Victor Rice
An influential force in reggae, ska, and dub music both on-stage and in the studio, Victor Rice has maintained a career that has made him a respected figure on two continents. Rice was born in Syosett, Nassau County, New York on April 17, 1967. He started playing piano at the age of four, and began imagining a career as a musician when he was 13. In his teens, he developed a passion for ska music, and in 1988 he joined the New York City-based third wave ska outfit the Scofflaws as a bassist. In 1991, he started putting his skills in the recording studio to use, producing the Scofflaws' debut album, and over the next several years he would produce or engineer recordings by many notable ska outfits, including the Pietasters, the Slackers, the Toasters, the Epitones, and others. Rice kept his hand in performing, playing with the the Stubborn All-Stars and the New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, as well as playing on the road with Jamaican ska pioneers Desmond Dekker and Laurel Aitken.
As Rice became interested in dub music, he worked regularly at Version City, an analog studio in New York City where he produced and engineered sessions and experimented with reworking the tracks. Rice's work at the studio led to his first solo album, 1999's Victor Rice at Version City, a striking evocation of vintage Jamaican sounds. In addition to his studio work, Rice kept up his bass chops playing with the Victor Rice Octet, while also performing solo as Strikkly Vikkly, in which he did live dub mixes using vintage signal-processing equipment. He also developed a lucrative sideline producing music and providing audio design for television projects, with his clients including HBO, Showtime, Nickelodeon, SyFy, and Lifetime. In 2002, Rice left New York and made a new home in São Paulo, Brazil. There, he became part of the ska ensemble Firebug BR, as well as working with Brazil's leading reggae sound system, Dubversão Sistema de Som. Rice continued to work as a producer and engineer, and was closely associated with Easy Star Records, where he worked on their popular dub tribute albums, including Dub Side of the Moon, Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band, and Radiodread.
In 2004, Rice dropped his second solo effort, In America, a collection of dubwise tracks that reflected the influence of both Jamaican and Latin sounds. In 2010, Rice opened Studio Copan, his own recording studio in São Paulo; the same year, he also launched Total Running Time, a record label and multipurpose production company. In 2017, despite a steady stream of production projects, Rice found time to release his third solo album, Smoke, a fusion of ska, rocksteady, sambas, and jazz with an international feel.
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Discographie
19 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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The Copan Connection: Bixiga 70 Meets Victor Rice
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Glitterbeat Records le 17 avr. 2016
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Tennessee Whiskey Dub (Reggae Cover)
Reggae - Paru chez Ineffable Records le 31 mars 2023
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Dub Discoveries from Version City
Dub - Paru chez Stubborn Records le 19 juin 2012
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Collaboritmos Vol. 1
Victor Rice, DJ Leandro Vitrola
Dub - Paru chez Total Running Time le 29 juin 2020
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Cultivator
Linval Thompson, JonQuan, Victor Rice
Reggae - Paru chez Easy Star Records le 17 avr. 2024
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Presente para Viagem
Trupe Chá de Boldo, Victor Rice
Pop - Paru chez Trupe Chá de Boldo le 9 sept. 2016
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São Jorge Guerreiro (Dub)
Zeferina, Tassia Reis, Victor Rice
Brésil - Paru chez YB Music le 23 avr. 2022
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Borderline
Alex Tea, Victor Rice, PEPEU_JC, FREEDOM SOUNDS
Dub - Paru chez Pipa Music le 16 déc. 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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At Version City
Ska & Rocksteady - Paru chez Stubborn Records le 1 janv. 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Ghost of Ladders
The Loving Paupers, Victor Rice
Reggae - À paraître le 10 mai 2024 chez Easy Star Records
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André Sampaio Meets Victor Rice (Citizen of the World)
Musiques du monde - Paru chez Lona Musik le 12 nov. 2020
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Pedra Murano (Dubs) - EP
Rock - Paru chez Deckdisc le 13 nov. 2015
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Jam Lab #01 - Doce Declínio
Ska & Rocksteady - Paru chez Tratore le 20 nov. 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo