DUB Music

[project.one]

Ill keep this short, and simple.

Im hearing different things, and getting differnt styles saying they are all DUB.

What is DUB? Please describe!

[-evil-duerr-]

Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which evolved out of ska and reggae in 1970s Jamaica. The dub reggae sound includes adding extensive echo and reverb effects to an existing music piece, sometimes accompanied by snatches of the lyrics from the original version.

Dub is characterized as a "version" of an existing song, typically emphasizing the drums and bass for a sound popular in local Sound Systems. The instrumental tracks are typically drenched in sound processing effects such as echo, reverb, part vocal and extra percussion, with most of the lead instruments and vocals dropping in and out of the mix. The music sometimes features processed sound effects and other noises, such as animal sounds, babies crying, and producers shouting instructions at the musicians. It can be further augmented by live DJs.

These versions are mostly instrumental, sometimes including snippets of the original vocal version. Often these tracks are used for "Toasters" rapping heavily-rhymed and alliterative lyrics. These are called "DeeJay Versions". As opposed to hip hop terminology, in reggae music the person with the microphone is called the "DJ" (elsewhere called the "MC", for master of ceremonies), while the person choosing the music and operating the turntables is the "Selector" (elsewhere called the DJ).

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. 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. In the 1970s whole 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.

See in particular the works of King Tubby, who is widely recognized as the originator of dub music, although some (including himself) claim that Lee Perry was the inventor of this genre. Other significant artists include: Errol Thompson, Prince Jammy, Keith Hudson and Augustus Pablo, who produced some of the very best in dub music in the 1970s. Dub music began to evolve as genre on its own particularly with audiences outside of Jamaica.

Dub has progressed 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. 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.Bands such as The Police and UB40 helped popularise Dub in the UK with UB40's 'Present Arms in Dub' album being the first ever DUB album to hit the UK top 40.

In the 1990s and beyond dub has been influenced by and in turn influenced techno, jungle, drum and bass, house music, trip hop, ambient music, and hip hop, with many electronic dub tracks produced by nontraditional musicians from these other genres. Musicians such as Leftfield, Massive Attack, Bauhaus, The Clash, PiL, The Orb, Rhythm & Sound, Pole, Underworld, DeFacto and others demonstrate clear dub influences in their respective genres, and their innovations have in turn influenced the mainstream of the dub genre. In the UK, Europe, Japan and America independent record producers are making dub . DJs appeared towards the end of the 1990s who specialised in playing music by these musicians, such as the UK's Unity Dub. Traditional dub has, however, survived (see Aba Shanti-I, for example) and some of the originators like Lee Perry and Mad Professor continue to produce new material.

courtesy of wikipedia

[dabbler]

^^ ya

what he said.

[tiedye]

damn.. that beats my explanation any day.

[decypher]

heres examples of dub basslines in DNB
http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/sounds/cat6694.asf
http://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/sounds/cat7824.asf

[Rytalin]

Dub is what you get when you get stoned and fuck with a tape delay until other people, usually also stoned, bring down their instruments and start jamming with you.

[Rytalin]

heh.... I heart dub

[cubed]

We had Jah Wobble at The Plaza on the 4th.

That man is one of the legends of dub, the work he did in PiL was amazing.

All together it was a brilliant show, one of the most entertaining bassists I've had the pleasure of watching.

[tiedye]

for a more mainstream look at dub.. read evil duerr's post again and go through Sublime's discography