Dub hit the scene only a few years after ska did, leaving very little crossover. Only a handful of original ska tunes were ever given the dub treatment. By the time of the 2nd wave, dub reggae was already well established in JA, and 2 Tone flirted with some dub techniques. It wasn’t until the late 90′s that the ska kids embraced dub whole hog. What started as just a few versions, tacked on to the end of various ska-jazz records, soon the 3rd wavers were putting out entire dub releases and adding dub fx to their live sound.

Nowadays, dub isn’t just an afterthought- adding echo, reverb and sfx to stripped down, pre-recorded tracks. Contemporary artists like The Drastics, Dub As a Weapon and Victor Rice have built dub into their approach to the music- composing songs in the dub style and performing it live on stage. Also new to the sound of dub is the genre mixing you’ve come to expect from the ska scene.

In this episode of Ska’s The Limit, you’ll hear Ska, Calypso, Latin-Jazz, Rocksteady, Punk and of course Reggae, all slathered with a thick greasy layer of Dub… Check it out for the next two weeks over at KDHX.org

Artist / Song / Disk
BAZZOOKAS / Intro / Kaboem
King Fatty / The Thief Dub / Rocksteady Dynamite
The Delirians / Overdub / Move Around 7″
King Django / Precipice / Reason
The Drastics / Fistful Of Dub / Premonition
Vic Rice / gravity / Version City
Crazy Baldhead / Don’t Turn Your Back / Crazy Baldhead Has a Posse
Selika and Django / Midnight Version / Version City
The Dendrites / MMGF dub / Mountain Standard Time
Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald / Stone Cold Dead In The Market (Ticklah Remix) / Stone Cold Dead In The Market (Ticklah Remix)
Da Whole Thing / Backs to the Rooftops / At Version City
After Hours / Dubbed Over You (trim end) / The Trouble With Those Guys Is…
On Your Marx / Don’t Lemme Go Solo / Resound
The Dead 60′s / Police Radio Dub (You’re Not The Law) / Space Invader Dub
Leningrad / My Name Is Cord / For Millions
The Operators 780 / Suicidal Dub / Power Version
Lord Sluggo / Cocain / Version City
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra / Movin’ Dub (On the Whole Red Satellites) / Ska Me Crazy: The Best Of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Rocker-T & Version City Rockers / One More / Nicer By The Hour
Dub Pistols / Problem Is. / Six Million Ways to Live
Royal Roost / Matt’s Tune / Royal Family Blues
Victor Rice / Patience / Roots Branch and Stem volume 2 – Ska’s Not Dead
Dr. Ring-Ding & H.P. Setter / Trombone Sound / Big things
Ed Rome / Mind / A Life In Minutes
Deal’s Gone Bad / Dubbin’ On / The Mixes
The Slackers / Pets of the World / Wasted Days
Moon Hop / King Scratch Eddy’s Dub / Rockets to New Highs
Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra / Dub System (Victor Rice dub mix) / The Return of the Pannonians
Vanity Five / Flight of the Phoenicians / Give ‘Em the Boot, Vol. 2

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The world keeps spinning and Ska’s The Limit has another episode in the books.  We checked out a ton of bootleg live recordings as well as a bunch of new shtuff from bands like Mr. T-Bone, Thee Martian Boyfriends, The Skints, Outlaw Nation and many others!  One of the highlights for me was getting the opportunity to play a tune from Mike Park’s new 2-Tone-style group, The Crombies.

You have two weeks to play this episode, just swing over to KDHX.org and delight your ears.

The Slackers / Cooking For Tommy / Redlight
Mr. T-Bone and Friends / How about the moon (Slackers Riddim feat Kincaid Smith and Dave Hillyard) / Instrumental Session Vol 1.
Capital Letters / Do We Really Need a Government / Bread and Water
Smoke Like A Fish / Just One More / Blood,Fish & Bone
The VOID UNION / Higher Guns / Higher Guns
Aquabats / Mechanical Ape! / Charge!!
The Upsessions / Max, You Can’t Ride A Monkey / Beat You Reggae
The Crombies / Blood And Fire / Blood And Fire 7″
Lord Mike’s Dirty Calypsonians / Rub My… / 10-04-08 Chicago, IL
Deal’s Gone Bad / Dirty Old Town / Ska Chartbusters
The Skints / Contemplations Of The Modern Rudeboy / Live. Breathe. Build. Believe.
The Clash / Rudie Can’t Fail / London Calling
Maddie Ruthless & The Secret Affair / Rudie Blood Pact / Hold The Phone
Outlaw Nation / Honesty / Back In Babylon
Pum Pum Allstars / Resort Hostess (feat. Dave Hillyard, Victor Rice, Mr. T-Bone) / The Soul Of Pum Pum Hotel Vol 1
The Caroloregians / Undercover Agent / Fat Is Back
Eastern Standard Time / Mad Dog / 10-04-08 Chicago, IL
The Snails / Get Out / From Kingston To Memphis
The Snare / This Generation 18-7-11 / 18-7-11 Mixes
Vic Ruggiero / Columbus, TX / 2010.07.22 @ Beat Kitchen, Chicago
Thee Martian Boyfriends / Red Planet Groove Attack / The Soul Of Pum Pum Hotel Vol 1
Skavoovie And The Epitones / Captain Future / The Growler
Carlos Dingo / Across the Space / Ska Is Dangerous
Jusrin Hinds & The Dominoes / The Higher The Monkey Climbs / Deep Ska
Jackie Mittoo / Execution (Monkey Man) / Drum Song
The Maytals / Monkey Girl / Monkey Man
The Forthrights / Abilene / 2010.07.22 @ Beat Kitchen, Chicago
Roy Ellis and Eastern Standard Time / You Are Mine/John Jones / 10-04-08 Chicago, IL
The Bullets / Top Cat / Belly Up LIVE
The Aggrolites / Aggro Medley (Sound by the Pound / Let’s Pack Our Bags / Reggae Hit L.A.) [Live] / Unleashed Live Vol.1

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Ska’s The Limit has been on the air for over 19 years now, but I’ve only been the host for a short time- 3 years last night, in fact! But I didn’t make a big deal about the anniversary; last night’s episode is nothing out of the ordinary- just 2 hours of great Ska and Reggae.

There was plenty of new stuff from groups like New Town Kings, The Snare, The Caroloregians and The Sidewalk Doctors- as well as ’nuff classics from Desmond Dekker, Toots, The Hiltonaires and The Jolly Boys- plus a smattering of Ska-Punk for the kids!

If you missed it, or you’d like to listen again, just head on over to KDHX.org and catch the archived stream.

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