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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Yes, it was a busy week- yes, I was lazy in my selection- yes, I was very sleepy with a sore belly-  but I make no apologies for last night’s show.  I played a bunch of “Commandments” style tunes, adding up to 39 commandments, all together. And just to fill in the gaps, I threw in a bunch of contemporary heavy-ska-hitters like Westbound Train, The Slackers, Pressure Cooker and The Aggrolites.

Speaking of The Aggrolites- how great was their show in STL?  I know that there weren’t a ton of people at the show, but those that were there were true Aggro fans- it was the best show I’ve been to in ages.

So here’s the playlist for last night’s Ska’s The Limit.  Be sure to click the links for lots of great videos and music.  As always, you can listen to archived episodes at KDHX.org

Thanks for listening!

Matt Wixson – Ska’s The Limit Theme

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Westbound Train feat Alex Desert – Soul Revival – Transitions – Hellcat – [ever wonder why Hepcat went away for so long?]

Delroy Wilson – Gonna Make It – Original Eighteen – Heartbeat – [last night I told you that this was a new retrospective of the man, but it turns out to be a re-release of the retrospective, learn more here]

Presure Cooker – Mr. Precious – Future’s History – Pressure Cooker – [Ska Music's best kept secret, Pressure Cooker]

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The Black Seeds – One By One – Into The Dojo – Remote Control

Chris Murray – Rock Steady – Roots, Branch and Stem – Stubborn Records – [hi quality live vid of Chris Murray performing Rock Steady]

Bedouin Soundclash – When The Night Feels My Song – Sounding A Mosaic – Side One Dummy – [you don't love Bedouin Soundclash enough]

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Prince Buster – Ten Commandments of Man – Single – Blue Beat – [listen to this classic track straight from the vinyl]

National Lampoon – Which Of The Ten Commandments Am I Breaking? – The Best of National Lampoon – Rhino

Little Norma – Ten Commandments of Woman – Single – Dice – [don't listen to Buster without listening to Norma's response]

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Culver City Dub Collective – No More My Love – Dos – Everloving – [here's a great mellow, groovy video from CCDC]

Man Man – Banana Ghost – Six Demon Bag – Ace Fu Records

The Aggrolites – Ghost Town – Endles Bummer OST – Blackheart Records Group

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Magic Lord and The Mighty Drakkars – 5 Commandments – New Day Return From The Moon – Drakkar Records – [get to know The Mighty Drakkars]

The Expos – Fire – Blackwater – SELF – [get friendly with The Expos]

One Groovy Coconut – The Come Along Driving Song – More Like This Than That – Ska Satellite

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The Kingpins – 10 Commanments of Ska – Watch Your Back – Stomp Records

The Slackers – No More Crying (Ska) – Minha Menina/No More Crying (Ska) – Music With Soul

The Ratazanas – WC Groove – Ouh La La – Grover – [you are crazy about The Ratazanas, and so am I]

The Pepper Pots feat Dr. Ring-Ding – Stay On Your Way – Shake It! – Megalith – [here's the Pepper Pots live from SXSW]

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Westbound Train – Come and Get It – Come and Get It – Hellcat – [Westbound performing at Warped Tour in KC]

The Aggrolites – Don’t Let Me Down – Live Recording – Live Recording

The Slackers feat Doreen Schaffer – The Party – The Slackers and Friends – Jdc Records

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Roland Alphonso – Bongo Tango – Ska Bonanza – Heartbeat

Green Room Rockers – Northbound Train – Hoosier Homegrown – Oi The Boat – [GRR doing Northbound on cable access]

King Django – As Tears Go By – Avenue A 10″ – Stubborn – [King Django is recording in the ska style once again, everybody wins]

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Culver City Dub Collective – Houdini (Cool G Murder Remix) – Dos – Everloving – [why does CCDC groove so well?]

Dub Is A Weapon – Fever – Jump Up’s Carribean Sundow – Jump Up! – [Lee Perry loves to play with Dub Is A Weapon, here they be live from SXSW '07]

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