Artist Name: Salmonella Dub

Release Name - Hands in the Soil & Shaping Ground (double A-side E.P.)

Release Date - 24th September 2024

Genre - Electronic, Dub

Aotearoa’s space weaving, cultural landscape collaborators Salmonella Dub today unveil their next instalment of tunes with ‘Hands in the Soil’ and ‘Shaping Ground’. The multi-platinum-selling Mainland Dub originators and bass music pioneers continue to be our premier exports of the genre, and are global long-time favourites for discerning fans both here and worldwide.

This double A-side digi EP follows on from the single EP Never Too Late - We’ve Got This Gift from their soon to be released digi-album For All Things Alive Disc 1, due out in October and For All Things Alive Disc 2 due out in November.

On ‘Hands In The Soil’, Salmonella Dub founder Andrew Penman recalls: “The rhythm bed was recorded in Christchurch with Whirimako Black adding vocals in the band's Whakatu studio in a session on the night of Richard Nunns’s tangi. The day Aotearoa was told we were heading into a second COVID  lockdown Troy Kingi was in our Whakatu studio adding vocals making this the last tune to be finished  from our new vinyl album Return To Our Kowhai. We are pleased to say we have now finally finished the album!”

“Love when you lot do that Shaping Ground feat Nino type shiz, The guitar in the intro and drop set it off so good. Bass, horns and drums are wicked. Vocals suit it too. Bad tune”

- DJ Digital - Metalheadz Timeless Records

Andrew also shares his strong thoughts on ‘Shaping Ground’, saying: “Nino Birch penned the lyrics for ‘Shaping Ground’ after his iconic Wellington 80's group Beat Rhythm Fashion were denied the honour of playing a Salmonella Dub tune at the NZ Music awards in 2017. This resulted in the DubSnub Stuff news articles; the Spinoff feature interview; and the end of the Spark Arena red carpeted, Vodafone sponsored TV3 music awards and Salmonella Dub politely refusing the Hall of Fame Legacy award they'd been offered that year.”

With over 650k Spotify listeners, and over an impressive 500,000 album sales on vinyl and CD, Salmonella Dub have long reigned the playlists of dub aficionados worldwide since first forming in 1993. Over the years the band has also morphed into different forms, hosting many gifted vocalists and a long-time fan favourite live is the inimitable Salmonella Dub SoundSystem.

Officially formed 25 years ago, the Salmonella Dub SoundSystem has been playing new releases and remixes in a stripped-back dancefloor friendly version of the live band, and are now in demand as a powerhouse live dance act and regular performers on the NZ and Oz festival line-ups and club circuits.

So to celebrate the upcoming release of the new 15 track digi-album FOR ALL THINGS ALIVE DISC 1 & 2, the Salmonella Dub SoundSystem are getting together to hit the road and perform a selection of shows across the motu and over the Tasman through the next few months, delivering their uniquely sublime audio-visual mash-up of the bands full catalogue.

For this run of shows, the live performances will see band originator Andrew aka DJ Rudeboy on the mix, featuring the Mighty Asterix & Whirimako Black and the amazing Sal Dub Horn Section ready to take fans on a space-weaving two-hour dancefloor journey through Salmonella Dubs bass-lands. Make sure you catch them live, tickets are on sale now.

The Hands in the Soil / Shaping Ground EP is available on major streaming platforms.

SALMONELLA DUB SOUNDSYSTEM

FEATURING WHIRIMAKO BLACK + MIGHTY ASTERIX + SAL DUB HORNS

OCTOBER

Studio the Venue – Auckland – Friday 11th

Butlers Reef – Ōakura – Saturday 12th

NOVEMBER

Corner Hotel – Melbourne – Thursday 7th

Wytaliba Deliverance Festival – NSW - Saturday 9th

Hotel Brunswick – Brunswick Heads – Sunday 10th

The Loons – Lyttelton – Wednesday 13th

The Loons – Lyttelton – Thursday 14th

The Regent – Hokitika – Saturday 16th

DECEMBER

Playhouse Café – Mapua – Friday 27th

Playhouse Café – Mapua – Saturday 28th

AUM Festival – South Head, Auckland – Monday 30th