Look up dub, dubbed, dubbing, or dubs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Dub or dubbing may refer to:

• Accolade, the conferring of knighthood
• Dubbing (poultry), the removal of the comb, wattles and earlobes of a bird

Arts and entertainment[link]

• Dubbing (music), the copying of audio recordings from one medium to another
• Dubbing (filmmaking), the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture, with the final product known as a dub
• Dub (music), a sub-genre of reggae music
• Dub poetry, a form of performance poetry consisting of spoken word over reggae rhythms
• DUB Magazine, covering the urban custom car culture
• The Dubs, an American vocal group from the 1950s
• Overdubbing, adding supplementary recorded sound to a previous recording
• Dub localization, altering the dubbed translation of a foreign language film or television series to further adapt it for a "local" audience
• Lip dub, a type of music video that combines lip syncing and audio dubbing
• Dubbing dramaturge, a profession in the movie industry
• Dubplate, an acetate disc used in mastering studios for test recordings

People[link]

• Dub of Scotland (d. 967), King of Alba
• Dub Taylor (1907–1994), Walter Taylor, Jr., American actor
• Will "Dub" Jones (1928–2000), American bass vocalist
• Dub Jones (American football) (born 1924), American professional football player
• Dub Robinson (c. 1920–1987), W.T. "Dub" Robinson, former tennis coach at Louisiana State University
• Henry Dübs (1816–1876), British businessman
• Dübs and Company, a Scottish steam locomotive works, founded by Henry Dübs
• Jakob Dubs (1822–1879), Swiss politician
• Adolph Dubs (1920–1979), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan
• Alf Dubs, Alfred Dubs, Baron Dubs, British politician and former Member of Parliament
• Jamie Dubs, founder of Know Your Meme and one of the producers of Star Wars Uncut.

Places[link]

• Dublin Airport (IATA airport code: DUB), Ireland
• Český Dub, Czech Republic
• Dub (Prachatice District), Czech Republic
• Dub, Tomaszów Lubelski County, Poland

Other uses[link]

• Dub (wheel), an automobile wheel or rim that is twenty or more inches in diameter
• Dub, son of the Celtic goddess Carman, in Irish mythology
• Dub, Manx English (and other dialects) word for pond
• An Onomatopoeic word to signify a heart sound, or heartbeat
• Dub, short pronunciation of the letter W
• Deubiquitinating enzymes, essential components of the ubiquitin-proteasome system
• Dysfunctional uterine bleeding, medical condition
• Down Under Bowl, annual high school football competition in Australia
• Dub, material such as fur or hair used in fly tying
• Dub, nickname for a person originating from Dublin, Ireland
• The Dubs, nickname for the Gaelic football team of the Dublin GAA
• The Dubs – Dublin GAA since the 1940s, a 2006 book about the Dublin county Gaelic football team
• Dub is used incorrectly to refer to the music genre Dubstep

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Dub FX
Dub FX & Flower Fairy at the Download Open Air Festival Zvolen Slovakia 2009
Background information
Birth name	Benjamin Stanford
Born	(1983-06-11) 11 June 1983 (age 29)
Origin	St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Beatboxing, dub, reggae, hip hop music, dubstep, pop music
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, vocalist, record producer
Instruments	Vocals, Beatbox, Loop Station, Effects Pedal
Years active	2005 – present
Labels	Convoyun.ltd
Associated acts	Flower Fairy, Mr. Woodnote, CAde, Kila mega giga tera, Sirius
Website	Official site

Dub FX (real name Benjamin Stanford) is a worldwide street performer and studio recording artist from St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia.^[1] After playing and singing in a band called Twitch, he set out solo when he moved to Europe. His trademark is creating rich live music using only his own performance aided by Live looping and effect pedals combined with his voice.^[2][3] He creates intricate hip hop, reggae and drum and bass rhythms.^[2]

Partner[link]

Stanford travels and performs with his fiancée, Flower Fairy.^[1][4] Dub FX first met her in Manchester, and she joined him in his travels around the globe to busk for the public. Flower Fairy can usually be seen selling CDs during Dub FX's performances and also performs a few songs alongside Stanford. She is featured singing in the songs on Everythinks A Ripple, Wandering Love, and Time Will Tell.

Two songs from Everythinks A Ripple, Flow and Wandering Love, feature a street saxophonist named Mr Woodnote, who also uses similar looping techniques as Dub FX using a saxophone.

In 2010 Dub FX collaborated with Melbourne based producer Sirius and released the album titled: Dub FX and Sirius -A crossworlds. A Crossworlds could be defined as dubstep because of the heavy emphasis on sub frequencies and the tempo's used ranging from 138 - 145Bpm. Dub FX does not beatbox on this album. Any information on how Dub Fx and Sirius came to collaborate or meet is unknown.^[5]

Dub FX is also part of the dubstep act Kila Mega Giga Tera, the other half being Glade Kettle (Distro)(aka Sirius) They have one song release to date on aquatic lab sessions volume 1. A CD and limited edition vinyl compilation released in 2009. Kila Mega Giga Tera also have a forthcoming album^[6] which is yet to surface.

