"Fake dub" - let's construct a playlist

Inspired by talk on the Peaking Lights thread by WCCheesecake with regards to often preferring 'fake' dub to 'real' dub, which I think I do, generally. Whilst I love a bit of King Tubby or Augustus Pablo, I think I often prefer it when some shitty band or techno bod or trendy synth duo or whoever lay a big fat dubby bassline and some stereo effects down.

So let's make a playlist.

Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts) - Primal Scream
Constantinople - Echoboy
Rematerialsed - Death In Vegas
One Big Family (Perfecto Remix) - Embrace

There's a bucketload more Primal Scream tunes one could include; all of Echodek, half of Vanishing Point.

Catch My Drift by AR Kane.

The Police - Walking On the Moon

Something off Metal Box.

Lazarus!

Anvil Dub by Kitchens Of Distinction.

Bela Lugosi's Dead

Quite a lot of Leftfield's first album.

watching the detectives

Seefeel - Blue Easy Sleep

The Underground Lovers - Recognize

a few cuts off lifetones - for a reason. such an underrated record. up there with the best of this heat/camberwell stuff

"Dan MacArthur" - Jah Wobble

I had a bass line bugging me for this thread, and now I remember what it was:

"Stereotypes part 2" - The Specials

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V139KP75L._SL500_AA300_.jpg

"Upon Ninth and Fairchild" from "Giant steps" (seeing as "Lazarus" was already mentioned)

The Streets - Let's push Things Forward

Some of these are just plain ol' reggae rather than dub, aren't they? Maybe dub is a more inclusive term than I thought.

Anyway, Blind Idiot God - Dead Continent Dub, Clockwork Dub, Major Key Dub, Dubbing the Sinai

Jamie Saft - Vesamcheynu Dub, Aveira Dub, Kasha Dub, Fresser Dub

Ooh, Ooh, ....

"Rockabilly Guy" The Polecats, the dub version on the NME cassette.

Ah, I've been thinking about Blind Idiot God today, good call WmC!

Most UK alt-rock CD singles from the 90s seemed to include a 'dub' remix as a b-side.

Yeah, some of these are just reggae rather than dub; I think, if it's not instrumental or largely instrumental, that there needs to be some serious stereo-effects and studio trickery. So I reckon lazarus counts, for that big intro, but maybe Upon 9th and Fairchild doesn't...

Every track on every volume of the Guidance Records Hi-Fidelity Dub series.

Did anyone listen to that Franz Ferdinand "dub" album?

I have a copy, bought vercheap, never played...

I had no idea it existed.

Furry Things - "Buttercup" from Hedfones

xpost yeah, it's a double CD 'deluxe' edition of the "Tonight" album.

the james vs sabres of paradise ep surely qualifies here :

http://www.discogs.com/James-vs-Sabres-Of-Paradise-JAM-J/master/440960

been ages since i heard it, so could be time to dig in the archive.

oh, and imho the franz ferdinand 'dub' album aint all that - its not really dub in the reggae sense of the word, just f*cked up versions without vocals ..

another indie does dub thing was the extra dub disc, space invader dub, that came with the dead 60s debut album which i listened to a lot more than the album proper.

tied + tickled trio, 'tamaghis' (among many other tracks)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA9oEK9iDAQ

The final ten seconds of Last Living Souls by Gorillaz.

well, gorillaz also released a full on dub version of their debut.

Family Fodder - Der Leiermann (Organ Grinder)

RFI : Dub metal

The Pop Group "She is Beyond Good and Evil"

"Dracula" from Gorillaz's debut is p much full on dub

Stuka might be the best Primal Scream example.

Canadian band Big Sugar released an album of dub versions of some of their songs under the name Alkaline with the album Extra Long Life.

"LO HI" - Peaking Lights
"Wild Dub" - Generation X

The passions - "I'm in love with a German film star"

Sir Horatio - Sommadub

Fugazi - Version
Unwound - Sensible

Bela Lugosi's Dead

while we're at it: "She's In Parties"

slowdive - souvlaki space station

The Slits - Cut

Pylon, take your pick

too much house music to mention huh

mm hm. and techno, oldskool, jungle/dnb, 2step, grime, dubstep...

There is a pretty big dub influence all over the first couple Tortoise records.

also some beatles records

I keep wanting to say Climbing up the Walls, but I'm still not totally sure if that's the kind of thing we're looking for.

What about The Clash's "Bankrobber"?

Santigold - Shove It

Things a tune needs in order to be fake dub:

1. A massive bassline
2. Clouds of ambience
3. Loads of stereo FX and frippery and stuff
4. Little emphasis on vocals, if not completely instrumental
5. Groovy as fuck
6. Really strun-out

It should not:

1. Just be a tune with a big / good bassline
2. Just be a reggae song

Strung-out, obviously.

Tortoise - Why We Fight (D Version)
HiM - Port Of Entry (Resistance To The Ugly Spirit Mix)

Was going to add "Champion Doug Veitch" here.

A sort of Billy Bragg type that did Country/Reggae 'fusion' style, was thinking particularly of "Jumping into love" b-side, I dunno how many of the 6 needs it fulfils, but hey-ey-ey

Christiana - Health Dub

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBS6TS07VAU

i thought there was a sense of deja vu here.

i was about to post about the dubbed up remix of daydreamer by menswe@r when google pointed me to this old ilm thread :

"Fake dub"

I thought I'd done a thread on thsi before, but it didn't turn up in the 'do you want to resurrect this thread?' options when I started this one. Bizarre.

There's a version of "Cyanide" by the Lurkers, marked up as being a "pub" version.

I dunno if it's fake pub or what.

well, gorillaz also released a full on dub version of their debut.

this is definitely full on fake dub