Dub Producers from Greece

 http://www.myspace.com/vlastur

http://www.myspace.com/dubriots

|
More

Dub Society Presents a Dub Showcase!

Barefoot Mafia and Dub Society invite you to a Dub Showcase! A night dedicated to all those who created and continue to create dub music, from the early Jamaican pioneers of the 70s to the latest European electro and digital dub acts. King Tubby's meets French Electro Dub and German 8-bit Roots Reggae clashes with UK Steppers.

And all of that broadcasted raw from a unique, hand-built, 18 kW soundsystem for that essential deep rumble in the low end. Nice Up The Dance, Dubwise!

Dubplate

A dubplate is an acetate disc — usually 12 inches, 10 inches or 7 inches in diameter — used in mastering studios for quality control and test recordings before proceeding with the final master, and subsequent pressing of the record to be mass produced on vinyl. The "dub" in dubplate is an allusion to the plate's use in "dubbing" or "doubling" the original version of a track. The name dubplate also refers to an exclusive, 'one-off' acetate disc recording pioneered by Reggae sound systems but also used by drum and bass and other dance music artists, DJs and sound systems.

These dubplates will often be either unreleased recordings (which may or may not end up being made available to the general public) or exclusive versions or remixes of existing recordings. They are often used as a market research tool to assess the probable sales of a tune once it's released, as they are far cheaper to produce than a pressed vinyl record. However, because they have a limited life-span they can only be used about fifty times.

Vinyl dubplates are a recently-developed format which allow extremely durable recordings to be made (lasting 90% as long as pressed vinyl) and are more suited to cases where no release is imminent, or the release date is a long time away.

Dubplate Special

A Dubplate Special, also known as a Dubplate or special, is an exclusive version of a piece of music, usually (re-)recorded by a Reggae, Dancehall, Dubstep, Drum and bass, Soca, Chutney, Hip Hop or any other genre artist that the Sound System is able to solicit for the Dubplate. Although CD is now the preferred format for these recordings, the use of the word "Dubplate" (commonly abbreviated "dub", particularly in the Drum & Bass scene) to describe them has survived.

These recordings are often used for competing in a sound clash, in which rival reggae or soca sound systems compete with each other to produce the most imaginative or unusual dubplate specials. The exclusivity of the recording is made evident by changes to the usual lyrics to include the name of the sound system that has commissioned the recording, often remarking on the prowess of the sound system in question, and sometimes the weaknesses of the opposing sound system(s) in a given competition.

Dubplate Specials are an essential tool in a sound clash — the more exclusive the better — but they also form an intrinsic part of the Reggae industry. A notable example is the special of "No, No, No (You Don't Love Me)" recorded by Dawn Penn for a number of sound systems in the early nineties. The special recorded for Saxon Studio International sound system replaced the lyrics "No, no, no, you don't love me..." with "No, no, no, can't test Saxon", referring to the invincibility of the sound system. The song became an international hit, and Dawn Penn endorsed several other sound systems with the same lyrics and continued to do so for many
years.

"Musically Mad" A Documentary about UK Soundsystem Culture

Musically Mad is a documentary on the UK reggae sound system scene made in 2008 by Swedish director Karl Folke  and produced by Andreas Weslien from Sweden’s Meditative Sounds.

It contains unique footage from dances as far back as the 70s and features interviews by such sound luminaries as Mikey Dread, Iration Steppas , Russ Disciples, Mad Professor, Fatman, pre-amp builder Mark Mostec and many more. 

Here at Dub Society what we enjoyed the most out of the whole deal were the descriptions of the hardware (first time in film in such detail) and of course the outrageous,old-school skanking moves (also quite rare in films).  We also need to make special notice on the musical score of the documentary that contains several unique specials and dubplates.

You can buy the DVD here

The DVD version contains the Documentary disc , a 2nd disc that contains 1 hour of extra footage and interviews and a 16-page booklet called 'Steel Horns and Bassbins in Blighty' written by renowned music journalist David Katz (author of "People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee "Scratch" Perry")

Listen!!!!

http://www.dubradio.at/

Johnny Clarke - A Ruffer Version: At King Tubby's 1974-1978

Johnny Clarke was a sensation in the 1970s, especially so in Jamaica where he enjoyed one big hit after another between 1974 and 1980.Teaming up with the island's number one hit maker, Bunny Striker Lee, Clarke and company set the dancehalls alight with a series of blazing "rockers"-style originals and King Tubby's version sides. A RUFFER VERSION collects a healthy number of Clarke's biggest hits, each presented alongside Tubby's wild dub cuts and/or alternate
vocal takes. As such, this collection is all killer & captures the singer, not to mention Bunny Lee and King Tubby's each at the peak of his considerable powers. Along with Pressure Sounds' DREADER DREAD, this is an essential Johnny Clarke collection.