Music[link]

Dub FX is completely independent using only: live performance, word of mouth, internet social networking and a number of easily accessible free samples. Dub FX is also the main founder of the label Convoyun.ltd which could be described as a co-op label for Dub FX's own work and other people's.^[2] To date artists that have released albums on Convoyunltd are: Flower Fairy, Sirius, Mr Woodnote, and Dub FX. With additional featured artists on separate songs of each album. Every album released through Convoy Un.Ltd has been produced by Dub FX with the exception for Dub FX & Sirius's release, A Crossworlds, a collaboration album released in 2010 which revealed a much darker and instrumental sound.^[7]

His lyrics both address generalized world events and contemporary angst while suggesting individual based revolution through self determination and engagement.

He also addresses issues of social importance, the most notable example being the song "Society's Gates", loosely based on the life of the philosopher Socrates.

Discography[link]

• Everythinks a Ripple is the first Dub FX studio album. The promotional material says "all sounds on the album were created with his voice using a Roland effects & loop pedal."^[8]
• 2007: Live in the Street is a collection of live street performances performed in various countries.

Featured in the song KMGT - Subsonic^[9] on Aquatic Lab Sessions Vol 1 Track 10^[10]

• 2010: A Crossworlds' is a collaboration album featuring 17 new tracks all produced, mixed and mastered by Dub FX and Sirius.^[5][2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Dub FX at MySpace
• Dub FX at Twitter
• Dub FX at Facebook

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Rodney Hylton Smith (born 1972), better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a British rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada.

Biography[link]

Smith grew up around Stockwell in South London. His parents were from a small village in Jamaica called Banana Hole where his father was a preacher and tailor. Spending much of his early years in poverty, this and his strict Pentecostal upbringing clearly had an influence on his music as can be seen in many of his tracks such as "Sinny Sin Sins" and "Colossal Insight".

A quote from Smith himself sums up his early discovery of music:^[1]

Smith made his recorded debut in 1994 as part of IQ Procedure through Suburban Base's short-lived hip hop imprint Bluntly Speaking Vinyl. He debuted as Roots Manuva the same year on Blak Twang's "Queen's Head" single, before releasing his own single, "Next Type of Motion" the following year through the same label, the hugely influential Sound of Money. 1996 saw the release of his collaborations with Skitz ("Where My Mind Is At"/"Blessed Be The Manner") on 23 Skidoo's Ronin label. The release of "Feva" on Tony Vegas' Wayward imprint followed in 1997. This was also the year that saw the first releases from Big Dada, a collaboration between Coldcut's Ninja Tune label and hip hop journalist Will Ashon.

Releasing for Coldcut's renowned experimental/hip hop label Ninja Tune in 1998, some of his music may be seen as a predecessor of grime. The following year he released his groundbreaking debut album, Brand New Second Hand. A reference to his family's modest lifestyle, the title refers to a phrase his mother used for presents he often got as a youngster that were pre-used. He had such an impact on the UK rap scene that The Times declared that "his is the voice of urban Britain, encompassing dub, ragga, funk and hip hop as it sweeps from crumbling street corners to ganja-filled dancehalls, setting gritty narratives against all manner of warped beats." Manuva was rewarded for his breakthrough with a MOBO as Best Hip Hop Act that year.

The lyrics of his songs are usually known to take a distinctly British edge, with many critics highlighting his references of eating cheese on toast and drinking bitter as examples of this. His warm and easily recognizable voice can be heard on many songs he performed with other artists such as Chali 2na (and Ozomatli), DJ Shadow, Mr Scruff, U.N.K.L.E., Nightmares on Wax, The Cinematic Orchestra, Beth Orton, The Herbaliser, Leftfield, Saian Supa Crew and most recently Coldcut. He also made an appearance on the Gorillaz album, Demon Days, on the track "All Alone".

Roots Manuva headlined the Lounge On The Farm Festival 11 July 2009^[2]

He now lives in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

Discography[link]

Studio Albums[link]

Other Studio Albums[link]

EPs[link]

• Next Type Of Motion (1995)
• Awfully De/EP (24 October 2005)

Live albums[link]

• Live from London (iTunes) (15 August 2008)

Singles[link]

• "Juggle Tings Proper" (22 February 1999)
• "Motion 5000" (5 July 1999)
• "Witness (1 Hope)" (23 July 2001) UK #45^[3]
• "Dreamy Days" (8 October 2001) UK #53^[3]
• "Yellow Submarine" (14 October 2002)
• "Colossal Insight" (17 January 2005) UK #33^[3]
• "Too Cold" (21 March 2005) UK #39^[3]
• "Buff Nuff" (30 June 2008)
• "Again & Again" (25 August 2008) - featured on the EA TRAX soundtrack for the EA Sports videogame Fight Night Round 4
• "Let the Spirit" (27 October 2008)
• "Do Nah Bodda Mi" (29 June 2009)
• "It’s On (Banana Klan)" (28 April 2011)
• "Here We Go Again (feat. Spikey Tee)" (3 October 2011)

Guest appearances[link]

