WEBCAM HI-FI is the project that Fredread has been leading with passion since 2004.
Lulled as a teenager by numerous artists on the one side: "A new chapter of Dub" by Aswad, "Brutal Dub" by Black Uhuru on the other, "I against I" by Bad Brains or The Clash's "London Calling" ... it is therefore without surprise that after twenty years of underground activism he should be drawn to Dub and Reggae music.
Very conscious of his need to be independent and a fervent adept of the "Do It Yourself" ideology he created his own music label Tube Dub Sound Records and built himself a wooden house on the top of a hill in the south west of France where he also installed his recording studio.
After coming up with ten maxi vinyls over 150 dates around Europe with both his sound system and live sessions Fredread is releasing an album of vocals and dubs: "Livity is my Temple". It reminds us producers like Manasseh, Twilight Circus, Roots Garden Records or Japanese band Dry and Heavy.
This album is a mix of both roots and modern powerful sounds delicate and precise compositions with wrought brass a groovy battery and singers from different backgrounds: Horace Martin (Ja), Tony Roots (Ja), Parvez & Madu ( UK / Vibronics crew), Roberto Sanchez (Spain / Lone Ark), Vanya (Croatia / RDK), Dan I (Italy / Imperial Sound Army), Ras Seven (Germany), Senykan (Côte D'Ivoire) and Bethsabée (France).
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