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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We got a lot of positive feedback on the show last night- and why not? We covered a lot of bases.  Brand new tunes from Ticklah, Deal’s Gone Bad and The Fundamentals-  Classic skinhead cuts from Dandy Livingston and Lloyd Charmers- and a Dub/Ska breakdown featuring Dub Trio, The Drastics and NEW Dub Is a Weapon!

Pressure Drop Soundcast’s 5th anniversary was also commemorated with the debut of some (possibly embarrassing) footage of Gabe P.  Congrats to Gabe, Daoster and Barker for 5 years of killer ska-casting!!

Plenty to be happy about!  If you missed it, you aren’t too late-  This episode will be streaming from KDHX.org for the next two weeks.

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Thanks for checking out another episode of Ska’s The Limit.  If you’re here to find out who and what you heard last night, then you’ve come to the right place;  see the enhanced playlist below.

If you missed the live show, you can catch the archived stream at KDHX.org for the next two weeks.

Bobby Pins and The Saloon Soldiers – Duel By Dawn – Dancing On The Moon – Redstar 73 – [Bobby Pins is more than a pretty face, it's three pretty faces!]

The Cabrians – Aerostatic Suit – For A Few Pussies More – Redstar 73

Bim Skala Bim – Pete Needs A Friend – Universal – BIB

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The Slackers feat Cornell Campbell – Come Come – The Slackers and Friends – Special Potato – [Give Come Come one more listen]

The Slackers – No Love – Live on KUT Austin ’06 – KUT – [Click here to listen to the entire Slackers set on KUT in 2006]

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King Django – I Gotta Ride – Reason – Hellcat

Jump With Joey – Green Acres – Ska-Ba – Rykodisc

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Fishbone – Party At Ground Zero – Live In Bordeaux – Ter A Terre – [Get you a copy of this fantastic Fishbone Live Album/DVD]

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Johnny Moore – Reflections of Don D – Joe Gibbs: Scorchers From The Early Years (1967-73) – VP Records

Mento Buru – Swank – Club Ska ’99 – BIB

Skankin Pickle – As Close As You Think – Sing Along With… – Dill/Asian Man

The Scofflaws – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure – The Scofflaws – Moon Ska – [Here's a sampler platter of Live Scofflaws material from 1997, including The Pee Wee Herman Song]

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The Beatdown – Justice – Promo – Unreleased

The Equators – Police On My Back – Hot – A to Y Productions / Ace Boon Tune

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The Pioneers – Long Shot/Jackpot – Joe Gibbs: Scorchers From The Early Years (1967-73) – VP Records

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Jim Murple Memorial – Love Song – Let’s Skank 2 – White

Barrington Sadler and Clancy Eccles – Rub It Down – Fatty Fatty 67-70 – Trojan

The Dynamos feat Vic Ruggiero – Artibella – White – White

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Rude Pressures – How Can I Love You – Always – DIW

The Allstonians – Hangin’ ‘Round – Bottoms Up – Fork in Hand

Eli “Paperboy” Reed and The True Lovers – The Satisfier – Roll With You – Q-Division

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The Pietasters – Chain Reaction – Awesome Mixtape #6 – Hellcat

The Pepper Pots – Young Girl – Now! – Black Pepper

The Drastics – Queen Majesty Riddim – Live in STL 2008 – Live Recording

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Hepcat – Beautiful – Push and Shove – Hellcat

Mephiskapheles – Snack Pack – Maximum Perversion – Moon Ska

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