Dubtronica is

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influenced by

dub music Dub is an electronic musical style that grew out of reggae in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is commonly considered a subgenre of reggae, though it has developed to extend beyond that style.Dub: soundscapes and shattered songs in Jamaican re ...

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Strange Bedfellows: Brits like Groove Corporation refile dub under electronica
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'', 14 August 2003, retrieved 8 November 2009 Early examples from the 1980s are the experimental English dub of

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and Mad Professor. It is also called simply "dub" or "techdub". Dubtronica consists of electronic beats played in a downbeat manner. It is much lower in speed than techno and generally warmer than dance-oriented electronica. Some tracks use

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or singers to produce a more accessible form of the music.

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