Dub Narcotic Sound System (D.N.S.S.) is a musical group founded by Calvin Johnson. The group is currently made of three members, Calvin Johnson on vocals and guitar, Heather Dunn on drums and Chris Sutton on bass.
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Dub Narcotic meets the John Spencer Blues Explosion in a Dancehall Style (released on K Records)
A soundsystem is a group of DJs and engineers contributing and working together as one, often playing and producing one particular kind of music.
The soundsystem scene is generally regarded as an important part of Jamaican cultural history and as being responsible for the rise of modern Jamaican musical styles such as ska and dub.
Soundsystem is also used to refer to a free party soundsystem, also known as a rig.
When DubNarcotic came go the stage I was a little disappointed to see the band touring as a three piece with Calvin Johnson on acoustic guitar, Heather Dunn (Tiger Trap, Lois) on Drums and Chris Sutton on bass.
Last time there was a frenzied finale with dancers invited on stage to hop around until everyone ultimately collapsed in a sweaty heap, this time the band finished the song, the fans pushed their moist bangs out of their eyes and everyone stopped by the merch table on their way out the door.
There is no such thing as a bad DubNarcotic show, but this one seemed to be a little less of the one thing the band brings that no others do, the music that gets sober punks and indie kids out on the dance floor to uninhibitedly shake their asses, and that is sad.
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