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Dub
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins
Typical instruments
Mainstream popularity Mid 1970s through early 1990s
Derivative forms Dancehall, Dub poetry
Fusion genres
Dubtronica, Dubstep
Other topics
List of dub artists

Dub is a form of music which evolved out of reggae in the late 1960s. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Rocksteady is a Music genre that was most popular in Jamaica, starting around 1966 and its Reggae successor was established around 1968 Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Ska ( pronounced /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/ is a Music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and which was the precursor The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. Brass is any Alloy of Copper and Zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties The melodica is a Free-reed instrument similar to the Accordion and Harmonica. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Dancehall is a type of Jamaican Popular music which developed in the late 1970s initially as a more sparse and less political and religious variant of Reggae Dub Poetry is a form of performance poetry consisting of spoken word over reggae rhythms that originated in Jamaica in the 1970s. Dubtronica is a genre of music that combines Electronica and dub in a subtle way Dubstep is a Genre of Electronic music that has its roots in London 's early 2000s UK garage scene Dub music is a sub-genre of Reggae which developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The dub sound consists predominantly of instrumental remixes of existing recordings and is achieved by significantly manipulating and reshaping the recordings, usually by removing the vocals from an existing music piece, emphasizing the drum and bass frequencies or 'riddim', adding extensive echo and reverb effects, and dubbing occasional snippets of lyrics from the original version. A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. Bass (ˈbɛɪs as in base) when used as an adjective is used to describe tones of low Frequency or range. Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. A riddim is an Instrumental version of a song which applies to Jamaican music (mostly dancehall and reggae or other forms of Caribbean music. In Audio signal processing and Acoustics, an echo (plural echoes) is a reflection of sound arriving at the listener some time after the direct Reverberation is the persistence of Sound in a particular space after the original sound is removed In Sound recording, dubbing is the transfer or copying of previously recorded audio material from one medium to another of the same or a different type

It is widely accepted that Jamaican musicians Osbourne "King Tubby" Ruddock, and Lee "Scratch" Perry pioneered the style in the 1960s and early 1970s. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. King Tubby (born Osbourne Ruddock, January 28, 1941 – February 6, 1989) was a Jamaican electronics and sound engineer Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry, on March 20, 1936, in Kendal Jamaica) is a reggae and dub artist who has been This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Ruddock and Perry each called upon the mixing desk as an instrument, with the deejay or "selector" playing the role of the artist or performer. In professional audio, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board or soundboard, is an electronic device for combining Not to be confused with Disc jockey A deejay (alternatively spelled DJ) is a Reggae or Dancehall musician who sings Selector is the term originally used for a Reggae / Dancehall disc jockey (who selects a Riddim) These early 'dub' examples can be looked upon as the prelude to many dance and pop music genres. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure

Today, the word 'dub' is used widely to describe the re-formatting of music of various genres into typically instrumental, rhythm-centric adaptations.

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Music of Jamaica

Kumina - Niyabinghi - Mento - Ska - Rocksteady - Reggae - Sound systems - Lovers rock - Dub - Dancehall - Dub poetry - Toasting - Raggamuffin - Roots reggae
Anglophone Caribbean music
Anguilla - Antigua and Barbuda - Bahamas - Barbados - Bermuda - Caymans - Grenada - Jamaica - Montserrat - St. Kitts and Nevis - St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Trinidad and Tobago - Turks and Caicos - Virgin Islands
Sound samples
Other Caribbean music
Aruba and the Dutch Antilles - Cuba - Dominica - Dominican Republic - Haiti - Hawaii - Martinique and Guadeloupe - Puerto Rico - St. Lucia - United States - United Kingdom

