I cleared my POBox on friday & wahoo! There was the latest issue of The Wire which after skim-reading for new releases I left lieing face down on my desk & suddenly noticed the back cover; a full page ad for the May 11th DVD release of a documentary called Dub Echoes; At last! I’ve placed my preorder – heres the trailer:
I am intrigued to actually see this doco, more so for the roots music & stories than for the more recent evolutions. I’ve been a dub reggae fan since the mid 80s & while I do love some dubstep tunes, it is such a young genre that it remains to be seen as to its lasting worth & how it actually develops. The connection between dubstep & dub reggae is interesting; the attitude & approach shared by engineers & producers is more apparent than that of the musicians, who seem largely absent from dubstep. Many of my favourite dub reggae tunes are equally about the performances (bass & drums etc) as the engineering & production… Relatedly I can highly reccommend the Studio One Story:
what’s the tune they use in the trailer?
according to someone on youtube:
“Deb dub” – Digitaldubs vs. Dubiterian