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Apologies for the stagnation in activity, but ICOOYS HQ has been blasted with historical amounts of snowy weather and thus had to retreat into emergency dub hibernation....  In preparation for the Spring season, our good friends around the way at CultchaSound have blessed us with a brand new installment of i-grade dancehall from inna di yard. CultchaSound crew - we appreciate your attitude, dedication and positive vibes. The family connection is vital!!  All reggae/dub/dancehall fans or just fans of good music in general, grab this and keep it locked for future transmissions from CultchaSound and Version Sound + special guests!

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We continue with our latest installment of Basement 45's - Our Monthly 30 min FREE Mix of heavyweight Dancehall selections direct from the CultchaSound vault to you- Below is the link to the latest session #4 and link to the past three >> DUB Them!!

Basement 45's - Session 4

Tracklisting:
1. Cool & Loving - Barrington and Lady Saw
2. Lift Up Your Head - Everton Blender
3. Girl of My Dreams - Top Cat
4. Yes I Am - Alborosie
5. Park Yuh Guns - Norrisman
6. God Above Everything - Anthony B
7. I Shall Sing - Marcia Griffiths
8. No Respect - Buju Banton
9. Don't Have To - Wayne Wonder
10. Ease The Pain - Little Kirk
11. Shot A Kill - Ninja Ford
12. Fret - Shawn 14
13. Tek Him Money - Beenieman
14. Your World - Luciano
15. Prison Cell - Morgan Heritage
16. Gash Dem - Chuck Fender
17. Halfway Tree - Anthony Cruz
18. Wanted - Natural Black
19. Yeah - Turbulence
20. To The Rescue - Tanya Stephens

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King Tubby - Soundclash Dubplate Style Vol. 1 + Vol. 2 (vocals + dubs)

King Tubby - Soundclash Dubplate Style Vol. 1 + Vol. 2 (vocals + dubs)
Label: Sonic Sounds
Record date : 1985-89
Album style : Dancehall, Digital Dub, Lee Library, Tubby
Notes: Released approximately 1990; this is by far the best collection of soundbwoy tunes. Live recordings from dubplates with intros by the legendary Fuzzy Jones!

KING TUBBY and THE FIREHOUSE REVOLUTION

By the early eighties dub was no longer perceived as a cutting edge music and its innovations had long been assimilated into the musical mainstream. Tubby realised that the days of his now classical production techniques were over and decided to take a new step: in 1985 he build a new studio in the heart of the Kingston ghetto,the Waterhouse District. During the run up to elections gunshots would echo throughout the neighbourhood with such alarming frequency that the area was renamed FIREHOUSE by its local residents. The new studio there was then equipped with lots of new technology like a bigger mixing desk - and digital synths and drum machines.

After the studio-producer Professor went to the USA to study electronics and computer Peego and Fatman followed and a man named Phantom, who built riddims at Channel One before. The sound they created is - especially from today's point of view - a completely new dimension of reggae and dub: it's 100% bone-dry digital music (due to the sound of the machines used for production) but it's also a pure, hypnotical and new form of dub, a paradox really. It took a while for me to like that special sound, but then the tracks are made to play them loud at sound systems and when I heard 'SOUNDCLASH DUBPLATE STYLE', THE classic digital King Tubby-LP, loud it got to me. The bass is extremely powerful and kicking while the drums gain a completely new quality, simply because they all of a sudden were not shuffling anymore but set straight to a beat grid. These releases have been highly influential for what we're doing here at JAHTARI and we picked up the trail from there!

The first big hit for Tubby with his new studio was Anthony Red Rose's 'TEMPO', a riddim versioned over and over until today and many other promising 7inches followed. While Tubby did a completely different approach on music and the whole marketing side of it than Jammy (music being always in the focus for him and no compromises were made for that!) also commercial success came and SOUNDCLASH DUBPLATE STYLE sold 45.000 worldwide. But then in 1989 the day came and this whole promising process stopped - when King Tubby was shot down in front of his house, the killer was never found. And with Tubby's death - this can be said from today's perspective - the complete history of Reggae and Dub as we knew it ended and was replaced by RAGGAMUFFIN.

