Chalice rock

Roots dub meets synth futurism - all analogue, all live, no AI.

Chalice Rock is a live dub project formed by UK producer Dwala and Trinidad-based musician D Rebell. Their debut record is a 10-track real-time dub voyage built entirely around live bass, phased clavs, hypnotic melodica leads, analogue delays, and spectral synthesis, performed and manipulated in a single take. No samples. No AI. Everything captured is human, live, and in the room.

Conceptually, the record imagines a spaceship crewed by the pair, transmitting dub frequencies across the galaxy — a sound that draws from the exploratory spirit of Sun Ra, The Orb, and Moebius, while staying rooted in Caribbean sound and executed with a cinematic, analogue approach. It's roots dub pulled into deep space, without losing the low end.

Dwala brings 25 years of production history spanning BBC, Boiler Room, Sony, and Nintendo, and served as producer on Kes's Man With No Door (150M+ streams). D Rebell brings six years as bassist with foundation reggae band Buzzrock, alongside stage credits with Queen Omega, and Marlon Asher; he also runs his own production house, D Rebell Productions.

Together, Chalice Rock is a genuine first for both of them — an Anglo-Caribbean collaboration built on UK sonic execution and authentic Trinidadian roots.

Released as the 12th record from Form & Order, Chalice Rock extends the label's genre-bending catalogue while holding to its founding compass: sound over style, substance over scene.

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