dub
8 tracksA Jamaican practice of remixing a record by stripping it to drums and bass and treating the rest with echo, reverb and drop-outs. Dub's studio techniques shaped techno, house and electronic music at large.
Sound and timbre
delay
1 track.
What it is
An effect that repeats a sound after a set time, often several times and fading. Echoes timed to the tempo add rhythm; dub turned delay into an instrument of its own.
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reverb
3 tracksThe sound of a space: countless reflections that blend after the direct sound. Reverb places a voice in a room, a hall or an impossible space, and long reverbs make music feel distant or dreamlike.
tremolo
1 trackA trembling effect made by rapidly repeating a note or by making its volume pulse up and down. On electric guitar it usually comes from an amplifier or pedal circuit, giving a shimmering, wavering sound associated with surf music, spaghetti-western soundtracks and 1960s pop.
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DJ Fitchie, Joe Dukie
Midnight Marauders
Seven unhurried minutes of Pacific dub-soul from two Fat Freddy's Drop mainstays, Joe Dukie's honeyed voice drifting over a deep, patient bassline built for the small hours.