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My goodness, the ignorance in this threat is catastrophic.
*ahem*
THE WORD DUB itself came from Jamaica, and originally referred to the b-sides of 7" reggae singles in the 60s, which were no more than long, instrument)al versions of the A-side (but other than that, no real difference. This was called 'dub', because in common audio recording parlance "dubbing" something means to re-record it (ie: foreign language films), and that's essentially all the B-side was (speculation insisting that dub is Jamaican slang for sex notwithstanding). In time, the B-side became more popular than the A-side at parties where the DJ would play them, and then a toastmaster (or Master of Ceremonies aka MC) would make up his own lyrics for the song, thus giving it new life. In time, this artform evolved into rapping.
THE SOUND DUB came also from Jamaica. By the 70s, as the music progressed, producers like Lee Perry and King Tubby began tinkering more and more in the studio, creating spaced-out, heavily-reverbed stand alone tracks in their own right. Calling it 'dub' was a perfectly apt name for it, as it consisted of heavy, layered instrumentation, re-recorded and re-re-re-recorded over and over again, creating a dense, sonic soundscape with tremendous low frequencies. Hence: dubbing the music. Start with a skeletal structure, and then keep adding to it. They were among the pioneers who really started experimenting with electronics and advanced studio techniques (for the time).
THE DUB MIX originally referred to anything given the dub treatment, though over the years evolved into any kind of remix that removes the higher frequencies (lyrics, melody, harmony) and just leaves the groove, which may or may not be Dub music.
Dub evolved, and by the 90s many forms of it exist, including Dub House and Dub Techno and Ambient Dub, etc...and its influence can pretty much be found in every electronic music genre that exists. Especially trance (every time you hear an echo or reverb...thank the Dub guys for pioneering that technique).
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