Dubtronica

Dubtronica is a genre of music that combines electronica and dub in a subtle way. The origin is thought to be either the experimental English dub of On-U Sound Records and Mad Professor in the 1980s or glitch techno of Germany during the 1990s. Note that the term is not universally accepted by both artists and listeners, with many opting simply to call the music "dub". Dubtronica consists of electronic beats played in a downbeat manner. It is muc... more
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