April 3rd :
I am pleased to let everyone know that on Sunday afternoon during a meeting at The 13th Note, I signed with Glasgow based label Antimatter Records. The final wavs of my debut EP for the label have been handed over for mastering and pen was put to paper.
My debut for Antimatter is "Magnolia Lane EP" and should be released later this year through various download sites and possibly as a limited edition CD as well. The label will also be handling the sync side of things and will be trying to get some of my tunes placed in tv / films / adverts etc.
I've spent the past few months bringing the songs for the EP up to standard and both Kenny from Antimatter and myself are really pleased with the results. You might know the songs from my live sets and / or demo CDs but you've not heard them sounding this good before!
I'll be setting up some gigs for around the release date so if anyone out there is interested in sorting something out then give me a shout.
Check out the Antimatter Music website for more info on the label and their acts.
http://www.antimattermusic.co.uk/home.html
November 20th : I'll be playing live again next month for the first time since Go North in June. There's a gig lined up in Edinburgh for the NFS Xmas Party. I'll be playing with The Magnificents, Action Group, Keser and How To Swim on the 19th December. Then I'll be performing at the Tronic Xmas Party alongside Firebrand Boy, Emotiquon and Deltason at The 13th Note on 21st December. Free entry for that one! More information in the Live Dates section and over on myspace.
May 11th : I've been asked to play at an electronic showcase for Go North 2007 up in Inverness. I will play on Thursday June 7th @ Pivo with Joystick Discoteque, Araya & Damaged Goodz. Visit the Robotone myspace page for more info by clicking here.
May 4th : Just to let you know that Is This Music? magazine features a review of the gig I did in Dunfermline a few weeks ago.
"Satellite Dub, despite all that's gone before him, makes for a clean, computerised processed sound. He's been spotted in the past with guitar, with vocals, but even now he thanks the audience at the end basically by shouting at them, unmic'ed. Before that it's a 30-minute procession through a one-man barrage of beats. Basically a computerised set with Craig Satellite triggering and manipulating samples, the beats are relentless, from 'London Has More LIghts' via 'Trying To Stop a Tank With Your Hands' whose title tells you everything you need to know. To lump in names like the Chemikal Brothers or Prodigy is a handy reference, but does the man a disservice, unless prefaced by "better than". There’s dancing at the end, and the closing ’Magnolia Lane’ makes for a massive finale. It may be early April, but spring has sprung, and Scotland’s live scene is hotting up."
The full review of the night can be read here.
April 19th : Sorry about this but i've had to pull out the gig tonight due to a death in the family. Apologies to those who were going to head down. Still go and see the other bands though coz they are awesome
March 21st : I've entered 2 tracks in Democrazy 2007 which is a competion with prizes up to £3000 in cash available. The artists with the most songs downloaded wins, it's as simple as that.
There are new edited mixes of the songs 'Trying To Stop A Tank With Your Hands' and 'Hypocrites' available from the site.
March 6th : I'm playing live in Edinburgh for Tronic & New Found Sound. The gig is at The City Cafe on March 17th. Doors 8pm.
Also on the bill :
Acid Fairy, Ohhh!!!, Babyshaker, Funkspiel & The Remedies.
Hope you can make it.
February 12th : "Lingering, expressive and extraordinarily impressive." - The LHML single has been reviewed by Denise Tench from High Voltage fanzine and does pretty damn well. Click here to read the full review.
February 10th : The London Has More Lights single gets reviewed in the new issue of The List and gets a positive review and a score of 3 / 5. You can read the review by clicking
here.
January 26th : "Builds on his already impressive portfolio" - The LHML single gets a great review from Tasty Fanzine. Please click here to check out the full review for yourself.
January 21st : The new mp3 single is now available as a free limited edition download. The zip file contains the tracks 'London Has More Lights' & 'Strangelets' and can be downloaded by clicking
here and over at myspace. Enjoy!
January 3rd: All the best to everyone for 2007! Hope it's a great year for you all.
2006 was an interesting year for me, mostly highs and only a few lows. Highlights include plenty of airplay on Radio 1, being included on the Tronic compilation CD, playing a superb gig for The Skinny magazine during the Edinburgh Festival, being filmed live by BBC Scotland at The Classic Grand & playing my first live set at King Tuts.
