Any fans of Dub in here tonight? Anybody listen to modern dub?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

I like throwbacks like Twilight Dub Circus, Burning Babylon and Phase Selector Sound.

[Cathyclysmic]

1. My cat farted.

Here is my picture for the 85th time.
I like Lucky Charms.
Anybody watch Idol last night?


I need to get into more dub stuff...

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

4. We all do, my dear

:D

[asthmaticeog]

2. Have you heard this?

It's Jah Wobble from P.I.L. and Bill Laswell from Last Exit. Far from trad dub, it leans heavily on electronics and slick production, but still, a dub album made by two totally monster bass players ain't nothin' to fuck with.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. I've heard of it but haven't heard it. I'll check it out.

I'm a big Bill Laswell fan. :thumbsup:

You've heard this right?

[asthmaticeog]

5. I haven't heard that. I really should. nt

[swag]

8. I guess you have heard this

Czukay, Liebzeit, Wobble.

A guy JP apparently introduced you to gave a subset of the recordings on this to me for my birthday in 1982 or so.

I think you would enjoy the disc. You probably already own it.

[asthmaticeog]

9. I haven't, actually.

Which is kind of ridiculous. I should probably be trying to run down a copy of that.

[Blue_Tires]

6. i don't think i know what dub is...?

[asthmaticeog]

10. It's a very trippy, trancey, producer-oriented form of reggae.

Pretty much the only form of reggae I like, and for my part I tend to prefer British music inspired by dub over the real stuff, but that's just my kink - a lot of the real stuff is quite excellent. Swag mentions King Tubby in a post below, and Tubby, along with Lee "Scratch" Perry, is pretty much ground zero for dub as a coherent style - lots of echo effects on the drums, slinky bass lines, neat stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_music

[dolo amber]

12. And the "plinky plink" guitar of trad reggae is buried

way, way down in the mix, if it exists at all. :thumbsup:

[Blue_Tires]

20. so it's not the same as dance hall?

[asthmaticeog]

30. No, dub's much slower, and with far less emphasis on vocals.

Also, dub developed in the early '70s, and dancehall came along late in that decade, approximately coincident with early developments in rap, who's process was very similar.

Really, other than being offshoots of reggae, dub and dancehall have nothing to do with one another, dub being very producer-oriented, and dancehall being, at first, almost exclusively a performance thing.

[swag]

7. I like me some dub, and seek your guidance.

I hate most conventional reggae, but have enjoyed some King Tubby and stuff by his obvious descendents.

Tell me what.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

31. As I keep saying - Twilight Circus Dub Sound System has gotten me all

riled up of late.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-1421695-7174402?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=twilight+circus&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

[Magrittes Pipe]

11. Jah Division

"Dub will Tear Us Apart" :rofl:

[asthmaticeog]

14. Oh lord, I know a guy who was in that...

Brilliant joke band, and I think they have the goods to keep it going; narrowly gimmicky stuff like that usually fails on like every possible level before long, like Dred Zeppelin (ugh).

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

18. Oh Jesus - Dred Zeppelin. Thanks alot!

I had forgotten them! :mad:

[ceile]

32. Oh, crap! I just spit!

Poor screen......
:rofl:

[eyesroll]

13. Ever hear "Dub Side of the Moon?"

It's exactly what it sounds like...(except the cash-register sounds of "Money" are replaced by bong sounds, IIRC)

It, too, will synch up with The Wizard of Oz.

http://www.easystar.com/dubsidemain.html

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

17. I have not but I'll check it

:thumbsup:

[RandomKoolzip]

15. Deadbeat and Dub Trio are two of my modern faves.

But I really do prefer seventies dub a la Scientist, Prince Jammy, Yabby You, Tubby, Scratch, etc, because the lo-fi sonics will always sound a lot more psychedelic than the digital sheen of post-1980 reggae.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

16. Have you heard Twilight Circus? They use classic analog equipment and do a

bang up job with it.

[RandomKoolzip]

19. I'll see if it's in the iTunes music store.

Thanks for the heads up, bro. And hey...weren't you gonna call me a few days ago? You said it was vitally important.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

21. They have like 10 albums on iTunes and they're all equally as good.

Yeah - 'ceptin shit happened. I'll PM you the gist.

[jukes]

22. you're the

:evilgrin:

how goes it, old friend? bookstore making money?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

23. I'm too lax on security - I never break even. Things are great with me !

I got married in October and am just finishing my 1st year of grad school in NYC. Shit couldn't be better.

How's by you?

It's great to "see" you!

[jukes]

24. same ole

just needed a break; i was starting to think of tooling up my gear and tracking down some freep-trolls in realtime. def time to chill!

things have sure changed here.

glad things are going so well fror you!

:hi: from the cats!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

25. I have two cats now - 7 month brother and sister.

So hi back from Stewart and Leia

:hi:

And yeah - the Lounge done changed.

[jukes]

28. K&TG!

love me some kitties!

[LoZoccolo]

26. Do any dub artists now sound like 70s dub?

I like that stuff every now and then.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

27. Yeah - that's what I've been saying. Especially the Twilight Circus Dub

Sound System. Though they have a more rolling, continuous vibe than say, Lee Perry.

[MrScorpio]

29. I love Dub!

The Dub Syndicate is my fave