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From the Archive - Heavyweight Dub Mix
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From the Archive - Heavyweight Dub Mix

These are the dubs that laid the foundation for what we now call bass culture.

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(Original posted March 18 2025)

We take a deep dive into the heaviest, deepest, and most earth-shaking dub sounds of the 1970s with 15 killer, no filler, dub tracks.

This is the era when dub was forged in Kingston's studios, carved into vinyl grooves, and blasted through the most powerful sound systems across Jamaica and beyond. These dubs rattled speakers, lifted minds, and laid the foundation for what we now call bass culture.

So turn up your speakers, feel the bass in your chest, and let’s step into the echo chamber of heavyweight dub.

PLAYLIST
King Tubby - Keep On Dubbing
The Revolutionaries - Rocking Dub
The Scientist - Drum Song
The Aggrovators - Bag O Wire
Prince Jammy - Fist Of Fury
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - Chapter Three
The Revolutionaries - Waiting In The Park Dub
The Twinkle Brothers - Jahovah in Dub Majesty
King Tubby & The Aggrovators - A Rougher Version
Horace Andy & The Aggrovators - Money For Dub
Mikey Dread - Industrial Dub
Prince Far I & The Arabs - Dub To Africa
Prince Far I - Back Weh
The Viceroys - Why Dub
Roots Radics - Blood On His Lips

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