Plans for 2007 include a new EP or an album and a new live set. I'm currently having a couple of months off to work on those but I'll be playing live again towards the end of February. Also got some cool collaborations in the pipeline and some possible remixes too.
2006
December 11th : I'm up for the XFM Myspace Cadet vote on Jim Gellatly's show this week. Spread the word - voting starts today over at the XFM Scotland website.
December 3rd : The song 'Trying To Stop A Tank With Your Hands' has been getting some airplay recently. It was played by both Vic Galloway and Huw Stephens on their shows. The song was also featured as background music in 3 episodes of BBC TVs The Music Show.
The song is avaliable on my Click To Enter EP and is also included on the awesome Tronic Volume 1 compilation CD.
November 23rd : You should all get your hands on the fantastic CD that the guys from the Tronic nights have put together. It includes my song 'Trying To Stop A Tank With Your Hands' and tracks from Ives, Sean Kerwin, Binary Zero, FAO Jesus, ESPion and many more.
Only costs a fiver and is worth every penny imho.
Head over to www.myspace.com/tronicglasgow for more info.
November 17th : The Music Show results are in ...... and I lost.
Massive thanks to everyone who voted and for all the messages of support. Big thanks to the Tronic posse and Derick New Found Sound for all their help too. Nice one guys.
The gig was reviewed in The List magazine and I got a 4/5 which was the best mark for any of the bands playing on the night.
October 25th : Here is the info on voting for the demo competition.
There is a video of me performing 'Power Off Einstein' at The Classic Grand now up on the Music Show site. Here's the link :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/musicscotland/musicshow/competition/index.shtml.
Details etc on the site. Please vote and spread the word as far and wide as you can.
October 17th : Last Thursdays gig at The Music Show final seemed to go down well. At the end of my set Vic Galloway said loads of cool things over the mic to the crowd. It was really good to meet him and Shantha for the first time. Both came across as totally sound people.
All the groups played a blinder on the night but I think I managed to hold my own too. The online voting starts on October 23rd and the link is http://www.bbc.co.uk/musicshow.
Spread the word and we'll maybe see my first video on the telly soon.
Big thanks to the Tronic crew for cheering me on.
October 1st : I've been told that I'm one of 5 bands in the final of The Music Show Demo Competition. There's a gig at The Classic Grand, Glasgow on Thursday 12th October with the bands all getting filmed for the BBC. Each act will then be up for an online vote with the winner getting a video made which will be shown on the new series later this year. Also up for grabs is a live session for Vic Galloway on the radio! More info on the gig when I have it.
August 31st : New CD and live reviews have just been added as well as the information for live dates in September and November. More updates coming soon, I promise.
June 27th : Just want to let you all know that Steve Lamacq played 'London Has More Lights' from my new demo last
night at about 9.50pm! Also heard that Rob Da Bank has picked the other song 'Strangelets' for his playlist next
Thursday (July 6th) and as one of his selections for the Onemusic unsigned podcast that week. This means that 3 demo CDs in a
row have been played by Steve Lamacq and 2 by Rob Da Bank.
May 7th : A live set recorded in Edinburgh during T-Break last year is now available as a free download. Please use this link :
www.satellitedub.com/satellitedublive.rar. This live EP can only be downloaded from this site so please spread the url around. Hope you enjoy it!
May 2nd : The song 'Magnolia Lane' is part of the first unsigned music podcast over at the rather splendid iCast UK. Please visit www.icast.uk.com and download an hour of great music for free. Other bands featured include Monkeytribe, St Judes Infirmary and Found.
April 19th : I've just heard that Satellite Dub has been written about in a feature on Scottish music alongside other acts including Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai, Shit Disco + Belle And Sebastian. Not quite sure how this happened but thanks to those involved! Click here to read the piece for yourself.
April 10th : Please note the Save NEMIS night on the 15th has been cancelled due to unfortunate circumstances. The gig wil now go ahead on 19th May at The 13th Note instead. More info when I have it.
