{"product_id":"upsetters-the-upsetters-14-dub-black-board-jungle","title":"Upsetters, The - Upsetters 14 Dub Black Board Jungle","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most influential dub albums ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst released in Jamaica in December 1972, \u003cem\u003eUpsetters 14 Dub Black Board Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e is widely regarded as one of the first full-length dub albums and a true landmark in reggae history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by the Jamaican innovator Lee “Scratch” Perry, it marks the decisive moment when dub evolved from incidental B-sides into a fully realized long-playing art form. At a time when Jamaican sound system culture was flourishing, producers were beginning to strip down popular reggae tracks into instrumental “versions,” emphasizing bass and drums for sound system deejays to toast over while adding echo and reverb effects to make things more interesting and dynamic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile King Tubby, who was in charge of mixing the tracks, was pioneering the technical foundations of dub, Perry expanded the approach by adding the hypnotic and psychedelic sound effects that made this record so rich in ideas, rendering the album more conceptually bold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album reworked previously released tracks by The Upsetters, recorded between 1970 and 1972. Their tight, groove-driven playing provided a solid backbone for these radical studio manipulations. Using the mixing desk as an instrument, tracks were deconstructed in real time – dropping vocals in and out, isolating drumbeats, pushing bass lines to the front of the mix, and sending fragments of sound spiraling into space through the heavy use of a spring reverb and tape delay effect units.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilence became as important as sound, and the interplay of rhythm and echo created a hypnotic, immersive listening experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eUpsetters 14 Dub Black Board Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e established dub as a genre defined by creative studio intervention. It demonstrated that the remix itself could be the main attraction, influencing generations of reggae producers and resonating far beyond into the techniques and aesthetics of post-punk, electronic music, hip-hop, and ambient sound design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy transforming the studio into a creative laboratory and elevating the “version” to an art form, this foundational album reshaped not only Jamaican music, but the whole of modern music production culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Week-End Records","offers":[{"title":"LP + Art Print","offer_id":51734977544470,"sku":"RMX-73103","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/6a85ae7fe618327746ead0d8.jpg?v=1787146356","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/upsetters-the-upsetters-14-dub-black-board-jungle","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}