OT -- Dub and reggae and stuff
I've got a lot of 19 compilation cds on eBay. It's probably too much to ask (ends up being a little more than a dollar each for the minimum bid plus shipping) but I don't want to just give the damn things away. It's about half reggae and half jazz with an Acid Jazz cd and a hip-hop cd. I'm just curious why there is so little mention of the Orb's early debt to dub music. Most of Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld is very heavily dub influenced. The super heavy and slow basslines over upbeat drums is the signature mark of dub. (Not to mention the rasta talk on Perpetual Dawn). Institute for Psychic Reform Change your Mind www.psychicreform.com
Off-topic or not, surely the subject should be "dub and reggae and ting" ?
I'm just curious why there is so little mention of the Orb's early debt to dub music. Most of Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld is very heavily dub influenced. The super heavy and slow basslines over upbeat drums is the signature mark of dub. (Not to mention the rasta talk on Perpetual Dawn).
... or the obviously named "Towers Of Dub", which namechecks both Selassie and Garvey! i like what i have heard of dub (a little Augusto Pablo, a little Black Uhuru), and am always looking for recommendations. any dub albums -- old or new, that you recommend? PJK ===== All the other kids are doing it --> http://www.EvilSponge.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 06:34:33AM -0700, P J Kane wrote:
I'm just curious why there is so little mention of the Orb's early debt to dub music. Most of Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld is very heavily dub influenced. The super heavy and slow basslines over upbeat drums is the signature mark of dub. (Not to mention the rasta talk on Perpetual Dawn).
... or the obviously named "Towers Of Dub", which namechecks both Selassie and Garvey!
i like what i have heard of dub (a little Augusto Pablo, a little Black Uhuru), and am always looking for recommendations.
any dub albums -- old or new, that you recommend?
two of my favourites that spring to mind are: "Dub Come Save Me" by Roots Manuva (hip-hoppy dub, pretty new, wicked) and "No Protection" Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor (greeeeeeeat!) I also like "Arkology" by Lee Scratch Perry, a 3cd compilation of tracks he wrote, produced and/or remixed. "Blood Vapour" is another Scratch album I quite like. I'm no dub expert though, those are just some examples I happen to like. According to the cab driver who took me home last saturday Horace Andy and one of the guys from Black Uhuru (can't remember which one now... not Junior Reid...) and a few other stars are playing near me this weekend ... but as he had obviously been smoking rocks just before he picked us up I didn't press him on too many details in case he started paying even less attention to the road. -- One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.
At 06:34 AM 8/14/02 -0700, you wrote:
any dub albums -- old or new, that you recommend?
The compilation "Scratch Attack" by Lee Scratch Perry is good, very lo-fi. "Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires" is also good stuff. (If you've got Grand Theft Auto III, you will know a good chunk of this album as KJAH FM.) I've got a 3 CD dub compilation that Trojan released--that's a good one. BTW i played my bandmates Kyle Zeto today and they quite liked it. :) Kwook www.kwookyworld.com The kwinkunx is imminent. "Australia is merely an island of Antarctica and of no further significance." -- Russell Guy, "What's Rangoon To You Is Grafton To Me"
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