Not dub, exactly (I should get around to a dub post one day), but dub-adjacent ambient techno.
Up top, 1996 subaquatic frequencies from Berlin duo Porter Ricks.
The beatific and pastoral GAS, from 1999:
The glitchy, staticky and drifting Pole, also from 1999:
The spacy Monolake, from 2001:
EDIT: I knew these were all roughly from the same time period, but I just realized they are also from the same country. Those Germans sure love their dub techno (and so do I). Let’s all engage in baseless cultural speculation as to why!
have you heard voices from the lake?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Fjoo9Rkx4Report
He yet lives! What’s up man?
No, I have not. Will check it out.Report
been listening to blanck mass on repeat pretty much since it came out. choice as hell.
when it comes to ambient techno, i have many favorites, but specifically for the dubby side you’ve already hit most of the high water marks. donato dozzy (1/2 of voices from the lake above) has some great dj sets as well, esp from the now defunct mmnl ssgs blog. he’s all over the place.
the porter ricks album is great, but like almost all of the basic channel/chain reaction stuff, it requires VOLUME to make sense. it is club music in the most specific meaning of the term – giant spaces and loud systems make the most of the mix. on headphones, etc, at normal volumes? it just seems smushed, even ripped to flac from the original cd pressing.Report
That Voices from the Lake is good, I added it to my list of things to pick up (once again, you guys are costing me money! [shakes fist])
Weirdly, it actually reminded me a bit of FSOL’s Lifeforms, in that it has a really…organic feel, I guess?Report
a lot of really good uses of reverb, i think, give it that feel, since both are obviously sample based. they both also feel more like live jams than planned, too.Report
I am sorry Glyph, I tried but I just can’t do the ambient thing.Report
Hey, if it’s too quiet, you’re too young, man!
Wait a minute, that doesn’t sound right.Report