THE "NEW
DUB," INCORPORATING ELEMENTS OF SAMPLING, REGGAE, HIP HOP,
SOUL, JUNGLE, HOUSE, ROOTS, ACID JAZZ AND BLUE FUNK INTO THE
MIX.
A BARRIER
BREAKER!
Jamaican-born,
Florida-based Digital K (Keith Ruddock) was introduced to
reggae and dub as a child by his Uncle Osbourne Ruddock, the
legendary King Tubby.
Hanging out
in King Tubby's Waterhouse District (Jamaica) studios, he
was immersed daily in the studio machinations of Bunny Lee,
U Roy, Bob Marley, Scientist and Prince Jammy. By age 15, he
was a full-fledged assistant in the studio, learning
production and assimilating the new technologies of the day
under the guidance of his Uncle "Tubby's."
In 1985,
Digital K moved to the United States and set up his own
production unit and studio.
His "take" on
dub is most unusual and avant garde.
Using roots
reggae rhythms as his very basic skeleton grid, he takes
studio remixing and sampling into new frontiers of hip hop,
house and acid jazz, creating a "window" towards a new genre
that is very beat and rhythm oriented and very
hardcore!
This is
tribal Africa-derived, reggae roots-driven, passionate,
alienated "black music" - as close to the street as it gets.
A modern urban dub.
Digital K now
joins the pantheon of new roots dub producers such as Bush
Chemists, Zion Train, Alpha and Omega, Mad Professor, and
Gato Negro to create a new genre of dub!
"Was this
meant to be released, or was it smuggled out of the top
secret lab where the dub masters are working on the perfect
sonic weapon? This may be the blueprint for the bop gun of
the 21st Century. Handle with care." - Axcess
"This new
CD is subtitled "Digital K presents a new generation of dub"
and frankly, that is indeed what he does. Mixing reggae with
hip-hop, jungle, house and acid jazz, he's arrived at a new
sound with unseen horizons that have yet to be explored." - CMJ
