BBC Radio 3 Late Junction: The Strangeness of Dub
Verity Sharp is joined by Edward George to explore the strange dimensions of dub. A writer, researcher and founder of Black Audio Film Collective, his work delves into dub as both a subgenre of reggae music and a sonic process.
Dub’s influence can be found across electronic genres from techno to hip-hop, but can also be traced back to jazz and the experimental avant-garde. For Late Junction, George outlines the connections between Stockhausen and King Tubby via their techniques and approaches, and reflects on dub as a form of liberation. Elsewhere Verity shares healing traditional music from Zimbabwean mbira master Ephat Mujuru, Molly Herron’s new compositions for an ensemble of violas da gamba, and Indian classical ragas reimagined for synthesizers by Arushi Jain. Plus supernatural creatures from traditional Japanese folklore transformed into sound through samples and loops from Yoyogi Koen.
Produced by Katie Callin and Zakia Sewell
A Reduced Listening production from BBC Radio 3
1 The Upsetters – Black Panta
2 Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business – He Earns Enough
3 Winnie Lado & STILL – The Race
4 El Dragon Criollo – Mientras unos Mueren
5 Ephat Mujuru and The Spirit of the People – Mudande
6 Τάσος Στάμου – Espresso Machine
7 Molly Heron / Science Ficta – Canon No. 2
8 Sam Underwood – Ell
9 John Francis Flynn – Tralee Gaol
10 John Francis Flynn – My Son Tim
11 Ray Russell – These that I Am
12 R. Murray Schafer & Albert Mayr – Introduzione / R. Murray Schafer / The World Soundscape Project
13 Francesco Cavaliere & Tomoko Sauvage – Twin Emerald Dolphins
14 Karlheinz Stockhausen – Mikrophonie 1
15 Augustus Pablo – Tubby’s dub song (version 2)
16 Jah Shaka & Shaka Ridim Section – Marshall Dub/Warrior Style
17 On Our Own Clock – Good are good
18 Yoyogi Koen – Yanari
19 Arushi Jain – My people have deep roots
20 KMRU – rimpa dusk
21 Munir Khauli – Heik Ha Nishtghil
22 Space Afrika – Solemn
23 Popó y su Changüí – Goodbye Song
24 Slugabed – Farewell tiny man