[microsound] digital dub, slightly OT

[Universal Maynard <fleshlike@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

in light of recent posts re Pole, Vladislav Delay, and others who wear a dub 
influence on their sleeve....

I've always considered dub to be one of the foremost non-academic precursors 
to microsound. Think about it: carribean primitives manhandling the white 
man's Echoplexes and Space Echoes, the result of which is goofy, trippy dub. 
Granted, these effect units were _consumer electronics_, so it's not too 
difficult to imagine them being used by consumers, but these effects units 
literally transformed the roots music of jamaica into some cosmic electronic 
warble.

Formally, this sounds quite a bit like the microsounders I know, people who 
appropriate the tools of the man (laptops, whatever) in order to fabricate 
unintended [glitchy], barely audible sound fields.

Finest dub album that potentially resonates with Microsound/Pole-ish 
territory: I choose Prince Far I's Cry Tuff: Dub Encounter Three. David Toop 
is even on it... lots of wiggy synths, spaced out flutes, very tasteful. The 
rhythms aren't so much destabilized by the echo as they are extended, 
transformed beyond a timekeeping device into a helicopter thwump thwump 
thwump thwump that underscores the tonal aspects of the song.

of course, a close friend of mine would (and does) argue that the infamous 
King Tubby snare timbre sounds "...like he's dropping a mike stand on the 
floor. Repeatedly."


Bob maynard





> From: "scott allison" <lipistal3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> speaking of dub, if you like electronic dub, I highly recommend vladislav
> delays cd "ele" on sigma. not the one that was re-released, thats one is
> good, but the original sigma release is my fav. work by him. 3 stunning 
> long
> tracks, and they were recorded live at something called the rainy day
> festival in finland if i remember correctly.


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