• Amon Tobin – "Saboteur mix" (from Ninja Tune compilation Xen Cuts)
• Audio Bullys – "Made Like That" (feat. Roots Manuva & Mr Fox) (from Generation)
• Blak Twang – "Queen's Head" (from Dettwork S.E. promo); "Shhhoosh" (from 19 Long Time)
• Breakage – "Run 'Em Out"
• The Cinematic Orchestra – "All Things to All Men" (from Every Day)
• Cornish Waters – "Look to Myself for Faith" (from UK Hustlerz – The Return, under the pseudonym Brigadier Smythe)
• Coldcut – "True Skool" (from Sound Mirrors) UK #61^[5]
• DJ Mentat – "Rugged Wid' It" (with Seanie T)
• DJ Shadow – "GDMFSOB (UNKLE Uncensored mix)" (from "Mashin' on the Motorway")
• DJ Skitz – "Inner City Folk" and "Fingerprints of the Gods" (from Countryman)
• Dobie – "Connectivity" (from The Sound of One Hand Clapping)
• Freq Nasty – "Boomba Clatt" (from Bring Me the Head of Freq Nasty)
• Fun Lovin' Criminals - "Keep On Yellin'" (from Classic Fantastic)
• Gorillaz – "All Alone" (from Demon Days alongside Martina Topley-Bird)
• The Herbaliser – "Lord Lord" (from Take London); "Starlight" (from Very Mercenary)
• INORAN – "Rat Race" (from Sou)
• King Kooba – "Barefoot" (from Indian Summer)
• Killa Kela – "Here Comes The Submarines feat. Roots Manuva" (from Elocution)
• Leftfield – "Dusted" (from Rhythm and Stealth) UK #28
• Lotek HiFi – "Move Ya Ting" (from Mixed Blessings)
• The Maccabees - "Empty Vessels"
• Mr. Scruff – "Jus Jus" (from Keep It Unreal), "Nice Up The Function" (from Ninja Tuna)
• N'fa - "My Style" (from Cause An Effect)
• New Flesh for Old – "Norbert & Cecil" (from Understanding, under the pseudonym Cecil P.Y.L.M. Pim Pimpernel)
• Reachout – "For Whom the Heart Beats" (from The Bristo Sq. EP)
• Ty – "Oh U Want More?" (from Upwards) UK #65^[6] (also "So U Want Morre? (refix)" on Upwards new edition)
• Saian Supa Crew – "Hey Yo My Man"
• Colossus – "Thrupenny Bits" (from "West Oaktown") (OmRecords 2002 – pseudonym Hylton Smythe)
• Nightmares on Wax – "70s 80s (Up Bringing Mix) (feat. Roots Manuva & LSK & Rodney P & Tozz 180)" (from "70s 80s" single)
• The Herbaliser - "Something Wicked (Roots Manuva's Haunted House Dub)" (limited free release from Ninja Tune website to celebrate forthcoming Ninja Tune boxset).
• DELS - "Capsize" (from GOB - 2011)

Other[link]

• Badmeaningood Vol.2 (7 October 2002) (19 tracks selected by Rodney Smith for the Badmeaningood series.)
• Back to Mine: Roots Manuva (24 October 2005) (18 tracks selected by Smith for the Back to Mine series.)
• The Blacknificent 7 – Riding Thru Da Undaground! (collaboration with Seanie T, Rodney P, Skeme, Est'elle, Karl Hinds, Jeff3)

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Roots Manuva interview at musicOMH.com

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Stamina MC is a stage name of drum & bass MC and vocalist Linden Reeves. Stamina MC used both rapping and vocalizing.

Biography[link]

His earliest experiences of MCing were on pirate radio in 1996; first Pressure FM (inactive), then on to currently active, once-pirate-but-no-longer station Rinse FM. In 2000, he met DJ Marky, DJ Patife and XRS Land, through being given a trial opportunity to perform at Movement, a weekly drum & bass event in London.

He is best known for providing vocals for two successful Drum & Bass tracks entitled "LK" by DJ Marky and XRS Land (released July 8th 2002 on V Recordings) and "Barcelona" by D. Kay and Epsilon (released Aug 11th 2003 on BC Authorised/BMG). These tracks achieved UK chart positions of #17 and #14 respectively. Videos for both tracks can be found on YouTube.

He was also part of the original line up for the London Elektricity LIVE band (alongside Andy Waterworth, Jungle Drummer, Lianne Carroll, Tim Landslide and Robert Owens), touring the country with them and featuring on the 'Live Gravy' DVD, fillmed at the Jazz Café in October 2003 and released on Hospital Records. Further live exploits came in the form of 'CPF Live' - an act put together by Craggz and Parallel Forces to support their album release on Valve Recordings entitled 'Northern Soul'.

Presently Stamina still tours with Marky, and has also in recent times garnered an affiliation with Shy FX, performing with him and also being involved with projects on Digital Soundboy.

Outside of his extensive touring, Stamina is a moderator of the Drum and Bass Arena forums.

External links[link]

• http://www.myspace.com/musicfromstamina
• http://www.thtc.co.uk/mc_stamina.html
• http://www.rolldabeats.com/artist/stamina_mc