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Tue, 20 May 1997 22:48:07 +0000
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(idm) digi-dub
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Written by "M.A.J. Huffman" <PCP95MAH@sheffield.ac.uk> Subject: (idm) digi-dub
quoted 2 lines I know what you mean about digi-dub, but it was actually invented in>>>I know what you mean about digi-dub, but it was actually invented in >>>Jamaica by your genuine Jamaican reggae musicians.
quoted 1 line You mean like King Tubby and his brethren?>>You mean like King Tubby and his brethren?
quoted 1 line I'm not sure whether you're being sarcastic here, but anyway...>I'm not sure whether you're being sarcastic here, but anyway...
quoted 3 lines No, it wasn't King Tubby, but it was someone with a respectable reggae>No, it wasn't King Tubby, but it was someone with a respectable reggae >pedigree. Unfortunately for me I can't remember who, and most of my reggae >tapes are elsewhere at the moment.
wayne smith's 'under me slang teng' powered by a drum machine was the record that caused eruptions in jamacia, i am sure it was bobby digital who produced it circa 1984 , after the release there was an avalance of copy records utilising the rhythm - check out your early renegade soundwave records for further evidence of it's influence but digi-dub it ain't , dancehall it is stuart @ 4thworld -- http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/4thworld/ check the 'propoganda' page - interviews + features on black dog/ as one/ musik aus strom / jimpster / compost / irdial + more