Dub music

Whether it was Jah Shaka in London, dropping the rarest dubplates on a single Garrard 4HF turntable while focussing on a deeply spiritual, rootsy selection, or Tubby himself – who had access to the dubplates coming out of his studio before they were commercially available, and had soundsystem experience since playing jazz and R&B in – the soundsystem became the primary outlet for the heavy dub sound in the ’70s and early ’80s.

Each sound had its stars under the direction of the “sound leader.” DJs were often joined by singers with a high commercial profile, and many sounds supported popular reggae acts as well as organising soundclashes with other systems.

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Various associations saw the systems vie for top spot in a hugely competitive environment.

Birthed in Lewisham, South London in as “Imperial Rockers,” the crew that became known as Saxon Sound boasted the talents of DJ Peter King, who pioneered the “fast style mic chat” and would go on to break artists like Papa Levi, Maxi Priest and Smiley Culture into commercial success.

Taking inspiration from the great dub master himself, a young Cecil Rennie started King Tubby’s Hi-Fi in the Brixton area of London in the s, following an apprenticeship with the long-established Duke Reid Sound System. MC Tippa Irie also started out with King Tubby’s before moving on to Saxon, while Mikey Dread and Jah T were another London-based soundsystem known as Channel One, which began in and was named in honour of the famous Jamaican label of the same name.

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New York not only had the legendary reggae sound Downbeat International, operated by Tony Screw, but also of course DJ Kool Herc, the Jamaican who merged the soundsystem philosophy with hard-hitting American funk to give birth to hip-hop.

Influencing almost every other dance music genre from techno to broken beat, dub is the ultimate studio-based music.

But it nonetheless continues to make an unparalleled impact in live settings. Many of these soundsystems continue to operate today – for more than four decades, they have persisted in bringing the bass-heavy, core sound of dub music to dancehalls the world over.