The mixing desk as instrument (dub)

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Technology

The mixing desk as instrument (dub) · In Kingston, producers made an instrumental version without vocals for the B-side of singles. The engineer King Tubby went further: in his small studio, he dropped instruments in and out on the mixing desk, added long echo and reverb, and filtered the sound. In this way, a new track was made from an existing recording: dub. The mixing desk was his instrument. Ideas from dub, such as space, a heavy bass and the remix, returned in hip hop, jungle, trip hop and dubstep.

Listening

• 
  King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown · Augustus Pablo, 1976
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  Blackboard Jungle Dub · The Upsetters, 1973
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  Dub From the Roots · King Tubby, 1974

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See also

• Multitrack recording
• Soundsystem
• Dub
• Dancehall
• Jungle and drum and bass