12 Tribes Of Mars — “Push On” Review from the forthcoming album Hidden Sun Catalogue No: DUB095 Released via Dubophonic Records Release date: 20 February 2026 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska / Jazz / Fusion Review by Infectious Unease Radio / Subterranean Zone Radio (USA 🇺🇸 / Australia 🇦🇺) Voice In The Void

Posted on by

12 Tribes Of Mars — “Push On” Review

from the forthcoming album Hidden Sun
Catalogue No: DUB095
Released via Dubophonic Records
Release date: 20 February 2026
Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska / Jazz / Fusion
Review by Infectious Unease Radio / Subterranean Zone Radio (USA 🇺🇸 / Australia 🇦🇺)
Voice In The Void

With “Push On,” 12 Tribes Of Mars deliver a statement of intent that goes far beyond the mechanics of genre. This is not simply reggae fusion or jazz-inflected dub — it is music as transport, sound as vessel, rhythm as propulsion.

The track opens grounded in a classic ska riddim, familiar enough to feel communal, almost ritualistic. Yet this grounding is deliberately temporary. Very quickly, the structure begins to stretch and fracture, allowing improvisation to bleed through the framework. Horns spiral outward, drenched in effects yet emotionally precise, while the rhythm section holds firm — a gravitational core around which everything else orbits.

What distinguishes Push On is the band’s collective confidence in instability. These are trained jazz musicians operating at the borderlands, comfortable with tension, space, and risk. Saxophone and trumpet do not merely decorate the groove — they interrogate it, pushing phrases into abstract territory before snapping back into tight rhythmic discipline. The bass is deep, dubwise, and physical, while the drums move fluidly between restraint and release, always driving the track forward.

There is a strong psychedelic undercurrent throughout, but it is never indulgent. Effects are used as narrative tools rather than ornamentation, creating a sense of motion — of leaving one place and arriving somewhere unfamiliar. This aligns perfectly with the band’s broader concept: Earth as weight, Mars as destination, music as spaceship

12 Tribes Of Mars – Push On

.

Production-wise, Push On benefits enormously from its live, breathing capture at Ruigoord. The recording retains human texture and improvisational edge, resisting the over-polishing that often dulls this kind of exploratory music. The mix allows air between instruments, while the mastering preserves dynamic range — essential for a track that thrives on contrast and momentum.

As the second single following Mountain Flower, Push On confirms that Hidden Sun will not be a passive listening experience. Instead, it promises an album that lives in motion — equally suited to the dancefloor, the sound system, and deep headphone immersion.

This is future-facing dub, rooted in tradition but unafraid to dismantle it.
This is music that does not ask permission to evolve.
This is sound that says: leave your past behind — push on.

🔗 ALL OFFICIAL LINKS & WEB DETAILS

🎵 Single — “Push On”

🎬 Official Video

💿 Album — Hidden Sun

Personnel

12 Tribes Of Mars – Push On

  • Andrius Dereviancenko — saxophone / FX

  • James McClure — trumpet / FX

  • Azubike Onwuka — bass guitar

  • Robin Engelhard — guitar

  • Onno Govaert — drums

🎚 Production Credits

12 Tribes Of Mars – Push On

  • Recorded at Ruigoord by Mozes Meijer

  • Mixed by Ruben Kieftenbelt

  • Mastered by Attie Bauw

  • Artwork & graphic design by Goytung

  • Visuals by Jorrit Westerhof

🏷 Label & Community — Dubophonic Records