Dub, in today's sense, stands for a strongly bass-oriented kind, more monotonous kind of Reggae music. The term was developed in Jamaica in the late 60ies and early 70ies for instrumental edits of Roots Reggae songs with added effects like Echoes and Delays, which were selfpressed by the soundsystems on so-called Dubplates. The genre got popular through Jamaica-based artists as King Tubby, read more
Dub, in today's sense, stands for a strongly bass-oriented kind, more monotonous kind of Reggae music. The term was developed in Jamaica in the late 60ies and early 70ies for instrumental edits of Roots Reggae songs with added effects like Echoes and Delays, which were selfpressed by the soundsystems on so-called Dubplates. The genre got popular through Jamaica-based artists as King Tubby, Sly & Robbie and Lee Perry and got further developed in the UK by the likes of Mad Professor, Jah Shaka and Adrian Sherwood. show less