After seven years of digital releases, netlabel Dubkey has put out its first vinyl release, and it's by label owner Manwel T himself. The 7" single, titled Freedom Stepper, will surely go down well with all reggae/dub vinyl afficionados, as well as t...

With a line-up boasting more than 50 acts spread all over three main areas (four if one counts the Greek Theatre), it's no secret that the Earth Garden Festival has grown in leaps and bounds since its first edition was staged almost a decade ago. The...

Following a string of successful events that have firmly placed them on Malta’s cultural map, the lads at Bass Culture are putting the final touches to their next event. Amplify Bass Fest will take place at Ta’ Fra Ben in Qawra on Sunday, June 28, th...

Four – that’s the magic number behind this year’s Rock the South festival! That’s four as in this will be the fourth edition of this annual gathering at Zion in Marsascala, which has this year been expanded to a four-day event (9-12 April) and will f...

'The bass, and nothing but' would probably be an apt description of what Malta's Bass Culture organisation is about, but in reality, there is much more to it than just that. Bass is indeed at the core of everything they do, but every event they've s...

A quick peek at the Dubkey.com website will reveal the locally-based internet label is now on its 20th release; Don Goliath's Calling on Jah compilation being the latest full-length release to be given away as a free download. Label founder and owner...

One of the top dub producers in France with a fanbase stretches way beyond his home turf, Panda Dub will be the headlining act at the latest event from Bass Culture, to be held on Saturday, July 26 at Razzett L-Ahmar in Mosta. The Panda Dub project w...

This summer's first release by Maltese internet-based record label Dubkey is the self-titled debut outing from Three Little Birds. Featuring 12 tracks, all of them instrumental, the album traces Belgian artist Ewoud Vandenberghen first steps as a dub...