Strangely enough Tubby and Jammy themselves (especially Jammy's 'PUNAANY' by Admiral Bailey) paved the way for that and established the rhythms. But in the end Raggamuffin and its 100% mass-market oriented productions cut the last connections to Reggae and Dub and sold out their musical heritage. After Tubbys death, his daughter ran the studio then, the firehouse crew produced some more fine music, but without a guy like Tubby holding everything together that soon went down too. ~jahtari.org



Tracklist:
1. King Everald - Kill Ole Pan
2. Johnny Osbourne - Line Up
3. Trevor Levy - Nah Run From No Clash
4. Banana Man - Take A Lick
5. Michael Batis - Die You Die
6. Gregory Isaacs - The Ruler
7. Little John - Fade Away
8. Sugar Minott - Play Me
9. Conroy Smith - Original Sound
10. Pad Anthony - Charge Dem
11. Kill A Pan Dub
12. Tan Good Dub
13. Nah Run Weh Dub
14. Lick Shot Dub
15. Death Row Dub
16. We Rule Dub
17. Fade Out Dub
18. Play Play Dub
19. Brand New Sound Dub
20. Make Them Pay Dub

Produced by: King Tubby

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Various - Watch How The People Dancing: Unity Sounds From The London Dancehall

Various - Watch How The People Dancing: Unity Sounds From The London Dancehall
Label: Honest Jon's Records
Record date: 1986-89
Style: Dancehall, Digital Dub, Lee Library, UK Stylee

This excellent set compiles the output of Unity Sounds from the years 1986-89, and is a typically diverse and well selected Honest Jon’s release. Produced in conjunction with the man who started the London based label, Rib’s, Unity Sounds specialised in the mid eighties birth of Dancehall, not the gun toting Hip-Hop influenced Dancehall of modern Jamaica, but sublime digital Reggae that has been hugely influential on artists like Rocker Hi-Fi and Rhythm & Sound, whose Moritz Von Oswald has remastered this material.

Selah Collins “Pick A Sound” begins proceedings with its "version" following (as are most cuts on the album). Check the bass on Kenny Knots “Watch How The People Dancing”, its deep rhythm is stunningly hypnotic, elsewhere “Ready For The Dancehall Tonight” from the fabulously named Peter Bouncer is even better, with a timeless quality and tidy vocal melody.

Other highlights include Mikey Murka’s “Back Your Automatic” and another Kenny Knots slice of brilliance, “Ring My Number”. Add to this excellent music liner notes that take the length of the album to read, making the listening experience also an invaluable history lesson, especially when most of material included is obscure and certainly unavailable anywhere else.

'Watch How The People Dancing' is a truly essential release for any Reggae fan - the music inspirational and surprising, and unlike many Reggae re-issue labels, it is not a rehash of classic material released too many times on too many formats. Honest Jon’s obviously love the music they release and you, the reggae fan, undoubtedly will too. Recommended. ~warprecords.com

Tracklist:
1. Selah Collins - Pick A Sound
2. Selah Collins - Version
3. Mikey Murka - We Try
4. Mikey Murka - Version
5. Errol Bellot - What A Wonderful Feeling
6. Kenny Knots - Watch How The People Dancing
7. Richie Davis - Lean Boot
8. Richie Davis - Version
9. Peter Bouncer - Ready For The Dancehall Tonight
10. Peter Bouncer - Version
11. Richie Davis - You Ha Fe Cool
12. Richie Davis - Version
13. Kenny Knots - Ring My Number
14. Kenny Knots - Version
15. Mikey Murka - Back Your Automatic
16. Mikey Murka - Control The Dancehall
17. Mikey Murka - Version
18. Jack Wilson & Demon Rockers - Chuck It
19. Mikey Murka - Ride The Rhythm
20. Mikey Murka - Version
21. Kenny Knots - Run Come Call Me

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Xterminator All Stars - Dub Down Babylon

Xterminator All Stars - Dub Down Babylon
Label: Xterminator
Record date: 1999
Album style: Dancehall, Digital Dub, Lee Library, UK Stylee
Notes: Fatis Burrell (Xterminator) dubs from Sizzla, Luciano, etc.

1. Roots & Culture
2. Fire It Is Blazing
3. Psalms 25
4. Burn Satan
5. Jah Guide Us
6. Oh Jah
7. Can't Be No One Else
8. She's Like The Roses
9. Why Boast
10. Where Are Your Kings
11. What Is Your Purpose
12. When Man On Earth
13. Jah Lead Our Way
14. Freedom
15. Life Cycle

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Black Uhuru - The Dub Factor

Black Uhuru - The Dub Factor
Label: Island
Record Date: 1983
Album style: Digital Dub, Dub, Electronic, Lee Library, Paul 'Groucho' Smykle
Comments: This is the CD reissue with three bonus tracks. This is a dub masterpiece! The original album changed my life.

