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Yard! Dub and Reggae on Film
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Reggae music divides people. “You either really love it or you just hate it with a passion”, says Kate Welsman. And she should know.
A dub aficionado, Welsman loves a good bass line, has been writing about music for years, and presents radio program The Good, The Dub & The Global on Melbourne community radio station Triple R, under her Systa BB moniker.
She is also one of the curators of Yard! Dub and Reggae on Film, a collection of new and classic films which explore the history, politics, colourful characters and powerful aesthetic of dub and reggae music.
“It was the first black style of music that just lit a fire around the world”, explains Welsman. “Reggae made it possible for hip hop to then come through and take over as a dominant music form. It doesn’t matter where you go anywhere in the world, you will always find a dirty little cassette with Bob Marley’s Exodus on it. It really kicked something off.”
ABC Dig Music caught up with Kate Welsman to talk reggae and dub, and the films that have captured it all for the big screen. Click on the media player above to listen to the interview.
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Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry, 20 March 1936, Kendal, Jamaica) is a musician and producer who has been influential in the development and acceptance of reggae and dub music in Jamaica and overseas. He employs numerous pseudonyms, such as Pipecock Jackxon and The Upsetter.
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