Music

Brooklyn-based vocalist, producer, engineer, and actor Dr. Israel has become an influential presence on New York’s dub scene, having opened a studio complex in recent years and through unexpected collaborations with formidable artists like Rancid, Sepultura, Bill Laswell, and Wordsound. His recent release Ghetto Defendant, the prologue to a “multi-media series telling the tale of a dreadlocked insurrectionist battling an evil post apocalyptic corporate empire,” digs deeply, blending reggae, dub, dancehall, and more to great doomsday effect.