The Profound Appeal of Dub: Recommended Masterpieces and a Popular Classic
If you know the music genre called dub, chances are you’re a serious music lover who frequents record shops.
While it’s a genre derived from reggae, it’s also a production method, and its world is incredibly deep and profound.
This article focuses on classic, essential albums recommended for beginners, while also highlighting releases that trace the roots from authentic Jamaican roots dub to UK dub, as well as works in post-punk and new wave that bear dub’s influence.
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The Profound Allure of Dub: Recommended Masterpieces and Popular Picks (51–60)
BetrayalJah Wobble
Jah Wobble is a British bass guitarist and singer, as well as a poet and composer.
This track is included on his debut album, The Legend Lives On…
Jah Wobble in “Betrayal,” released in 1980.
It incorporates dub inspired by reggae and punk.
Spa Dub (The Roots Of Dubstep)Mad Professor
Mad Professor is the stage name of Neil Fraser, a music producer and recording engineer born in 1965 in Guyana.
In 1981, he founded the record label Ariwa Sound in the UK, releasing primarily dub and lovers rock.
As a producer, he has worked with numerous Jamaican artists and created remixes for acts such as Jamiroquai, Massive Attack, Ayumi Hamasaki, and DA PUMP.
His representative works include the Dub Me Crazy series, released from Pt.
1 in 1982 through Pt.
12 in 1993.
Spa Dub is a track from the dub-style album The Roots of Dubstep, released by Ariwa in 2011.
Look At Where We Are (Major Lazer Remix) ／Hot ChipMajor Lazer, Hot Chip
Major Lazer is an electronic duo formed in 2009 by Diplo and Switch.
They released an album recorded in a Jamaican studio, and after Switch left in 2011, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire joined in 2012, making it a three-member group that continues to operate today.
Their musical style is wide-ranging, spanning electronic, dancehall, reggae, moombahton, trap, reggae fusion, electro house, soca, and rocksteady.
“Look At Where We Are” is a track from Hot Chip’s 2012 album In Our Heads, released by Domino Records, and Major Lazer’s remix renders it in a dub, synth-pop, and dancehall style.
OnwardsRhombus
Rhombus is a New Zealand dub drum & bass and reggae roots band active since 2001.
They perform around the world, including New Zealand, Australia, and Japan.
This track was released in 2003.
Prince’s WrathScientist
Hopeton Overton Brown, a Jamaican engineer and producer known by the name Scientist.
He is well known for his dub music mixes from the 1980s.
This track is included on the album “Scientist Encounters Pac-Man,” released in 1982.