now the first time i heard the word 'dub' i was fixated with it because it was this funny weird word for this kind of music that was spacey and grungy. people who know me know that for a while i used the word dub for anything and everything, i go by the moniker "dub" sometimes as well. but i do like dub music in all of it's flavours.
jamaican dub is essential but that goes without saying but i like the lee "scratch" perry school of traditional dub and the kind of digital style of scientist but leaving out legends like king jammy and tubby and augustus pablo and all those people is kind if insensitive but i'm not kneedeep in all of it yet.
i just like it and enjoy dub very much but the european dub kind of seperates me. there is a couple schools of european dub, in every type of speed. the dub found in the uk scene is rooted from jamaica as jungle was influenced from the basslines of reggae and dub. the kind of disco dub that is the result of disco producers and djs listening to jamaican dub and tweaking their soundscapes to widen it.
the kind of house and techno kind of dub is a result the disco dub and from moritz von oswald and basic channel if i'm not mistaken but i'm not an expert on that kind of sound to be honest. i can enjoy it but it needs a good dj to play that kind of stuff. also since i'm a trancecracker that likes psytrance as well i have to mention that you have that kind of dub sound also. i like that sound also but i mean it's only a few geezers there that produce it well. enough of this wikipedia style report on dub and let's get to the nitty gritty about this tune.
isaac spayes is a swedish-finnish producer by the name of jyri kantanen and rolls in the same scene with mika snickars who put his records out on his label. snickars runs a mighty fine recordstore in stockholm that i recommend. anyhow this track is from a niko belotto/tangent beats compo named "x marks the spot vol. 1" and is this heavy yet spacey track.
the basic jist is that you have this powerful one drop riff that runs through the tune and you get a whole spectrum of sounds along with it. it's the kind of tune that doesn't work as much a tool but i think it could really back up some kind of static techno. my best experience with the tune was when i was out walking a winter day a while ago and i track came on in my headphones and it was quite dark outside, it was five or six in the evening. the heavy vibe and the cold and winter atmosphere complemented each others really well.
listen here (epitonic) | buy here (discogs marketplace)
my mate jan henrik tipped me of that this tune was on epitonic a while ago but yeah i got it on the compo and to be honest that 128 on epitonic doesn't really do the track any service and that compo is really good and has a few other gems on it that i might do a special on later
No comments:
Post a Comment