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Doin’ It
Dub Style
Portland’s Dub Squad
to light up concert hall
with worldbeat wonder
vCo«iM»*y p*tMO
n u b Squad, a
danceablo reggae
band, will per
form .it the IVCHV
Hall tonight
By Ming Rodrigues
tmwf a id Contribute*
fhrir music is ,is universal
as ihi-v arc It’s not quite reg
g«e, but it hybrid sound that
melds reggae with a little bit
of jit//, funk, Tex-Mex. Afro
pop. rock and rhythm and
blues
Little wonder when each
hand member can boast broad
and impressive musical cred
os that include performances
with industry heavyweights
sc h ,is Dizzv (lillespie. Herb
n- Hanoi a k and the Dan Kerd
Network
And the kudos continue to
flow as a group The hand has
-.hared centerstugo with the
likes of Ziggy Marley. t'H-10
and limmv (^ I iff, iimi all w ith
in just three years after i urn
ing together
As one of Oregon's most
popular reggae worldfit.it
bands, li's pretty ile.tr that
Dub Squad's cross-cultural
approach scoivs high Its up
beat, international sound
reaches out to a varied uudi
eru e
where some people might
get bored with |ust straight
reggae, w e add more t olor
and ethnic liuir to our sound,
and wind we have is high en
ergv, very daiu cable inusii
with broad appeal," s.ud band
manager Tonv Hansen
“The underlying reggae
roots .in thrrc\ sv e pisl spii e it
up .1 little so iiiofi: people i .in
.ippfei late it added Newell
llrig^s, tin* bund s guitarist
and i omposer us vs i ll us u tor
mer member of t'urtis Salgado
and thi’ Stilettos
Lead vocalist Alan \le\ati
der who's loured with Sheila
i. . is not sure, how ever, that
the word happy should lie
used to desi rltie their music
”1 think some of tin' lyrics are
pretty serious, hut it s kind ol
like we put sugar on the medi
cine and make it a little easier
to sw uHow lie said
rile title of their latest a!
hum, Tnnii of l/ie/V(i/>/e, gets
the hand s philosophy across
It's about music as u beater."
tlfigijs said "Thr songs in litis
album talk ol how rmisji l» .1
tonii . how it i .111 iijtlil! vou
ami got vou out ol thf hlui’s.
•nii! it tnukt-s you n-ali/t- th.it
tlu-rc s hopu m lili
Dub is .111 mdlgiMious (ainai
i .111 i.i in Whilr Hritisli .1 nit
Ament an iittisls backup sin
gles with a iliffi'ri'nl song on
tiiu Hip suiu. (atnait an musi
1 unis run through thr ufli’i ts
of .1 song with ruvurtifrution,
echo and in avv percussion to
t n ate a similar version o! tin'
original song
Aside Iroin tin' traditional
dt llnition. tin' Dub Sipiml
lakes its name Iroin .1 studio
!<■( hm.jiir (ill's lias r per let li'ii
svhuli involves ’dropping
dosvti on die hnss and drums
to land a )«!//\ find to tin*
song
l iii- hand doi-s consider tl
self alternative "its tii.it i
don’t mean a tinncii of guys
playing loud guitars. Mrs in
drr said "Hut if you look at
tin- tnusH industry. you’ll see
that thrs utr ri-alls supportive
ol alturnaliv r roi k
Dull Squad wilt perform
vs Itii H1.11 k Hoses tonight at
III.- U t )U Hall. -•'»i W Idghth
Ayr at 'I to p m I II krls are
Sti in ads .int e .it the I'.M I
Main Desk or Sat the door
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