Distillation of Sound focuses on the original music of Jamaica and
how, through dub reggae, Jamaican culture was expanded and shifted.
It will further the discussion on dub music, its importance to
Jamaican culture, and its influence on the rest of the world. Dub
music in Jamaica started in the early 1970s and by the end of the
decade had influenced an entire population. The music began to use
the rhythm track of a song as a song itself and spread quickly
throughout the sound systems of the island. The importance of dub
music and its influence on the music world frames the discussions
in this new book. How dub travelled and distilled to three places
in the world is covered in chapters focussing on the rise and
spread of dub in New York City, in England and in Japan. Abbey
discusses the separation between dub as a product and dub as an act
of the engineer. Codifying these two elements, and tracing them,
will allow for a more definitive approach to the culture and music
of dub. To define it, and its surrounding elements, five of the
first albums produced in the genre are discussed in three
parameters that help to define and set up the culture of dub music.
The albums discussed are Java, Java, Java, Java (Impact All Stars),
Aquarius Dub (Herman Chin Loy), Blackboard Jungle Dub (Lee
'Scratch' Perry), The Message Dubwise (Prince Buster), King Tubbys
Meets Rockers Uptown (Augustus Pablo). From the Preface: 'Jamaican
music has always been about creating with what is at hand. Taking
what is around you and making it into something great is the key to
dub and Jamaican culture. This attitude is what this project is
about. There is not enough written on the music that has inspired
and influenced so many people around the world and this is an
addition to the conversation. Dub music fixates on the engineer as
a musician and, in doing so, allows for the creator to interact
with echnology. Through this, the mixing board and other electronic
elements become musical instruments. Now, these technologies are
dominant in contemporary music and allow for people to easily
create in their own homes. Without the engineers and musicians in
the following work, these changes and shifts in technology and
music would not have occurred. Dub is also a refiguring of already
existing music. What this demonstrates is that music is ever
evolving and can be shifted through technology. It also suggests
that recorded music can always be modified and expanded upon. In
our contemporary world, this modification is seen every day online
and in people's daily lives. Dub created a way to view these
changes through music. The influence of technology in the
development of culture is the key to this work and to our
development in society. How technology can be modified, changed,
and evolved through the interaction of the engineer is the focus of
this project. This work will further the importance of dub music
and culture in our society. The definition and distinction between
version and dub is also an important element in the following work.
Jamaican music needs to be discussed more for its influence and
creative force in the entirety of the music world. The author is a
professional musician with the groups J. Navarro & the
Traitors, Detroit Riddim Crew, and 1592 and a producer of dub,
reggae and ska, and a professor of English and literature at
Oakland Community College in Michigan, USA. Genuine popular and
academic appeal. Will appeal to students and scholars of music and
Jamaican culture - and to academic libraries. Has genuine popular
appeal to those with an interest in Jamaican culture and music.
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