DDub
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dDub is a band from New Zealand
. Their style is rock-roots
, reggae
, soul-ska
, and dub
. They have played numerous outdoor festivals in New Zealand
, including Splore, Queenstown Winter Festival, Soundsplash and Rhythm & Vines.
Former members
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Their style is rock-roots
Traditional music
Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
, reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, soul-ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
, and dub
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...
. They have played numerous outdoor festivals in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, including Splore, Queenstown Winter Festival, Soundsplash and Rhythm & Vines.
Band members
- Derek Browne - Lead Vocals/Guitar
- Matt Shanks - Bass/Backing Vocals
- Chris Grant - Drums/Backing Vocals
- Steve Fulford - Guitar/Backing Vocals
- Andrew Hall - Sax/Trumpet/Backing Vocals
Former members
- Tala Ofamooni – Drums
- Duncan Taylor - Trombone
- Ben Campbell – Sax/Flute
- Tim Atkinson - Sax
Discography
dDub has released one tour EP, two studio albums, and several singles, including "The Closer You Get, The Bigger I Look," a track written specifically for a project to raise awareness and understanding of dyslexia, released to celebrate Dyslexia Action Week 2009. Their songs have appeared on compilation albums in New Zealand as well. They are currently working on a third studio album, recently releasing the new single, "We Are The Ones" in December 2009.- 2003: Limited Edition Winter Tour EP
- 2006: Awake At Dawn
- 2008: Medicine Man