Vinyl Releases
THE LOST FUTURE
12" Vinyl UK
09.08.18
some time around 20 years ago, the artist known as dub surgeon made an absorbing album of beautiful dub infused with ambiance, found sounds and horizontal rhythms. the lost future was recorded at the former amsterdam film academy where dub surgeon. the recording engineer for the project was ricardo villalobos. dub surgeon and ricardo villalobos then mastered it together, putting it through several vintage mixers and recording it to 2 inch tape. then, tragedy struck: a storm surged and ignited a fire that ravaged the studio. the master copy was thought to have been lost forever. dub surgeon stopped making music and disappeared into the shadows after just two eps on future dub in 2002/3. but one day 15 years later, totally out of the blue, he received a demo of the lost future. pay attention to this, it said. attached was a demo version of the long lost album and now, finally, it has a perfect and impossibly poetic home on dubais ark to ashes, which is named in homage to the story of lee scratch perry burning down his black ark studio to rid it of demons. sounding as fresh as ever, the lost future is an authentic dub experience with a story as special as the music itself.
PEARL DIVERS
12" Vinyl UK
23.10.17
the timeless silverlining - pearl divers track from 1996 gets a re-issue on ark to ashes with 2 fresh remixes from stardub & matt star. this ep goes deep into dub territory. we ll let the jams speak for themselves..
DUBS FROM THE ARKIVES
12" Vinyl UK
25.07.16
the 4th ark to ashes release features various artists. 1st we have a collaboration between 2 of the analog room residents, shadi megallaa & siamak amidi. up next are the leftback boys, michael mclardy & dudley strangeways. the a-side features a new project called apse by shadi megallaa & sasha kaline of alka rex. lastly the ep ends with the linguinis remix of monotax which was previously released on igloo records.
THE LOST ARK EP
12" Vinyl UK
16.12.14
for its third release, the already impressive ark to ashes label calls upon three fiends to collaborate with label boss shadi megallaa. as such, the ep touchess on many different styles and behind the beats alongside shadi are tolga fidan, igloo-rec chief dilo and someone known as lucky luke.
3 WISE MEN EP
12" Vinyl UK
04.04.14
shadi megallaa, taimur agha and fahad haider are the 3 wise men behind the second ark of ashes self-titled release. untitled is the deeper cut on their debut 3 track ep, whereas eleven eleven and streets of hope are more big room oriented. ark to ashes is a record label conceived in brooklyn, realized in abu dhabi & fantasizes about the universe. it was founded in 2013 by shadi megallaa.