{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time","title":"Once Upon A Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the release of Dreadzone’s dance-floor infused 4th album \u003ci\u003eSound\u003c\/i\u003e in 2001 the need to take the album live would see a change of line-up. New man Ben Balafonic took on touring duties and moved his mixing desk into the Dread Central studio in West London to start a brand new partnership. Along with new live MC Spee and Greg Dread’s brother Steve a team was building that would go on to create a tougher more MC driven skanking spin on the bass heavy dread sound. Earl 16 also became a big part of an album that evolved slowly in between other projects and remixing during the next 3 years from 2002 to 2005. Without a live show Greg, Ben and Spee took the Dreadzone Sound System to a new level on the road resulting in a DJ mix album on the Functional Label. To build on that, Dreadzone’s 5th artist album \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon A Time\u003c\/i\u003e was finally released in 2005 also on Functional and the band’s fearsome live reputation stepped up a notch with the return of Leo Williams. The following year of touring took in many dynamic shows resulting in the live album \u003ci\u003eLive at Sunrise.\u003c\/i\u003e Sadly the tour for that record never took place. In 2006 Ben left and Steve Roberts tragically passed away effectively drawing a line under this particular period of Dreadzone. \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time\u003c\/i\u003e has now been remastered and is being re-released in 2020, and this time released on Vinyl too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dubwiser","offers":[{"title":"Orange | LP | x2","offer_id":50486810083659,"sku":"1088301","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b3adb9ad-db69-4aa4-b209-7e8072cadbec_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727615892","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/once-upon-a-time","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}