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'''<big>Subatomic Sound System</big>'''
Beginning in 2008, Subatomic Sound System started hosting weekly radio shows on 91.5 FM, Radio New York, and webcasts on Brooklyn Radio. In 2011, Subatomic Sound System began performing as Lee "Scratch" Perry's backing band with a hybrid of electronics and live instruments. In 2013, they performed together at [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] and afterward became Perry's exclusive touring band in North America. In 2017, Subatomic Sound System released their first full-length album with Perry entitled ''Super Ape Returns to Conquer'' which debuted No. 5 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' reggae chart and No. 2 on [[iTunes]] US reggae album chart and reached No. 1 on the [[North American College and Community Radio Chart]] (NACC) World music chart.
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On July 19, 2009, Subatomic Sound System performed at [[Summerstage]] in [[Central Park]], [[New York City]], along with Lee "Scratch" Perry & Dubblestandart (with a cameo from [[Ari Up]]) and [[Alpha Blondy]]. The lineup for this event drew the largest Summerstage crowd of the season, confirming organizers' expectations. Given the multicultural and cross generational audiences who turn out in Central Park, organizers had hoped this billing would draw on the connection between modern incarnations of [[dub music|dub]] based music such as dubstep and the [[Dub music|dub]] and [[roots reggae]] styles from over 30 years prior, originated by Perry in Jamaica that influenced artists like Blondy to extend that sound in [[Africa]]. Those styles then influenced groups like Dubblestandart and Subatomic Sound System in Europe and the US to meld that sound with other contemporary electronic based genres.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cityparksfoundation.org/summerstage/|title=City Parks Foundation - SummerStage|website=Cityparksfoundation.org|accessdate=29 January 2021}}</ref>
In 2012, [[Lee Scratch Perry|Perry]], with Subatomic Sound System as his band and opening act, went on tour across the US from May 16 through May 26. In September, they performed together again at Dub Champions Festival in New York City, [[Music Hall of Williamsburg]].
In 2013, [[Lee Scratch Perry|Perry]] and Subatomic Sound System
==Radio Shows==
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==Release History==
=== "Black Ark Vampires" Lee "Scratch" Perry & Subatomic Sound System ===
The song "Black Ark Vampires" premiered on October 31, 2014, via the Brooklyn-based Jamaican culture website Large Up,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.largeup.com/2014/10/30/lee-scratch-perry-subatomic-black-ark-vampires/|title=LargeUp Premiere: Lee "Scratch" Perry's "Black Ark Vampires"|date=30 October 2014|website=Largeup.com|accessdate=29 January 2021}}</ref> with an explanation of Perry's lyrics about killing [[vampires]] and why Perry burned down his [[Black Ark Studios]] in Jamaica decades before. In the song, Perry describes killing vampires with fire, electric wire, roast corn, and his own hair in locations around the globe including America, England, and Kingston, Jamaica. Live concerts by Perry and Subatomic Sound System from 2001 to 2014 combined digital electronics and live instrumentalists and singers and this recorded song can also be heard to use a similar blend of elements specifically instrumentation like electric guitar, bass, percussion, and harmonized background vocal produced with space echo and spring reverb effects in a fashion typical of [[reggae]] recordings from Perry's Black Ark Studios during the 1970s, as well as using electronic synthesized [[sub-bass]] and digital drums common to 21st century electronic music genres like [[dubstep]] and [[Trap music (EDM)|trap music]]. The song was released on vinyl 45rpm exclusively on November 4, 2014 and appeared at No. 1 on [[Juno Records]] charts in both dub and reggae. [[Dancehall|Reggae dancehall]] vocalist Jahdan Blakkamoore appeared as a supporting vocalist on the track, a collaborator on several other Perry & Subatomic Sound releases as well as vocalist and primary writer on [[Snoop Lion]] and [[Major Lazer]] albums. Blakkamoore is mostly known for his numerous releases both solo and with his band [[Noble Society]] whose release "Living the Life" came out on the Subatomic Sound label.
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==Discography==
=== Albums, EPs, digital singles===
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*''Revolution 2 Freedom'' Subatomic Sound System & Junior Dread (2020, Subatomic Sound | SS037 | digital )
*''Champion Sound'' Subatomic Sound System & Screechy Dan (2020, Subatomic Sound | SS037 | digital )
*''Shaolin Dub'' Subatomic Sound System (2019, Subatomic Sound | SS036 | digital )
*''Super Ape Returns To Conquer'' [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]] & Subatomic Sound System (featuring Screechy Dan, Jahdan Blakkamoore, & Ari Up) (2017, Subatomic Sound | SS033 | digital, CD, vinyl via Echo Beach )
*''NYC-2-Africa-2-Brasil'' (featuring [[Anthony B]], Jahdan Blakkamoore, Bajah, & Nomadic Wax) remixes by [[Victor Rice]], Maga Bo, Buguinha Dub (2016, Subatomic Sound | SS030A | digital)
*''NYC-2-Africa'' (featuring [[Anthony B]], Jahdan Blakkamoore, Bajah, & Nomadic Wax) (2010, Subatomic Sound | SS016 | digital)
*''Blackboard Jungle Vol.2 Respect My Shit'' (featuring Dubblestandart, [[Lee Scratch Perry]], Jahdan Blakkamoore) (2009, Subatomic Sound | SS011 | digital)
*''Blackboard Jungle Vol.1 Respect the Foundation'' (featuring Dubblestandart, Lee Scratch Perry, Jahdan Blakkamoore) (2009, Subatomic Sound / | SS010 | digital)
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===Remixes===
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*''Green Brain'' Lee Scratch Perry, Yaadcore, & Green Lion Crew (2023, Ineffable Records | digital) included 2 versions ''Green Brain (Subatomic Sound System remix)'' & ''Green Brain (Subatomic Sound System dub)''
*''Amor e Revolucao'' Maga Bo, Dandara Manoela (2022, Kaxambu Records | digital & Vinyl 12") included ''Amor e Revolucao (Subatomic Sound System remix)''
*''Hulusi'' Piper Street Sound & General Pecos (2022, Piper Street | digital & Vinyl 10") included 3 versions ''Hulusi (Subatomic Sound System remix)''
*''Q Street'' Super Hi Fi (2012, Electric Cowbell | digital ) included ''Q Street (Subatomic Sound System remix)''
*''Dangerous'' See-I (2011, Collision | digital ) included vocal and dub mixes ''Dangerous (Subatomic Sound System remix)''
*''Happy & Deep Dark Dub'' Dubmatix (2011, Fort Knox Recordings | digital ) included ''Happy & Deep Dark Dub (Subatomic Sound System remix)''
*''Amsterdam'' Marlon Asher & Leah Rosier (2011, Dubbhism | digital) included remix ''Amsterdam (Subatomic Sound System mix)''
*''Vampires & Informers'' Elephant Man (2011, Subatomic Sound | cat# SS019 | digital) included remixes ''Vampires & Informers (Subatomic Sound System Bloodstep mix)'', ''Vampires & Informers (Subatomic Sound System bloodsucker's dub)''
*''Modern Dayz Slavery'' The Bant Singh Project featuring Delhi Sultanate (2011, Word Sound Power | digital) included remix ''Modern Dayz Slavery (Subatomic Sound System remix)''
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