[DUBBHISM 013] VA ~ STRICTLY ANALOG DUB

Dubbhism presents a compilation of 10 analog dub artists ~ free download (netlabel release).

THE STORY

When dub first started, all studio equipment was analog. That produced the classic sound of dub. Right now 'Strictly Analog Dub' brings back a part of that original vibe. Because raw & dutty analog sound is good for you, especially in these times of too much digital 3D photoshop perfection. 

Wait! We're not in this holy war, saying that analog studio equipment is 'better' than digital. It's just that for dub music there can be some interesting advantages. Dub music is ~ among other things ~ about spontaneous sound creation, and also about pushing the equipment to it's limits or even beyond: 'abusing' it. The problem with computers and digital dub gear is that you can't really abuse it. Digital boxes just freeze or give you a 'blue screen of death' if you push really hard. Boring.. that's why analog and dub are such a good match. 

In these computerized times, it's only natural that certain musicians (in both acoustic and electronic styles) prefer to use adventurous, unpredictable music equipment like spring reverb units and tape echo machines, and not the domesticated digital derivation. It's not a retro thing, it's just vibes. Enjoy!


THE TRACKLIST (all tracks 320 kbps ~ mp3)

01 delmighty sounds meets the lisbon dub collective ~ living hard feat. roberto sánchez (3:52)
02 rude rich and the high notes ~ african love dub (4:48)
03 spring reverb museum ~ shades (5:39)
04 the positronics ~ yeti dub (9:52)
05 the giants feat. putus roots ~ jah jah come (3:58) 
06 negritage ~ dub to afrika (2:20) 
07 uus energia ~ dub reorganizer (7:04)
08 the bassbully ~ liminal dub (4:24)
09 burnett town sound ~ old house (3:17) 
10 tony dubshot ~ clint eastwood speaks his mind (3:16)

all rights reserved, (c) held by all artists respectively, unless indicated otherwise 


THE COVER

All rights reserved, (c) Jana Voit 2012 http://www.facebook.com/ja.voit 
Photographer: Jana Voit (portfolio http://janavoit.daportfolio.com ) 
Model: Jasmin Noffke https://www.facebook.com/LaraGarciaCortez


THE ANALOG ARTISTS

01 ~ The Lisbon Dub Collective (PT)

"The Lisbon Dub Collective is a collaborative musical project that focusses on experimental dub music. A mixture of musicians, sound engineers and producers usually gather around an old mixing console and mix (or dub) music live, a lot like it was done around the 70's. Although a digital audio workstation is still used as an editing tool, the methods of production are very 'hands on approach', with a focus on real-time handling as much analogue gear as possible, which means that all dubs turn out unique with unpredicted results. Expect the unexpected and the excitement of the analogue dub sounds."

Some of the gear used in the track:
Tascam M-512 Mixing Console
Vermona VSR3 Spring Reverb
Carl Martin HeadRoom Spring Reverb
Roland RE-201 Space Echo
Fulltone Tube Tape Echo
EH Memory Man ( 90´s version analogue delay)
MXR Carbon Copy
A/DA Flanger
Moog MF-101 Low Pass Filter

Mixed live at the Living Dub Room by Pedro Delmas, Tiago Jónatas and Gonçalo Coelho. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.


02 ~ Rude Rich and the High Notes (NL)
http://www.gullybankstudio.com/gullyhome.html

This track is on the forthcoming album Rude Rich & the High Notes - Tribute to the Greats dubbed by deRuige.

Some of the analog gear used:
D&R mixing desk
D&R reverb
Roland Space echo 201
Boss 100 reverb
Akai MFC 42 phaser


03 ~ Spring Reverb Museum (JP)
http://springreverb.net/

Some of the gear used in the track:
Roland RE-201
Korg SE-300
Mam VSR-3
Mackie 1202 VLZ-3


04 ~ The Positronics (PT)
http://soundcloud.com/the-positronics

About Yeti Dub: 
"We recorded all in one take. We used the rs 7000 to play bass and drums, the sh-01 for noise/atmosphere, and a microkorg filtered with T-Resonator for vocoding and synthesis, also delay DE7. All mixed on MG124c."


05 ~ The Giants feat. Putus Roots (CH/JM)
http://www.dukeprod.ch/

Revelation Riddim by The Giants (Yves & David Ducrey). Vocal by Putus Roots. Recorded @ Duke Production and mastered by Mike Caplan @ Lion & Fox Studio Washington DC.


06 ~ Negritage (AR)
http://soundcloud.com/negritage

"This song was recorded in deh lavadero records dub temple guettho roots of dub only by deh inspiration of the almigthy jah we used a third world four track analogal mixer from de early eighties with no mark, painted ina silver way, one chanel for the drums (an old drum kit like deh jamaican way) one for the bass and one for the guitar and the key.. and an old turnable for the vocal sample that you know is the voice of the almaity profet peter tosh... used a basic delay and a reverb for the drums.. in this days dub wise means evrething for us like today... we live dubwise we dream dubwise... 

one love 
one dub 
dub destiny!

negritage dubmaster & keyboards, the rootsman player on the drums, delay kid on the guitar & the bass"


07 ~ Uus Energia (EE)
http://soundcloud.com/uus-energia

Some of the gear used in the track:
Dynacord Echocord Mini Tape Delay 
Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo Tape Delay 
EMT-140 Plate Reverb 
AKG BX-20E Spring Reverb 
AMEK 2520 Mixing Desk 
DBX 164 Compressor 
STA-LEVEL Compressor (clone) 
Fairchild PM 670 Compressor (clone)


08 ~ The Bassbully (UK)
http://soundcloud.com/bassbullydubs

Some of the gear used in the track:
Roland Space Echo RE-150 
Roland Chorus Echo RE-501 
P7 Studiomaster Desk 


09 ~ Burnett Town Sound (CA)
http://soundcloud.com/burnetttownsound

Some of the gear used in the track:
Allen & Heath 16:2 desk 
Spring reverb from a Peavy 601R Mixer
Dbx 376 Tube Channel Strip 
Roland Space Echo RE-150


10 ~ Tony Dubshot (NL)
http://www.dubbhism.com

Some of the gear used in the track:
Solina String Ensemble 
Mu-Tron Bi-Phase
Roland RE-201 
Accutronics reverb tanks
