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The Strangeness of Dub

Writer Edward George joins Verity to explore dub's connections to electroacoustic music, from King Tubby to Stockhausen. Plus mbiras, violas da gamba and synth ragas.

Verity Sharp is joined by Edward George to explore the strange dimensions of dub. A writer, researcher and founder of Black Audio Film Collective, his work delves into dub as both a subgenre of reggae music and a sonic process. Dub鈥檚 influence can be found across electronic genres from techno to hip-hop, but can also be traced back to jazz and the experimental avant-garde. For Late Junction, George outlines the connections between Stockhausen and King Tubby via their techniques and approaches, and reflects on dub as a form of liberation.

Elsewhere Verity shares healing traditional music from Zimbabwean mbira master Ephat Mujuru, Molly Herron鈥檚 new compositions for an ensemble of violas da gamba, and Indian classical ragas reimagined for synthesizers by Arushi Jain. Plus supernatural creatures from traditional Japanese folklore transformed into sound through samples and loops from Yoyogi Koen.

Produced by Katie Callin and Zakia Sewell
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Music Played

  • The Upsetters

    Black Panta

    • Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle.
    • Upsetter.

  • Jenny Moore's Mystic Business

    He Earns Enough

    • He Earns Enough EP.
    • Lost Map Records.

  • Winnie Lado & STILL

    The Race

    • Kikommando.

  • El Dragon Criollo

    Mientras unos Mueren

  • Ephat Mujuru and The Spirit of the People

    Mudande

    • Mbavaira.

  • 韦维蟽慰蟼 危蟿维渭慰蠀

    Espresso Machine

    • First Terrace Records: Compilation 3.
    • First Terrace Records.

  • Molly Heron / Science Ficta

    Canon No. 2

    • Through Lines.

  • Sam Underwood

    Ell

    • ams - Umber Ne.
    • The state51 Conspiracy.

  • John Francis Flynn

    Tralee Gaol

    • I Would Not Live Always.
    • River Lea Records.

  • John Francis Flynn

    My Son Tim

    • I Would Not Live Always.
    • River Lea Records.

  • Ray Russell

    These that I Am

    • Secret Asylum.
    • Cuneiform Records.

  • R. Murray Schafer & Albert Mayr

    Introduzione / R. Murray Schafer / The World Soundscape Project

    • Suono Ambiente.
    • ANTS.

  • Francesco Cavaliere & Tomoko Sauvage

    Twin Emerald Dolphins

    • Viridescens.

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen

    Mikrophonie 1

    • Mikrophonie I 路 Mikrophonie II.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Augustus Pablo

    Tubby's dub song (version 2)

    • Augustus Pablo Original Rockers.
    • Greensleeves Records.

  • Jah Shaka & Shaka Ridim Section

    Marshall Dub/Warrior Style

    • Jah Shaka Music.

  • On Our Own Clock

    Good are good

    • Mushroom Hour Half Hour/Total Refreshment Centre.

  • Yoyogi Koen

    Yanari

    • Hyakki Yako.
    • 433 Records.

  • Arushi Jain

    My people have deep roots

    • Under the Lilac Sky.
    • Leaving Records.

  • KMRU

    rimpa dusk

    • as it still is.

  • Munir Khauli

    Heik Ha Nishtghil

    • An eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, Part 2.
    • Habibi Funk Records.

  • Space Afrika

    Solemn

    • Honest Labour.
    • Dais Records.

  • Pop贸 y su Chang眉铆

    Goodbye Song

    • CHANG脺脥 - The Sound of Guant谩namo.

  • Slugabed

    Farewell tiny man

    • We Have the Window Open at Night.

Broadcast

  • Fri 27 Aug 2021 23:00
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