Brain Damage (dub band)

Brain Damage is a French Dub band, from Saint-Etienne. The band was founded in 1999 by Martin Nathan and Raphael Talis. It is considered one of the pioneering dub bands in France.[1]

For the French rock band, see Brain Damage (band).

History

Soon after its creation Brain Damage was to be composed solely of its frontman, Martin Nathan.[2][3]

In the early 2000s the band released various albums based on collaborations with Jamaican artists, such as Horace Andy and Winston Mc Anuff.[4]

In 2021 Brain Damage produced Brain Damage meets Big Youth-Beyond the Blue,[5][4] with Big Youth[6][7] and in 2023 Groundation meets Brain Damage-Dreaming From An Iron Gate with Groundation.[8] [9]

Discography

EPs
  • Bipolar Disorder (Bangarang) – 1999
  • Brain Damage Dub Sessions meets Sir Jean (Jarring Effects) – 2012

Studio albums
  • Always greener (on the other side) (Bangarang/Hammerbass) – 2002
  • Ashes to ashes / Dub to dub (Bangarang/Hammerbass/Sounds Around) – 2004
  • Spoken dub manifesto vol.1 (Bangarang/Jarring Effects) – 2006
  • Short Cuts (Bangarang/Jarring Effects) – 2008
  • Burning before Sunset (Jarring Effects/Discograph) – 2010
  • Burning before sunset featuring Black Sifichi (Jarring Effects) – 2010
  • High Damage by High Tone meets Brain Damage (Jarring Effects) – 2012
  • What you gonna do? (Jarring Effects) – 2012
  • Empire Soldiers by Brain Damage meets Vibronics (Jarring Effects) – 2013
  • Walk The Walk (Jarring Effects) – 2015
  • Talk The Talk (Jarring Effects) – 2016
  • Liberation Times by Brain Damage meets Harrison Stafford (Jarring Effects) – 2017
  • Ya no mas ! (Jarring Effects) – 2018
  • Beyond the Blue by Brain Damage meets Big Youth (Jarring Effects) – 2021
  • Dreaming From an Iron Gate by Groundation meets Brain Damage (Baco Records) – 2023

Live albums
  • Short Cuts Live (Jarring Effects/Discograph) – 2009
  • Empire Soldiers Live (Jarring Effects / L'Autre Distribution) – 2015

References
  1. "Brain Damage, sorcier pionnier du dub français". Radio Nova (in French). Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. "Zenzile/Brain Damage : "La scène dub est plus présente que jamais"". www.telerama.fr (in French). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  3. "Brain Damage. Un reggae sans frontière avec Harrison Stafford". Le Télégramme (in French). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. (en-US) Marie-Sophie Administrateur, «  » [archive], sur What The France, 30 août 2021 (consulté le 30 mai 2023)
  5. UK, VIBE (18 May 2021). "Brain Damage meets Big Youth". ukvibe.org. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  6. "Beyond the Blue, by Brain Damage meets Big Youth". Brain Damage. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  7. "Brain Damage's unexpected tribute to Big Youth on new album". PAM - Pan African Music. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  8. Department, World Music Central News (27 May 2023). "Groundation and Brain Damage Collaborate for a Reinvented Reggae Experience on "Dreaming From An Iron Gate" | World Music Central". Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  9. easystar (4 May 2023). "GROUNDATION RELEASES "FORGIVENESS" WITH BRAIN DAMAGE". Easy Star Records. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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