October 2017 On U Sound Sunday Roast. Dub Syndicate World Exclusive, Pats Doctor Interview + more!

A very special October 2017 edition of the ON.U Sound Sunday Roast. The show features a worldwide exclusive of tracks from the new Dub Syndicate album "Displaced Masters", other rare and unreleased tracks, and an interview with On-U Sound Records archivist Pats Dokter. First broadcast on DWR Online Radio. Hosted by David Asher.

DUB WORLD • David Asher & The PROCESS Create a Parallel Musical Universe

New Music in REVIEW

Posted In:Arts & Entertainment, Local Music, National Music, Artist Feature | From Issue 851 | By:  Robert E Martin |  05th October, 2017 

The new release by contemporary Reggae advocate, ambassador, songwriter, and innovative producer David Asher is titled Dub World -  an engaging remix of stellar tracks cultivated from his last groundbreaking 2016 outing Who Is That Mad Band? with The PROCESS.

Consisting of 11 tracks and produced by The Process and Chris Lewis, with additional production courtesy of On U Sound legends Adrian Sherwood, Skip McDonald and David Harrow, the remixes on Dub World unveil like a tapestry of hypnotic tonal, rhythmic, and electronic clarity that shimmers with strong melodic musical hooks and shines like freshly minted coins embedded with fresh musical re-invention.

With nine albums and CD’s under their belt and numerous remixes, as the CD has fallen by the wayside in recent years, Asher’s new approach to recording is to focus upon releasing fresh singles to keep the band constantly churning in the in the stream of commerce with fresh material; but given that Mad Band took seven years to record, mix and release – which was time well spent insofar as it is hands-down the group’s most accomplished and accessible work – the genesis for Dub World started right after the release of Mad Band two years ago.

“We didn’t want to take a break,” states Asher, “and saved all the balance and EQ settings from that album, so we could strip the mixes back and add effects and whatever else we chose to do to make the tracks unique.  That’s what Dub Mixing is all about.”

Consequently, the track titled Interstellar Medium, which features the late great Dick Wagner, is a radically remixed version of the track that appeared on Mad Band, as Asher was able to take the rhythm tracks and strip back effects in the original mix and add additional plug-ins and effects, as opposed to musical hardware on the project.  “Basically because everything was recorded digitial, we are able to move parts of the song around because we can,” Asher explains.

“The whole purpose for Dub Releases is to present an alternate version of the song that exists in a parallel universe,” he continues. “I’ve always admired Jamaican music and remixes are a big part of it. People like legendary Jamaican producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry are always screwing around with the sound, so what I wanted to do with Dub World is create more of a futuristic album with a futuristic sound.”

The initial reaction has been quite good and Asher says both the new Dub World and Who Is That Mad Band? Have both been selling well online and at live shows performed with his latest project. The DAB Band. “I did a limited run of Dub World to test the waters but sold so many the first day of its release both online, and later at shows, that I need to press a few more.”

It’s been a busy summer for Asher and his new more traditionally oriented reggae outfit, The DAB Band, but not one is rest upon his laurels, Asher is already busy at work writing new material for his latest project. “We played shows every weekend this summer and are playing Grand Rapids this weekend, but after that we’re going to take a little time off,” he explains. “I’m resurrecting The PROCESS for a Halloween show in Detroit, but the DAB Band has been going at it so hard that we need to slow down for a minute. Right now, I’m in the studio with Mikki Sound and she and I are working on a concept album that will feature some of my favorite Jamaican songs and sounds that have never hit the United States. But all these projects take time. Mad Band we started back in 2009 and it took 7 years go release, but I knew we could get Dub World done quickly if we applied ourselves, which is what we did.”

Consisting of David Asher on vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums & percussion; Garrick Owen on guitars; Bill Heffelfinger on guitars, bass, keyboards, drums & programming; Gabe Gonzalez on drums & backing vocals; and Seth Payton on bass, keyboards, guitars, percussion, backing vocals & horn arrangements, additional musicians on Dub World include backing vocalists Mikki Sound, Michelle Shaw, Faith Gateway, Maria Rose; percussionists Earl ‘the Squirrel’ and Derrick Davis; and horns courtesy of John Rickert, Matt Wickie & Dennis Lewandowski.  Additional guitarists include David Ivory, Pete Metropoulos; with additional programming provided by Skip McDonald.

