"We monitor many frequencies. We listen always. Came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. It played us a mighty dub."
If you consider yourself as a music lover, then you’ve most probably listen to a bunch of different genres of music at one point or another other than zoning out on your preferred genre. As a self-proclaimed music nut, I find myself sound surfing quite often. Is there anything better than discovering an amazing new song?
For other avid listeners out there that I know, they take their interest one step further and learn everything there is to know about the genre and/or artists that they love. In this article, you’ll be delving into one of the most significantly influential sub-genres of music - DUB.
What is DUB?
The term “dub” comes from the word “dubbing” which means of one recording to another. With that, the Reggae sub-genre of DUB was derived.
So what exactly is it?
Dub is the father of all electronically driven dance music that has been made.
This revolutionary form of music came to us upon an incredible accident that happened while certain reggae artists were recording some tracks at a studio in Jamaica during the late 1960’s. Osbourne Ruddock a.k.a. King Tubby is the sound engineer that pioneered this type of sound. His production brought about the foremost records in Jamaica ultimately popularizing DUB Music from then on.
“Dubplates” - acetates that Jamaican musicians made with dubbed music - were used by sound selectors (DJs) in live entertainment were they would play their “versions” of tracks.
DUB is the Manipulation of Sound
In essence, Dub is more about the soundscapes rather than the form of the song. By manipulating the music equipment and refashioning a song’s reverb, echo, and delay, a whole ne musical texture is created and customized by the musician making an entirely different version in DUB.
Here’s a quick video documentary of one of my favorite local musicians,
GOODLEAF, that personify DUB Music:
Because of this musical phenomenon, music has never been the same since. The rise of dance music, house, to dubstep and EDM (Electronic Dance Music) can all be credited to Reggae for the creation f DUB where all these types of music spring from. Check out: http://www.dub.com/ for more information.
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