Presented by Decibel, Indoor Garden Depot and Starborne!
 
Going back to the late 60’s, Jamaican reggae artists and producers started experimenting with B-sides of tracks, letting loose their more creative sides and removing the vocals, emphasizing the bass and drums, and inventing new sounds with heady reverb and echo effects. Sound design pioneers Osbourne “King Tubby” Ruddock and Lee “Scratch” Perry were the first in the world to regard the mixer as an instrument, renovating the original songs into rhythm-centric “dubs” whose rich, organic soundscapes gave new attention to negative space, multi-layered depth, and of course, the bass. Decades later, dub has profoundly affected the birth of hip hop and electronic music, and what started as a small sonic revolution of smooth island beats now has a widespread influence on production all over the world.
 
Headlining the dB in Dub Final is none other than Mad Professor, who has championed traditional dub from his London studio for decades. Not only has he worked with reggae legends as well as famous artists outside the dub domain, but he has also been instrumental in transitioning the genre into the digital age and staking the UK’s premier claim on exposing dub to the world. Known for original productions as well as remix work, the prolific Mad Professor has had his hands in over 200 albums and an immense “old school” impact on modern breakbeat culture.
 
Rounding out this international line up are contemporary dub maestros Twlight Dub Circus (The Netherlands), Gaudi (London) and the recently reformed Portland dub quintet Systemwide.
 
$16 advance tickets available online through eTix.com or at Moe Bar (no fees – 1425 10th Ave, Seattle) / $20 at the door