These are on sale right now at excellent prices… grab them before someone else does and adds $20 to the price tag… https://www.millionsofrecords.com/home.aspx?i=1&genre=Dub Revolutionaries – Dub Plate Specials Label: Jamaican Recordings UK Scientist – Scientist At The Controls Of Dub: Rare Dubs 1979-1980 Label: Jamaican Recordings UK Aggrovators – Dubbing It Studio 1 Style Label: Jamaican Recordings UK Cornell Campbell – The Gorgon Dubwise Label: Jamaican Recordings UK
On heavy rotation over the holidays, another gem from ROHS! RECORDS the Sardinian originated label now based in Berlin previously Belgium founded by Andrea Porcu. Rewind to vol. 1 here Dub Affairs Vol.2 by Various Artists
The alway entertaining and enlightening Google Trends year end analysis producing this wonderful graph about dub and dubstep – we already know those collide. Please add the trends you see and analysis in the comments – explore Google Trends here
Great long read and long listen from our friend DJ Tomas about the City of Portland Oregon and it’s every growing dub scene. …you can add another, perhaps unexpected, distinction to the City of Roses: dub capital of the United States. That’s right, the sound of Portland ripples with echo, and hefty bass loops emanate from studios, music venues, and living rooms all over town. http://blog.bandcamp.com/2015/06/09/sound-system-seekers/ keep reading…
Live Dub Brain Damage – "Brain Booster" from Matko Bulent on Vimeo.
REBEL MUSIC FOR THE REBEL PEOPLE Tracklist: Author – Jah Live (J. Robinson’s Lion Heart Version) Fantan Mojah – Kill Sound (Split’s FREE remix) Tes La Rok – Kaivos Dub Genoc1de – Another Man Lacksley Castell – “Jah Love Is Sweeter” (FLeCK rmx) Who Dem Sound – Office Dub Alpha Steppa – Shaka Satori Horace Andy – Skylarking (Dj Madd remix) Digid – Crucial Dub (feat. Junior Dread) Niam – Forgive us Jah Jah feat Jules I (Madplate Sound Remix) Dub Terminator – Dub Massive Squarewave & Doctor – Police Officer (Numa Crew Fragged Remix) Bodie – Murda Soundbwoy ft. General Jah Mikey Samedi Sound System – This Is A Natural Dub Stylee (Unnatural Stylee Refix) Lost City – Gonna Get Tougher fLeck – Champion Sound Reggae…
Once you start listening you might not be able to stop. Long time NinjaTune denizen DJ Vadim brings us a wonderful new outing. Check his mixcloud for more Reggae lovers unite! Nearly 20 years into his recording career, LOOP is proud to present the highly anticipated full-length album from London-based legend Dj Vadim aka Daddy Vad. A relentless creative spirit and modern reggae don, he plays tribute to a legacy of roots & reggae, adding the 16-track bass-heavy stormer ‘Dubcatcher’ to his inspiring repertoire. Never one to sit on his laurels, he comes with a duology of albums. First ‘Dubcatcher’, then ‘Soulcatcher’ – two sides of one man. Leading with the bass and later in 2014 comes the soul! Dubcatcher by DJ Vadim
Very entertaining and engaging album from Svaha Sound Listen and buy it now! Svaha Sound brings you The Eastern Rising. An album of eastern influenced dub. Featuring Vibronics, Kanka, early W~Rm, Jah Billah, Fleck, NickyNutz, Injham, Uptown Rebels, Karma Dub and the biggest upcoming producers from across the planet! All mastered by Don Fe. So just load it up, crank it up and skank it up inna zen style!
This is very cool – not easy – but cool and there are many more musicians and producers sharing crucial dub production like this on youtube. Like it? Don’t like it? Too complicated? Let us know in the comments! disrupt (Jahtari) making a riddim with a MIDIBOX SID synth and a modded Korg Monotron Delay (it’s now in a rack, has proper knobs and cool new extras). Drums and some FX sounds from the SID have been sampled into the MPC1000 before. Bass, Skanks and Arp are all frm the SID.
If you want to understand an important part of Jamaican music culture you need to listen to a lot of 45s. Unfortunately due to the popularity of the format so many were made that never made it to a re-issue or compilation LP or CD. Fortunately for us there are some great collectors out there who write great blogs and create great mixes who are willing to share mixes of their collection with us. Here are four great blogs all run by passionate enthusiastic lovers of Jamaican music. By no means a comprehensive list and these blogs will, in turn, lead you to hundreds of more blogs – but just four that we really enjoy and respect. Enjoy – dub.com http://davesjukebox.blogspot.com/ Dave is a passionate collector of…