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unusual facts about dub music



Dubbing with the Banton

Dubbing with the Banton is an underground dub album by dancehall/reggae artist Buju Banton released in 2000 (see 2000 in music).

Life Won't Wait

The album branches out from Rancid's punk and ska roots to explore roots reggae and rockabilly, and dabbles in elements of dub, hip-hop, funk and other forms of music as The Clash did with Sandinista!.

Mighty High

Mighty High features reggae and dub versions of classic Mule covers and originals with special guest appearances by reggae legends Michael Franti, Toots Hibbert, and Willi Williams.

Radical Dance Faction

RDF's music combines punk, dub, and ska, while Bowsher's lyrics, spoken rather than sung, dealt mainly with political issues, such as the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in the song "Chinese Poem".

Real Rock

It is significant for giving rise to perhaps the most popular reggae riddim of all time, having been versioned hundreds of times by artists ranging from The Clash to KRS-One to 311.

Six Million Ways to Live

Six Million Ways To Live is an album by dub electronica band Dub Pistols, released in 2005.

Spacemonkeyz

They came together when Galea created a dub remix of the Gorillaz' "Tomorrow Comes Today" ("Tomorrow Dub", which was released as a B-side on the "Tomorrow Comes Today" single), which Gorillaz founder Damon Albarn liked so much that he asked Galea to remix the whole album Gorillaz.


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