Since Black Uhuru is, with the possible exception of the original Wailers, the most famous vocal group in reggae history, a full dub album might seem an odd career choice. But 1983's THE DUB FACTOR is one of the decade's finest dub efforts. With classic reggae voices like those of Michael Rose and Puma Jones at hand, it's no wonder producers/bandleaders Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare use more vocals than are common in dub.

The vocals are treated as accents, or processed beyond recognition (as on the wild "Android Rebellion"). This leaves the focus squarely on Sly and Robbie's staggering bass/drum interplay and on the inventive keyboards of Wally Badarou. His unique synthesizer style has been so widely used and imitated that, by decade's end, it was almost a cliche. THE DUB FACTOR, however, remains as fresh and exciting as it sounded the year of its release. ~review @cduniverse

This is DUB the way DUB should be! Ten mighty riddims layed down by Sly & Robbie for various Black Uhuru albums are mixed in a Special Dubwise style by Paul "Groucho" Smykle. Originally mixed in 1983, this album hasn't lost any of it's quality for me, it remains one of my favorites from the day that is was released. I dare to say that if you don't have this album in your DUB top ten, you don't know what DUB is! Paul Smykle completely changed the vibe of every single track in a very skillfull way. All tracks completely differ from their original versions and have been blended together into one mix for a Dubwise experience extraordinairy! That's right, all the riddims are presented in one big mix, and you'll bound to listen to it from the top to the very last drop once you've started playing the album.

It is simply impossible to ignore THE DUB FACTOR. This album is mixed in 1983, but it will still beat most of the DUB's that are created today. When you'll play it in a chill-out room, people would love it. And that is why you can't ignore it. The further we go in time, the more people like it.

Unfortunately Paul Smykle hasn't released much more of his special DUB mixing. The brethren is well gifted with a lot of talents. He is not only a killer DUB mixer, but also a great painter: the cover art for Aswad's New Chapter of Dub was from his hand. ~dubroom.com

Tracklist:
1. Ion Storm
2. Youth
3. Big Spliff
4. Boof´n´baff´n´biff
5. Puffed Out
6. Android Rebellion
7. Apocalypse
8. Back Breaker
9. Sodom
10. Slaughter
11. Cool Off *
12. Destination Unknown *
13. Fire And Brimstone *

Producer: Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare
Engineer: Kendall Stubbs, Maxie, Stephen Stanley, Soljie Hamilton, Frankie Gibson
Mixing Engineer: Paul 'Groucho' Smykle
Black Uhuru: Michael Rose, Duckie Simpson, Puma Jones (vocals)
Guitar: Ranchie McLean, Radcliffe "Dougie" Bryan, Mikey Chung, Barry Reynolds
Piano: Ansell Collins, Robbie Lyn, Keith Stirling
Synthesizer, Vocoder: Wally Badarou
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare
Drums, Electronic Drums: Sly Dunbar
Percussion: Sky Juice, Sticky Johnson
Studios: Channel One (Kingston, JA), Compass Point (Nassau, Bahamas), Fallout Shelter (London, UK)

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Sly & Robbie - A Dub Experience

Sly & Robbie - A Dub Experience
Label: Island
Record Date: 1984
Album style : Digital Dub, Dub, Lee Library, Paul 'Groucho' Smykle

A Dubwise Experience? Wrong! Eight Dubwise Experiences as I would say. Mixed by the hands of Paul "groucho" Smykle, the same who mixed the legendary DUB FACTOR (Black Uhuru) and the arguably even more legendary Ini Kamoze mini LP back in the 1980's, this album belongs in my personal all time top ten of favorite Dub Albums. The music on the album, needless to say actually when it's Sly and Robbie, is super tight! 1983. Digital Devices were not so common as today, and people were complaining about what they called a plastic sound. It's in this time, that Paul Smykle mixes some of the weirdest dubs with the use of these so-called plastic devices, at such a high level of skill, that many of today's DUB producers can only dream of making dub mixes like the ones presented on this CD. Without apology. Decennia later, this album is still ahead of it's time!

DUB is de-constructing and remixing reggae tunes. Smykle does that to the extreme, in this dubwise attack to your brain! Many wouldn't recognize the original even when they hear it. Most of the original tracks for this album, by the way, are pretty hard to get and have been topic of discussion in reggae newsgroups for a long time. Very special is "Danger Zone", sung by the legendary Errol Flabba Holt, super bassist from the Roots Radics in their Channel One period.

