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Dub Reggae is a form of dub music. It evolved out of ska and reggae in 1970sJamaica. The dub reggae sound includes adding extensive echo and reverb effects to an existing music piece, sometimes accompanied by snatches of the lyrics from the original version (see also toasting). Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that Dub reggae be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Dub reggae be merged into this article or section. ... This page is about the musical style. ... Reggae is a style of music developed in Jamaica. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Echo may refer to: Echo (mythology), a nymph from Greek mythology. ... When sound is produced in an enclosed space multiple reflections build up and blend together creating reverberation or reverb. ... For other meanings see Toast (disambiguation) Toasting, chatting, or DJing is the act of talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat. ...
Dub reggae developed through sound system owners, using the simple two track music production of the time and lifting out the vocal track to leave just the instrumental. this was then played and augmented with effects or by live djs. Inevitably the studios caught on and started producing records with a vocal on the one side and a "version" or "dub" on the other. The effects such as echo, reverb, part vocal and extra percussion being added before the record was pressed. During the mid-1970s dub music began to evolve as genre on its own particularly with audiences outside of Jamaica. Whole albums of dub tracks were produced, often simply the dub version of an existing vocal LP, but sometimes a selection of dubbed up instrumental tracks for which no vocals existed. Sound system has multiple meanings: A sound reinforcement system is a system for amplifying, reproducing, and sometimes recording audio. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...
Dub reggae has progressed from that point to this, its popularity waxing and waning with changes in musical fashion. Almost all reggae singles still carry an instrumental version on the b side and these are still used by the sound systems as a blank canvas for live singers and djs.
In the UK, Europe, Japan and America independent record producers are making dub in quantities unseen before, often mixing and blending with newer musical styles such as House music and Drum and Bass. The influence of dub reggae music world wide continues to grow. House music refers to a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms beginning in the early- to mid- 1980s. ... Drum and bass (drum n bass, drumnbass, DnB, dnb) is an electronic music style. ...
Dub is characterized as a "version" of an existing song, typically emphasizing the drums and bass for a sound popular in local Sound Systems.
As opposed to hip hop terminology, in reggae music the person with the microphone is called the "DJ" (elsewhere called the "MC", for master of ceremonies), while the person choosing the music and operating the turntables is the "Selector" (elsewhere called the DJ).
It was also the time when dub made its influence known in the work of harder edged, experimental producers such as Adrian Sherwood and the roster of artists on his On-U Sound label.
Dub is gererally popular reggae reworked and redubbed and the lyrics, if there are any are usually more along the lines of spoken word.
Reggae history is a bit differant, the rastas were the untouchables in jamaica- just like the punks in the seventies to associate with them was frowned upon.
Also reggae was better produced as it got the backing from the jamaican government and they got the better studios than the ska groups who were leading the local youths into a skanking frenzy of chaos, guns and knife- rude boy culture.