Editing Dub Syndicate

{{Short description|English dub band}}
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{{More citations needed|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| origin          = London
| genre           = [[Reggae]], [[Dub music|dub]]
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| label           = [[On-U Sound Records]]<br />Lion & Roots
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| current_members = [[Adrian Sherwood]]<br />[[Style Scott]]
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'''Dub Syndicate''' is a British [[dub music|dub]] band, formed by [[Adrian Sherwood]], which became a showcase for Adrian Sherwood's collaboration  with [[Lincoln "Style" Scott]], former drummer with the [[Roots Radics]], [[Suns of Arqa]] and Creation Rebel.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=398}}</ref>

Dub Syndicate initially evolved out of Creation Rebel and had a classic dub sound until the third album, ''Tunes From The Missing Channel'' (1985), where Dub Syndicate gave  birth to a more experimental, technological dub sound. Dub Syndicate's new sound centered on the interaction of Scott, Sherwood, and members of [[Tackhead]], [[Skip McDonald]], [[Keith LeBlanc]] and [[Doug Wimbish]].

Dub Syndicate has collaborated with many other artists including [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], [[Bim Sherman]] (vocals), [[Keith Levene]], [[Don Campbell (musician)]], [[Junior Reid]], [[Big Youth]], [[Deadly Headley|Felix "Deadley Headley" Bennett]] (saxophone), [[Prince Far I]], [[Aswad]] and [[Burning Spear]] bassist George Oban, [[Alpha Boys' School]]-educated Eskimo Fox ( drummer), Noel Brownie, [[Alan Glen]] and Peter "Dr. Pablo" Stroud (melodica), (N.B. Dr. Pablo is not [[Augustus Pablo]]).<ref name="Larkin"/>

Most of the band's output has appeared on [[On-U Sound Records]], produced by the label's owner Adrian Sherwood.<ref name="Larkin"/> More recent Dub Syndicate recordings were released on Style Scott's own Lion & Roots record label, and production duties were split between Sherwood, [[Scientist (musician)|Scientist]] and Scott. More recently Dub Syndicate has worked with Dancehall artists such as [[Luciano (singer)|Luciano]], [[Capleton]] and [[Junior Reid|Jr. Reid]].

Scott was found dead in Jamaica on 11 October 2014.<ref name="reggaeville">{{cite web|url=http://www.reggaeville.com/nc/artist-details/artist/dub-syndicate/release/dub-syndicate-hard-food/ac/artistReleases/lead/review/update/1.html|title=Album-Review: Dub Syndicate - Hard Food|website=Reggaeville.com|accessdate=2015-11-11}}</ref>

== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
* ''The Pounding System (Ambience in Dub)'' (1982)
* ''One Way System'' (1983)
* ''North of the River Thames'' (with Dr. Pablo, 1984)
* ''Tunes from the Missing Channel'' (1985)
* ''[[Time Boom X De Devil Dead]]'' (with Lee "Scratch" Perry, 1987)
* ''Strike the Balance'' (1990)
* ''From the Secret Laboratory'' (with Lee "Scratch" Perry, 1990)
* ''Stoned Immaculate'' (1991)
* ''Echomania'' (1994)
* ''Ital Breakfast'' (1996)
* ''Mellow & Colly'' (1998)
* ''Fear of a Green Planet'' (1998)
* ''Acres of Space'' (2001)
* ''No Bed of Roses'' (2004)
* ''Hard Food'' (2015)

==== ''Pounding System'' ====
# Pounding System
# Hi-Fi Gets a Pounding, Pts. 1 & 2
# "[[African Head Charge]]"-Don't Care About Space Invader Machines, Pt. 1&2
# Fringe on Top Dub
# Humorless Journalist Works to Rules
# # 10 K at Ovu -60&nbsp;Hz- Mind Boggles
# Crucial Tony Tries to Rescue the [[Space Invaders]]
# Hi-Fi Gets a Pounding, Pt. 3
# Return to Stage One<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/pounding-system-mw0000598151|title=Pounding System - Dub Syndicate &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]m|accessdate=2015-11-11}}</ref>

==== ''One Way System'' ====
# Socca
# Overloader
# Drilling Equipment
# Drainpipe Rats
# Schemers
# Ascendant, Pt. 4
# Synchronizer
# Independence
# Substyle
# Displaced Master
# Ascendant, Pt. 6<ref name="allmusic2">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/one-way-system-mw0000674583|title=One Way System - Dub Syndicate &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2015-11-11}}</ref>

==== ''North of the River Thames'' ====
# Man of Mystery
# [[Dr. Who]]?
# Pressurised
# Tribute
# A Taste of Honey
# North of the [[River Thames]]
# [[Red Sea]]
# We Like It Hot<ref name="allmusic3">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/north-of-the-river-thames-mw0000045355|title=North of the River Thames - Dub Syndicate &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2015-11-11}}</ref>

==== ''Tunes from the Missing Channel'' ====
# [[Ravi Shankar]], Pt. 1  3:41
# The Show Is Coming  4:50
# Must Be Dreaming  4:26
# Overboard  3:41
# Forever More  4:16
# [[Geoffrey Boycott]]  4:33
# Wellie  2:57
# Jolly  4:11
# Out and About  5:48<ref name="allmusic4">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/tunes-from-the-missing-channel-mw0000029655|title=Tunes from the Missing Channel - Dub Syndicate &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2015-11-11}}</ref>

=== Compilations ===
* ''Classic Selection Volume 1'' (1989)
* ''Classic Selection Volume 2'' (1990)
* ''Live at the T+C - 1991'' – with Akabu and Bim Sherman (1993)
* ''Classic Selection Volume 3'' (1994)
* ''Research and Development'' (1996)
* ''Live at the Maritime Hall'' (2000)
* ''Murder Tone'' (2002)
* ''Pure Thrill Seekers'' (2005)
* ''The Rasta Far I'' (2006)
* ''The Royal Variety Show (The Best of Dub Syndicate)''
* ''On U Sound 30 years anniversary (King Size Dub Special) ''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.dubsyndicate.com Official site]
*[http://www.skysaw.org/onu/artists/dubsyndicate.html Artist page at unofficial On-U Sound site]
*[http://www.skysaw.org/onu/discography/dubsyndicatediscog.html Discography at unofficial On-U Sound site]
*[http://www.uncarved.org/dub/onu/eskimo.html Early Dub Syndicate Drummer Interview]
*[http://www.uncarved.org/dub/onu/onu.html The definitive Adrian Sherwood interview]
*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/7871-Dub-Syndicate Discography at Discogs]

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