Her sonic DNA was cultivated from an early age, thanks to music-loving parents who always had tunes playing. "Nuff Wheel Ups: Exploring Dubplate Culture". Bypasses the loss in sound quality caused by vinyl production. South London legend Pearl Boatswain aka Dubplate Pearl grew up surrounded by sound. More More Faster Recorded by Dr Tom Richards live at Camden Art Centre, London, July 2021 Mastered by Andris Indns aka Gas of Latvia The dubplate is a limited edition of 20, cut by Vinyl Pressure. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Dubplate 06 by Still House Plants, released 26 November 2021 1. "Dreams rendered in metal: A look into dubplate culture". Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. "Dubplate Culture: Analogue Islands in the Digital Stream". ^ "Music House Studio Inside one of London's legendary dubplate studios".^ "The strange origin of the UK Reggae big bass sound: John Hassell Recordings, Barnes"."How Jamaican soundsystem culture conquered music". Etymology Īccording to David Toop, the " dub" in dubplate is an allusion to the dubplate's use in "dubbing" or "doubling" the original version of a track. New music would regularly be composed and recorded onto DAT tape in order for it to be cut onto dubplate, often so that it could be played that weekend (or even that night).ĭespite the shift to DJing on digital mediums such as CDJs and DJ controllers, dubplates continue to be used for playing exclusive music and have also gained a specialist market in recent years. This would be followed through its descendants UK garage, grime and dubstep, and cutting houses such as Transition. Whilst acetates have been used in the music industry for many years, especially in dance music, dubplates would become a particularly important part of the jungle/ drum and bass scene throughout the 1990s. A dubplate is an acetate disc usually of 10 inches diameter, traditionally used by studios to test recordings prior to mastering for the subsequent pressing.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Music House in North London and JTS Studio in East London would become the two most prominent "cutting houses". John Hassell and his wife ran a recording studio from their suburban house in Barnes, South West London, but would become key to British sound systems and artists such as Dennis Bovell. In the UK, the earliest place to cut reggae dubplates would also be one of the most unlikely. As such, these would become known as "dubplate specials" often remarking on the prowess of the sound system playing it, in a bid to win the clash.
Special and one-off versions would be cut to acetate for competing in a sound clash, utilising vocals specially recorded to namecheck the sound system. The first use of dubplates is commonly attributed to sound engineer King Tubby and reggae sound systems such as Lloyd Coxsone and Killamanjaro. MID/LATE JAN 2022 FAQ & Detailed Info What is a Lathe Cut dubplate record Whats included Running Times Audio Delivery & Mastering Do you offer digital.
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