Salmonella Dub is a dub/drum n bass/reggae/roots band from New Zealand. The band was formed in 1992 by Andrew Penman, Dave Deakins, and Mark Tyler. The band has toured extensively throughout New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.Salmonella Dub - History Along with other 1990s bands including Hallelujah Picassos and Supergroove, the 'Dubsters' have been called pioneers of a unique Pacific style of dub/drum 'n' bass/reggae/hip hop and groove-based rock containing elements of the Polynesian hip hop style known as Urban Pasifika. The band helped foster and tour acts like Fat Freddy’s Drop, Shapeshifter, Cornerstone Roots, Kora, and Trinity Roots, as well as the new wave of Australian acts like Budspells, Rastawookie, King Tide and Red Eyes. Salmonella Dub helped break new ground in an Australasian alternative music scene which was dominated through most of the 1990s by straight guitar rock and electronic dance music.EMI Music - from the Salmonella Dub EPK

History Salmonella Dub was formed in 1992 in Christchurch by Andrew Penman (guitar), David Deakins (drums), and Mark Tyler (bass). They played their first gig in January 1993 at the Westport racecourse tearooms, to an audience of 64 people. The band's name was a reference to the 'bad-taste' covers they performed in a dub-reggae style. In 1996, Penman described the band's style as "bastardised dub".

Conan Wilcox (saxophone/percussion) and Peter Wood (trumpet/keyboard) joined the band in 1994, and the band released its debut CD Salmonella Dub in November 1994. Wood left the band in mid-1996. MC Tiki Taane had begun mixing the group's live sets in 1996, and later joined the band onstage to rap, sing, and play guitar.TikiDub Productions - Biography After developing a profile with the band, Taane embarked on a solo career in 2007. Conan Wilcox also left the band in 2007. Pete Wood worked with the group again in 2007 after the departure of Tiki Taane and Conan Wilcox.

Other guest or collaborative artists have included Paddy Free (of Pitch Black) who produced the album Freak Controller and performed with the band, and guests Whirimako Black, Hirini Melbourne, Richard Nunns and MC Mana.

In 1999, the band's album Killervision won eight bNet awards. It went platinum (15,000 copies sold) in May 2000, and later went double platinum. It was released in five countries.

In 2002, the group toured Australia and Europe and set up a new recording studio at Kaikōura. Their album Inside the Dub Plates won three awards, including 'Top Group', at the New Zealand Music Awards. Inside the Dub Plates was remixed and released in August 2002 as Outside the Dub Plates, partially funded by a $50,000 Phase 4 recording grant from NZ On Air, a government funding agency. Outside the Dub Plates won 'Best Dance Album' at the 2003 New Zealand Music Awards, and best downbeat release at the 2003 bNet Awards, where winners are chosen by public voting.

In February 2008, Salmonella Dub and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra collaborated for the Feel The Seasons Change tour of New Zealand with shows performed in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Nelson. The Feel The Seasons Change project combined Salmonella Dub’s contemporary music and production values with elements of Te Reo Māori, taonga pūoro (traditional Maori instruments) and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's classical music tradition.New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Collaboration A New Zealand Herald reviewer stated "United by background images of our geography and history, the omnipresent birdsong of Richard Nunns on traditional Maori instruments, and the outstanding vocals of jazz-blues singer Whirimako Black, the collaboration was certainly intriguing if [only] for its sheer scale. Between songs, conductor Hamish McKeich was careful not to trip over his players, squeezed onto two-thirds of the stage; Salmonella Dub looked oddly well-behaved and vulnerable standing next to them." At the New Zealand Radio Awards in 2009, Radio New Zealand became the first non-commercial radio station to win the Supreme Award including Best Technical Production, Studio, or Outside Broadcast Recording with Feel the Seasons Change – Live with the NZSO.

The band released the single Same Home Town in 2013 in honour of their 20th birthday. The single is dedicated to the Dux de Lux, the early Christchurch venue for the band.

In 2017 the Sunday Star Times reported that the band was to be given a Legacy Award at the New Zealand Music Awards. They were invited to choose a band or performer who had influenced them who would perform at the awards ceremony. Salmonella Dub named Wellington band Beat Rhythm Fashion but the organisers rejected their choice, saying that it was too obscure for television. In response, Salmonella Dub declined the offer of entry to the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. Nino Birch, frontman of Beat Rhythm Fashion, said that he was honoured to have been cited by Salmonella Dub. Penman stated: "The producer thought that Beat Rhythm Fashion was too obscure and would confuse the audience and take too much work to explain to them. I said 'if that's the case I don't want to be there', then I didn't hear anything back." He went on: "After it all went to custard I had a look at the NZ Hall of Fame and I went 'hang on, there's no Split Enz, no Skeptics either. Why haven't Upper Hutt Posse been acknowledged?'" He said "I'd feel wrong accepting it with that not being acknowledged, it doesn't work for me."

For many years, the band has been connected to the small north Canterbury town of Kaikōura, where they have their studio, and where they helped found the Kaikoura Roots festival."Interview with Andrew Penman from Salmonella Dub", Nice Up: Aotearoa Reggae, 30 November 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2016. The band formed a company, Dub Conspiracy, which Penman sees as a production house. It releases records by other people, helps to organise tours and the Kaikoura Roots Festival and functions as a support for other roots bands. Discography

Studio albums

+ List of albums, with selected details and chart positions Title Album details Peak chartpositions NZ AUS Salmonella Dub Released: 1994 Label: Curious George — — Calming of the Drunken Monkey Released: 6 November 1997 — — Killervision Released: 13 May 1999 7 — Inside the Dub Plates Released: 10 August 2001 1 — Outside the Dub Plates Released: 2002 Label: EMI 14 — Salmonella Dub Released: 23 March 2004 — — One Drop East Released: 25 November 2004 1 84 Mercy Released: 25 November 2004 35 — Heal Me Released: 3 September 2007 2 93 Freak Controller Released: 20 November 2009 26 — Freak Controller Released: 18 October 2010 — — Commercial Grates Released: 18 January 2018 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart

EPs

Year Details 1995 Dub Tomfoolery Label: Curious Recordings 1996 THC Winter Label: Curious Recordings2000 Dub Tomfoolery Colonial Dubs 2009 Freak Local

Other albums Release dateTitleLabelCharted Live albums22 September 2008Feel the Seasons Change – Live with the NZSOVirgin Records Remix albums28 March 2006Remixes and Radio CutsEMI

Singles

DVDs Date of releaseTitleLabelCertification2003Salmonella Dub DVDEMI-

References

External links Salmonella Dub Official Site