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Before there was a thing called DUB, there were
SKA and Reggae Instrumentals. And after there was
DUB, there were still Reggae Instrumentals
too.
In fact, when King Tubby released his first DUB
music, producers like Lee Perry would keep
releasing instrumentals and even many of his
(Perry's) Dubs shouldn't really be called by that
name either.
The difference? Obviously: we hear a full blown
band and often one member will play a solo by a
horn or organ, in contrast to the heavy
drum-and-bass-driven DUB mixes.
Instrumental Reggae can -in many ways- be
compared to Jazz. There is a basic rhythm,
musicians get themselves in the groove, playing
-more often than not- an improvised part on the
foundation. There's no place for a vocalist, even
if (s)he wanted!
Each and every one of the 15 selections in
Sleeper's 9th Podcast is a school example of a
pure Reggae instrumental that is not a Dub, will
appeal to those Reggae fans that usually don't
care about DUB, may even cause the hard core Jazz
fan to snap a finger or two...
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