Shelter day 203, October 9th, 2020—installment 43 of live-streamed, all-vinyl DJ sets during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dub emerged from Jamaican recording studios in the 1960s as "versions" to isolate the drums and bass of popular reggae songs. Dub has had an outsized influence on contemporary music ever since—pushing repetition and reverb into the mainstream. Dub is the original proto-house music and was the key influence for disco "versions" that inspired early house music. The majority of dub music falls into two temp ranges: downtempo (70-80 bpm) and uptempo (120-130 bpm - often at half-time). This mix features a few uptempo dub tracks from contemporary dub artists (1990s-2000s), where the dub rhythms feel similar to deep house drums and bass. The mix moves from uptempo dub to dub techno, and then to dub-inspired house. Dub house has taken on a new meaning in the past decade—mostly referring to a more pop orientation of dub techno, but this dub house tracks more towards the original spirit of dub music mixed with the lovely vibes of deep house. Enjoy!