Dub music is characterized as a "version" or "double" [1] of an existing song, often instrumental, using B-sides of 45 RPM records and typically emphasizing the drums and bass for a sound popular in local sound systems. The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres such as Mento, Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, Dub music Kumina is a cultural form indigenous to Jamaica It is a religion music and dance practiced by in large part Jamaicans who reside in the eastern parish on St Niyabinghi chanting typically includes recitation of the Psalms, but may also include variations of well-known Christian hymns and adopted by Rastafarians The article is about the Jamaican musical style For the DC comics character see Mento (comics. Ska ( pronounced /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/ is a Music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and which was the precursor Rocksteady is a Music genre that was most popular in Jamaica, starting around 1966 and its Reggae successor was established around 1968 Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s In the context of Jamaican Popular culture, a sound system is a group of Disc jockeys engineers and MCs playing Ska, For other uses see Lovers Rock (disambiguation. Lovers rock is a style of Reggae music noted for its romantic sound and content Dancehall is a type of Jamaican Popular music which developed in the late 1970s initially as a more sparse and less political and religious variant of Reggae Dub Poetry is a form of performance poetry consisting of spoken word over reggae rhythms that originated in Jamaica in the 1970s. Toasting, Chatting, or Deejaying is the act of talking or Chanting over a Rhythm or beat. Raggamuffin music, usually abbreviated as ragga, is a sub-genre of Dancehall music or Reggae, in which the instrumentation primarily consists Roots reggae is a subgenre of Reggae that concerns itself with the life of the ghetto sufferer and the rural poor The music of Anguilla is part of the Lesser Antillean music area. Antigua and Barbuda is a Caribbean nation in the Lesser Antilles island chain The Music of The Bahamas is associated primarily with Junkanoo, a celebration which occurs on Boxing Day ( December 26) and again on The music of Barbados includes distinctive national styles of folk and Popular music, as well as elements of Western classical and Religious Bermuda is an Atlantic island and an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, often treated as part of the Caribbean music area. The Cayman Islands a Caribbean island chain is a Crown Colony of the United Kingdom. The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres such as Mento, Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae, Dub music Montserrat is a dependency of the United Kingdom. The influence of Irish traditions is apparent in Montserrat's symbols and heritage especially the Set dance -like Saint Kitts and Nevis is an island nation in the Caribbean, known for a number of musical celebrations including Carnival ( December 17 to January 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a Caribbean island with thriving music scenes based on Big Drum, calypso, soca, Steelpan and also The Caribbean state of Trinidad and Tobago is best known as the homeland of Calypso music, including 1950s stars Lord Kitchener and Mighty Sparrow The Turks and Caicos Islands are an overseas dependency of the United Kingdom. The music of the Virgin Islands reflects long-standing cultural ties to the island nations to the south as well as to various European colonialists The music of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba is a mixture of native African and European elements and is closely connected with trends from neighboring countries like Venezuela The Caribbean island of Cuba has developed a wide range of creolized musical styles based on its cultural origins in Europe and Africa The music of Dominica plays an important role in the social and culture life of the Antillean island of Dominica. The Dominican Republic is known primarily for Merengue, though Bachata and other forms are also popular The Music of Haiti is influenced most greatly by European colonial ties and African migration (through Slavery) The music of Hawaii includes an array of traditional and popular styles ranging from native Hawaiian folk music to modern rock and hip hop. The former French Colony of Martinique is a small island in the Caribbean. The Music of Puerto Rico has been influenced by the African, Taíno Indians and the Spanish, and has become very popular across Saint Lucia, an island in the Caribbean, is home to many vibrant oral and folk traditions The vast majority of the inhabitants of the United States are immigrants or descendents of immigrants Music from Trinidad Large-scale Caribbean migration to England began in 1948 A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s A gramophone In the context of Jamaican Popular culture, a sound system is a group of Disc jockeys engineers and MCs playing Ska, The instrumental tracks are typically drenched in sound processing effects such as echo, reverberation, part vocal and extra percussion, with most of the lead instruments and vocals dropping in and out of the mix. For the album by The Jam see Sound Affects. Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced Sounds In Audio signal processing and Acoustics, an echo (plural echoes) is a reflection of sound arriving at the listener some time after the direct Reverberation is the persistence of Sound in a particular space after the original sound is removed Another hallmark of the dub sound is the massive low-pitched bass guitar. The music sometimes features processed sound effects and other noises, such as birds singing, thunder and lightning, water flowing, and producers shouting instructions at the musicians. For the album by The Jam see Sound Affects. Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced Sounds It can be further augmented by live DJs. The many-layered sounds with varying echoes and volumes are often said to create soundscapes, or sound sculptures, drawing attention to the shape and depth of the space between sounds as well as to the sounds themselves. There is usually a distinctly organic characteristic of the music, even though the effects are electronically created. [1] [2]

