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Song, toast an dub?

Posted: Sun May 15, 2005 6:17 pm
by Daniel Eriksson
Can u like have song on music that is dub isnt it just reggae then? Or are u supposed to toast the dub but isnt it dancehall then? Or can u have both on a dub song?

Song, toast an dub?

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 8:11 pm
by John Ellison IV
I'm sorry, that statement doesn't make any sense. Are you asking can you have a song that isn't reggae but be classified as "Dub"?

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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:28 pm
by Daniel Eriksson
I'm sorry, that statement doesn't make any sense. Are you asking can you have a song that isn't reggae but be classified as "Dub"? <BR> <BR>Yeah that is what i meant...

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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:59 pm
by Mike Zee
Q: ...can you have a song that isn't reggae but be classified as "Dub"? <BR>A: No. <BR>If the question is related to "DUB" as known and established musical genre. <BR> <BR>&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42; <BR>If the question is wide-open and general.... then I'd say this: you can 'classify' anything and everything you want the way you wish and thus establish another one of a kind original classification system of what ever it is you are lassifying. That's how all classifications have been established once upon a time <IMG SRC="http://www.interruptor.ch/cgi-bin/discu ... /happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;"> <BR> <BR>/respects <BR>/Mike Zee aka Dr ZEE

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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:22 pm
by Daniel Eriksson
But many men still make dub that sounds more like electro &#40;download Johan Skugge&#41; or more drum n bass then Reggae dub and u have Asian dub foundation that use hiphop beats instead of one drop or steppers on many of their dub tracks.

Song, toast an dub?

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:09 pm
by Mike Zee
Daniel Eriksson, many men do make all sorts of things and name all sorts of things by all sorts of words... and used to do so... and will be doing so. <BR>Let's see: After California's 2003 California Gubernatorial Recall many men named their new-born puppies Arnold, some did it 'in honor' some did it 'in protest'. Now two&#43; years later - The Terminator still Governs and gives interviews while dogs still bark at crows and chase cats. Thigs still are what they are ..., yet many men did what they wanted to do - they made their "statement" <IMG SRC="http://www.interruptor.ch/cgi-bin/discu ... /happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;"> <BR> <BR>So? <BR> <BR>/Mike Zee aka Dr ZEE

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Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:13 pm
by Neil C
None of the Asian Dub Foundation tracks I've heard would I call dub. They're not. <BR> <BR>Drum and Bass and also Jungle when that was around used dub type bass lines - but it wasn't dub. <BR> <BR>Its impossible to say where the boundary between something being dub or not being dub is &#40;its a fuzzy line&#41; - but there are some things that definitely are and some things that are definitely not. <BR>Adrian Sherwood recently did an album that used break type beats - but it was still what I'd call dub. So I don't think you have to stick to a rigid formula - but there are some things that just aren't dub &#40;like ADF&#41;.

Song, toast an dub?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:51 am
by Mike Zee
<FONT COLOR="ff0000">So I don't think you have to stick to a rigid formula...</FONT> <BR>Yeah, man sure. I personally always salute artistic originality, innovations and all that... that's all cool. What's not cool is when "innovative" artists 'pretend' to be in their presentation or in their promotional effort or simply use or even parasitize on something what's to be considered from their point of view as 'old', 'uncool', 'boring', 'conservative' etc... <BR>ADF is a great name, you know.... so why not use it. <IMG SRC="http://www.interruptor.ch/cgi-bin/discu ... /happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;">

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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:30 pm
by Daniel Eriksson
But its not only them who use to call it a dub track even critics call it dub i want too know is dub a musical categorie or is it a word to use when u make tracks that use a lot of echo and a lot of bass sounds

Song, toast an dub?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:17 pm
by Mike Zee
<FONT COLOR="ff0000">DUB as musical genre</FONT> &#40;in very short description&#41; is a re-arranged/re-mixed reggae song, which done in a specific way &#40;i.e. there are some typical &#40;or say. "traditional"&#41; "structure" of the mix with strong emphasis on rhythm section &#40;bass and drums&#41;, lead/solo vocals/instruments drop-outs &#40;mutes&#41; and applying specific effects through out the mix, which "traditionally" being done on-the-fly, meaning muting and applying &#40;engaging/disengaging&#41; effects on selected tracks/channels and adjusting effects parameters in real time while mixing, which makes the DUB-ing process to become a unique "performance"&#41;. <BR>DUB-ing can be done in studio to produce/record a dub-track/dub-version/dub-plate or as live performance on stage or in the club with live-playing band or using pre-recorded material as a source. <BR>&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42; <BR>Music, like any other form of art, can and is full of variations, and thus there are always were and are and will be grey or even mysterious and mind-troubling areas when it comes to any attempt to "classify" or "categorize" any piece of art or artistic performance. Therefore words like "influenced", "fusion", "experimental", "free form" and such come very handy and are being used &#40;and should be used! <IMG SRC="http://www.interruptor.ch/cgi-bin/discu ... /happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;">&#41; when categorizing a piece of art, which does not 'clearly fit' into any of category &#40;or genre&#41;, which is historically established and widely recognized within artists, fans and established critics community &#40;also known as 'scene', i.e. DUB-scene in our case&#41;&#41;. <BR>&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42; <BR><FONT COLOR="ff0000">DUD as a word</FONT> was, is and will be used by different people for various reasons and various purposes, which is rather irrelevant to a discussion about DUD as musical genre. <BR> <BR>/respects <BR>/Mike Zee aka Dr ZEE <BR><A HREF="http://www.mzentertainment.com/zdl.html" TARGET="_blank">ZDL</A>

