Arguably more of a producer's than a musician's art, pure Dub features a reggae rhythm track with plenty of reverb and whacked-out studio effects, sometimes sprinkled with vocals. During Dub's early days in the 1970s, producers like King Tubby, the late Augustus Pablo and the great Lee "Scratch" Perry would frequently start with the A side of a reggae single and load it with thundering piles of bass and reverb to create the "Dub version" B-side, burying the vocals amidst mesmerizing echoes. As the style developed, entire records were cut in the Dub style, with reverb applied to nearly every instrument imaginable. More recently, Dub reggae has influenced numerous electronica genres like Jungle, Drum 'n' Bass and Trip-Hop. Some Dub producers have started to remix music by non-reggae artists as well -- the Mad Professor deconstructed Trip-Hop act Massive Attack's 1994 record Protection and twisted it into a new creature altogether on No Protection: Massive Attack Vs. Mad Professor.
Glen Brown
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As a producer and musician, Brown was never one of Jamaica's most prolific, lacking the funds to properly distribute his music. But he's become something of a cult figure, having directed top-notch Jamaican sessions and produced some of the greatest ...
Similar Artists: Lee "Scratch" Perry, King Tubby, Augustus Pablo
Lee Perry & the Upsetters
Songs to Download: 28 File Format: MP3,Liquid Audio Pay
A large portion of Lee Perry's success is due to the extremely insistent, rhythmically tight dread rhythms of his studio band, the Upsetters. Named after Perry himself -- the original "Upsetter" - the band was composed of a core group of musicians. ...
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Similar Artists: Sly & Robbie, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Aggrovators
Augustus Pablo
Songs to Download: 131 File Format: MP3,WMA Pay
Pablo's death in 1999 stole away one of Reggae's greatest artists, a pioneer of Dub and the exotic "far east" sound that took Roots tracks to stratospheric limits. Augustus Pablo's was one of the most distinct sounds of any producer, easily ...
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Similar Artists: Lee "Scratch" Perry, King Tubby, Glen Brown
Roots Radics
Songs to Download: 52 File Format: MP3,WMA Pay
Taking over for Sly and Robbie as Studio One's band of choice, Roots Radics memorably laid tracks for greats Gregory Isaacs and Israel Vibration. With their rhythmic tightness and stripped-down Dub sound that's hypnotic, precise and psychedelic in ...
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Similar Artists: Sly & Robbie, Upsetters, Israel Vibration
Mad Professor
Songs to Download: 75 File Format: MP3,WMA Pay
Mad Professor's music is like an extension of his mentor and collaborator Lee "Scratch" Perry, drawing on heavy Roots rhythms while adding a commanding knowledge of modern computer and keyboard-based mixing. Working simultaneously in both Lover's ...
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Similar Artists: Scientist, Lee "Scratch" Perry, King Tubby
Scientist
Songs to Download: 23 File Format: MP3,WMA Free
Overton Brown, also known as the Scientist, is one of Jamaica's leading Dub producers. Learning the ins and outs of electronics from his TV repairman father, he was a noted sound technician by age 16. His musical skills were soon discovered by Dub ...
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Similar Artists: Lee "Scratch" Perry, King Tubby, Roots Radics
Burning Spear
Songs to Download: 43 File Format: MP3,WMA,Liquid Audio Free
Soulful, danceable, and hypnotic, this veteran reggae act combines Afrocentric spirituality with trance-like grooves full of poignant beauty. A full-bodied organ and horn section complement Burning Spear's emotional, soaring, vocal style, which ...
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Similar Artists: Israel Vibration, Black Uhuru, Wailing Souls
The Congos
Songs to Download: 13 File Format: MP3,WMA Pay
The tag team combination of Cedric Myton's sweet, smooth falsetto and Roydel 'Ashanti' Johnson's powerful tenor have made the Congos a shining example of how good Jamaican vocals can be. The Heart of the Congos is simply one of the best ...
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Similar Artists: Lee "Scratch" Perry, Junior Murvin, Israel Vibration, Horace Andy
HIM
Songs to Download: 11 File Format: MP3,WMA Free
As the side project for drummer extraordinaire Doug Scharin, HIM exists to satiate Scharin's Dub appetite. As the former drummer with Codeine and Directions in Music, and throughout his current duties with both Rex and June of 44, Scharin has been ...
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Similar Artists: Scientist, Directions in Music, The Dylan Group
Human Rights
Songs to Download: 2 File Format: MP3 Free
Singer H.R.'s performances were so insane, he reportedly had to be tied down to get through the first half of a set -- if he wasn't already banned from the venue in question. But that was only when he was fronting the legendary Bad Brains (now Soul ...
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Similar Artists: Burning Spear, Black Uhuru, Bad Brains
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