If you like dub, if you like Sly and Robbie, then this is an absolute must in your collection. ~dubroom.com

Tracklist:
1. Destination Unknown
2. Assault On Station 5
3. Joy Ride
4. Demolition City
5. Computer Malfunction
6. Jailbreak
7. Skull & Crossbones
8. Back To Base

Producer: Robbie Shakespeare & Sly Dunbar
Mixing Engineer: Paul 'Groucho' Smykle
Backing Band: The Taxi Gang

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Sanchez - Number One Dub

Sanchez - Number One Dub
Label: ROIR
Release Date: 1989
Style: Dancehall, Digital Dub, Lee Library, Lovers Rock
Comments: Originial digital dancehall dub! Very happy and bouncy dubs fi ya nubs. An early production of Fatis Burrell (Xterminator Records).

Tracklisting:
1. Come To Rule Dub
2. Sorry Dub
3. Place Mashup Dub
4. Here I Am Dub
5. Screaming Dub
6. Can't Hold Onto It Dub
7. Mexican Divorce Dub
8. I'm Waiting Dub
9. Praise Jah Dub

PRODUCED BY: Fatis Burrell
RECORDED AT: Mixing Lab, Music Works, Dynamic, Channel One
MIXED BY: Jim Fox
MIXED AT: Lion & Fox
ENGINEERED BY: Jr. Edwards, Mikey Riley, Soljie
BACKED BY: The Firehouse Crew
BACKING VOCALS: Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffith, Conrad Crystal, Flourgan

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Xterminator Presents MLK Dub

Xterminator Presents MLK Dub
Label - RAS
Released - 1999
Style - Dub, Reggae, Dancehall, Digital Dub, Lee Library

Another excellent Xterminator special. This one is amazing and you would be doing your music collection a great disservice if you failed to grab this. For serious!

(from AMG):
This album's title is something of a mystery -- the cover design incorporates the phrase "free at last," so there's little doubt that "MLK" refers to Martin Luther King, Jr. However, nothing in the program has anything to do with Dr. King or even, really, civil rights issues in general. Be that as it may, this is still a fine collection of dub remixes from Philip "Fatis" Burrell's Xterminator label, most of them based on singles by Luciano, Sizzla and Cocoa Tea. Fatis himself is responsible for some of the most compelling "digital" reggae sounds to come out of Jamaica in the 1990s, and this compilation doesn't disappoint -- building on such excellent raw material as Luciano's "Wicked Haffi Run Way" and Cocoa Tea's "Repatriation," Fatis fashions dub mixes with a deep roots influence and a modern dancehall sheen. There are also fine contributions from a few other singers and deejays, notably Ras Shiloh and Fred Locks. - Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Tracklist:
1. Sweep Over My Soul Dub - Luciano
2. Ulterior Motive Dub - Luciano
3. Repatriation Dub - Cocoa Tea
4. Chant Down Babylon Dub - Luciano
5. Asking Thee To Spear Dub - Ras Shiloh
6. Never Give Up Dub - Fred Locks
7. Love Jah And Live Dub - Luciano
8. Weaponist Dub - Luciano
9. Long Time Dub - Cocoa Tea
10. Final Call Dub - Luciano
11. Till If Someone Dub - Sizzla
12. How Long Dub - Louie Culture
13. Kings Of The Earth Dub - Sizzla
14. Wicked Haffi Run Way Dub - Luciano
15. Look Who Is Laughing Dub - Sizzla & Ninjaman

Personnel includes: Sly Dunbar, Dean Fraser, Donald Dennis, Luciano, Melbourne Miller, Winston Brown.

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King Tubby & Scientist - King Tubby meets Scientist at Dub Station

King Tubby & Scientist - King Tubby meets Scientist at Dub Station
Label - Burning Sounds
Recorded - 1980s
Style - Dub, Dancehall, Digital Dub, Lee Library

Tracklist:
1. Wickedest Dub
2. Kingston 19 Dub (Django Shoots First)
3. Ghetto Dub
4. Sea View Dub
5. Mystical Dub
6. Mystic Dub
7. Cannabis Dub (Heavenless)
8. Can't Break Dub (I'm Coming Home Tonight)
9. Dancehall We Deh Dub (Teasing)
10. Hillview Terrace Dub
11. Chalice a Fe Dub (Full Up)
12. Copper Shot Dub (Music Is My Occupation)
13. Level Dub (Never Let You Go)
14. Ravin' Dub