March 24th : Satellite Dub has completed a remix of the track 'Sister' by Blak Noise White Soul. It will be included on their debut album 'Pop Genius' when it is released later this year on U-Discs. I'm going to be working on more tracks for other bands over the next few months and the results should sound really cool.
March 20th : Sorry things have been quiet on the site recently. I had to cancel a few gigs due to kidney stones but I'm ready for action and will be gigging again in April and May.
2005
December 12th : You can now buy 'Click To Enter' online from i-Tunes, Napster, Karmadownload and many more music sites. The CDs are nearly sold out so this may be the only way to get your hands on these particular songs for a while. At least until I get the album finished!
December 4th : Due to a spectacular bit of laptop and pavement interaction, I've had to pull out of the gig at The Liquid Lounge which was booked for 17th December. I'll get back to you all with a new date for next year when I have the details confirmed. This would have been my last performance of 2005 so I apologise to anyone who was coming along for a chat and a beer or two.
November 17th : The CDs of the 'Power Off Einstein' EP are now sold out. A massive thank you to everyone who bought a copy over the past year or so.
October 8th : I've just been told that Satellite Dub is featured alongside Mother & The Addicts, Jupiter And Teardrop, Raising Kain & Drive By Argument in an article about the best new Scottish bands. The feature will be in the new issue of 'The Fat Controller' magazine which will be published next week. Click here to check it out.
October 3rd : I've had to pull out of the gig due to take place in Newcastle this weekend. Apologies to anyone who was planning on coming along to see me perfom at the show but the gig should still be a good one with 4 quality acts remaining on the bill.
September 26th : I've had some more airplay from a a variety of podcasts and internet stations recently. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to play one of my songs in their sets!
September 15th : I've added the review from 'The Daily Record' to the site. There's some superb comments from Rick Fulton about the 'Click To Enter' CD from one of Scotland's bigest selling daily newspapers.
September 6th : A huge 'thank you' to everyone who came along to the Musicworks gigs last week. A big shout out to the boys from Cobra Grande who turned up for a few beers at the NEMIS & ITM? night. I think I did one of my best performances yet and it seemed to go down a storm with the crowd!
August 17th : I've got a couple of things coming up over the next fortnight that you might want to know about. Look out for a review of 'Click To Enter' in the Soundcheck section of The Daily Record next Friday. Also head over to www.ragtime.com where 'Magnolia Lane' will be a featured track for a week. Then it's 3 gigs in 6 days as Satellite Dub heads over to Edinburgh to play a set at the Tigerfest Closing Party on the 27th August. Then it's back to Glasgow for 2 Musicworks showcases taking place on 31st August and 2nd September. More info can be found in the Gigs section of the site.
June 9th : Four new reviews of the 'Click To Enter' CD have just been added to the reviews section. More to come over the next month or so I hope.
June 7th : 'Hardware Software Nowhere' is at Number 1 for the second time in a row over at the Radio Magnetic BT Broadband Chart. Thanks to everyone who voted for the track online. Remember to vote again if you have the time as the chart is still going strong and the votes have been reset.
June 1st : Steve Lamacq has played another song on his show this week. 'Trying To Stop A Tank With Your Hands' was played as part of the show on Monday night, following on from the quick spin that 'Magnolia Lane' received last week. Cheers for that Mister Lamacq!
May 24th : The song 'Hardware Software Nowhere' from the Click To Enter EP is this weeks Number 1 over at the Radio Magnetic BT New Music Chart. Also found out that Steve Lamacq played 'Magnolia Lane' on his show last night on Radio 1.
May 23rd : Thanks to eveyone who came and showed their support at the T Break gig last Sunday night. An excellent review of my set is now available on the T Break site. It says "Satellite Dub is Craig Brown, hi-phat audio dance enthusiast. His avuncular attitude and intense enthusiasm coupled with thundering, sleazy bass grooves, rampant samples and pumping beats is exhilirating. Brown is a bouncing, sweaty, jack in the box. He seems to slip inside the sounds he creates - mouthing the sampled words, clapping along, pushing buttons and spinning knobs with great panache. Before the end he invites anyone who might "want a wee dance to feel free." Looking around I see Jocky from Private Jackson bobbing his head wildly. These beats are so phat that even indie kids dance!" A massive thank you to everyone concerned with the gig including all the other bands who played as well.
