Friday 21 March
An Original Dub Experience with a crazy double bill show featuring
An Dannsa Dub from Scotland 🏴 & SKGs Dub Alliance from Greece 🇬🇷
Special guests: Masta P6U feat. Kappa Irie [Zionlionz Sound]
Digital presale starts tomorrow through Cometogether.live and hard copy presale at KEVA
AN DANNSA DUB
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[Tom Spirals x Euan McLaughlin]
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MC x Violin x Flute Live Show
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"Future Dub from Ancient Scotland"
An Dannsa Dub BIO
Future Dub from Ancient Scotland
An Dannsa Dub (The Dub Dance in Gaelic) is the brainchild of dub vocalist & producer Tom Spirals and Scottish traditional musician Euan McLaughlin formed in 2020. The 6 piece live band fuses the mystical energy and instruments of traditional Scottish music and Gaelic song with the heavy, meditative, driving basslines digital dub music.
Music is one big conversation. And few bands live at the heart of it like An Dannsa Dub.
Born from a love of traditional Scottish folk, dub reggae and dance music, together they summon the joyous, communal energy of a cèilidh and a sound system session.
Their name comes from the Gaelic for “The Dub Dance”. Their sound celebrates the ancient Gaelic and West African rhythms that influenced reggae, which in turn, via sound system culture and dub’s pioneering remixes, produced modern dance music. Their live shows and recordings are a seamless, pulsating fusion of all this and more.
An Dannsa Dub have carried this unique, unstoppable sound to the Uk festival circuit and beyond. Notable shows include a 10,000 strong crowd at Boomtown Fair, a headline a sold out show at Celtic Connections, the UK's premier Celtic music festival, performing on the mainstage at Dubcamp; the top dub music festival in France, Performing to over 5000 Italians dressed as druids at Montelago Music festival near Rome and a sold out headline show in our own home city of Glasgow.
2021’s self-titled EP "An Dannsa Dub" brought the group worldwide acclaim. The release has been played on BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio Nan Gàidheal and BBC Scotland. It’s been supported by Don Letts, who included it in his “Best Of 22”, as well as Tom Robinson, Mungo's Hi Fi, and OBF.
The debut album Air An Turas was released to eager fans inMarch 2023 and features stacks of exciting collaborations with artists from the Dub and Trad scene such as Cian Finn & Lana Pheutan, An Dannsa Dub are back in the studio working on a remixes album and their next release after a huge summer! Keep your eyes peeled for new music and a show near you!
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Reviews
Laurie Cuffe (Ceòl is Craic)
“We hired An Dannsa Dub to headline our Celtic Connections gig in January 2023.
They didn't disappoint! Tickets sold out well in advance and on the night they provided a spectacular performance. Dealing with the band was an absolute pleasure from start to finish.”
Adrian Sherwood (On U Sound Records)
"An Dannsa Dub has the things I like, charm and character and does not sound like a pale imitation of anything else"
Mungo’s Hi Fi (Scotch Bonnet Records)
“The roots of folk and dub are deeply intertwined. An Dannsa succeeds in capturing the best of each tradition in a thoroughly original and exciting manner.”
Tom Robinson (BBC Radio)
Golden Thread Single Release Review from “Fresh On The Net”
“Summer vibes and it’s not even warm yet!
Nice.
This is quite a mix, as it combines folk music with reggae!
SKG's Dub Alliance Bio
SKG’s Dub Alliance have been spearheading Greece’s dub and steppa movement for over a decade, captivating audiences with their signature fusion of thunderous basslines, hard-hitting stepper rhythms, and commanding microphone artistry. Hailing from Thessaloniki, the duo—Big Shine and Digital Monk, also known as the “War Elephant”—deliver high-energy live sets that have ignited stages at clubs, festivals, and underground venues throughout Greece and beyond.
Their eclectic sound has earned accolades from international radio stations and tastemakers, paving the way for collaborations with artists like Dub Pistols, Dubmatix, Skarra Mucci, and Professor Skank. SKG’s Dub Alliance’s growing discography—boasting releases such as The Alliance EP, The Elephant Bass LP, The Bassline Riders LP, and Stardust Echoes LP—showcases their relentless drive to push the boundaries of modern dub. SKG’s Dub Alliance invites you to join the dub odyssey —“In Elephant Bass We Come!”
