Dub music: The Polish invasion continues
Dub music is ready to make an impact in Poland
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Even the most seasoned music connoisseur has a tough time defining dub music. It is a genre that refuses to be pigeonholed and continually spawns new sub-genres. Poland is currently creating its own dub recipe and, according to some, it tastes good.
The dub scene has not scaled the same heights in Poland as it has in London or Berlin, but it is steadily becoming more popular. The experimental sounds have not yet infiltrated Warsaw’s mainstream, but outside the capital the underground scene is flourishing.
Dance floor dub or dubstep developed through UK garage and has grown in popularity since the early noughties. The Polish take on the genre has created its own flavour, mixing eastern sounds and regional folk with a heavy bass line.
And now dubstep is ready to break into Warsaw with the release of EPs and mix tapes from young DJs like Sebastian Barć a.k.a. Venice Calypso .
Barć plans on bringing dubstep to the masses and has an interesting theory on why it is yet to penetrate the capital. “Across Poland everyone's more chilled, they’re not in a rush so they can enjoy slow music, without the hard tempo. And in Warsaw, everybody is always in a rush, everybody is always in 'hurry mode', so they need fast music like electro or house,” he says.
Dub music could be categorized more as a musical technique than as a genre. The sound is created by taking existing sounds and reshaping them. Originally associated solely with reggae, dub has now branched into dance, electronica, rock and rap music, updating each genre along the way.
However, the real beauty of the music is its ability to adapt. So, for DJs like Venice Calypso it is just a case of finding the right ingredients for the Warsaw palate.
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