Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

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Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by eric_digital » Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:38 am

I've been guiding a friend through various electronic genres. He is down with dubstep, but wants a more direct understanding of the dub influence. I can't help him here, since I have very little familiarity with dub.

Could anyone help me illustrate the sound? Maybe try to encompass it in a handful of tracks? It doesn't have to be encyclopaedic; just give him a sense of what dub is.

Thanks.

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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by cluekid » Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:39 am

Dub or Dubstep.
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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by cluekid » Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:41 am

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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by eric_digital » Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:43 am

cluekid wrote:Dub or Dubstep.
Dub, blud. I know what dub is, and know what dubstep is. I am interested in dub.

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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by eric_digital » Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:48 am

Yeah, I saw that link immediately after I posted this thread, but I don't know if that's going to help. I don't want to sift through 24 pages of YouTube videos trying to find tracks which are specifically dub.
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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by cluekid » Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:48 am

Here yah go mate. My favs of dub







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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by Dystinkt » Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:07 am

I'm not a huge dub person but when I am feeling that sound the track that comes on first every time is King Tubby- Washroom Skank, my favourite dub tune



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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by 1stfiest » Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:14 am

Scientist and King Tubby are my favourite dub artists.



Artists in the Dubstep scene such as DMZ and Kromestar are also worth a mention.



Congo Natty and Benny Page are also some good influences to look at, specializing in the dub drum n bass / jungle scene.



Looking into Dub is a good start, however looking into ska, reggae, and the origination of the 'soundsystem' will take you a step further, and it would also be wise to look into garage, minimal techno, drum n bass/jungle and even electronic music such as kraftwerk or yellow light orchestra, to see how how we really got here.







All of this may seem irrelevant, but this forum wouldn't exist without most of these tracks.

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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by EliteLennon117 » Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:43 am

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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by Hircine » Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:45 am

anything by king tubby, jammy, mad professor, scientist, LSP and the upsetters.
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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by Shum » Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:53 am

also Jah Shaka, Keith Hudson, Mikey Dread, Prince Far I, Joe Gibbs, the list is long.

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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by Hircine » Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:02 am

Shum wrote:also Jah Shaka, Keith Hudson, Mikey Dread, Prince Far I, Joe Gibbs, the list is long.
Prince Far I is awesome. Add Burning Spear to that list too. Fruity Poulp record has a few dub bits too.
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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by wehlfest » Fri Nov 09, 2012 6:18 am

King Tubby, Lee Perry and Mad Professor are my picks.
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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by topmo3 » Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:03 am

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Post by Lye_Form » Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:33 am

This guy has bare durb oh his track yo.

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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by krytikal » Fri Nov 09, 2012 10:42 am

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Post by test_recordings » Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:59 am

Getzatrhythm


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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by Loyset » Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:53 pm

A few awesome tracks in the French Dub style:












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Re: Looking for quintessential dub tracks.

Post by PinUp » Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:50 am

For a basic understanding get the King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown album, it's an absolute classic and probably my favourite dub record of all time. There's too much old dub to mention really, this is a good compilation to introduce you to the sound http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trojan-Presents ... B004WDPXDA

For more modern dub check labels like sip-a-cup, ZamZam sounds, Tuff Scout, Necessary Mayhem and artists like Vibronics, Da Grynch, Vibration Lab, Disrupt.

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