Roommate, Ras Lion & Darkwing Dub - Dub Der Guten Hoffnung EP (Avocaudio)

DubDerGutenHoffnung - (in english: DubOfGoodHope) born in the summer of 2011 - is a series of events that promote bass music - Dubstep, Rootstep, Steppaz, Dub, Jungle. By now It has advanced to be a unique night for insiders within the Berlin bass massive. A very special line up, chosen with great care, of international artists, an entrance fee that is more than fair and good soundquality are the foundation and together with the music itself it has always provided a very special vibe. At a DubDerGutenHoffnung night conscious music and heavy skanking are guaranteed - positive vibez all around! In contrast to the rest of the mostly divided bass music scene (one the one hand Reggae / Dancehall headz and the Roots / Dub massive, on the other hand heavily electronic music influenced, deep or brostep-like dubstep events) people have noticed here that Dubstep can also be about a "message".

The Crew around DubDerGutenHoffnung was originally formed by the DJs/Producers/Promoters Ras Lion, Mio Mindsteppa, Jimi Handtrix (USA) and Darkwing Dub and has gained growth and versatility ever-since. New members on board include DJs Mr. Narci, FauN and Freytakt as well as VJane Francesca. Out of pure love for music, the major goal is to always bring the best for the people and so they have worked with some of the top ranking artists like: Panda Dub (FR), Brother Culture (UK), Adam Prescott (UK), Ryan Berger (NL), Killawatt (UK), Sleeper (UK), G31 (UK), Dubsy (FR), Krak In Dub (FR), Aries (UK), Lion Fire (UK), Nicky Nutz (CA), SFR (SA), Tricky D (D), Max Powa (ES), Dubapes (AT) and many more. In Spring 2012 the crew even organized a tour through Germany and Austria - together with ROOMMATE (Argon | Full Melt | Hollow Point | USA) they dubbed out cities like Munich, Dresden, Salzburg and Graz.

But there is even more to it: "Straight outta di Lion's Den, stepping forward from one to ten, I-man hear di lions dem roar – haffi wail again…" Lion's Den - a (session-)space, a platform, a collective, a studio, and a production and promotion force, as well as a "political solidarity support" focused all around music . It's all about connecting different people, different influences and inspiration and merging energies to always "make di fire bun" in Live-, Jam- or Recording-Sessions and promote conscious music. This way the collective was also joined by the multilingual MCs/Singers Kali Green (LS) and konTa (D).

Around a year later, right in the time of the anniversary celebration, the "Dub Der Guten Hoffnung EP" - a collaboration between Roommate (USA), Ras Lion (D), and Darkwing Dub (AT) - was released on Avocaudio. The 4 Tracks - produced during the European tour together with Roommate - somehow represent the concept behind DubDerGutenHoffnung: positive vibes, but still with a message. Exlcusive material from the golden times of jamaican musical history, treasures from the roots and foundation era were treated in a dubwise fashion and new riddims were build. One can hear the voices of Jah Lewis and Jack Ruby, as well as the teachings of a rasta elder in the mountains of the Caribbean Islands in a fresh context but with the same amount of power.

Still the Lions don't rest and so they keep on working on new material, new ideas and new projects.Their own soundsystem is getting some nice update and is already been heard Open AIr in different places all over Berlin and surrounding. Besides this the first vinyl will soon be pressed and in nightly recording sessions a lot of Lion material is recorded - soon to come. So watch out…