(from AMG):
King Tubby's Meets Scientist at Dub Station is another master-and-apprentice collaboration. Scientist helps King Tubby update his style to fit the '80s and reggae's digital era. Roots fans will cringe at the digitalized version of the Upsetters' "Return to Django," but much of the album is solid dub with more sonic effects than the average '70s dub album. The dubs work well because the effects that are used don't clutter the tracks. The touches King Tubby and Scientist put on the instrumentals are subtle and well placed. The third track, "Ghetto Dub," is by far the masterpiece of the album. The fuzz-tone guitar is worked and effected, locking up the bass and drums. "Ghetto Dub" alone stands as a reason to buy the album. Reggae and fuzz-toned guitar go together incredibly well, but the combination was not overly used on roots or digital records. King Tubby's Meets Scientist at Dub Station is a consistent album that bridges the gap between King Tubby's roots records and Scientist's electronic dubs. ~ Matt Whalley, All Music Guide

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Crazy Caribs/Mad Professor - Dancehall Dub

Crazy Caribs/Mad Professor - Dancehall Dub
Label - Ras/Ariwa
Released - 2004
Style - Digital Dub, Dancehall, Riddim, Lee Library

Tracklist:
1. 50 Pence Dub
2. Bengali Dancehall Dub
3. Kunte In The Dancehall
4. Mandras Curry Dub
5. Eastern Delight
6. Ghetto Dub
7. Diwali Dub
8. Girl From Lahore
9. Pagwah Dub
10. Mashramani Dub
11. Bang Bang Lu Lu
12. Hard Channa
13. Baboo
14. Buxton Water

(From Reggae-Reviews dot com):
Dancehall Dub is exactly what the title implies: dubs of dancehall riddims. I'm surprised that such an album isn't more prevalent, but I guess conventional wisdom is that dub music has to be more rootsy in nature. With the explosion in dancehall beats on the pop charts in recent years, however (beyond acts like Sean Paul and Wayne Wonder, you have non-reggae successes like No Doubt, Nina Sky, Pitbull, and Lumidee borrowing the dancehall stylee), an album like Dancehall Dub is a no-brainer. Although you might not be able to tell from the titles, many of these songs will be familiar, even to non-reggae fans. "Diwali Dub", of course, uses the Diwali riddim that supported Paul's "Get Busy" and Wonder's "No Letting Go" (plus a million and two other tracks), while "Bengali Dancehll Dub" is the Coolie Dance riddim that drove hits like Elephant Man's "Jook Gal", Mr. Vegas's "Pull Up", Pitbull's "Culo", and Nina Sky's "Move Yuh Body". Also, you may recognize "Pagwah Dub" from Kevin Lyttle's hit "Turn Me On". There's even "50 Pence Dub", which adapts 50 Cent's already Caribbean-flavored "P.I.M.P." into a dancehall cut. And if you're like me, you'll drive yourself mad trying to recall where you've heard the riddims on "Eastern Delight" and "Girl From Lahore". I'm not exactly sure who the "Crazy Caribs" behind Dancehall Dub are supposed to be, but they include big-name producers Mad Professor, Sly & Robbie, and Mafia & Fluxy. Mad Professor is the main force behind this project, releasing it on his Ariwa label and supposedly writing all of the tracks. I say "supposedly" because it's a known fact that Steven "Lenky" Marsden crafted the Diwali riddim, and I'm pretty sure he didn't have anything to do with the Kevin Lyttle or 50 Cent tracks, either, nor the Coolie Dance riddim. Basically, it sounds like the Professor took these beats, layered some bells and whistles (literally) on them, and claimed them as his own. Such is the mad, mad world of dancehall's "what's yours is mine" recycling riddim system. There's no doubt, though, that these rhythms are hot and enjoyable, and even though you might assume that digital dancehall beats have too sterile and repetitive a sound to sustain instrumentals, the top-notch producers and musicians here keep it all fresh and fun.

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Xterminator All Stars - Xterminator Dub

Xterminator All Stars - Xterminator Dub
Label - RAS
Released - 2003
Style - Digital Dub, Dancehall, Reggae, Lee Library

CD featuring 10 fat dubs from the Xterminator stable, produced by Fatis. Can't find reviews or info anywhere, but it's hot. Got it for Lee Library's birthday last year and we've been loving it since.

Tracklist:
Quarter Mile
Bad Coupe
Superstock
Full Blown
Overdrive
Hot Hemi
Speedway
Street Rod
Peel Out
Finish Line

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