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DUB is very much a form of music that could be
described as a musical movie. The one you don't
see with your eyes, but with your ears. Echo's of
vocals and instruments flooding over Drum and
Basslines take you into realms of the music that
the average vocal track can never bring you.
The art of DUB is discovered and cultivated in
the studio of King Tubby's in Jamaica. He is the
Founding Father of this art of remixing. King
Tubby did not have a studio where he recorded
bands, but he recorded vocalists and most of all:
heavy DUB!
Studio's like Channel One would provide the
multitracks for King Tubby to remix. Or for one of
his protégées. Prince Jammy's, for example. Or
the Scientist!
Both men developed their own particular style
of mixing, taking the works of King Tubby's to yet
deeper levels.
Around 1980, it was time for a showdown of the
two masters and it came in the form of a DUB album
containing crucial riddims played by the studio
band of Channel One and carrying the magnificent
voice of Barrington Levy, one of the leading
voices in what was then a new style of Reggae,
called Rub a Dub Music.
It came in the form of a virtual boxing
championship, in which the two heavyweight
champions meet each other in the ring of DUB.
Scientist opens up, Prince Jammy answers. After
ten rounds, we -the audience- have to decide who
won.
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