DFR001: Dub Splitz Part 1: The Beginning

Dub Flash presents:

Dub Splitz Part 1: The Beginning

Release no.: DFR001

Artists: Dubcreator Feat. Jonah Dan Meets Sayan

Original 7" vinyl release: 30.10.2003
Copies (vinyl): 500 (hand-numbered)
Status (vinyl): Sold out

Digital re-release: 02.02.2017
(Bandcamp and streaming services)

Tracks:

A - Dubcreator Feat. Jonah Dan "Dub Flash" 6:03 min.
B - Sayan "Who Dunnit" 5:14 min.

Credits:

Vinyl mastering in 2003 at Vinylium
Lacquer Cut in 2003 at Ameise
Percussion by Jonah Dan (track: A) in 2002, recorded at ADP Studio
Music by, recorded by, mixed by, mastered by and produced by Dubcreator (track: A) in 2002 at ADP Studio and Sayan (track: B) in 2003 at Sayan Studio
Artwork (digital edition) by Professor Chaos in 2017 at Atelier Branle Bas
Video editing by Bingewatch-R in 2011 at Come Watch TV
Executive-Producer: Dub Rogue at Andromedub
Product Manager: Ralf Dub Flash
(p) & (c) Dub Flash Records (2003 (vinyl edition) and 2017 (digital re-release)
DFR001
https://www.dubflash.com

Release information:

[Free Bandcamp download codes are available! Just send an e-mail to freebandcampdownloadcodes@dubflash.com. No questions asked.]

Welcome to Dub Flash Records! This is "The Beginning".

On 4th May 2003, Dub Flash partied its 5th anniversary. For that occasion, Dubcreator created a Dub called “Dub Flash”, suggested that I'd start my own label, and allowed me to release his song.

I created the "Dub Splitz" series. The idea was to present two different Dubs by two different artists on two different sides (of the vinyl record). This release is Part 1.

Behind the scenes:

The record was pressed by the Hamburg-based company Ameise. For reasons I don't remember, the release got delayed by half a year. Thus instead of 4.5.2003, the release date was 30.10.2003. All copies got handnumbered by myself.

In order to help myself with sales and distribution of this release, I opened my "Outer Space Dub XPress" webshop and the “Dub Flash Distribution” at the end of 2003.

The labels have a misprint of the release number. Instead of DFR001 it says DFR7001. I don't remember if this was my original intention or a mistake. I also don't remember how the label was created.

Since both songs are over 5 minutes long, the vinyl plays on 33.3 RPM. Looking back, I'm surprised that those long tunes worked out at all on 7". Good job by Ameise. I knew nothing about creating vinyls back then.

Additional photos:

A-side of the original vinyl release. Note the wrong release number. ;)

B-side of the original vinyl release. Note the speed of 33.3 RPM! ;)

This is a screenshot from the Reggaemusicstore.com, Jah Warrior's webshop back in the days. He was one of the very few online shop competitors back in the early 2000s. (And no, we were not competitors, but friends. I sold his releases, he sold my releases. Win-win for both. ;) )