5-tet and 7-tet dub / reggae / dancehall

hi everybody,

i've been working on a dub album. it has mostly classic reggae basslines and melodies 'transposed' so to speak to gamelan-like harmonies. it's electronic stuff with lots of dub fx

the album is not out yet but there are already some tunes available for free in either mp3/128 format over here

http://www.xs4all.nl/~dubshot/ (the tunes marked with an asterisk)

or in 16 bit wav format over here

http://soundcloud.com/tony-dubshot

the album, titled 'dub experryments' will be released early 2010 both as free mp3s and as a limited edition numbered cd (250 copies) that will be available via e-bay.

if you want the full album please check back on my blog, which is here

http://dubshot.blogspot.com/

in januari or februari 2010

greetings, anton

Hi Anton- pretty cool, thanks for sharing. I didn't notice
anything overtly microtonal in the first track, but "drink milk"
has something going on. How did you get this effect?

-Carl

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "freq_divider" <dubshot@...> wrote:
>
> hi everybody,
>
> i've been working on a dub album. it has mostly classic reggae
> basslines and melodies 'transposed' so to speak to gamelan-like
> harmonies. it's electronic stuff with lots of dub fx
>
> the album is not out yet but there are already some tunes
> available for free in either mp3/128 format over here
>
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~dubshot/ (the tunes marked with an asterisk)
>
> or in 16 bit wav format over here
>
> http://soundcloud.com/tony-dubshot
>
> the album, titled 'dub experryments' will be released early 2010
> both as free mp3s and as a limited edition numbered cd (250
> copies) that will be available via e-bay.
>
> if you want the full album please check back on my blog, which
> is here
>
> http://dubshot.blogspot.com/
>
> in januari or februari 2010
>
> greetings, anton
>

Hi Carl,

Thanx for the compliment. I'm not sure what effect you are referring to but that tune called 'drink milk' is basically derived from a classic jamaican riddim called 'hot milk'. It borrows the bassline + theme but it's re-tuned (so to speak) to 7-tet.

By the way i personally don't think of 5-tet and 7-tet as 'microtonal' tunings, i'd say they'r macrotonal ;-)

Greetings, Anton

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Lumma" <carl@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Anton- pretty cool, thanks for sharing. I didn't notice
> anything overtly microtonal in the first track, but "drink milk"
> has something going on. How did you get this effect?
>
> -Carl
>
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "freq_divider" <dubshot@> wrote:
> >
> > hi everybody,
> >
> > i've been working on a dub album. it has mostly classic reggae
> > basslines and melodies 'transposed' so to speak to gamelan-like
> > harmonies. it's electronic stuff with lots of dub fx
> >
> > the album is not out yet but there are already some tunes
> > available for free in either mp3/128 format over here
> >
> > http://www.xs4all.nl/~dubshot/ (the tunes marked with an asterisk)
> >
> > or in 16 bit wav format over here
> >
> > http://soundcloud.com/tony-dubshot
> >
> > the album, titled 'dub experryments' will be released early 2010
> > both as free mp3s and as a limited edition numbered cd (250
> > copies) that will be available via e-bay.
> >
> > if you want the full album please check back on my blog, which
> > is here
> >
> > http://dubshot.blogspot.com/
> >
> > in januari or februari 2010
> >
> > greetings, anton
> >
>

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "freq_divider" <dubshot@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Carl,
>
> Thanx for the compliment. I'm not sure what effect you are
> referring to but that tune called 'drink milk' is basically
> derived from a classic jamaican riddim called 'hot milk'. It
> borrows the bassline + theme but it's re-tuned (so to speak)
> to 7-tet.

Ah, 7-tet, that's what I was looking for.

> By the way i personally don't think of 5-tet and 7-tet as
> 'microtonal' tunings, i'd say they'r macrotonal ;-)

Fair enough!

-Carl

Hey Mr Dub Scientist, I've never used this yahoo thing before but I signed up just to send you this message.

I'm just listening to your tunes now... mate! I love it! I'm excited whenever I hear some new microtonal (macrotonal in your case I guess ;)) music in a different genre. It can be disappointing hearing the same microtonal stuff with no variety. But man! I know a lot of people into dub and reggae, a lot of my friends. They would love this stuff more than me. Finally it's something I can play to them and say "look, THIS is that microtonal thing I've been telling you about!"

There's some really nice detail in this music. I also noticed good attention to detail on the webpage where I downloaded the mp3s from, the hyperlinks were in red yellow and green! So I'll put these tracks on my mp3 player and listen to them tonight when I go out for a spliff.

Well... This is a good fusion that's hard to come by, so keep us up to date on how you're doing. ;) I'm ready to support this stuff.

All the best,

Sean

--- In tuning@...m, "freq_divider" <dubshot@...> wrote:
>
> hi everybody,
>
> i've been working on a dub album. it has mostly classic reggae basslines and melodies 'transposed' so to speak to gamelan-like harmonies. it's electronic stuff with lots of dub fx
>
> the album is not out yet but there are already some tunes available for free in either mp3/128 format over here
>
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~dubshot/ (the tunes marked with an asterisk)
>
> or in 16 bit wav format over here
>
> http://soundcloud.com/tony-dubshot
>
> the album, titled 'dub experryments' will be released early 2010 both as free mp3s and as a limited edition numbered cd (250 copies) that will be available via e-bay.
>
> if you want the full album please check back on my blog, which is here
>
> http://dubshot.blogspot.com/
>
> in januari or februari 2010
>
> greetings, anton
>