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collective, based in Leicester,

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, starting in 1995. Centered on Steve Vibronics and Richi Rootz, they initially gained exposure via the ''Egg Experience '97'' shows, leading to a deal with

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's Universal Egg label.Larkin, Colin:"The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", 1998, Virgin Books, Mainly working in digital dub, Vibronics' early releases such as "Universal Love" and "Jah Light, Jah Love" found favour with

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such as

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's,

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, and

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, Vibronics performed on a series of dub conferences in several European countries, leading to the release of the album ''Outernational Dub Conference Volume One'' in 1998. They set up their own ''SCOOPS'' label, and in recent years have worked with vocalists such as

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, Tena Stelin,

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, Madu Messenger, Parvez (Dub Factory), Jah Marnyah, and

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, as well as a collaboration with

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Brinsley Forde's Dub Bashment,

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Vibronics have toured all over Europe, including an "Acoustic Vibronics" set at ''

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'' in 2007, and have received airplay on national radio shows such as

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''Dub Bashment'' programme.Brinsley Forde's Dub Bashment, BBC

Discography

*''Outernational Dub Conference Volume One'' (1998) Universal Egg (with Jah Free) *''Dub Italizer'' (2000) Universal Egg *''Dubliftment'' (2004) Universal Egg *''Heavyweight Scoops Selection'' (2005) Soundsaround *''Heavyweight Scoops Selection Chapter II'' *''UK Dub Story'' (2008) *''Best Of Deep Root, Vol. 1'' (2011) niversal Egg*''The French Connection'' (2012) *''The Return Of Vibronics'' (2015)

References

External links

Official websiteReview of ''UK Dub Story'' by I-Rick, ZonaReGGae radioshowDiscography at Discogs
British reggae musical groups Musical groups established in 1995 {{reggae-stub