Both Dub World and Who Is That Mad Band? can be purchased at Records & Tape Galore in Saginaw and online by visiting I-Tunes, CD Baby and Amazon.com.

TapDetroit Interview with David Asher

Interview with THE PROCESS vocalist David Asher on
Detroit Riot 10/03/17 on  TapDetroit.com at 22:35.   

Asher discusses working with the many legendary artists involved in the making of "Who Is That Mad Band?" and "Dub World", including Adrian Sherwood, Little Axe, Ghetto Priest,
Lee "Scratch" Perry, Dick Wagner and others. 

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Dub World, Review, Radio.

Dub World, the new album by THE PROCESS is getting great notices.

Check out this review on the Online Zine cultchaclash.com

The Process - Dub World (The Process / Temple Gong Recordings) 

It's been a while since my last update, Cultcha Clash  has been out of sight but not out of mind. When David Asher (Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of The Process) contacted me about the new CD, it seemed only appropriate that Cultcha Clash is set back off by it, as the last album by the group was the first review that I did for the site. This time around it's Dub World, which is, as the name implies, an excursion into version including  reworks of some of the previous, Who Is That Mad Band?

As I write this I am enjoying this set of tunes for the third time and each listen sounds better than the last. Strong rhythms and heavy bass through and through make this enjoyable to any dub-head. 

Standouts include "Magnetosphere," which once again enlists Skip "Little Axe" McDonald. "Interstellar Medium," the dub of "Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde" (from Who Is That Mad Band?), is a spacey and ghostly groove with guitar from the late Dick Wagner. David Harrow remixes "Dear Mr. Fantasy" (Ochio Re-Mix), leaving only the vocals from the original interwoven into modular synths and electronic riddims. Finally, "Return The Treasures" (Adrian Sherwood Alternate Mix) featuring the great Lee "Scratch" Perry and Ghetto Priest wraps up the album in a superb fashion.

Check this out, it's available on CD or file formats. Would love to see some vinyl from this one, a 4 song EP or a 7" or 2, hopefully the future will bring Dub World wax. In the meantime, get it HERE. 

- selecta j-cut 9/20/17

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KFAI 90.3 Minneapolis, 106.7 Saint Paul "Echo Chamber" has been playing THE PROCESS Dub World. 

Click here to stream or download the show from 9/20/2017, playing "Interstellar Medium", featuring the late, legendary guitarist Dick Wagner on guitar. 

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The Process Dub World now on iTunes!

The new album from The Process, "Dub World" is now on iTunes!

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The Process Dub World now on Spotify.

The Process Dub World now on Spotify. 

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Just released: The Process "Dub World".

Just released, CD and Download available now! 

THE PROCESS "DUB WORLD", a Dub re-mix companion album to last years "Who Is That Mad Band?". Featuring performances from Dick Wagner, Adrian Sherwood, Skip McDonald aka Little Axe, Ghetto Priest, Lee Perry, David Harrow, and others.

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New album from The Process "Dub World", coming August 2017!

The new album from THE PROCESS "Dub World", will be released in August 2017.

Dub World is a Dub mix companion album to 2016's "Who Is That Mad Band?", and features performances from Rock legend Dick Wagner, legendary Dub Producer Adrian Sherwood, and many others! Stay tuned for release information! 

David Asher Hosts The On U Sound Sunday Roast Monthly Radio Show

The On U Sound Sunday Roast is the On U Sound label's official online radio program on DWR Online Radio, featuring the music of Adrian Sherwood's On U Sound record label, it's associated acts, forthcoming releases, and rare and exclusive mixes.

The program is hosted monthly by label associate and long time aficionado David Asher.

David Asher is the vocalist and songwriter of the Detroit Reggae Rock group THE PROCESS, and is an twelve time ASCAP Award winner (Popular Division), and two time Detroit Music Award winner. Asher is also a Reggae and Dub Selector with Shaolin Sound System, and recently launched his own Roots Reggae group DAB (David Asher Band).

To listen to past shows click here:

THE PROCESS drummer Gabe Gonzalez endorsed by Soultone Cymbals!