April 19th : Just to let you all know that I'll be playing as part of the T-Break showcases this year. I'll be at The Liquid Room in Edinburgh on Sunday 15th May along with 5 other acts. More info when I have it ...
April 18th : Another review of 'Click To Enter' has been added to the site. The CD gets another 4 out of 5 rating thanks to the people over at High Voltage.
March 25th : Here's a quick
update on what's been happening here at S-Dub HQ.
'Power Off Einstein' was played a few times by Steve Lamacq on his Radio 1 show recently.
I'm still chuffed to bits about that one! I played a live set at Radio Magnetic's studio in Glasgow which went down great and was a wee bit scary as well. My first gig up in Dingwall was a hoot - thanks to Robbie Dunsmore and everyone else at Robotone for making me feel so welcome. Also a big shout out to DJ Default for his enthusiastic dancing during my set. The track 'Magnolia Lane' from the new EP was included on the NEMIS SxSW CD with a selection of up and coming Scottish acts and is doing the rounds out in Texas as we speak. Thanks to Vic Galloway and the rest of the panel for choosing the song.
I've got a few gigs coming up over the next week or so at Easter. If you can make it
then come along to one of the shows and shake that booty to the beats! The new 3 track
Satellite Dub CD is now available online and at gigs for £3.00. It's called 'Click To Enter'
and you can buy it now by clicking here.
Well, that's all for now. See you soon! Peace - Craig x
February 9th : Just found out that 'Power Off Einstein' was played on Radio 1 by Steve Lamacq on Monday night. Ta for that Steve! Also, the 'Power Of Einstein EP' has had another superb review courtesy of Losing Today this week. It's been added to the Reviews section so head on over and check it out.
February 4th : Satellite Dub is proud to announce that a new EP titled 'Click To Enter' will be available soon. The first CDs should be on sale during the gig at The Arches on the 17th February. CDs will then be available online from my website and also through Simbiotic. If anyone from the Press or Radio would like to get their hands on a copy then please email your details to info@satellitedub.com and I'll get one to you early next week.
January 10th : I found out this week that I've been nominated in both the Best Single and Best Newcomer categories over at the Jockrock website in their Best Of 2004 Poll. If you've got a mintue to spare could you check it out and vote for me? Just click here to vote for Best Single and here to vote for Best Newcomer. Cheers!
2004
December 20th : Dates have been confirmed for 2 live shows early in 2005. Both gigs are in Glasgow - one at Nice N Sleazy in January for Love Music Hate Racism and another at The Arches in February. More info on the other bands playing etc can be found in the Live section of the site.
December 1st : You may have heard about a new venture cooked up by Miller Music and Beat 106 called Miller Unsigned. Votes can be cast online between now and the 9th December for your favourite act and the winner gets to play at a secret gig on Sunday December 19th.
I've been selected as one of the final 10 and I need you all to find the time to go online and cast your votes for me. You can hear my selected track on the show on Wednesday 1st and 9th December at roughly 10.45pm approx and it can be streamed from the Miller website. You can cast your votes by visiting www.millermusic.co.uk from today and selecting the Miller Unsigned option on the left of the screen.
November 12th : It's update time for the website again, most of which is in the Reviews section. New stuff includes a 4 out of 5 rating for the 'Power Off Einstein EP' from High Voltage fanzine. Also added is a review of the Nightworks showcase gig at The Buff Club in Glasgow from The Evening Times. Remember to check them both out for yourself.
October 25th : Satellite Dub was featured in the New Talent section of The List's Top 50 Scottish Bands Of All Time booklet last week. There was a fantastic write up which is well worth checking out.
Example quotes taken from the booklet include :
"A rumbling cataclysm of electronic noise and beats clash in a musical pileup ..... possibly justifying the term 'intelligent dance' , the barrage of ideas present is always set to pounding beats ...... it's eruption of sound could very easily fill and empty dancefloors simultaneously."
Get your copy before it sells out folks. Just in time for the showcase this week as well!
