Long Live the Vortex, by Destroy Babylon

Long Live the Vortex

by Destroy Babylon

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Gazman The mix between reggae, dub and psychedelic rock works so damn well !
Their sound is unique and it's incredible.

Lute FP I have always liked the reggae sound, but the sameness of most of what’s out there was always a problem for me.

This album is killer and doesn’t suffer from sameness. The vocals are the standout, and there’s an alt-rock sensibility that makes this something different. The horns at times makes one think of that 80s ska thing that happened, but this ain’t that.

Cool stuff here.

Carsten Pieper When I bought the Flying Vipers' Cuttings last year, I had no idea, that the Vipers "only" were a side project of this reggae-dub-and-more outfit. Glad, that Bandcamp's notification system taught me better!
Reggae with lots of horns and often a dubby touch, just how I prefer it :-) Favorite track: Free The King.

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1.	DB Inc. 02:59	lyrics	buy track
incorporate me now buy in, sell out when the bottom fell out our empty hands parade left some of us without why work, why slave away when we can all be businesses big, big businesses i've got this great idea it's gonna save us all one moment, one big idea tear down the wall
2.	Bad Draw 03:31	lyrics	buy track
i cannot carry that weight was it just a bad draw or was it the battle that you fought i cannot carry that weight no more you were the joker and now the king of hearts i was the dealer i doomed you from the start the best lessons in life come at the worst price i ain't the dealer i wasn't from the start
3.	Echo Chamber 04:12	lyrics	buy track
how long can we repeat what's heard knock off the dust how long can we eat that dirt before it eats us the echo chamber here i come again how long can you filter out truth distort and disgust how long can we eat those words before they eat us if you plant the seed something's sure to grow seems the more you have to say the less we have to show
4.	#1 Killer 03:30 video	lyrics	buy track
keep the remedy away from me while the number one killer goes free keep it away from me six billion dollar industry keeping harmless things off the streets keeping both sides of the fence happy
5.	Mr. Money Bags 04:04	lyrics	buy track
put em up, your hands to the sky put em up, your money or your life forget my face, forget my name there are no new towns they're all the same i've met a million people and a million different places i hate to pull my gun but i love to see their faces when i'm leaving oh my friend, we've come to the end don't be a hero now and you'll live to fight again they call me mr. money bags mean mr. money bags
6.	Free The King 03:57	lyrics	buy track
he was a young kid gone the wrong way on his last free day he sent a man to his grave and the rest in disarray i don't condone what he did but listen to his story twice his teenage life he paid the price successful rehabilitation deserves commutation through barbed wire he did more good than some men not in chains i know it ain't easy to see that he should be free but what's the point of going on without a way to right our wrong we'll free the King! he was a young kid gone the wrong way but his life was saved by a wise inmate who told him son- play it straight i don't condone what he did but can't a man change? i know it ain't easy to see that he should be free but what's the point of going on without a way to right our wrong we'll free the King! free the King! free the King!
7.	BLAST 04:29	lyrics	buy track
louder than your restraint we will be the turpentine for your war paint LONG LIVE THE VORTEX hide behind silence echoes in violence the confusion rolls on and on we will not stop talking about culture when the war ends WE ARE THE WARNING
8.	Something Very Wrong 05:07	lyrics	buy track
Have you seen me at the window baby? I've been staring while you dine you can't blame me for the burning eyes when I've seen you spitting out your wine you say you never mistreat me baby and I guess that suits me fine say you're just slimmin' down for the season honey while I'm dying on the vine Cuz there's something very wrong here and it's been wrong for such a long long time can't you hear me at the window baby can't you see me on the line cuz there's something very wrong here and it's been wrong for such a long long time the way that you mistreat me baby can't you hear me on the line I've been starving while you're savoring like it's barely worth your time that same lie you whispered in my ear so sinful and so divine you say you never mistreat me baby well just where do you draw the line between want, waste, and hateful feelin' while you're holdin' back what's mine
9.	Freeze 03:44 video	lyrics	buy track
stop waiting around stop standing still you know if you don't somebody else will FREEZE NOBODY MOVE feet on the ground carry uphill you know if you don't nobody else will
10.	Daze of No Future Passed 03:32	lyrics	buy track
Those left in this land high neon violence a gun for each hand on auto-pill dispense oh damaged goods oh dented cans low Americans low Americans I've got a future in the No Future Oh Modern man get ready boys, get real fast give all your resistance speed today the distant past oh remaining good with able hands low Americans low Americans

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Produced by Craig "Dub Fader" Welsch (10 Ft Ganja Plant, The Aggrolites) and mastered by Kevin Metcalfe at Abbey Road Studios. Special guests include members of Morphine, John Brown's Body, and the Macrotones. Available on 12" Vinyl, CD and Digital LP.

credits

released August 2, 2011

John Beaudette — vocals, rhythm guitar, trumpet, bass
Marc Beaudette — drums, percussion
Rob Carmichael — vocals, lead guitar
Jon Mercer — keys
Chris Moran — bass

Andy Bergman — baritone sax
Jason Buhl — tenor sax, flute
Dana Colley — baritone, tenor, alto sax (7)
Steve Digregorio — organ, clavinet, keyboards, piano
Scott Flynn — trombone
Casey Gruttadauria — orgran (8)
Jamie Lynn Hart — vocals (1, 8, 9, 10)
Scott Johnson — tabla (10)
Tyler Randall — sitar (10)
Craig Welsch — percussion

Produced by DB & Craig “Dub Fader” Welsch
Engineered and mixed by Dub Fader
Recorded at Kissy Pig, Allston MA
Mixed at Rear Window, Brookline MA
Mastered by Kevin Metcalfe at Abbey Road, London UK
Woodcut by KTRON
LLTV logo (inside CD digipack) by Triclops Studio

All songs written by Destroy Babylon
© & ℗ 2011 Music ADD (ASCAP)
Rhythm in “Freeze” inspired by Roots Radics / Revolutionaries
Lyrics in “BLAST” inspired by Wyndham Lewis & Jessie Dismorr
“Bad Draw” dedicated to JJD
“Free The King” dedicated to Arnie King (arnoldking.org)

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"...music that's just as suitable for a dance party as for a street fight." -NH Magazine

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