This is from alt.culture:
dub
Afro-Caribbean psychedelic music of sound subtraction. In dub,
the
producer becomes the center of the Jamaican reggae experience,
shining an aural X-ray onto the sound to illuminate the bass and
drums at its skeletal framework; vocals are sparse, other
instruments
drop in and out dramatically, and sound effects are added
seemingly
at random. By 1970, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Joe Gibbs, Bunny Lee
and other producers' dub "versions" were staples of Jamaican
single
B-sides; King Tubby came next, raising further the level of
technical
sophistication. Today Adrian Sherwood, the Mad Professor, and
Jah Shaka, are dub's chief practitioners, while the music's
production tricks have become staples of house, techno, and
ambient recordings.
But it's really more complicated than all that. You might want to check
this out:
http://www.seacoast.com/~c/dub.htm
Basically, you probably want to start with people like Lee Perry, King
Tubby, and Mad Professor and work from there as these are the
originators of the sound. There is an excellent profile of Lee Perry in
Grand Royal magazine #2 as well as a ridiculously extensive overview of
his work.
happy hunting,
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