Often these tracks are used for "toasters" rapping heavily-rhymed and alliterative lyrics. Toasting, Chatting, or Deejaying is the act of talking or Chanting over a Rhythm or beat. Alliteration is the repetition of the first Consonant sound in a phrase These are called "DJ Versions". As opposed to hip hop terminology, in reggae music, the person with the microphone is called the "DJ" or "deejay", elsewhere referred to as the "MC". Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience Not to be confused with Disc jockey A deejay (alternatively spelled DJ) is a Reggae or Dancehall musician who sings (Abbreviating "Master of Ceremonies", "Microphone Commander" or "Mic Control"; this term varies regionally and demographically). Additionally in reggae, the person choosing the music and operating the turntables is the "selector" (elsewhere called the DJ). Selector is the term originally used for a Reggae / Dancehall disc jockey (who selects a Riddim)

A major reason for producing multiple versions was economic: a record producer could use a recording he owned to produce numerous versions from a single studio session. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing A version was also an opportunity for a producer or remix engineer to experiment and vent their more creative side. The version was typically the B-side of a single, with the A-side dedicated to making a popular hit, and B-side for experimenting and providing something for DJs to talk over. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s In the 1970s, LP albums of dub tracks were produced, often simply the dub version of an existing vocal LP, but sometimes a selection of dubbed up instrumental tracks for which no vocals existed. Long play (LP record albums are 33⅓  Rpm vinyl Gramophone records (phonograph records generally either 10- or 12- Inches in diameter [3]

History

Dub music evolved from early instrumental reggae music and "versions" that incorporated fairly primitive reverb and echo sound effects.

In 1968, Kingston, Jamaica sound system operator Ruddy Redwood went to Duke Reid's Treasure Isle studio to cut a one-off dub plate. Arthur "Duke" Reid CD (c 1915–1975 was a Jamaican Record producer, DJ and label Arthur "Duke" Reid CD (c 1915–1975 was a Jamaican Record producer, DJ and label A dubplate is an Acetate disc — usually 12 inches 10 inches or 7 inches in diameter — used in Mastering studios for quality control and test recordings before Engineer Byron Smith left the vocal track out by accident, but Redwood kept the result and played it at his next dance with his deejay Wassy toasting over the rhythm. Byron Smith born 5 September, 1984 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England is a Rugby league player for the Batley Bulldogs Toasting, Chatting, or Deejaying is the act of talking or Chanting over a Rhythm or beat. [4]

Errol Thompson engineered the first strictly instrumental reggae album entitled The Undertaker by Derrick Harriott and the Crystalites released in 1970. For the Ice hockey player see Errol Thompson (ice hockey Errol Thompson, better known as " ET " ( December Derrick Harriott (born Derrick Clinton Harriott 6 February 1939, Jamaica) is a Singer and Record producer. This innovative album credits "Sound Effects" to Derrick Harriott.

Whilst some have tried to attribute the "invention" of dub music to just one person, by 1973, instrumental reggae "versions" from various studios had evolved into "dub" as a sub genre of reggae. Through the simultaneous efforts of several independent Jamaican innovators, these competitive engineers and producers worked hard to leapfrog each other with each subsequent dub release with no single person being able to claim all the credit for the origination of "dub" as a genre.

In 1973, at least two producers, Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Aquarius studio engineer/producer team of Herman Chin and Errol Thompson simultaneously recognized that there was an active market for this new "dub" sound and consequently they started to release the first strictly 100% dub albums. Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry, on March 20, 1936, in Kendal Jamaica) is a reggae and dub artist who has been For the Ice hockey player see Errol Thompson (ice hockey Errol Thompson, better known as " ET " ( December Lee Perry released Blackboard Jungle Dub in the Spring of 1973. Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle, often called Blackboard Jungle Dub, is an album by The Upsetters. It is considered a landmark recording of this genre.

