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The year is coming to an end and we're serving you our Best of the BestOur picks for 2025. Naturally, this is outrageously subjective and quite arrogantly presented without any further explanation. We're eager to hear your opinions on our selection – and what your favorites were this year. Let us know in the comments.
It's that time again: We serve you ours Dub-Top 5 of the year ending. As you can see, diversity counts for us. How could it be otherwise with such a diverse genre? We look forward to your comments.
Great, live recorded instrumentals, additionally with Dubversions. What more could you want?
Not a remake but a newmake with the fantastic stylistic devices of the past – and a great Dub-Album.
»Greter« here probably means »about Dub because that is exactly what this fascinating mix of styles delivers, showing what Dub can be anything.
Dreadsquad is back – and completely different than expected. Grown up! Beautiful, inspired instrumentals, superbly executed and with a perfect sound.
Outstanding album. Instrumentals and melodies recorded under the direction of Roberto Sánchez Dubs. Rarely have I heard so much joy in playing.
No excessive Dub-Fireworks, but an excellent meditative soundscape with quietly meandering riddims without a lot of frills.
A long-lost album is experiencing its renaissance.
A wonderful musical legacy.
A very unique sound that not only I find hypnotic.
A four-part cross-cultural journey combining reggae, jazz, Dub- and trip-hop grooves into a cinematic palette.
First place this time goes to… Bavaria! Adubta transforms a rather jazzy album by the Graz Roots Organisation into a bass-heavy monster with killer dynamics. No offense!
Ras Teo, Zion I Kings and Lone Ark make music together – not surprisingly, this could only work out well, both in the vocal and in the Dubversion. This applies to part 1 of the recording session…
... as well as for part 2. On both albums, the melodies of Ras Teo meet the musical and production qualities of Roberto Sanchez, David Goldfine and Laurent Alfred, who complement each other wonderfully.
If you prefer something more crisp and rocky, you can't miss Sam Gilly's House of Riddim - the same goes for this collaboration with trombonist Hornsman Coyote. There's no shortage of effects either!
Prince Fatty actually took us 13 years to Dubversion of Little Roy's fine and curious "Battle for Seattle" album. How could he!
This work is the one that makes the most rounds on my plate. Great! Since the release of "Zipporah" (2020), I have fallen in love with the sound and magic of Emanuel & The Bionites. It's hard to believe that this music is Made in France.
As you can read in the review, I am very enthusiastic about these two riddims and their versions. Reggae and Dub the finest, pure soul food.
A compilation that brings together the best and selected versions and mixes of Blackbeard from 1976 - 1980 and celebrates the Sufferer Sound System once again. Relevant.
My DubThe year 2024 clearly goes to France. The label BAT Records and the Dub Shepherds stand for incredibly good and high quality reggae and Dub-Productions that, in most cases, completely convince me.
'Which desert?' I ask myself. Is it possible that Dub- and reggae desert Poland? No idea and it doesn't matter, because this instrumental album is reggae-Dub-Ethio-Jazz at its finest. Organ, saxophone, flute, melodica (just part of it) and good arrangement stand out for me...
It's that time again: We serve you ours Dub-Top 5 of the year ending. As you can see, diversity counts for us. How could it be otherwise with such a diverse genre? We look forward to your comments.
Maybe the best Zion Train album ever. Everything is right here: composition, production, mix. Even the message fits.
Appeared at the last meters of the year and immediately became my highlight of 2023. Runs on a loop over the Christmas holidays.
Finest instrumental roots reggae with fantastic brass sections, soulfully mixed and gently presented.
It's hard to believe what the fat prince gets out of the Bunny Lee productions he's heard thousands of times.
A mystical and mysterious album from Belize, from a musician about whom hardly anything is known. It doesn't have to, because the music speaks for itself.
Tracks that have exactly this expansive, profound attitude, this feeling of constant invention.
Jah Myhrakle is an electrifying reggae performer who presents a mental and spiritual challenge in a positive sense.
Handmade Dub-Chocolate at its finest with a jazzy touch from the Swiss capital.
After more than 40 years of absence from the stage, Reggae/Dub-Legend back with a brilliant new album.
Head Music: These strange sounds are remarkably bizarre yet exciting to listen to.
Just between us: 2023 was not a good year for that Dubgenre, especially in the area of roots. Of course, a “merely good” album could have been placed here, but that wouldn’t have been deserved. That's why no No. this time. 1 – unfortunately!
Even at No. 2, you have to fall back on the tried and tested: The “Acres of Space” album, originally released in 2023, is also available in 2001 Dub Syndicates is a wonderful work refined by Adrian Sherwood. A long-awaited re-release!
About the quality of the Dub-Counterparts from Mellow Mood’s “Mañana” album only require two words: Paolo Baldini.
