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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464744603321

Autore

Sullivan Paul

Titolo

Remixology : tracing the dub diaspora / / Paul Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78023-210-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Reverb Series

Disciplina

781.64609

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, filmographies, and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Remixology: Tracing the Dub Diaspora; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Kingston Context; 2. Kingston's Dub Pioneers; 3. London: Sound System Culture, Digidub and Post-Punk; 4. Nyc: Dub, Rap, Disco and Illbient; 5. London II: UK Rap and The Dubcore Continuum; 6. The Bristol Sound; 7. Berlin: Glitch and Techno; 8. Canada's Dub Poetry and Dancehall; Conclusion; References; Bibliography and Filmography; Select Discography; List of Interviews; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dub is the avant-garde verso of reggae, created by manipulating and reshaping recordings using studio strategies and techniques. While dub was one of the first forms of popular music to turn the idea of song inside out, it is far from being fully explored. Tracing the evolution of dub, Remixology travels from Kingston, Jamaica, across the globe, following dub's influence on the development of the MC, the birth of sound system culture, and the postwar Jamaican diaspora. Starting in 1970's Kingston, Paul Sullivan examines the origins of dub as a genre, approach, and attitude...