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Is there any other dubstep tunes like this one:
sizzla - i got too (mrk1 mix / virus syndicate mix)
I heard n-type drop a couple in his set on Rinse.fm tonight, and I'm aware those aren't really available yet, but perhaps theres some older remixes people have done that I am ignorant about? Even forum members who produce have you done any dubstep/reggae mashups?

Thanks,
crendore

Digital Mystikz has done a remix of Cay's Cray by Fat Freddy's Drop.
EMU has recently posted his own take on Horace Andy's Skylarking in the Audio forum. Blackdown has refixed Sizzla http://www.lilo.net/~martin/sizzla_obst ... fix320.mp3
and I'm working on a refix of Welcome To Jamrock at the moment...

i suppose its alright if its done well

ive heard far too many shit 'dubstep remixes' of reggae tunes.

sorry to cross post, but...

i for one would prefer to hear artists looking elsewhere for vocals to be honest, i dont like there being so much emphasis on reggae / ragga etc, it starts to feel cliched. there have been some excellent ones (Butcher and Marijuana mainly) but i hope it doesnt get rinsed too much

but for other recommendations, which are less straightforward i guess, but on a vocal tip...

The Bug with Flow Dan - Jah War (from Warrior Dubz)

new Sarantis EP with Warrior Queen

Pressure feat. Warrior Queen - Money Honey

Vex'd - Crusher Dub

(more tunes like these ones are definately still very welcome)

elgato wrote: i for one would prefer to hear artists looking elsewhere for vocals to be honest, i dont like there being so much emphasis on reggae / ragga etc, it starts to feel cliched.

i agree with you mate

The dub in dubstep originally referred to dub as meaning non-vocal - think it's been taken way too literally lately. Warrior Queen's always welcome though

forensix (mcr) wrote:

elgato wrote: i for one would prefer to hear artists looking elsewhere for vocals to be honest, i dont like there being so much emphasis on reggae / ragga etc, it starts to feel cliched.

i agree with you mate

It was a cliche when it was being done in jungle. Its a cliche now. the thing is, it sounds good..

metalboxproducts wrote:

It was a cliche when it was being done in jungle. Its a cliche now. the thing is, it sounds good..[/quote]

not by default, and thats key. and if its too common then (to my ears at least) it stops sounding good

Shonky wrote:The dub in dubstep originally referred to dub as meaning non-vocal - think it's been taken way too literally lately. Warrior Queen's always welcome though

How do you explain the emphasis from a wide range of producers, djs and promoters on the following features:
heavy subbass, use of reverbs and delays and last but not least soundsystems. All these are key elements in dub/reggae music so it might not have been the idea in the first place but it has developed into to something else since. So there might be a reason why some people have seen it that way.

Shonky wrote:The dub in dubstep originally referred to dub as meaning non-vocal - think it's been taken way too literally lately.

thank u. exactly that, as in the DUB mix of a GARAGE tune.

laouw all the 4th rate reggae bulls h i t.

elgato wrote:

metalboxproducts wrote:

It was a cliche when it was being done in jungle. Its a cliche now. the thing is, it sounds good..

not by default, and thats key. and if its too common then (to my ears at least) it stops sounding good[/quote]

Yes, but most things cease to be good or loose the appeal when you are over exposed to them

"Familiarity breeds contempt" Thought i'd add that as we're talking about cliches.

lol yeh i agree man... but either way the point stands, less of them!

doxxor wrote:How do you explain the emphasis from a wide range of producers, djs and promoters on the following features: heavy subbass, use of reverbs and delays and last but not least soundsystems. All these are key elements in dub/reggae music so it might not have been the idea in the first place but it has developed into to something else since. So there might be a reason why some people have seen it that way.

I think the thing that annoys me about it the most is that a lot of people probably aren't even aware of where the samples they're using come from. Loads of white kids from suburbia putting a few "Jah rastafari" samples over plodding dubstep beats - it is fuckin lame.

If I listen to early Digital Mystikz, I hear a lot more respect to the original, but it's interesting to note that Mala seems to be moving further away from that influence as everyone else is picking up on it.

If we look at the old ragga jungle stuff in comparison, it should be noted that the majority of artists were involved in reggae beforehand anyway and from neighbourhoods where they grew up with that music. At least when Shitmat does his raggacore bizniz, you know he realises how ridiculous he's being.

Dubstep doesn't equal dub

audio for a coupla Jamrock rubs in this thread: http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=8060

' 1 SPLIFF A DAY '

I've dont loads, cant help myself!

Love that dubby sound.

Check our archived mixes!

there's a poor remix of cham's ghetto story. It sounds like the vocal had been timestretched way too much tho, the riddim on its own would be better without the attempt at placing cham's accapella over the top of it.

that capleton coki mix is shocking. the vocal is ridiculously fast. couldn't believe it was a coki riddim when i heard it. have only heard it on radio tho maybe it was pitched up to fuck but still.

metalboxproducts wrote:

forensix (mcr) wrote:

elgato wrote: i for one would prefer to hear artists looking elsewhere for vocals to be honest, i dont like there being so much emphasis on reggae / ragga etc, it starts to feel cliched.

i agree with you mate

It was a cliche when it was being done in jungle. Its a cliche now. the thing is, it sounds good..

true dat

Shonky wrote: If I listen to early Digital Mystikz, I hear a lot more respect to the original, but it's interesting to note that Mala seems to be moving further away from that influence as everyone else is picking up on it.

This is why for me personally mala in my opinion the sickest producer out there. Pure originality and diversity, not forgetting the production standard either

i think we are beggining to see many poor reggae refixes and i ithink its becoming a bit clihe.