“The finest instrumental roots reggae with elaborate brass sections and not so subtle ones Dub-Effects” – that’s what it says in the album review and you really can’t put it better.
The debut of Dub Plantage sounds like a lost album mixed by acoustic wizard Paul Smykle that could have been released in his heyday - around '84. Wonderful!
It's that time again: We serve you ours Dub-Top 5 of the year ending. As you can see, diversity counts for us. How could it be otherwise with such a diverse genre? We look forward to your comments.
A Dub-Treatment by Adrian Sherwood that goes well beyond the borders of Dub goes out.
Full arrangements, nice bass lines, classic ones Dub-Techniques and analogue equipment - a Swiss quality production.
An album with beautiful brass melodies, composed with inspiration and produced to perfection. Everything is right here.
Double pack consisting of vocal versions and Dubs. Produced and mixed by Victor Rice. The authentic sound of real instruments is refreshing and the musicianship is impressive.
Here is one of the great old masters of Dub on the controls, who was always overshadowed by Tubby & Co. But it's not just the mixes that are great, the productions are too.
It's nice that there are still labels that make it their business to make such extremely rare, unique ones Dub-To save sounds from oblivion.
Riddims for Eternity! Classics congenially reworked by Sabab.
Over 40 years of legendary and unique On .U sound. This is how the slightly different one works Dub.
Then it was about time. Finally some fantastic ones Dubs on the wonderful vocal templates from Bristol.
Ultra rare A-Sides, Dubs and Dubplates from the strongest phase of the best Black Uhuru ever.
Shaped by London's nu-jazz and the golden years of the roots era, Nick Manasseh has delivered the most beautiful reggae album of the year with "On The Grove". "Grove Dub' is the equivalent counterpart.
Two untraceable, enigmatic and priceless LPs come to light. Nobody knows who mixed them where. Most of the vocal tunes can't be figured out either.
Both ultra LPs are from the mid seventies. The enigmatic and the unsolved questions ensure fascination. The restored sound is fantastic. The mysteries remain.
A 1978 reissue. Not the best pressing, but it was in the full broadside mixes by Prince Jammy at King Tubby Dubs goes down.
Paolo Baldini currently masters the keyboard of effects and on & offs like no other. The artwork, reminiscent of Linton Kwesi Johnson's "LKJ in DUB“ from 1980 ensures the place in the top 5.
The ultimate surprise in 2022: The Finns can also do reggae! In this case it's instrumentals, by an excellent horn section, but also wonderful ones Dub- Effects, brand King Tubby, benefit.
A surprising debut album that relies on catchy riddims, Yorke's sure-toned falsetto and fine brass sections. The whole thing is reservedly distinguished in the best sense of the word – as the supposed reputation of the British demands.
Gaudi defoliates tracks from the overly lush "Havana Meets Kingston" albums. What remains are wonderfully slimmed down Dubs that focus on drums, bass and successful hooks.
Adrian Sherwood, after a few excursions into genre-unrelated realms, is finally turning back to it Dub re: Brilliantly polished remixes characterize this companion album to the vocal release "Midnight Rocker".
An album that stands out solely and only because of the fine Dubmixes by Paolo Baldini crept into the top 5. This is all the more remarkable as the originals deserve the title of slick pop-reggae.
It's that time again: for Christmas we'll serve you ours Dub-Top 5 of the past year. As you can see, diversity counts for us. How could it be otherwise with such a multifaceted genre? We look forward to your selection. Write them to us in the comments. Happy Holiday!
A concept album with cross-over potential. Don Letts presents Dubs of non-reggae songs. Many remixed exclusively by the greats of the genre.
I stand experiments. Dub meets German poetry! Weird and very successful.
Magical, overwhelming, deeply sad, gloomy, heavy and powerful.
Sound Almagan made from exotic ingredients with an intense, dense - sometimes quite melancholy - atmosphere.
One of the few Dub-Albums from Jamaica. But all the better: Crisp, powerful, dynamic and full of ideas.
The final chord of a musical genius. RIP Rainford Hugh Perry aka Lee Scratch Perry, we will miss you!
The "Rebel Dread" gives me a cross-section of my musical socialization in Dub.
A huge monolith; the one-of-a-kind unmatched to this day.
"The whole World is Africa," mine Dubious music album for 2021.
More original, unused, limitless Dub from the ON .U sound archive.
A homage to vinyl, stylistically somewhere between UK steppaz and traditional JamaicanDub. Surprised with a new one Dub an old wailers riddim.
More virtuoso, more merciless Dub-Showdown. It was not until the last meter that the Tuff Scout Gorilla was pushed into second place.
In 1979 Dennis Bovell produced the UK Pop Group's debut. 40 years later he mixes them Dub-Version. Radical! Effectively! And guaranteed reggae-free!
Online project of an Indonesian drummer living in France and one in Vancouver Dub-Wizzards. Passionate instrumental music with Dubsee subtitle: Rubadub - One drop rockers.
