Temple Duel & Temple Dub, by Alter Echo & E3 Meet Headland & Diggory Kenrick

Temple Duel & Temple Dub

by Alter Echo & E3 Meet Headland & Diggory Kenrick

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ZamZam’s first encounter with the music of Diggory Kenrick was “The Lion Flute,” a wind-led cut to one of Jamaican music’s toughest riddims, the Mighty Diamonds’ “Africa.” Years later it still hasn’t left the box, and it led us on a quest to acquire as many of his tunes as possible… E3 became obsessed with reaching out to him for a collaboration, and “Temple Duel” b/w “Temple Dub” is the resulting plate. Collaborations with legends including Bunny Lee, Lee Perry, and Jah Wobble have resulted in an extraordinary catalog of 7”, 10”, and 12” singles, to say nothing of producing an outstanding documentary on Mr. Lee, “I Am The Gorgon,” and countless liner notes and production credits for the untouchable Pressure Sounds label.

Kenrick’s signature sound is haunting and richly melodic, phased and distorted, lending an ancient-to-the-future vibe to everything he touches, whether rootical collaborations or left-field version excursions.

Alter Echo & E3 and Headland had been wanting to collaborate for some time, and Kenrick’s high-plains-meets-far-east vibes seemed the perfect opportunity to build something truly unique.

The scene takes place deep underground, in blackened chambers untouched by the sun, ancient halls where reverb space is the guide and ritual combat is the only way out. Subsonic 808 bass undergirds a near-industrial mid-range bass guitar groove, stiff snares, stick-fighting percussion, and the melody an ever-present narrative arc through the dark. “Temple Dub” strips down the flute and widens the cinemascope, with claustrophobic panning and vertiginous detuning echoes creating ghostly traps for the unwary.

Mastered by Sam at Precise. Art & Design by Polygon Press. Limited to 700 10″ vinyl copies for the world.

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released November 19, 2019

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Alter Echo & E3 Portland, Oregon

Alter Echo & E3 is a duo to watch in the underground dub/post-dubstep scene, with three vinyl releases on ZamZam Sounds that shine bright in the label's catalog. Their “Nubian Dub” 45 on ZamZam was championed by selectors worldwide—from Dub War to Joe Nice, Alpha Steppa to The Bug—and received a glowing 9 out of 10 in Mixmag among much other positive press. ... more

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