Dub
Subtitle: soundscapes and shattered songs in Jamaican reggae
By: Michael E. Veal
Series: Music/culture
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Middletown, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780819565716; 9780819565723
Subjects: Dub (Music) -- Jamaica -- History and criticism
Description: Introduction - Electronic music in Jamaica: dub in the continuum of Jamaican music - 'Every spoil is a style': the evolution of dub music in the 1970s - The 'Backbone' of Studio One - Jus' like a volcano in yuh head! - Tracking the 'Living African Heartbeat' - 'Java' to 'Africa' - 'City too hot': the end of the roots era and the significance of dub to the digital era of Jamaican music - Starship Africa: the acoustics of diaspora and of the postcolony - Coda: electronica, remix culture, and Jamaica as a source of transformative strategies in global popular music.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-314), discography (p. 314-315), and indexes
Table of contents: title: Electronic music in Jamaica : dub in the continuum of Jamaican music; title: "Every spoil is a style" : the evolution of dub music in the 1970s; title: The "backbone" of Studio One; title: "Jus' like a volcano in yuh head!"; title: Tracking the "living African heartbeat"; title: "Java" to "Africa"; title: "City too hot" : the end of the roots era and the significance of dub to the digital era of Jamaican music; title: Starship Africa : the acoustics of diaspora and of the postcolony; title: Coda: electronica, remix culture, and Jamaica as a source of transformative strategies in global popular music