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Feb 2017 On U Sound Sunday Roast

Now streaming on demand:
David Asher Hosts the February 2017 Edition of the On U Sound Sunday Roast. Featuring new, classic, rare and unreleased tracks from the legendary label.
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THE PROCESS has received two Nominations in the 2017 Bay Area Review Awards:

THE PROCESS has received two Nominations in the 2017 Bay Area Review Awards:

"Best Concert/Album or Project" and "Best CD Release", for The Process - Who is That Mad Band?

Also DAB (David Asher Band) "Best New Artist of the Year". and Fire Hyena Studios, 

the studio where we work was Nominated "Best Recording Studio"

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New interview with David Asher on the Cass River Podcast.

Check out this new interview with David Asher on the Cass River Podcast. 

Asher discusses growing up in a small town in Michigan, his childhood, his early influences, Reggae music, and forming THE PROCESS. Asher also discusses working with legendary Michigan guitarist Dick Wagner, working on the album "Who Is That Mad Band?" with artists from the On U Sound label in the UK, and performances with his new group DAB.

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David Asher Hosts the New Years Day 2017 On U Sound Sunday Roast.

Pictured: Bonjo Noah, Adrian Sherwood

Podcast now playing on demand! David Asher Hosts the New Years Day 2017 On U Sound Sunday Roast. Featuring new, rare, and unreleased music, new vinyl releases and much more!

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David Asher is interviewed on KFAI - 90.3 FM

THE PROCESS vocalist David Asher is interviewed on KFAI - 90.3 FM Minneapolis - 106.7 FM St. Paul's "Echo Chamber" Program, by Host Dr. Strangedub. Asher discusses the making of the latest album by The Process "Who Is That Mad Band?", working with Rock icon Dick Wagner, Dub Legend Adrian Sherwood, and other collaborators from the On-U Sound Records label. Asher also discusses his influences, and how he came into Reggae music.

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David Asher Hosts the ON U Sound Sunday Roast

David Asher Hosts his first episode of the ON U Sound Sunday Roast on DWR Online Radio, now streaming online on Mixcloud. Featuring tracks from the just released African Headcharge album "Return Of The Crocodile", and much, much more. Be sure to check it out! 

Listen here!

THE PROCESS – Who Is That Mad Band? Review on DMME

Michigan warriors shake the spear of Rasta to make their stand and stay their ground in the face of fate.

You don’t have to descend from Jamaica to live by the principle of ital, and these Detroit folks have been proving the point for more than quarter of a century. “Who Is That Mad Band?” might be the group’s best offering to date, though, the fact stressed by presenting new versions of a couple older tracks here, so don’t be fooled by the album’s title and its cover: it’s the message that matters, not the form, and not for nothing references to herb were dropped now in favor of much holier smoke.

For all the collective’s merry stance, the laughter leading into of “Mystery Babylon” is a bitter one, and the pain is piled up high from the very beginning – thus that the band’s cosmic take on “Dear Mr. Fantasy” sounds like escapism into a dream – but they somehow eschew, even in the most roaring riddims and rhymes, the righteous rage the others would opt for. There is ire under “Fire Is Burning” and smouldering coals in its all-encompassing dub restyling at the end, yet the anger is shaped as a prayer: that’s why “The Lion Of Judah Hath Prevailed” trades it for acceptance of triumph.

The humor is here, too, what with an acoustic calypso of “It Is No Secret” which Garrick Owen adorns with exquisite six-string lace, or “Time Has Come” where David Asher’s silky voice shines in lyrical rays. Still, the update of classic story in “Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde” that is spiked with Dick Wagner’s solo, one of the late guitarist’s last cuts, turns into a slice of social satire, with skank and a smile, to alleviate its moral angle, while the riff and infectious chant of “Gypsy Wind” up the rock game immensely. And though the toasting of individual Wailers and other proponents of Jah music in “Tribute (To The Heroes)” is saved only by its sincere seriousness, “Return The Treasures” – one of a few Adrian Sherwood’s mixes on display – is a festive, if culturally sharp, gathering of various generations, as Lee Perry, Ghetto Priest and Little Axe all cut into the drift.

So yes, the band may be mad, but it’s often the madmen who tell you the truth.

Dmitry M. Epstein

http://dmme.net/

THE WIREBENDER PRESENTS THE PROCESS -INTERVIEWS, TRACKS AND REMIXES FT ADRIAN SHERWOOD AND NISSENENMONDAI

This Friday! Radio On​ Presents: The Wirebender presents the Process

 October 28th 20:00 hours UK time, 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.. 

