'Dub: Red Hot vs Ice Cold' (NOCH, 2013)
Dub is a virus. It infects the body and warps the mind.
From growing up in Trinidad in the late 1960s, Richard Skinner recalls the first time he was infected by those languid rhythms we call Dub. From there, he charts a compelling history of the genre; from Kingston and the rise of King Tubby, to the Dub music that reshaped black communities across Britain in the 1990s.
'Richard Skinner uses his skills to define dub as an art form—"when engineer becomes artist". He writes convincingly and somewhat poetically about the physical and emotional effects of dub: "its psychoacoustics; the explosion in the cortex; and the detonation in the solar plexus".' ✭✭✭✭✭ Obeah Blue
'Writing in such a straightforward, comprehensible manner... this book, above all, contains some of the most incredible definitions of dub that I have ever read.' ✭✭✭✭✭ Gianluigi Maino (click here to read the full review)
Kindle edition available here.
Available on Kobo here.
And at iTunes / iBooks here.
For more artwork, photographs, clips and comments, click here.
From growing up in Trinidad in the late 1960s, Richard Skinner recalls the first time he was infected by those languid rhythms we call Dub. From there, he charts a compelling history of the genre; from Kingston and the rise of King Tubby, to the Dub music that reshaped black communities across Britain in the 1990s.
'Richard Skinner uses his skills to define dub as an art form—"when engineer becomes artist". He writes convincingly and somewhat poetically about the physical and emotional effects of dub: "its psychoacoustics; the explosion in the cortex; and the detonation in the solar plexus".' ✭✭✭✭✭ Obeah Blue
'Writing in such a straightforward, comprehensible manner... this book, above all, contains some of the most incredible definitions of dub that I have ever read.' ✭✭✭✭✭ Gianluigi Maino (click here to read the full review)
Kindle edition available here.
Available on Kobo here.
And at iTunes / iBooks here.
For more artwork, photographs, clips and comments, click here.
