Feel The Riddim - It's Dub Week!

Guybrush · 07-28-2010, 03:55 AM

Yep, it's dub week on musicbanter. De announcement came a bit late, I'm afraid. I don't have internet where I'm currently at, but as i say in Norway, it's better late dan never.

Because i time on de internet is dwindlin' fas' (only bought an hour), I'll step di rest of dis ya theme thread in your very capable hands and hope the i have fun with it.

Peace out!

jibber · 07-28-2010, 01:20 PM

jackhammer · 07-28-2010, 06:20 PM

I have made a ton of posts on my love of dub so instead I will just proffer a vid and if you like it then we can talk some more and if you don't , then there is no point!

boo boo · 07-31-2010, 06:38 AM

I know little about Reggae or Dub but I got this album and really really like it.

dankrsta · 07-31-2010, 08:16 AM

I only heard some of Lee Perry, Mad Professor and Burning Spear.

Oh I forgot Dub Syndicate. I liked what I heard, but it's not much.

Gavin B. · 07-31-2010, 11:43 AM

Hooray for roots reggae in the dub style. Dub music soldiers on, despite being placed on the endangered genre list back in the early 90s. King Tubby, Mad Professor, Lee Perry and Scientist are the keepers of the flame on the dub front.

There was a time when dub production techniques were limited to dub plate versions of Jamaican roots reggae music. Today in the year 2010 nearly every pop music group has remixed or dub version issues of many or all of their songs. I've heard deejay remixed versions of full albums by artists like Phoenix, the Pastels, the Kings of Convenience and Bebel Gilberto that sound better than the original mix of the album issue.

We should never forget all of those modern mainstream studio skills were invented by a small group of talented Jamaican deejays who were not only talented with musical gifts but also prodigies as electronic tekkies. Scientist, King Tubby, and Mad Professor are skilled electronics craftsmen who developed their unique bags of studio trickery to cheat the sonic limitations of their vintage array of sound system equipment. Lee Perry's recording equipment at the fabled Black Ark studio looks like he cobbled it together from 30 years of shopping at thrift stores, flea markets and pawn shops.

Most King Tubby's Firehouse studio releases had superior a superior production sound than most of the current modern day, 1st tier producers who work in state of the art 64 track recording studios. And please note that King Tubby was using studio equipment that was already second hand and 15 to 20 years out of date when he produced all of those glorious sounding dub versions back in the 80s.

Another encouraging trend in dub music is the new generation of young (mostly white) dub music devotees in the USA, UK, the Netherlands, Germany and France who crafting new dub techniques and expanding the musical horizons of both dub and roots reggae music. One of my favorite new dub artists is Messian Dread who operates the Dub Room website @ Dubroom Online: Edition Edition July 26-31 2010

This video below is an amazing tour de force of dub techniques used by Messian Dread during a recent soundboard check at his recording studio.

R4TR Drummer7 · 10-21-2010, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer

I have made a ton of posts on my love of dub so instead I will just proffer a vid and if you like it then we can talk some more and if you don't , then there is no point!

That was so legit! you listen to some good stuff man!

s_k · 11-23-2010, 09:49 PM

Can't post URL's yet (almost there!).
But please youtube 'your teeth in my neck', by the scientist.

One of the best tracks I have heard in my life so far

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Shivers down my spine every friggin' time

jackhammer · 11-24-2010, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s_k

Can't post URL's yet (almost there!).
But please youtube 'your teeth in my neck', by the scientist.

One of the best tracks I have heard in my life so far

.
Shivers down my spine every friggin' time

Are you a fan of Linton Kwesi Johnson at all?

s_k · 11-24-2010, 08:16 PM

I can't say I've heard much of him so far, so I'm starting my search... Now.
First youtube links sound fine.
Any tips?

07-28-2010, 03:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Feel The Riddim - It's Dub Week! Yep, it's dub week on musicbanter. De announcement came a bit late, I'm afraid. I don't have internet where I'm currently at, but as i say in Norway, it's better late dan never. Because i time on de internet is dwindlin' fas' (only bought an hour), I'll step di rest of dis ya theme thread in your very capable hands and hope the i have fun with it. Peace out! __________________ Something Completely Different

07-28-2010, 01:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
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07-28-2010, 06:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I have made a ton of posts on my love of dub so instead I will just proffer a vid and if you like it then we can talk some more and if you don't , then there is no point! __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

07-31-2010, 08:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	I only heard some of Lee Perry, Mad Professor and Burning Spear. Oh I forgot Dub Syndicate. I liked what I heard, but it's not much. __________________ Last.fm

11-23-2010, 09:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
s_k Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,206	Can't post URL's yet (almost there!). But please youtube 'your teeth in my neck', by the scientist. One of the best tracks I have heard in my life so far . Shivers down my spine every friggin' time __________________ Click here to see my collection

07-31-2010, 11:43 AM	#6 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	Hooray for roots reggae in the dub style. Dub music soldiers on, despite being placed on the endangered genre list back in the early 90s. King Tubby, Mad Professor, Lee Perry and Scientist are the keepers of the flame on the dub front. There was a time when dub production techniques were limited to dub plate versions of Jamaican roots reggae music. Today in the year 2010 nearly every pop music group has remixed or dub version issues of many or all of their songs. I've heard deejay remixed versions of full albums by artists like Phoenix, the Pastels, the Kings of Convenience and Bebel Gilberto that sound better than the original mix of the album issue. We should never forget all of those modern mainstream studio skills were invented by a small group of talented Jamaican deejays who were not only talented with musical gifts but also prodigies as electronic tekkies. Scientist, King Tubby, and Mad Professor are skilled electronics craftsmen who developed their unique bags of studio trickery to cheat the sonic limitations of their vintage array of sound system equipment. Lee Perry's recording equipment at the fabled Black Ark studio looks like he cobbled it together from 30 years of shopping at thrift stores, flea markets and pawn shops. Most King Tubby's Firehouse studio releases had superior a superior production sound than most of the current modern day, 1st tier producers who work in state of the art 64 track recording studios. And please note that King Tubby was using studio equipment that was already second hand and 15 to 20 years out of date when he produced all of those glorious sounding dub versions back in the 80s. Another encouraging trend in dub music is the new generation of young (mostly white) dub music devotees in the USA, UK, the Netherlands, Germany and France who crafting new dub techniques and expanding the musical horizons of both dub and roots reggae music. One of my favorite new dub artists is Messian Dread who operates the Dub Room website @ Dubroom Online: Edition Edition July 26-31 2010 This video below is an amazing tour de force of dub techniques used by Messian Dread during a recent soundboard check at his recording studio.

11-24-2010, 08:16 PM	#10 (permalink)
s_k Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,206	I can't say I've heard much of him so far, so I'm starting my search... Now. First youtube links sound fine. Any tips? __________________ Click here to see my collection