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SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM - LEE SCRATCH PERRY 88th MEMORIAL feat. Screechy Dan & The Impact! Sound

For over a decade, Subatomic Sound System was the Brooklyn based touring band for Jamaican dub & reggae inventor Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936-2021) and producers of the acclaimed 2017 album "Super Ape Returns to Conquer" which reimagined Scratch's 1973 classic "Super Ape", mixing the vintage Jamaican dub sound with 21st century bass and beats.

With Scratch, Subatomic toured for over a decade across the US and the world, including sets at Coachella, France’s Telérama Dub Fest, Berlin’s Loop fest, Dubai’s Sole DXB, Hungary’s OzoraFest to name a few. 2023 was the 50th anniversary of the world's first dub album, Lee "Scratch" Perry's "Blackboard Jungle Dub", for which Subatomic & Scratch previously did a 45th anniversary tour. Subatomic's recent single,“Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is the Dub Organizer”, featuring Screechy Dan is from a forthcoming album with Scratch. Subatomic along with the legendary Jamaican vocalist Screechy Dan recently recorded alive session at KEXP that went viral, demonstrating their unique style of live dub performance as well as their versions of "Chase the Devil" & “Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is the Dub Organizer” that have become some of Scratch's Biggest Songs of this century.

In summer of 2023, Subatomic Sound System & Screechy Dan Toured Europe with Hawaiian singer Jack Johnson In support of their posthumous collaboration with Scratch on Jack's new "In Between Dub" album and toured the USA with Stephen Marley.In 2023, Subatomic also performed on the main stage atThe Marley Brothers Sold out 4/20/23 Kaya Fest at Red Rocks, Cali Roots, andCali Vibes Festival.