King Dub

I was iniated into dub last century when I picked up the 21st Century Dub compilation cassette. I already loved reggae, but dub was much more expansive, mysterious, and supple. It was psychedelic. And so, over the years, I explored dub. King Tubby and Lee “Scratch” Perry were my guides in this dimension.

The more I listened, the more I heard dub’s influences everywhere. I heard it in punk, goth, industrial, etc. Dub is singular because it can absorb any genre’s musical distinctiveness and make it its own.

I’d often don the guide of King Dub during my late-night shows at WMFO. I’d talk in a patois and pitch shift my voice down a notch to sound like a deejay from the deepest realms of dub. And I’d play some of the deepest, low-end frequency dub I could get my hands on. Today’s mix captures the spirits of those nights. I hope you enjoy it.

Join us next week when our guest deejay will be Tim McManus of Island House Recordings.

See you then.

1. Napalm Death “Evolved As One”
2. Painkiller “Blackhole Dub”
3. ICE “The Dredger”
4. Spectre “Sub Version”
5. Magnet “Miles To Go (Invisible Man)”
6. We “Illbient (Featuring DJ Olive, Loop & Once 11)”
7. Sub Dub “Monuments On Earth”
8. Primal Scream “Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)”
9. Scarab “Fall Of The Towers Of Convention”
10. Gedulah vs. Cheesecake “El-Qadim”
11. Fugazi “Version”
12. Qabbalah “Majesty”
13. Capt. Kowatchi “The Mystik Speaks”