Album Notes

Veteran dub producer Adam 'Vudu' is at it again on 'dubstyle'. The follow-up to 'roots dub', the new 'dubstyle' album bumps up the tempo, adds subtle electronic/live beats, piles on more effects, and has more variety and musicianship (not to take anything away from the previous release - it's nice too!). This time out, it's a melding of analog and digital worlds, taking the best from each of course. There are still plenty of live instruments, and live mixdowns in the analog domain on a big old mixing board, with effects acrobatics just not possible in the computer world. The result: a masterful album, deeper than deep; play it loud!

"Slowed" bonus tracks: Innovative mixes where the songs are deepened and slowed, as popularized in hip-hop by DJ Screw.

Sounds like: the best of what we like about dub from the 1970's with a few acknowledgements to the 2000's thrown in to keep things fresh.

Musical references/indebted to: Scientist, King Tubbys, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Mad Professor

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Dubstyle - instruments list
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Studio:
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Studiomaster Series III mixing board
Boss DM-300 Delay Machine
Akai EX90R reverb
Ibanez UE-400 multi-effects
1970s Morley wah pedal
1970s MXR Phase 90
DOD FX25 Envelope Filter
Digitech PDS 1002 delay
Digitech RP200 pedal
1970s Electro-Harmonix Golden Throat mouth tube
1970s Kustom K250 guitar amp
Yamaha VX15 guitar amp
Rode NT-1 microphones
Event Electronics 20/20 monitors

Guitars:
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Epiphone acoustic guitar
1960s acoustic guitar
Yamaha SE350 guitar
zapp guitar
Dia de-fretted bass
1980 Kramer aluminum fretless bass
Riverhead bass

Keyboards:
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1970s Hohner Clavinet D6
1970s Acetone organ
Hohner melodica 20
Suzuki melodion 25
harmonica
ocarina
Roland JV-1010
Roland alpha Juno-1
Yamaha DX21
Korg microKorg
Paia Theremax

Winds:
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slide whistle
train whistle
wind tube
saxophone
trombone
trumpet
penny whistle

Drums & Percussion:
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1980s Yamaha drum kit
electronic drums
djembe
1950s shaker
shakers
clackers
bottles
triangles
wind chime
mouth harp
pvc guiro
throat, mouth
broomstick sections
chop sticks
tamborines
drum sticks