"Meet the studios keeping dubplate culture alive". "Nuff Wheel Ups: Exploring Dubplate Culture". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Dispatch Dubplate 19 by Quartz, released 05 December 2022 1. "Dreams rendered in metal: A look into dubplate culture". Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. "Dubplate Culture: Analogue Islands in the Digital Stream". ^ "Music House Studio Inside one of London's legendary dubplate studios".^ "The strange origin of the UK Reggae big bass sound: John Hassell Recordings, Barnes"."How Jamaican soundsystem culture conquered music". Etymology Īccording to David Toop, the " dub" in dubplate is an allusion to the dubplate's use in "dubbing" or "doubling" the original version of a track. New music would regularly be composed and recorded onto DAT tape in order for it to be cut onto dubplate, often so that it could be played that weekend (or even that night).ĭespite the shift to DJing on digital mediums such as CDJs and DJ controllers, dubplates continue to be used for playing exclusive music and have also gained a specialist market in recent years. This would be followed through its descendants UK garage, grime and dubstep, and cutting houses such as Transition. Whilst acetates have been used in the music industry for many years, especially in dance music, dubplates would become a particularly important part of the jungle/ drum and bass scene throughout the 1990s. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Music House in North London and JTS Studio in East London would become the two most prominent "cutting houses". John Hassell and his wife ran a recording studio from their suburban house in Barnes, South West London, but would become key to British sound systems and artists such as Dennis Bovell. In the UK, the earliest place to cut reggae dubplates would also be one of the most unlikely. As such, these would become known as "dubplate specials" often remarking on the prowess of the sound system playing it, in a bid to win the clash. Special and one-off versions would be cut to acetate for competing in a sound clash, utilising vocals specially recorded to namecheck the sound system. Full of funk and dynamic impact, expect to hear these on heavy rotation.The first use of dubplates is commonly attributed to sound engineer King Tubby and reggae sound systems such as Lloyd Coxsone and Killamanjaro. Reworked in 2022, we're hyped to finally get this one out there.Īlongside this Quartz flexes his tech roots for another two standout tracks that pack a special punch. With an early test version getting impressive crowd reactions in his sets and then seeing it get the same kind of response in Mantra's Keep Hush stream in 2018, he knew "Brass Knuckles" would make for the perfect Dispatch Dubplate release. Immediately impressed by this heavily percussive and bongo-led track, Ant TC1 built an instant love for the tune. Championing the best in unreleased music and prominent dubs from within the dnb scene, Dispatch Dubplate 19 is no exception.įorming the centre piece of this release is the track "Brass Knuckles" with the instrumental edit taking that special place of vinyl exclusive - never to be sold digitally. TIPP !!! - Dispatch Dubplate continues its long-awaited return with the second of six new releases, brought to you by Quartz.
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