October 17th : The new online shop is now up and running thanks to the good people at Simbiotic. The CDs
'Sessions #1' and 'Power Off Einstein EP' are in stock and available for purchase. Both CDs are strictly
limited editions of 150 copies. Wipe the dust from your credit card and get your order in now!
October 9th : Big thanks to Viva Stereo and Gav (On The Fly) Brown for a great night on Thursday. It was my
pleasure to be involved. I had a hoot and enjoyed myself to the max. Plus Scrumpy on draught, who could go wrong?
Although the mind boggles at the thought of everyone let loose in Rosie's afterwards.
Joking aside, thanks for letting me crash the party and I'm already looking forward to
Rialtostock III. Remember to check out Viva's debut album 'Optimism Is Not A Curse' as it
is a fantastic piece of work and comes highly recommended by S-Dub HQ.
September 17th : Two more gigs coming up in October. I'll be playing at Rialto in Falkirk with Viva Stereo and DJ Gav Brown (AKA On The Fly) as part of 'Way To Blue' on the 7th. Later in the month I'm playing as part of a special Nightworks Showcase in Glasgow organised by DJ Gill Mills as part of the Musicworks industry conference. I'll be performing at The Buff Club on the 28th October. Check out the Live Dates section for more details of both nights.
September 5th : The gig in Dunfermline on Friday was a blast! Big thanks to Kev Cruiser and Stuart McHugh for asking me to play the Is This Music? night at Monty's. Thumbs up to Persil and Motormark as well who both performed excellent sets although I had to split early unfortunately. The show was recorded for broadcast next month on Radio Magnetic - make a note and keep an eye out for it.
August 24th : Thanks to everyone who voted for my track in this weeks Demo Vote. The song 'Magnolia Lane' was played last night on the BBC Radio Scotland show 'Air' after winning with 76% of the votes.
August 17th : Just found out that the track 'Magnolia Lane' is up for the demo vote on the Radio Scotland show Air. Please visit the site at www.bbc.co.uk/air and place your vote. Spread the word and help get Satellite Dub on the radio again!
July 19th : Thanks to everyone who came along to the gig at Cuba Norte on Thursday. Everyone had a great time and all the bands were excellent. Great light show as well. Some photos from the night will appear on this website soon once I've uploaded them all.
June 7th : Diggin' Deeper was amazing. A great night was had by all and I played my set in a cinema packed with receptive clubbers. I had my first experience of people dancing to my music which was cool and I also sold some CDs. Robbie Dunsmore's set was excellent as usual and the DJs and rappers were superb as well. I have to admit that I felt a bit nervous about playing 'Jesusfreak Part 1' down in the haunted vaults with the lights out though .........
June 1st : The gig that was supposed to happen on the 17th of June has been cancelled. It's been reorganised for July 15th at Cuba Norte in Glasgow. I'll let you know more details when I have them.
May 28th : Close but no cigar! I've just found out that I made it to the final 5 in the recent Smirnoff Experience Demo Panel which was held in Glasgow. Smirnoff were awarding a £3000 recording budget to the artist who submitted the best CD. Other finalists included Oval Soul, Little Buddha and Pomegranate but the prize was scooped by Swimmer One.
May 12th : I've got a couple of live dates confirmed for June, including my first ever gig in Edinburgh. I'll be playing with Robbie Dunsmore again at Diggin' Deepers 1st birthday so it should be a good night. I'll also be playing at Band Camp in Glasgow with the awesome Oval Soul so again, this should be a good one. Details of venues, tickets etc can be found in the Live section of this website. I hope that I'll see you there!
May 6th : Update time! 2 new reviews have been added to the site - a CD review of 'Sessions #1' taken from the new issue of Logo Magazine and a live review of my debut gig at Stereo in January taken from Is This Music? issue 9. Both are well worth reading and include some very positive comments.
March 13th : News has arrived of the next gig and there's more to come soon once the dates have been confirmed. Satellite Dub will be playing with the mighty Viva Stereo at Starka Bar in Motherwell. More details can be found on the Live page so check it out. I hope to see some of you there!
March 6th : Unfortunately due to technical difficulties beyond my control, Satellite Dub has had to pull out of the gig at Rocker's on March 16th. The laptop should be back in action in a week or so then it'll be full steam ahead. Apologies to all etc.