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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:22 pm
by Daniel Eriksson
But Linton Kwesi Johnson is dub but he&acute;s vocals isn't mute. So i must create somekind of exprimentall fusion ;&#41;

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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:12 am
by Mike Zee
<FONT COLOR="ff0000">So i must create somekind of exprimentall fusion</FONT> <BR> <BR>Creat what ever you want or feel like. More power to You! <IMG SRC="http://www.interruptor.ch/cgi-bin/discu ... /happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;"> <BR> <BR>/Mike Zee aka Dr ZEE

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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:29 am
by Mike Zee
<FONT COLOR="ff0000">But Linton Kwesi Johnson is dub but he&acute;s vocals isn't mute.</FONT> <BR>by the way, what ever your are trying to say here... only God knows. <BR>But anyways... <BR>When LKJ DUB-ing - it's dub. When he's reading his poetry or making a speach - it isn't. So much to discussion... yada yada ... <BR> <BR>/respects

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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:42 am
by Daniel Eriksson
That is surreal hehe =&#41;

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Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:26 pm
by Mike Zee
<FONT COLOR="ff0000">That is surreal hehe =&#41;</FONT> <BR> <BR>what's sureal? and what are you hehe-ing about? <BR> <BR>You've asked a question. You've got the answer. Looks like you don't like the answer. So it looks like you did not really have a question, but rather wanted to make "a statement". <BR>You can blah-blah about what's dub and what's not to death. It would not change a thing . We've been doing it over and over and over again... so what's the point. <BR> <BR>If you want to 'spotlight' some specific artist or an album/specific track from an album and discuss it ... go for it. BE SPECIFIC and try to be reasonable in your statements and arguments. <BR>Sorry, man, but to say things like: " <FONT COLOR="ff0000">But Linton Kwesi Johnson is dub but he&acute;s vocals isn't mute.</FONT>" is pretty much oximoronic. I can only guess what exactly your are trying to say here, but to follow what you actually saying, here's my reply: <BR>Linton Kwesi Johnson is not dub. He's a Man, he's Linton Kwesi Johnson. <BR>the second part - "<FONT COLOR="ff0000">..he&acute;s vocals isn't mute</FONT>". hmmmm? vocals? isn't? mute? these three words kind of do not stick well, man. But , hey, you've said what you've said. <BR>If you actually do mean any specific track from any specific album - bring it on, point it out, make you point. <BR> <BR>arghhhhhhhhh <BR>&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42;&#42; <BR> <BR>btw, for guys, who get 'headache' and can't sleep well at night, when trying to figure out whether or not a track/album is dub. I have a hint for you <IMG SRC="http://www.interruptor.ch/cgi-bin/discu ... /happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;">. If you &#40;or an artist, or a critic, or a fan&#41; need&#40;s&#41; to &#40;have to&#41; explain why this track IS DUB &#40;i.e. it has that dubby bass, it has that one drop feel, it has that reverby vibe, it has that message etc etc&#41;, then chances are and most likely the track IS NOT dub, because when a track/record/album IS DUB, then no explanations needed - you know it right on the spot. Think about it. <BR> <BR>/respects <BR> <BR>/later, <BR>/Mike Zee aka DR ZEE

Song, toast an dub?

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:43 pm
by interruptor
<IMG SRC="http://www.interruptor.ch/cgi-bin/discu ... /think.gif"> I think the point here is that LKJ is doing "DUB POETRY" not "DUB". <BR> <BR>I assume at the time they coined the term DUB POET, they did it to set themselves apart from the ordinary sound system MCs of the time. <BR>Sound system MCs &#40;or DJ's as they are still called in JA&#41; basically are there to hype up the crowd whereas the Dub poets had a more intellectual approach, putting a political message in the foreground. <BR> <BR>So LKJ is definitely not a Dub artist. Rather he is a poet who chants his poems on top of a Dub.

Song, toast an dub?

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:34 pm
by Daniel Eriksson
Mike Zee chill out i rather liked the answer then disliked it because it answered my first question. I didnt mean to upset u or anything but serious u did understand the question, u answered it, thanks for the answer, why i think that it is surreal was that the instrumental part was dub and not him but together it could still be a track. You are talking about specifying but didnt i do that by dissgusing LKJ? Because every track i have heard with him hes poetry isnt mute and the instrumental part is dub. So smoke a blunt and chill down rather then be aggresive of my stupidity <IMG SRC="http://www.interruptor.ch/cgi-bin/discu ... /happy.gif" ALT=":&#41;">

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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 9:29 pm
by John Ellison IV
Daniel...is english your first language?

Song, toast an dub?

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:28 pm
by Daniel Eriksson
No i really suck on english

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