Talking heads include U Roy, Jammy, Lee Perry, Sly and Bunny Lee.
Particularly looking forward to the "extra" - "Analogue v Digital"!!
Dub Echoes DVD
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6anbatte
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Dub Echoes DVD
Picked this up yesterday and much admit so far it has made fascinating viewing.
Talking heads include U Roy, Jammy, Lee Perry, Sly and Bunny Lee.
Particularly looking forward to the "extra" - "Analogue v Digital"!!
Talking heads include U Roy, Jammy, Lee Perry, Sly and Bunny Lee.
Particularly looking forward to the "extra" - "Analogue v Digital"!!
"Now I know the truth and must reveal it unto the youth."
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ACEtone
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Re: Dub Echoes DVD
Looking forward to seeing that sometime too. It has been on my radar as the saying goes.
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6anbatte
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Fascinating to see Adrian Sherwood *working* the board! Excellent stuff!
"Now I know the truth and must reveal it unto the youth."
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jumbo shower
Re: Dub Echoes DVD
that terrible soundtrack full of crappy 'dub' ruined the viewing for me.
you see tubby's, perry etc. but dont hear any jamaican dub
you see tubby's, perry etc. but dont hear any jamaican dub
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ACEtone
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Re: Dub Echoes DVD
I really want to be kind about this. I looked forward to seeing this film for a long time and when I finally did see it, it was not at all what I expected.
The soundtrack: including absolutely no dub by the subjects of the film was a serious and unforgivable mistep.
Had they licensed a few actual dub tracks instead of using that pitiful thrown together pseudo-dub they used it would have transformed the film.
As I understand it, the thrust of the film as implied by the title was really about how JA dub influenced many genres of music right up to the present day. So, that in itself lost some of my interest anyway...my fault, not the film!
I just can't get past this: someone who likes some of the recent music influenced by dub watching this might go - oh yeah - now I see where the influences come from - but wouldn't that person want to hear the music? Seems to me the film failed to do what it set out to do.
And perhaps this is just my ignorance, but I had no idea who any of those present day producers were. I mean, usually I've heard producer's names at least even if I don't know the music. Are we supposed to know about them? Or did they just interview whoever they could find?
I really had hoped for better...but in fairness, it is a very tough subject to do justice.
The soundtrack: including absolutely no dub by the subjects of the film was a serious and unforgivable mistep.
Had they licensed a few actual dub tracks instead of using that pitiful thrown together pseudo-dub they used it would have transformed the film.
As I understand it, the thrust of the film as implied by the title was really about how JA dub influenced many genres of music right up to the present day. So, that in itself lost some of my interest anyway...my fault, not the film!
I just can't get past this: someone who likes some of the recent music influenced by dub watching this might go - oh yeah - now I see where the influences come from - but wouldn't that person want to hear the music? Seems to me the film failed to do what it set out to do.
And perhaps this is just my ignorance, but I had no idea who any of those present day producers were. I mean, usually I've heard producer's names at least even if I don't know the music. Are we supposed to know about them? Or did they just interview whoever they could find?
I really had hoped for better...but in fairness, it is a very tough subject to do justice.
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tjkong
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Re: Dub Echoes DVD
Can't really do anything but agree with what's been said about the music in this dvd...to a point.
The dvd didn't live up to my expectations, and it's really hard to believe they didn't include any music from the artists that they were referring to during the film. Even though the focus, like ACEtone said, is on how dub has influenced so much contemporary music today, it actually hurts the film to not have any of the original music that they are referencing.
Having said that, There were only a couple of producers interviewed in the film that I wasn't familiar with (the Brazilian guys and a couple others). I'd say most of the rest are somewhat well known, but usually more in the dance/techno/electronic realm than reggae/dub.
And, even though they would have benefitted by putting some real dub in there, I really like the music in the soundtrack.
Although, if you're into real dub - I'd say it's definitely not for everyone!
The dvd didn't live up to my expectations, and it's really hard to believe they didn't include any music from the artists that they were referring to during the film. Even though the focus, like ACEtone said, is on how dub has influenced so much contemporary music today, it actually hurts the film to not have any of the original music that they are referencing.
Having said that, There were only a couple of producers interviewed in the film that I wasn't familiar with (the Brazilian guys and a couple others). I'd say most of the rest are somewhat well known, but usually more in the dance/techno/electronic realm than reggae/dub.
And, even though they would have benefitted by putting some real dub in there, I really like the music in the soundtrack.
Although, if you're into real dub - I'd say it's definitely not for everyone!