r/Dubtechno

I’ve always felt that dub techno sounds best in longer formats. I wonder if anyone here would find four hours to be too long, or if this is exactly the format for which the genre was created.

Anyone listen to him? After seeing some of his hardware jams on youtube, I checked out his bandcamp, absolutely killer! "Shutoko dub" blows my mind! Have yet to dive into volume 2.

Mainly looking to get educated on early dub techno and learn the OG’s

Hey gang, I am looking for artist or song recommendations like the one from Vladislav Delay. There is a somewhat clear rhythm going on, but not a straight 4/4 kick. So it's not ambient in the purest sense, but not classic techno.

Does this make sense? Would love to hear more like this.

Hi everyone, I don't normally post on reddit on any subs but I was kind of lost and down after going to a rave for the first time. I recently turned 18 only about a week or so before this rave and it featured some pretty great artists according to some other people (Kuko and who I wanted to see, I Hate Models") and honestly in retrospect I enjoyed myself, but I was still a bit disappointed and ended up leaving around an hour early before the venue closed. I did enjoy the anonymity of it and I'm a bit socially anxious so I have trouble enjoying things like this and I skipped my prom for that reason, but I genuinely did enjoy dancing because nobody cared that I was there. I'm happy I went and got to experience it, but I think the hard techno that was mostly playing may not be stuff that I like, and even though I could recognize some tracks, I still felt like I couldn't even tell the difference with most of the tracks playing.

I came with the intent of hearing music similar to some of I Hate Models' older stuff like Sorrows of the Moon or Daydream--also recently gotten into Dub Techno and some versions of Deep Progressive Techno--but it ended up being a very different experience and I think that's part of why I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to, because I tend to like more ambient sounds that aren't as aggressive as what was playing. Does anyone have any idea of who I could listen to or attend festivals for music similar to those tracks with a more relaxed "In your own world" kind of vibe? I still want to engage in raving, because it made me feel invisible in a way that comforted me a lot, but more in those fields of sounds. I don't have anybody I can ask about this, and I haven't seen any posts online of people with the problem I do.

TL;DR: I went to my first rave, didn't like the hard techno that much, and am looking for artists and venues that play more like dub techno and progressive techno.

Picture of Paul St. Hilaire and Berlin station underneath

It's almost impossible to collect records in dub techno and bypass the influence of Mark Ernestus and Moritz von Oswald who have made music under a plethora of monikers, perhaps best known for being Basic Channel.

Whilst the early techno releases on BC was infused with dub productions but more focused on the rhythmic structure, and still very much minimal techno, their output changed when Rhythm & Sound released their first 12 inches in 1996. It was more centered around dub and reggae influences. This is where vocalists like Paul St. Hilaire as well as Jennifer Lara, Cornell Campbell and the Chosen Brothers came in. The advent of professional singers led to a strong emphasis on the vocals, who became just as important as the basslines and the riddims

It became de facto the perfect mixture of dub & techno (hence the coined term). The accuracy of Berlin techno but with the finesse and the lyricism of dub / reggae sensibilities.

Lyricism refers to the quality of expressing deep personal emotions, feelings, or artistic passion in an imaginative, song-like way, typically applied to poetry, music, and literature. It denotes a melodic, expressive, or "singing" quality in art and writing

The releases of Rhythm & Sound became the benchmark by which releases in the genre continues to be measured up and compared to, because it’s the perfect mixture of proper dub (mastered and created on a real mixing board and not a cheap laptop with a software) This echoed the Studio 1 studios of Jamaica. It also brought to the forefront an equally talented producer and singer named Paul St. Hilaire. First known as Tikiman, St. Hilaire is practically a living legend. Under his alter ego Tikiman, he released numerous tracks in the late nineties on the Burial Mix label together with Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus. The singles and EPs from Rhythm & Sound were groundbreaking for dub techno at the time and are still considered an inspiration for many electronic music producers today.

Over his 30-plus year career, St. Hilaire has become one of dance music’s quietly legendary figures. Born and raised in Dominica, he moved to Berlin in 1994 and has lent both his voice and his musicianship to some of the most iconic electronic music from the German capital – and beyond. While he is known to have collaborated with Ernetus and von Oswald, he has also appeared on records with Deadbeat, Rhauder, Larry Heard aka Mr. Fingers and Stereotyp (G-Stone Recordings), but also Moderat, Modeselektor, Mind over MIDI and Beat pharmacy, all of whom are featured on this mix.

With this mix, unlike Vol. 1, which was more deep house & techno, I tried to showcase different producers and genres. I have been collecting releases from Paul for over 25 years. Therefore the mix is more akin to a trip into dub & rasta culture. Be it dubstep, low fi electronics with his last two albums (Tikiman vol. 001 + With the Producers), classic Rhythm & Sound releases and a few other obscure EP’s who went overlooked at the time of their releases.

Tikiman Vol. 2 is a heady dub statement...Are you ready to dive in ?

https://soundcloud.com/funky_jeff/psh-friends/s-Ir2uVLb6HhL

I’m so excited for this, never seen Moritz live, and Loidis crushed at Sustain this year… and Exos! Killer line up.

Who’s going??

Hey guys!

I made this track some months ago with the Digitakt 2, Digitone 2 and a Faderfox UC4 to control the macros. I recorded all tracks individually on Ableton thanks to Overbridge, and made very few changes in there (mainly "last minute" levels and sidechaining).

It will get released on vinyl on the 23rd of June, on a label I'm creating called Ouragan. The tracks were mastered and the lacquer was cut by Dubplates & Mastering, and the vinyl will be distributed by One Eye Witness :)

You can find all snippets here:

- On Bandcamp: https://ouragan-amsterdam.bandcamp.com/album/clair-obscur

- On SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/ouragan-amsterdam/various-artists-clair-obscur

I hope you will like it 💕

new topdown dialectic 2x lp announced coming this summer! very exciting for fans :)