In 1975, Keith Hudson released his classic Pick A Dub, widely considered to have been the first deliberately thematic dub album, with tracks specifically mixed in the dub style for the purpose of appearing together on an LP; and King Tubby released his two debut albums King Tubby Meets the Upsetter at the Grass Roots of Dub and Surrounded by the Dreads at the National Arena. Keith Hudson aka the "Dark Prince of Reggae" (1946 in Kingston, Jamaica - 1984 in New York, USA) was King Tubby (born Osbourne Ruddock, January 28, 1941 – February 6, 1989) was a Jamaican electronics and sound engineer

Recent history

Dub has continued to progress from that point to this, its popularity waxing and waning with changes in musical fashion. Almost all reggae singles still carry an instrumental version on the B-side and these are still used by the sound systems as a blank canvas for live singers and DJs.

In the 1980s, Britain became a new center for dub production with Mad Professor and Jah Shaka being the most famous, while Scientist became the heavyweight champion of Jamaican dub. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Mad Professor (born Neil Fraser, 1955 Georgetown, Guyana) is a Dub music producer and engineer known for his original productions and remix This is a page about the reggae artist Jah Shaka For the video editing software see Jahshaka. Scientist, born Hopeton Brown in Kingston, Jamaica, 1960 (sometimes known as Overton Brown) was a protégé of King Tubby (Osbourne It was also the time when dub made its influence known in the work of harder edged, experimental producers such as Adrian Sherwood and the roster of artists on his On-U Sound label. Adrian Sherwood (born 1958 in London) is an English Record producer best known for his work On-U Sound Records is an English Record label best known for releasing its own unique flavour of Dub music since the 1980s Many of the bands characterized as post-punk were heavily influenced by dub. Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s More well-known bands such as The Police and UB40 helped popularise Dub with UB40's Present Arms In Dub album being the first ever dub album to hit the UK top 40. The Police were a three-piece rock band consisting of Sting ( vocals, Bass guitar) Andy Summers ( Guitar, UB40 are a British Reggae band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. Featuring the same line-up of 8 musicians from 1978-2008 the band placed more than 50 Present Arms In Dub is a remix album by UB40 released in October 1981.