"The Show features interviews with Skip McDonald, Little Axe​ and David Asher, 

THE PROCESS recorded in Detroit/London. 

The interviewed is followed by mixes from the On-U Sound Records​ vaults, David Harrow​ and Adrian Sherwood at the controls and the Rex Offender providing some dub mash ups.

In the last part we have Adrian Sherwood with Nissenenmondai recorded live in Japan.”

Ras Seymour McClean

The show starts with an interview. Simon Wade calls in from London. David Asher and Skip McDonald answer the call in Detroit. Chicago? What is the reason that such a long-distance connection should be established?

One clue to the answer is Ras Seymour Mclean. He is also the gentleman in the picture above.

And the following is part of his story, word to Simon:

#Return The Treasures”  featured in the Wirebender’s show the album by THE PROCESS, “Who Is That Mad Band?”, was inspired by the tireless work of Ras Seymour Mclean, in his efforts to return the treasures of the fortress of Magdala in Ethiopia, which was looted by the British in 1868, back to the land where they belong. The holy relics and crown jewels are held to this day, in the British National museum.”

The content of the show: ‘Return The Treasures’ features Skip McDonald aka Little Axe, Ghetto Priest, Mikki Sounds, Adrian Sherwood and the voice of the mighty Lee “Scratch” Perry.

The Show features interviews with Skip Macdonald Little Axe and David Asher The Process  recorded in Detroit/london.

The interviewed is followed by mixes from the On u sound vaults  David Harrow and Adrian Sherwood at the controls and the Rex Offender providing some dub mash ups

In the last part we have Adrian Sherwood with Nissenenmondai recorded live in Japan.”

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Album Review of The Process Who Is That Mad Band? at CultchaClash.com

Album Review of The Process Who Is That Mad Band? At CultchaClash.com

By Jon J Cut Soldanels

I wasn't familiar with Detroit's The Process before their current album Who Is That Mad Band? was sent to me via file transfer by their vocalist and co-founder (alongside Garrick Owen), David Asher. It immediately got my attention due to contributions from some of my musical heroes from the On-U Sound & Tackhead camp - namely Adrian Sherwood and Skip "Little Axe" McDonald as well as Ghetto Priest, David Harrow and the Mighty Upsetter, Lee "Scratch" Perry.

Upon further research I found that the band has been fusing Rock & Reggae since 1989, ("On a mission to fight ignorance, apathy and social retardation," says their website), they have produced 8 albums and several singles (available Here). Besides the On-U Sound collaborators, there is a Mothership connection in the band as well, with drummer Gabe Gonzalez who played with the P-Funk All-Stars. The album also features one of the last recordings from Dick Wagner, a name previously unfamiliar to me but after some research it became apparent that I'm well aware of his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper and Kiss to name but a few.

The 13 song album is strong all the way through, starting with the rocking "Mystery Babylon" that would appeal to a fan of Bad Brains heavy Reggae sound. Next comes "Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde" on which genetic modification becomes the topic. "Tribute (To the Heroes)" is one of my favorites on the album, as the title implies an homage to the legends, with a hype steppers riddim and an ill clavichord track, it's definitely a powerful tune. More Roots, Rock, Reggae on "Fire Is Burning," the dub of this one is also included and is well wicked! "Dear Mr. Fantasy" has a driving electronic rhythm with a ballad-like feel. There's more Rasta-Inspired consciousness and progressive Reggae on "The Lion Of Judah Hath Prevailed" and "Psalms Of David." On "It's No Secret" there is a strong world-roots vibe. "Gypsy Wind" is another Reggae rocker and "Time Has Come," with it's unique structure and sparseness, has an On-U Sound feel without a doubt.
"Return The Treasures" brings more reality lyrics from Ghetto Priest and Lee "Scratch" Perry and brings it once more with a super-tough dub.
The only complaint I have about this album, being the vinyl fiend that I am, is that it is not (yet) available on wax. If it were within my powers to press it myself, I would but I understand that that isn't a cheap...shall i say, Process. Big Up The Process, keep doing what you do! :) selecta j-cut
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THE PROCESS CHARTS #7 on earshot NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL CHARTS

THE PROCESS Who is That Mad Band? Charts #7 on !earshot NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL CHARTS, Tuesday, September 13, 2016!

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