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The Dub Factory
12+ albums
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The Dub Factory is a pseudonym of M. Parvez (b. Birmingham, UK - aka Parvez), a singer-songwriter / arranger / producer who débuted with the album "Voyage Into Dub The 1st Journey" (1995, Dub Factory) and who's latest, under this name, is "Africa / Terror Dome" (2009, Dub Factory). Upon hearing his voice you would expect a dread lock rasta from Kingston, Jamaica - however, he is a British Asian, with roots in Pakistan: "As an Asian living in a multi-cultural area of Leicester I had a variety of influences as a youth. Reggae was the main music at that time. The big basslines echoed off the walls day and night and just became part of my life". He started his musical career at the age of 19 in a rock band called Unison, he admits that he would have never bought any of the music the band made! Parvez went onto form his own reggae band 'Aduwa'. But this band was soon to disperse when Parvez decided to take on a more serious role in his music, a multi-talented musician and singer who was heavily influenced by such luminaries as Bob Marley, Black Uhuru, Aswad and Steel Pulse, Parvez created 'The Dub Factory'. He created a number of fresh sounds which leaned more towards the ears of those heavily into roots reggae with no Indian influence whatsoever. But this was soon to change and the eastern flava was soon to play a major part in his passion of roots reggae music. His 'OWN roots' came through when he collaborated with the mighty Ram Shanker. Like 'hand' fits in 'glove', so too, d
