"Introduction to DUB - From Roots to New Wave, Techno, and Bass Music" by Yusuke Kawamura (editor)
ISBN:978-4-910511-76-4
What is dub? How did it originate and how did it spread and expand?
Get a bird's-eye view of it all!
From roots to new wave, disco, techno, ambient and bass music
The definitive guide to dub discs, introducing over 400 titles
Supervisory, editing and writing: Yusuke Kawamura.
Writing: Tsutomu Noda, Itaru Mita, Takaya Suzuki, Naoki Iijima, Kyoya Inomata, Ryu Kusaka, Hajime Oishi, Keiichi Utsugi, Hidesumi Yoshimoto, Akie, Kohei Yagi.
featuring U-Roy, Adrian Sherwood, Andrew Weatherall, Kazufumi Kodama, Naoyuki Uchida, 1TA & Element, Sahara (Undefined), Mars89
A5 size, full color, 224 pages
table of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 ROOTS The roots of dub
The history of Jamaican music through sound systems and the birth of dub: Who was King Tubby? (Suzuki Koya)
U-ROY Interview: Sound that "upsets" people - Lee Perry's dub and other important Jamaican dub engineers/artists [disc] ROOTS OF DUB IN JAMAICA
Chapter 2 SPREAD
The History of UK Dub: How We Made It Our Own Culture (Noda Tsutomu)
[disc]UK REGGAE ┃ WACKIE'S
Adrian Sherwood Interview [disc] ON-U SOUND
Reggae and punk are not the same thing: The development of dub theory in the UK (Noda Tsutomu)
[disc] POST-PUNK / NEW WAVE ┃ DISCO
The Digitization of Reggae and the Decline of Dub Albums (Koya Suzuki)
[disc] JAMAICA DIGITAL DANCEHALL DUB ┃ UK DIGITAL NEW ROOTS
Chapter 3 DANCE DJ Culture and Dub
UK Rave Culture and Dub (Mita Itaru)
[disc]UK RAVE CULTURE IN DUB
Andrew Weatherall Interview: What is the Bristol Sound? (Naoki Iijima)
[disc] BRISTOL SOUND ┃ DOWNTEMPO, TRIP HOP, TECHNO, JUNGLE ┃ BASIC CHANNEL
Chapter 4 FAR EAST Japanese Dub
Interview with Kazufumi Kodama
Interview with Naoyuki Uchida
[disc] JAPANESE DUB
Chapter 5 EXPANTION
[disc] ELECTRONICA ┃ DUB TECHNO / MINIMAL DUB ┃ HOUSE / NEW DISCO ┃ LOCALIZED ┃ DUBSTEP / BASS MUSIC ┃ ROCK, ELECTRONICS, LEFTFIELD
Chapter 6 ADVENTURE Modern Dub Adventure
We spoke to the heads of notable Japanese dub labels who connect Japan and the world about the current dub scene: 1TA & Element (Riddim Chango), Sahara (Newdubhall), Mars89 (Nocturnal Technology)
[disc] THE ADVENTURE OF MODERN DUB
Index Author Introduction
[Supervision]
Yusuke Kawamura
Editor-in-chief of OTOTOY/Writer
Born in Hatagaya in 1981, he has been a regular at the company ever since. He fell in love with dub music after hearing "Wilmot" by the Sabers, included in "Techno Senmon Gakko Vol.3" compiled by Ishino Takkyu. He worked at the "remix" editorial department from 2004 to 2009, at LIQUIDROOM, and was a freelancer for a while. Since 2013, he has been the head of the OTOTOY editorial department.
