King Tubby, Union Square & Friends

"Music stripped to the bone. Bass and drums bared and exaggerated, the vocal reduced to a sound bite, other instruments allowed to colour the mix in various places. Lots of spaces with some places occupied to define the limits of those spaces."

The above definition of Dub appears on the sleeve notes of a new dub reggae compilation Dub: More Bass Culture, which almost totally consists of King Tubby Tracks. Tubby is one of the acclaimed pioneers of the style, having engineered many of its key tracks from the key players. Lee Perry, Gregory Isaacs, Delroy Wilson and Dennis Brown are just some of the people he recorded, with, all of whom feature on this excellent collection of Jamaican music.

Dub: More Bass Culture is out shortly on Union Square Music.

http://www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk

Genre: Reggae/ Dub

Track listing:

1: King Tubby: Musical dub
2: King Tubby: Sneak Invasion Dub
3: King Tubby: Human Rights Dub
4: King Tubby: Borderline Dub
5: King Tubby: Cut Through Dub
6: Lee Perry & the Upsetters: Kojak
7: King Tubby & Dennis Brown: A Mek Rhythm Run Dub
8: King Tubby & Delroy Wilson: Get Ready for The Master Dub
9: Scientist: Counter Intelligence Dub
10: King Tubby: Sunny Dub
11: King Tubby & Gregory Isaacs: Dreadful Dub
12: King Tubby: In Love Dub
13: King Tubby & Ken Boothe: Freedom Dub
14: King Tubby & Cornell Campbell: Natty Dub
15: King Tubby: Killer Dub
16: King Tubby: Assasin Dub
17: King Tubby: Isolation Dub
18: King Tubby: Rasta Train Dub
19: Lee Perry & the Upsetters: Bush Weed
20: King Tubby: Bad Boy Rhythm Dub
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• king tubby
• union square