Nuff Wheel Ups: Exploring Dubplate Culture
Does digital represent the death of the dubplate?
“There’s a bit of mystery to it all, which I think is appealing to people,” says Kahn, a Bristol-based DJ and producer whose music – spanning dancehall, dub reggae, grime and dubstep – is firmly rooted in soundsystem culture. “One of the best things I find in a dance is when you hear something you know isn’t released and only the people in the room will be experiencing. It’s exciting.”
Like so many innovations, dubplate culture and the excitement and fascination that surrounds it was largely born out of necessity. “From a purely physical perspective, it’s hard to see how sound system culture could have ever arisen without the ability to cut dubs,” says Bainbridge. “For many decades it was the only way to get material fresher than the commercially-released fodder out from the studio and into the air in a timely manner.”
Includes Kahn mix;
Tracklisting:Skream - Dutch Flowers
Footsie & Dj Tubby - Morbid
Skream - Tapped
Pinch - Punisher
Kromestar - Surgery
DQ1 - Wear the Crown
Distance - Temptation
Skream - Morning Blues
Skream - Bahl Fwd
Atki2 - Guilty Pleasures (Pinch remix)
Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb (Acapella)
Loefah - Mud
Caspa - Cockney Flute
Skream - Skunkstep
Skream - Warning (D1 Remix)
Digital Mystikz - Walkin’ With Jah
Skepta - Duppy
Emalkay - Bats In The Belfry
Drop The Lime - Bricks
And VIVEK boileroom mix;