DFR002: Righteousness EP

Dub Flash presents:

Righteousness EP

Release no.: DFR002

Artists: Sir Larsie I Meets Rankin Diddy & Dubcreator

Original 12" vinyl release: 12.12.2003
Copies (vinyl): 300 (hand-numbered)
Status (vinyl): Sold out

Re-press 12" vinyl release: 14.06.2004
Copies (vinyl): 300 (hand-numbered)
Status (vinyl): Sold out

Digital re-release: 04.02.2017
(Bandcamp and streaming services)

Tracks:

A1 - Sir Larsie I Feat. Rankin Diddy "Righteousness" 4:39 min.
A2 - Sir Larsie I "Dubteousness" 4:38 min.
A3 - Dubcreator Feat. Rankin Diddy  "Righteousness - DC Remix" 4:43 min.
B1 - Sir Larsie I Feat. Rankin Diddy "Jah Will Never Let I Down" 4:35 min.
B2 - Sir Larsie I "Jah Will Never Let Dub Down" 4:43 min.
B3 - Dubcreator "Righteousness - DC Remix Dubwise" 4:36 min.

Credits:

Pressed by and lacquer cut at Optimal Media Production
Manufactured by Duophonic Gbr
Composed, arranged, mixed and mastered by Sir Larsie I at Phoenix Upliftment Studios (tracks: A1-A2, B1-B2)
Written, arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered by Dubcreator at The DC Studio (tracks: A3, B3)
Artwork by Professor Chaos at Atelier Branle Bas
Video editing by Bingewatch-R at Come Watch TV. Video for B3 edited with vizzy.io
Executive-Producer: Dub Rogue at Andromedub 
Product Manager: Ralf Dub Flash 
(p) & (c) Dub Flash Records (2003 (vinyl 1st edition), 2004 (vinyl 2nd 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.]

Sir Larsie I is a music producer from Potsdam, Germany.

This EP features two readily produced tracks by Larsie featuring Rankin Diddy on vocals. Another already available remix by Dubcreator was added. All the tunes were created without Dub Flash's involvement. I heard them as dubplates, and Larsie and I agreed on me releasing them as a 12" EP.

Behind the scenes:

Due to popular demand, this release received a re-press. It's the only Dub Flash that got one. However, the first edition had 300 copies, out of those 100 were given away for free / as promos. Insane times, looking back at it. Must have cost me a little fortune for postage. With the second edition also having 300 copies, the total amount available for sale was around 500, which matches (most of) the other releases.

I met Sir Larsie I in summer 2003 in his studio in Potsdam. I don't remember how we got in contact. Most likely via my “Dub Information Portal”.

He had just released his debut “Babylon Shitstem” on Paqua Roots, NL, and we listened to a bunch of his unreleased dubplates. At the end of the day, we had discussed this 12" EP, and I made it happen. I wished I'd remember more details. I know that the other tunes from the batch we listened to were never released. I'd love to listen to them again some day.

(Not so) funny tidbit: Some people complained about the name “Sir Larsie I”, and one quite famous UK Dub producer didn't want to understand that “Sir Larsie I” and I were and are not the same person. I personally think that the name is a genious wordplay around his nickname Larsie.

Some years later Larsie changed his artist name. He is still going strong with many releases two decades later, but not as Sir Larsie I.

Ranking Diddy, the featured vocalist on this release, also changed his artist name a few years later. His new moniker is Junior Kigwa. Details are unknown to me.

Dubcreator still creates Dub. That much I know.

Additional photos:

A-side of the original vinyl release.

B-side of the original vinyl release. Dub is a lifesaver, seen.

Sticker design from the original pressing which came in plain black cover.

Sticker design from the re-press to distinguish between the both presses.

Screenshot from reggaemusicstore.com, Jah Warrior's online webshop back in the days.