Artist description Burning Babylon is a dub reggae experience firmly anchored in the 1970s, Jamaican roots tradition, but with an ear to the "neo" dub sounds of the past few years. Greetings! My name is Slade Anderson, the sole member of Burning Babylon. I came to dub relatively late in my musical career. For 15 years I played guitar in various punk/metal bands in the Boston area, some of which you may be familiar with (The Freeze, The Straw Dogs). To me, heavyweight music meant snarling guitars and screaming stacks of Marshall amps. It took me many years to realize that music with both of those elements removed could still be heavy and powerful. Not surprisingly, the music I played mirrored what I listened to - loud and fast were the rules of my turntable. What little reggae I did hear came to me via The Clash and, of course, Bob Marley. The word "dub" had yet to enter my vocabulary. Although when I was still a teenager it had begun slowly creeping in around the edges, reggae stayed on the periphery of my listening experience for many years to follow. During the mid 90s I began playing bass seriously for the first time. Also during this same period I decided to investigate other genres of music. After having come full circle from punk rock to heavy metal and back, reggae seemed like a reasonable next step on the "rebellion" train. Since I was now primarily a bass player, focusing on music that was bass-oriented also made sense. Enter reggae. I knew I wanted music that was more earthy and less slick than Marley or Tosh, but I had no idea what to buy. So I searched for albums that looked as though they migh offer what I wanted. The first one I bought was Glen Brown and King Tubby: Termination Dub. The cover looked as if the music was going to be pretty classic, grungy and authentic and I thought the title was cool as well. Luckily I'd hit on exactly what I was in search of. It didn't take long to readjust the way I listened to music (with little or no vocals) to fully appreciate what I was hearing. Drums drenched in reverb, horns and guitars echoing into oblivion, and the most heavyweight bass I'd ever heard. I was hooked! It wasn't long before dub was stuck in my brain. Soon I was buying every album I could find to immerse myself in the music. Being a bass player, I decided to teach myself how to play reggae. After a few weeks of wrestling with the rhythms, I finally got it and recorded my first dub track. Burning Babylon was born.

Music Style DUB REGGAE

Musical Influences Twilight Circus, King Tubby, Dry & Heavy, Augustus Pablo, Phase Selector Sound

Instruments Bass, Drums, Guitar, Piano/organ, Horns, Tabla/congas

Albums RADIO ZION, ROOTS HEAVY, GARDEN OF DUB, DUB SHACK

Location Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts - USA

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