On a sad occasion: The new edition with "African Children", "Natural Progression" and the killer bassline of "Dub Fire ". Mixed with Michael "Reuben" Campbell, who passed away at the beginning of December.
Pure joy: Catchy, suspect vocal sprinkles meet ingenious basslines that boom from the speakers like a sound system.
The album that deserves the award for the most differentiated and dynamic sound. Chapeau, sound engineer Casey Burnett!
Sneaky Dubs, roaring loudly mixed with a bit of dirt. Embedded in a murderous concept, this results in a… well, a killer album!
Fresh from France and already in the top 5: A wonderfully relaxed, charmingly awkward journey through the solar system - or: the rehabilitation of the saxophone.
That could have been a lush album, but it comes as a single broadside: rock solid roots tracks in Aldubb accustomed-reliable-conservative Dub-Quality.
Looking back, 2020 was definitely not a good year. Luckily the last 12 months provided also some great musical relief: Here are the best Dub- and Instrumental-releases of 2020 - handpicked and carefully chosen by yours truly, the editors of dubblog.
No. 1 by René
More symphonic Dub. A brave experiment, innovative and perfectly implemented.
No. 1 by gtkriz
Four Swiss set out to produce the most creative, innovative and technically brilliant album of the year.
No. 1 of Ras Vorbei
Sherwood meets Perry: genius and madness meet. Always a brilliant dream team.
No. 2 by René
Great instrumental music from Jamaica. There are only a few producers and musicians left who can deliver this quality.
No. 2 by gtkriz
An Englishman and a violinist set out to record the most beautiful, but also most melancholy instrumental album of 2020.
No. 2 of Ras Vorbei
Funk and Afrobeat rhythms experience superb Dub-Finishing.
No. 3 by René
What a variety of styles! If I could only take one album with me to a lonely island, it would be this one!
No. 3 by gtkriz
An Austrian sets out to create a big cross-genre Dub-Album using a small, electrified african instrument.
No. 3 of Ras Vorbei
Swiss Made: A sure guarantee for quality and precision.
No. 4 by René
So must steppers!
No. 4 by gtkriz
A German sets out to save a deadborn album and, en passant, gives it atmosphere, style and last but not least: relevance.
No. 4 of Ras Vorbei
A roots rock reggae Dub Album like from another time.
No. 5 by René
The best Dub-Compilation 2020. Curated by Elastica and Zion Train.
No. 5 by gtkriz
An Italian sets out to revive certain lackluster tracks with some heavyweight dub-mixing.
No. 5 of Ras Vorbei
Vive la difference!
Wow, what a response! Thank you for your overwhelming participation. You have chosen and this is yours Dub Top ten 2019:
1. Aldubb: Planets Of Dub Flight. 2
2. Yes Schulz: Railroad versions
3. The Last Poets: Understand what Dub is
4. J. Robinson (WhoDemSound): More Than Music LP
5. Mate: Classical Dub
6. Ras Teo Meets Lone Ark: Ten Thousand Lions
7. Jim The Boss: Dub In hifi
8. UB40: For the Many (Dub Album)
9. Guiding Star Orchestra: Natural Heights
10. Lee Perry: Heavy Rain
1. Teflon zinc fence: Dub Policy
2. Sly and Robbie Meet Dubmatrix: Aboutdubbed
3. Dubmatrix: King Size Dub Special
4. International Observers: Free from the Dungeons of Dub
5th year Schulz: A railroad session
6.Scientist Meets Hempress Sativa: In Dub
7. Lo-end Dub meets George Palmer: Back to the Roots
8. Richie Phoe: Kingston Connection in Dub
9. Alpha Steppa & Nai-Jah: The great elephant
10.Lightman: Roots
1. Lee Scratch Perry & Subatomic Sound System: Super Ape Returns to Conquer
2. Mad Professor Meets Jah9: In the midst of the storm
3. Irie vibrations: Dub Station
4. International Observers: Escape From the Dungeons of Dub
5. Various: King Size Dub - Reggae Germany Downtown - Chapter 3
6. Zion train: versions
7. Riddim Research Lab: Research program # 1
8. Dub'Ozone: From root to roots Dub
9. Violin Bwoy: dod
10. The Frightnrs: More to Say Versions
1. Mad Professor and the Robotics featuring Lee Scratch Perry: Black Ark Classics in Dub
2. Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno: 1000 Watts
3. Dub Dynasty: holy cow
4. Vin Gordon & The Real Rock Band: Heavenless
5. Radical Guru: Dub Mentalist
6. Brain Damage: Talk the talk
7. Pressed records: Dub Compilation Vol 1
8. AMJ Meets RSD: Sky blue love
9. LUKL: Dubs
10. Dub Spencer & Trance Hill: Physical echoes
