Dub Be Good To Me

In the fall of 2013 AB focuses on a new reggae sub-genre and its influence worldwide: dub. Just call it: the instrumental version of reggae. Dub came into being in 1968 – and so it's exactly 45 years old this year – thanks to the error (!) of one man: Osbourne Ruddock aka King Tubby. During the completion of a master tape, he accidentally forgot to mix the vocals into the whole. Dub (and versions aka instrumentals) was born. To honour this symbolic date, AB launches the series Dub Be Good To Me to provide an answer to the question: how (relevant) does dub sound in the year 2013?

Greg Haines (UK)

Greg Haines is an English pianist/composer who has been hanging out in Berlin since ’08 and says to be strongly influenced by Gavin Bryars and Philip Glass. He has already recorded a handful of albums for Denovali, including ‘Digressions’ - on which he received the assistance of Peter Broderick. He's also a very welcome guest in dance and ballet circles and equally at home with Meg Stuart as in the Royal Opera House.

On his just recently released album ‘Where We Were’ (4* in Mojo), however, the very drawn-out string and piano parts make room for tape-echo manipulated synth-sounds and beats.
Inspired by the likes of King Tubby, Lee Scratch Perry and the Rhythm & Sound label, on his new album Haines creates an excellent mix of synth-soundscapes à la Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze and the dark beats of bass from dub.

Following on from the wonderful piano concert he gave in the AB Club in May, the set in Huis23 will now be one filled with lots of electronica and dubby sounds.