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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463962403321

Autore

Veal Michael E. <1963->

Titolo

Dub : soundscapes and shattered songs in Jamaican reggae / / Michael E. Veal ; cover illustration by King Tubby ; photograph by Peter Simon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

0-8195-7442-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (762 p.)

Collana

Music/culture

Altri autori (Persone)

TubbyKing

SimonPeter

Disciplina

781.646/097292

Soggetti

Dub (Music) - Jamaica - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Electronic music in Jamaica: dub in the continuum of Jamaican music -- Every spoil is a style: the evolution of dub music in the 1970's -- The backbone of Studio One -- Jus' like a volcano in yuh head! -- Tracking the living African heartbeat -- Java to Africa -- City too hot: the end of the roots era and the significance of dub to the digital era of Jamaican music -- Starship Africa: the acoustics of diaspora and of the post colony -- Coda: Electronica, remix culture, and Jamaica as a source of transformative strategies in global popular music.

Sommario/riassunto

The first inside story of this Jamaican reggae style