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| WHAT IS DUB ? | 
King Tubby
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Born in small recording studios in Kingston, Jamaica, reggae dub
or `version' was the offspring of a few electronic wizard reggae producers. Dub
is what would have happened when these producers took pre-existing reggae
tracks, edit out the vocals as well as most accompanying instruments (except
the rhythm section) and drop them in and out of the mix. Echoes and reverbs
and rebounds and swells and stretches were added - generally creating a fully
mind-and-body bending, primitive yet sophisticated, techno-atavistic, root
futurist kind of minimal hypno-trance music. By pulling the instrument and vocal
tracks in and out, the producers formed an exciting rhythmic tease, a sort of
musical fan dance in which one part of the piece was revealed, then covered,
only to showcase yet another element. From the moment this new sound was
unveiled in the dance halls, dub fever raged throughout Jamaica. Traveling
sound systems provided the vibe - created by two turntables, a few huge
amplifiers, and a bunch of outrageous characters - the DJ's or toasters. (Early
rap!)
The technology may have changed from the two-track recordings of the sixites to today's computer modifications and drum machines, but the rhythm remains the same - hard yet leisurely, funky yet scary, avant-garde yet sexy as hell. Dub goes on into the next century - from the Jamaican dub masters to the On-U sounds of Sherwood and friends to the blunt sounds of Mo' Wax and other dub jazz to the designs of electronic and ambient dub artists from around the world. Here are some examples of various Dub Artists and Labels: Artists :
Adrian Sherwood
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Electronic dub, which also encompasses "ambient dub" is electronic music strongly influenced by the slow to mid tempos, heavy use of echo, and studio tricks of dub music. Some electronic dub retains a very strong reggae influence and remains close to reggae styles (strong offbeat, etc.) while others experiment and stretch the boundries a bit. Examples of the former include "Higher Than the Sun" by Primal Scream on Creation and the first few releases on Path records. Examples of the latter might include Higher Intelligence Agency's twiddly acid dub sound on Beyond Records and the Electronic Dub LP on Rising High.
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