ROIR has a storied tradition of releasing reggae & dub, with over 25 years of working with both established and unknown acts who have that unusual quality that springboards them to wider recognition. Essential Dub is a healthy sampling (taken from currently available ROIR releases) which showcases the diversity of the genre.

Dub has been instrumental in shaping the current musical climate, helping to redefine the engineer/producer’s role in the process. Musicians as diverse as the Gorillaz, Massive Attack, Sublime, and No Doubt have been effected by Dub’s long reach as have heroes of yore: The Clash, Adrian Sherwood, The Slits, Brian Eno, & PIL to name only a handful.

We bring you the future as well as the past-- heavy on the bass-- this should be felt by every sinew in your body. A perfect release for summer coinciding nicely with all the reggae tours & summer festivals.

Featuring:
Oku Onuora
Dub Out, Dubbin’ Away
Along with Mutabaruka and Linton Kwesi Johnson, Oku Onuora is pre-eminent as defining the genre "dub poetry".

Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus
Truth and Right, Rastafari Dub
Nyabinghi sound with African drums & bass. Recorded at Dynamic Sounds Studios in Jamaica.

Dub Trio
Drive By Dub, Exploring The Dangers Of…
"Like a Sly & Robbie of the tri-state area… a more palpable, living instrument experience akin to what, say, The Roots do with hip-hop." –NY Press

Bush Chemists
East Of Jaro, Raw Raw Dub
"This is dub for Dub's sake, the way King Tubby made dub - relentless and experimental and full of trance-inducing movement and depth." –The Beat

Bad Brains
Leaving Babylon, Bad Brains
Legendary album from 1981, considered the definitive landmark for breaking the NYC hardcore scene.

Twilight Circus
Bassie Dub I, Dub From T.......
more

ROIR has a storied tradition of releasing reggae & dub, with over 25 years of working with both established and unknown acts who have that unusual quality that springboards them to wider recognition. Essential Dub is a healthy sampling (taken from currently available ROIR releases) which showcases the diversity of the genre.

Dub has been instrumental in shaping the current musical climate, helping to redefine the engineer/producer’s role in the process. Musicians as diverse as the Gorillaz, Massive Attack, Sublime, and No Doubt have been effected by Dub’s long reach as have heroes of yore: The Clash, Adrian Sherwood, The Slits, Brian Eno, & PIL to name only a handful.

We bring you the future as well as the past-- heavy on the bass-- this should be felt by every sinew in your body. A perfect release for summer coinciding nicely with all the reggae tours & summer festivals.

Featuring:
Oku Onuora
Dub Out, Dubbin’ Away
Along with Mutabaruka and Linton Kwesi Johnson, Oku Onuora is pre-eminent as defining the genre "dub poetry".

Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus
Truth and Right, Rastafari Dub
Nyabinghi sound with African drums & bass. Recorded at Dynamic Sounds Studios in Jamaica.

Dub Trio
Drive By Dub, Exploring The Dangers Of…
"Like a Sly & Robbie of the tri-state area… a more palpable, living instrument experience akin to what, say, The Roots do with hip-hop." –NY Press

Bush Chemists
East Of Jaro, Raw Raw Dub
"This is dub for Dub's sake, the way King Tubby made dub - relentless and experimental and full of trance-inducing movement and depth." –The Beat

Bad Brains
Leaving Babylon, Bad Brains
Legendary album from 1981, considered the definitive landmark for breaking the NYC hardcore scene.

Twilight Circus
Bassie Dub I, Dub From T.......
more