Elbo
Room is located at 647 Valencia St. (cross 17th St.) in SF and is
21+
Call 415-552-7788 for directions.
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Now entering its 14th year, DUB
MISSION
is one of the best longest running Dub parties in the
world. A weekly Sunday night party at Elbo Room, Dub MIssion was started
as an alternative to the typical reggae night. The idea was to present
the more cutting-edge side of the music (i.e. all forms of dub and progressive
roots) that had not been heard much in Bay Area clubs until then. Luckily
this period of time has also coincided with a great resurgence of interest
in dub through onstage performances and re-issues. Since 1996 we have
presented special nights on various reggae greats including Bob Marley,
Lee Perry, King Tubby, and Prince Far I, to name a few. Artists and
DJs from all over the world and the U.S. have also performed at DUB
MISSION. A partial list includes Adrian Sherwood & the ON-U Sound
System, Mad Professor & the Ariwa Sound System, the Scientist, Twilight
Circus Dub Sound System, Groove Corporation aka Overproof Sound System,
Florian Seyberth of Boozoo Bajou, Nickodemus of Turntables on the Hudson,
Tino Corp feat. Jack Dangers &, Ben Stokes, Dr. Israel & Dreadtone
International, Dubblestandart, Pitch Black, Sasha & Zeb of Organic Grooves,
the Wordsound posse, Trumystic Sound System, Desmond Williams, Yossi
Fine of Ex-Centric Sound System, Heavyweight Dub Champion, Bigga Bush,
the Bastard Jazz crew, Dub Gabriel, Third Eye Tribe, International Observer
and many others. In January of 1999, DUB MISSION produced legendary
dubmaster the Scientist along with the all-star Devil Dub Band (Buckethead,
Brain, DJ Disk) at the Justice League. In April of the same year, we
co-presented the first Bay Area appearance by the Blood & Fire Sound
System featuring Trinity, Dillinger, Ranking Joe and selector Steve
Barrow also at the Justice League . In September of 1999, DUB MISSION
celebrated its third anniversary with a special dub set by house specialists,
Dubtribe Sound System. In 2001 DUB MISSION celebrated its fifth anniversary
with producer/mixmaster Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound System featuring
Ghetto Priest on the mic. In 2002 DUB MISSION turned six with an unprecendeted
sound system, featuring the Scientist at the controls, Jah Yzer (Jah
Warrior Shelter) on the mic, and the DUB MISSION resident DJs behind
the turntables. In 2003 we celebrated our seventh with the first ever
US appearance of Groove Corporation feat. Ras Tweed on the mic. In 2004,
we celebrated our eighth anniversary with the return of Adrian Sherwood's
ON-U Soundsystem and were nominated for " Best Party" in that
year's Club World Awards. In 2005, we hosted an international dub summit
with rare West Coast performances by Yossi Fine of Ex-Centric Sound
System, and Cosmic, Rocker &, Zeb of Organic Grooves/Spy from Cairo
fame. In 2006, Dub Mission turned 10 years old with a record-setting
event featuring all the resident DJs. The following year, we celebrated
our 11th anniversary with the debut of NY's Subatomic Sound System feat.
MCs JahDan and Treasure Don, and in 2008, we passed the 12 year mark
with Canada's Third Eye Tribe Sound System and Seattle's, DJ Collage
who performed together for the first time anywhere on the DUB MISSION
stage. On September 6, 2009, DUB MISSION celebrated its 13th anniversary
with the return of Twilight Circus Dub Sound System and Yossi Fine of
Ex-Centric Sound System. We look forward to another great year of riddims
& laughter.