In the 1990s and beyond, dub has been influenced by and in turn influenced techno, jungle, dubstep, drum and bass, house music, trip hop, ambient music, and hip hop, with many electronic dub or dubtronica tracks, as well as Ambient dub, produced by nontraditional musicians from these other genres. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Techno is a form of Electronic dance music (EDM that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s Oldskool jungle is the name given to a style of Electronic music that incorporates influences from genres including Breakbeat hardcore, techno, Dubstep is a Genre of Electronic music that has its roots in London 's early 2000s UK garage scene House music is a style of Electronic dance music initially popularized in mid-1980s Discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino Trip hop is a music Genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Dubtronica is a genre of music that combines Electronica and dub in a subtle way Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Musicians such as Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble, Leftfield, Ott, Massive Attack, Bauhaus, The Clash, The Beastie Boys, Killing Joke, PiL, the Disco Biscuits, The Orb, Rhythm & Sound, Pole, Deadbeat, Underworld, De Facto, Sublime, Thievery Corporation, Gorillaz, Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Spooky, High Tone and others demonstrate clear dub influences in their respective genres, and their innovations have in turn influenced the mainstream of the dub genre. Bill Laswell (born February 12, 1955 in Salem Jah Wobble (born John Wardle, in Stepney in 1958 is an English Bass guitarist singer Poet and Composer. Leftfield were a duo of Electronica artists and Record producers Paul Daley (formerly of The Rivals, A Man Called Adam and the Ott is a Record producer who has worked with Sinéad O'Connor, Embrace, The Orb, and Brian Eno, but has achieved greater recognition since Massive Attack are an English Trip hop group founded in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Grantley Marshall, and Andrew Vowles in Bristol Bauhaus were an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978 For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Killing Joke are an English Post-punk rock band formed in 1979 Public Image Ltd ( PiL) were an English musical group formed in 1978 by vocalist John Lydon, Guitarist Keith Levene The Disco Biscuits are a Trance fusion Jam band from Philadelphia. The Orb are an English Electronic music group known for popularising Chill out music in the 1990s and spawning the genre of Ambient house. Basic Channel is a minimal techno production team and record label composed of Moritz Von Oswald and Mark Ernestus that originated in Berlin, Germany Pole is the artistic name of Stefan Betke, a German Electronic music artist commonly associated with the glitch genre as well as Dubtronica Underworld is an English electronic group and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1980 De Facto was a dub reggae band which included Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and Jeremy Michael Sublime was a hip-hop influenced American Ska-punk and Reggae band that originated in Long Beach California. Thievery Corporation is a Washington DC -based recording artist and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton and their supporting Gorillaz is a Virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of alternative rock band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the Comic Kruder & Dorfmeister, named after members Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister is an Austrian duo most known for their Downtempo - dub remixes of pop DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (born Paul D Miller,1970 is a Washington DC-born electronic and experimental Hip hop musician whose work is often called " High Tone is a Dub band from Lyon, France Formed in 1997 the band came with an emergence of the french Dub Scene with bands like Brain Damage Sound In the UK, Europe, Japan, Australia and America independent record producers are making dub. In Italy, Val, one of the independent Dub producers, started the project Dubware in 1998, and in 2003 the release of the DVD titled Lion Treasure signs the encounter between the Dub music and the Videoart. Dubware is a musical project created in 1998 by the Italian musician and producer Val (aka Valerio Riccelli supported by its own label Arrayed Roots Sounds. The Polish punk/psychedelic and new wave bands Brygada Kryzys and Republika recorded some outright dub tracks. Brygada Kryzys is one of the most important and most influential Polish rock / punk / Reggae bands Republika was a Polish rock band from the 1980s The group formed in Toruń, Poland in 1979 as Res Publica and began playing Jethro Yugoslav New Wave outfit Električni Orgazam also experimented with dub music on their album Lišće Prekriva Lisabon. Električni orgazam ( Serbian Cyrillic: Електрични оргазам trans There is a Serbian dub band, Black Ark Crew a Basque dub band Basque Dub Foundation and in Australia the live dub outfit The Sunshine Brothers. Basque ( native name: euskara) is the Language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain The Basque Dub Foundation started in the early 90s as studio project by Iñaki Yarritu, a London based Reggae musician originally from the Basque Country In 1987, rock band Soundgarden released a dub version of the Ohio Players' song "Fopp" alongside a more traditional rock cover of the song. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Ohio Players are a funk /soul band best known for their 1970's hits " Fire " and " Love Rollercoaster. DJs appeared towards the end of the 1990s who specialised in playing music by these musicians, such as the UK's Unity Dub.

Dub has also been adopted by the punk rock camp, with bands such as Rancid and NOFX writing original songs in a Dub style. Rancid is a punk band formed in 1991 in Albany California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. NOFX (pronounced "no ef-ex") is an American Punk rock band that was formed in Los Angeles California (now based in San Francisco Often bands thought to be Ska-Punk play very dub influenced songs, the first such popular was Sublime, with both dub originals and remixes. Ska punk is a fusion Music genre that combines Ska and Punk rock. Sublime was a hip-hop influenced American Ska-punk and Reggae band that originated in Long Beach California. They went on to influence more recent American bands such as Rx Bandits and The Long Beach Dub Allstars. Rx Bandits is a five-piece band based in Seal Beach California. The Long Beach Dub Allstars was a Dub reggae / Ska / rock band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2002. In addition, dub also carried over to some types of pop including the band No Doubt, also heavily influenced by Sublime. No Doubt's most recent album, Rock Steady [1], features an assembly of popular dub sounds like reverb and echoing. As noted by the band themselves, No Doubt is heavily influenced by Jamaican musical aesthetics and production techniques, even recording their Rock Steady [2] album in Kingston, Jamaica and producing well-known B-sides featuring dub influences on their titled "Everything In Time B-Sides" album. No Doubt is a rock band from Anaheim California, United States founded in 1986 Kingston is the Capital and largest city of Jamaica and is located on the southeastern coast of the island country A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s Everything in Time is a compilation album comprising of No Doubt 's B-sides rarities and remixes first released in 2003 as disc three of the Boom Box Some controversy still exists on whether pop-ska bands like No Doubt can regard themselves as a part of dub lineage. Other bands closely followed in the footsteps of No Doubt, fusing pop-ska and dub influence, such as Save Ferris and Vincent. Save Ferris was a Ska punk band formed circa 1995 in Orange County, California.