February 27th : Everyone should get a hold of a copy of the new issue of 'Is This Music?' magazine. Inside you'll find an excellent review of the gig I played at Stereo in January. 'A blur of energy and flailing limbs' says reviewer Stuart McHugh. Buy the magazine to read more folks, it's worth the money and it's a great mag with a free CD as always.
February 24th : The gig at QMU last week went really well despite an attack of the technical gremlins midway through the set. I enjoyed the night a lot though - it's only my 2nd gig and I've already played with a full light show! Details of more gigs have been added to the live page so remember to check it out for more information and to buy tickets.
February 18th : The Satellite Dub track 'Hypocrites' is going to be played tonight by DJ Jim Gellatly during his show on Beat 106. If you can, try to listen in. I'll have the radio blaring at home for this one!
February 16th : The concert at QMU in Glasgow takes place this week on Thursday the 19th and I hope that some of you are able to come along. I'm planning on playing a brand new song called "Magnolia Lane" for the first time during my set so it should be a really good night. Doors open at 7.30pm with the first band on at 8. I've got more gigs booked for March and April - I'll add the details to the Live page in the next few days.
January 10th : Thanks to everyone who came along to the gig at Stereo this week. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. The set I played went down really well with the crowd and even got a mini review on the Jockrock website as part of the Blog section. Not bad considering it was my live debut!
2003
December 26th : I've just heard that DJ Jim Gellatly played the Satellite Dub track 'Jesusfreak Part 1' during his Xmas Eve show on Beat 106. It's the first time my music has been played on Beat 106 so I'm pretty excited about it. Nice one Jim, thanks for your support!
December 8th : Sorry it's been a while since I've updated this section but there's good reason. The first in what will hopefully be a series of live performances has been confirmed. Satellite Dub will make his live debut at Stereo in Glasgow as part of the Your Sound night on Wednesday 7th January 2004. I'll be playing with The Aphrodisiacs and tickets are £3. I hope you'll come along and offer your support.
September 30th : The track 'Chemical Intervention' has been put up as part of Hackpen Records 'Demo Of The Moment' page. Check it out at the Hackpen website and then feel free to have your say about S-Dub's music on their message board as well.
September 18th : Watch out for issue 7 of 'Is This Music?' magazine - availalable now from selected stores and online @ the Is This Music? website - as it comes with a free CD which includes the Satellite Dub track 'Already Forgotten Your Face' as well as songs by other great bands.
August 6th : The new demo CD continues to get a great reception from the people who have got their hands on the advance copies. DJs Gill Mills and Vic Galloway have played the track 'Power Off Einstein' a few times on their shows and gave the demo and Satellite Dub a huge thumbs up. Tracks from 'Sessions #1' have also been getting played on the Radio Magnetic show 'Fallout' by DJ Stuart McHugh.
July 18th : The album 'Sessions #1' has just been reviewed in the magazine 'Is This Music?' by Miles O'Toole. Read what he had to say about the CD in the 'Reviews' section of this site.
July 7th : The lyrics to the newly completed song 'Hypocrites' have now been added to the site as promised, have a read of them and let me know what you think. The mp3 file will be added soon along with another brand new track 'Power Off Einstein' - both songs have been getting a fantastic reception from the select few who have heard them so far.
June 3rd : The CD 'Sessions #1 : Volume Is Necessary' has received another awesome review courtesy of Greater Glasgow Music Magazine. This has now been added to the CD Reviews section so check it out then order yourself a copy of the superb album from this website.
May 27th : The lyrics to new songs 'Hypocrites' and 'The Presidential Superiority Complex' are now finished - they should be added to the site soon.
May 19th : Internet stats are now heading towards a frankly mind blowing 300,000 audio streams! Satellite Dub is now at Number 6 in the Scottish Bands chart so thanks again to all of you who have already voted for me and my music.
April 21st : The lyrics to new song 'Democracy Is Dead' seem to have caused a bit of an uproar on the Garageband forums. Satellite Dub has been branded a 'leftie commie coward' on one hand but on the other I've been told to 'Spit in our American faces, we deserve it!' Click here