Brain Damage is a French dub band from Saint-Étienne. The band was founded in 1999 by Martin Nathan and bass player Raphael Talis. It is considered one of the pioneering dub bands in France.
History In the early 2000, Brain Damage experimented their first international collaborations in London with Dub specialists like The Disciples, Alpha and Omega, Zion Train or with the MC Tena Stelin. Their works based on Spoken word and Dub Poetry led them to include numerous voices in their tracks, like Black Sifichi and many others afterwards.
From 2011 on, with the departure of Raphael for other projects, Brain Damage was to be composed solely of its frontman, Martin Nathan.
In 2015 and 2016 the band released two albums based on collaborations with Jamaican artists Horace Andy, Winston Mc Anuff, Kiddus I, Willi Williams and Ras Michael.
In 2017, Martin's first collaboration with Harrison Stafford, leader of Groundation, gave birth to the album Liberation Time.
In 2021 Brain Damage produced Brain Damage meets Big Youth-Beyond the Blue,(en-US) Marie-Sophie Administrateur, « » [archive], sur What The France, 30 août 2021 (consulté le 30 mai 2023) with Big Youth.
In 2023 Groundation meets Brain Damage-Dreaming From An Iron Gate, a second major collaboration with Harrison Stafford.
Discography
EPs Bipolar Disorder (Bangarang) – 1999 Brain Damage Dub Sessions meets Sir Jean (Jarring Effects) – 2012
Studio albums Always greener (on the other side) (Bangarang/Hammerbass) – 2002 Ashes to ashes / Dub to dub (Bangarang/Hammerbass/Sounds Around) – 2004 Spoken dub manifesto vol.1 (Bangarang/Jarring Effects) – 2006 Short Cuts (Bangarang/Jarring Effects) – 2008 Burning before Sunset (Jarring Effects/Discograph) – 2010 Burning before sunset featuring Black Sifichi (Jarring Effects) – 2010 High Damage by High Tone meets Brain Damage (Jarring Effects) – 2012 What you gonna do? (Jarring Effects) – 2012 Empire Soldiers by Brain Damage meets Vibronics (Jarring Effects) – 2013 Walk The Walk (Jarring Effects) – 2015 Talk The Talk (Jarring Effects) – 2016 Liberation Times by Brain Damage meets Harrison Stafford (Jarring Effects) – 2017 Ya no mas ! (Jarring Effects) – 2018 Beyond the Blue by Brain Damage meets Big Youth (Jarring Effects) – 2021 Dreaming From an Iron Gate by Groundation meets Brain Damage (Baco Records) – 2023
Live albums Short Cuts Live (Jarring Effects/Discograph) – 2009 Empire Soldiers Live (Jarring Effects / L'Autre Distribution) – 2015
References
External links Official site Jarring Effects, Dub/Electro/HipHop indie Label