There also some British punk bands creating dub music, Capdown released their Civil Disobedients album with track Dub #1, while The King Blues take very heavy influences from dub, mixing the genre with original punk ethics and attitudes. Capdown were a band from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. Originally known as Soap, their songs have political themes as alluded to by their name which The King Blues hail from London, UK. They blend a wide range of styles of music from acoustic to ska Punk ideologies are a group of varied social and political beliefs associated with the Punk subculture.

Traditional dub has, however, survived (see Iration Steppas and Aba Shanti-I, for example) and some of the originators like Lee Perry and Mad Professor continue to produce new material. Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry, on March 20, 1936, in Kendal Jamaica) is a reggae and dub artist who has been One modern dub producer who has received critical acclaim is Ryan Moore, for his Twilight Circus project. The Twilight Circus Dub Sound System is the Reggae project of Ryan Moore former bassist of the Legendary Pink Dots. In the United States, a recent wave of new bands have adopted dub as their musical focus, including Dub Is A Weapon, best known for backing up Lee Perry during his most recent tours of the US.

The latest evolution of dub is a subgenre of electronic music called dubstep. Dubstep is a Genre of Electronic music that has its roots in London 's early 2000s UK garage scene Dubstep's early roots are in the more experimental releases of UK garage producers, seeking to incorporate elements of dub reggae into the South London-based 2-step subgenre. UK Garage ( UKG) is an umbrella term that refers to several different varieties of modern Electronic dance music generally connected to the evolution of house Dubstep rhythms are usually syncopated, and often shuffled or incorporating triplets. The tempo is nearly always in the range of 138-142bpm. Dubstep rhythms typically do not follow the four-to-the-floor pattern common to many other styles of electronic dance music, but instead tend to skip beats and repeat sets of two bars rather than single bars. Rewinds (also known as "reloads") are another technique used by dubstep DJs. If a song seems to be especially popular, the DJ will 'spin back' the record by hand without lifting the stylus, and play the track in question again. Rewinds are also an important live element in many of dubstep's precursors; the technique originates in dub reggae soundsystems, and is also used at UK garage and jungle nights.

Impact on remixing

'Dub' has become a term for almost any musical piece that "Utilizes the remixing of prerecorded sound as a mode of artistic expression. " Taking the separate entities of a musical track and remixing them into a completely new selection has become a popular process, and can be found in a variety of genres ranging anywhere from hip-hop remixes and mash-ups to metal. A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version A mashup or bootleg (also mash up and mash-up) is a song or composition created from the combination of the music from one song with the A cappella Many listeners do not sense the Jamaican roots, and are unaware that this technique started with Jamaican rocksteady and reggae. Rocksteady is a Music genre that was most popular in Jamaica, starting around 1966 and its Reggae successor was established around 1968 Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s "Dubbing" became popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s by "The great sound system engineers of Jamaica. " The mixing engineers acknowledged their importance in recordings by treating the mixing board as an instrument, and the "Resulting dub craze that occurred in Jamaica in the mid 1970s further established the mixing engineer as an artist. " John Bush states that:

"For the first time in recorded music, the 'sound' of a recording become connected not only with the musicians and the producer, but with the mixing engineer as well. "

The amplitude of success that these "versions" and "dubs" received allowed for a completely new style of musical composition that would be shared amongst a wide selection of musical genres. [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Toop, David. Dub music is a sub-genre of Reggae which developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. “Ocean of Sound".
  2. ^ Eshun, Kodwo. “More Brilliant Than the Sun".
  3. ^ History of Dub
  4. ^ Dacks, David (2007). “Dub Voyage". Exclaim! Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-09-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated
  5. ^ THE DREAD LIBRARY – Dub Revolution

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