album Teaser above and make sure to hit our mailing list to hear the tracks off the record before its released.