Skip to main content

Dub

Status: proposed

Musicological claims (register 1)​

  • grew out of reggae in the late 1960s and early 1970s
    • Source: Wikipedia (EN), 'Dub music', accessed June 2026 — verify
  • commonly considered a subgenre of reggae, though it developed to extend beyond that style
    • Source: Wikipedia (EN), 'Dub music', accessed June 2026 — verify
  • pioneered by recording engineers and producers such as Osbourne 'King Tubby' Ruddock, Hopeton 'Scientist' Brown, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, and Errol Thompson, beginning in the late 1960s
    • Source: Wikipedia (EN), 'Dub music', accessed June 2026 — verify
  • consists of remixes of existing recordings, manipulated by removing the vocal parts and emphasizing the rhythm section
    • Source: Wikipedia (EN), 'Dub music', accessed June 2026 — verify
  • the stripped-down drum-and-bass track at its core is sometimes referred to as a 'riddim'
    • Source: Wikipedia (EN), 'Dub music', accessed June 2026 — verify
  • applies studio effects such as delay, reverb, and echo to the instrumental tracks
    • Source: Wikipedia (EN), 'Dub music', accessed June 2026 — verify
  • built on the 'version' — an alternative cut of a song made for the DJ to 'toast' over, usually with some or all of the original vocal removed
    • Source: Wikipedia (EN), 'Dub music', accessed June 2026 — verify
  • the version was typically the B-side of a single, used for experimenting and for giving DJs something to talk over
    • Source: Wikipedia (EN), 'Dub music', accessed June 2026 — verify
  • the development of sound system culture influenced the development of studio techniques in Jamaica
    • Source: Wikipedia (EN), 'Dub music', accessed June 2026 — verify
  • in spring 1973 Lee 'Scratch' Perry released 'Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle', mixed in collaboration with King Tubby
    • Source: Wikipedia (EN), 'Dub music', accessed June 2026 — verify
  • King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock) 'played' the mixing desk like an instrument, using effects units to bring instruments and vocals in and out of the mix
    • Source: Wikipedia (EN), 'King Tubby', accessed June 2026 — verify

Source: poc/atoms/dub.yaml