Dub's actually an old, old music style which is kind of a pre cursor to reggae.
In the really old Jamaican recording studios of the '40s and '50s, prior to multi track recording, the backing band would often record a really simple bass'n'drums version of the song they wanted to record, and then play it back through headphones to help them keep the beat while they were recording the 'good' take of the song. This minimal version of the song became known as the 'dub' version.
Somewhere along the way, it became cool when releasing the single, to include the 'dub' version on the other side of the record, and from there it kind of grew into a musical style of its own.
Leading proponents of the style included King Tubby, the Upsetters, and Lee Scratch Perry.
Nowadays, it's cool to call any remix of a dance song that's fairly bass'n'drum heavy with minimal vocals or frills, a 'dub' version.
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