The style is characterized then by its rhythmic accentuation, heavy and stripped, a bass and a very present drum. The side A being the original piece and the side B the version dub. The work of dub sound engineers consists of remixing the songs on the A side of vinyl singles and releasing them on the B side. In the late 1980s, dub began to have a significant impact on all popular dance music worldwide, which adopted the remixing principle that had originated in Jamaica. King Tubby was an important and influential creator, teaching his practices to a number of disciples, including King Jammy, Scientist and Lee “Scratch” Perry. Reggae is now a universal music, as its main ambassador, Bob Marley, wished. This crossbreeding will not stop there: nowadays, many styles are inspired, integrate or take back the reggae style all over the world. ![]() To these influences are added those of African music, the Rasta movement and nyabinghi songs, which use drums derived from Afro-Jamaican Buru ceremonies. It is the result of numerous encounters and crossbreeding: The evolution of ska and then rocksteady, i t has its roots in the colonial white rhythms and music that slaves were made to play (polka, mazurka, scottish, quadrille, but also military-type music with fifes and drums), the cultural and musical forms of the nineteenth century such as the Kumina, Junkanoo (en) or the Zion Revival, which are reflected in traditional Caribbean music (mento and then calypso), but is also very influenced by Rhythm and blues, jazz and soul music (American music was very fashionable in Jamaica at the time). Reggae was launched in Jamaica at the end of the 1960s in a context of strong competition between small music producers. ![]() In 2018, UNESCO classified this music as an intangible heritage of humanity. Having taken on a global dimension, reggae is now played by groups of diverse origins, sung in a wide variety of languages and is composed of different sub-genres. Intimately linked to the Rastafari movement, itself born in Jamaica, reggae is not inseparable from it and is even rejected by some followers of this faith. Addressing themes often related to political and social issues, reggae has earned a reputation as the music of the oppressed. Reggae became world famous in the 1970s in the wake of Bob Marley’s success and established itself as a musical style with its own culture.
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