Dubbing The Dead: Roots of Creation
Reggae and jam band music have deep ties. Two of the most highly regarded jam bands of all time, The Grateful Dead (as well as their later incarnations) and Phish, both have reggae-influenced original songs
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Reality Dub Squad and the Virtual Panda
We made a virtual reality video, but it’s not what you think. Or at least it’s not what I would have thought when I was a kid in the 90’s being told about the future. We were gonna be wearing full body suits and living in the… Read More
DUB ME NICELY: Mad Professor Meets Jah9 – In the Midst of the Storm + Vinyl Giveaway
Poet-alchemist. Leader, healer, spiritual singer. Authentic. Woman. Unique, roots-abstract. Africa. Jah9 infuses the precise lyrical prowess of spoken word with the heart-beat-connect of her Jazz on Dub style. On first listen, Jah9’s sophomore album, simply entitled 9, strikes the listener with intention.…… Read More
History Repeats Itself: The Birth of Dub Music + Riddimentary, a new mix from Suns of Dub
Dub music . The scene is Jamaica in the late 60’s. Just years after gaining independence from the U.K., this young island nation is experiencing the turbulent transition that often accompanies a change of power of such magnitude.… Read More
dub transports mixing engineers through time
Dub mixing is the ultimate musical interaction between man and machine. Pioneered by legends King Tubby and Lee “Scratch” Perry in Jamaica in the late 1960s, dub (sometimes referred to as dubwise or dub reggae) transports mixing engineers through time and drops them at the mixing console during a… Read More