I-Plant

Dub producer from the South of France, Mathieu “Tooney Roots” Georges a.k.a I-plant is influenced by the dub music by the roots of the 1970's and the real sound of Jamaica but also by the UK sound of the 1980's. He has for spiritual fathers, dub masters such as King Tubby, Scientist, Lee Perry, Augustus Pablo, Roots Radics or Dub Syndicate.

I-plant is before all multi-instrumentalist player: he plays drums, percussions, keyboard, and bass. He starts to play music by learning piano in music academy. He was 8 years old.

Nowadays, I-Plant is a dub producer who produces a dub music rather roots but sometime with some stepper or rocker influences. He has also his own studio and label, I-Grow Records.

Line-up

  • Mathieu “Tooney Roots” Georges - keyboard, drums et bass, percussions, trombone & melodica

additional musicians

  • Pat'Rock - guitar
  • A.Gisclong - drums, bass
  • Low Breeze - trombone
  • Fresco - drums
  • I-Tist - percussions
  • Fredread a.k.a Webcam Hi-Fi - guitar

Discography

vinyl 10"

  • IGROW001: Yardub session (I-Grow Records)
  • IGROW002: Feat. Ganja Tree (I-Grow Records)
  • IGROW003: Feat. Kiko (I-Grow Records)
  • IGROW004: Feat. Madu Messenger (I-Grow Records)
  • TDS04: Webcam Hi-Fi / melodica cut (Tube Dub Sound Records)
  • CTR002: I-PLANT feat. MARGA (Control Tower Records)
  • TDS006: Webcam Hi-Fi meets I-PLANT feat. JAH MARNYAH (Tube Dub Sound Records)
  • TDS07: Webcam Hi-Fi meets I-PLANT feat. Jah Marnyah (Tube Dub Sound Records)
  • TDSR08 vinyl 10” Webcam Hi-Fi meets I-Plant feat. Zion UK (Tube Dub Sound Records)
  • TDSR09 vinyl 10” Webcam Hi-Fi feat. Nya Azania & Ranking Joe (Tube Dub Sound Records)

vinyl 12"

cd & mixtapes

  • IGROWCD001: Yardub session
  • IGROWCD002: Roots cave vol.1 / mixtape melodica
  • IGROWCD004: Roots cave vol.2
  • IGROWCD005: Unreleased cutz
  • Fire dub revolution (compilation - FDR, 2007)

netapes

  • Outta Breaks Remix Serie, I-Plant remix (aldenterecords.com, 2007)
  • No smokin area Remixes, The dub Machinist meets I-Plant (FDR, 2007)
  • bordeaux-dub (reggae-bordeaux, 2008)

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