''Youth Dub'' is a bonus disc released in conjunction with

Matisyahu Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American reggae singer, rapper, beatboxer Beatboxing (also beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum mac ...

's second studio

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Youth Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. You ...

''. Both discs were released on March 7, 2006. ''Youth Dub'' is included with some copies of ''Youth'' and is available as a limited edition, stand-alone album. Producer Bill Laswell made a King Tubby style dub

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of ''Youth'', adding effects and bringing to the fore the music of the backing band

Roots Tonic Roots Tonic was the name of the three piece rock-reggae band best known as Matisyahu's backing band during live shows and studio recordings. The band was made up of Aaron Dugan (guitar and sounds), Josh Werner (bass and keyboard, also co-writes s ...

rather than

's vocals. Laswell was so impressed with the band that he invited them back into his studio and teamed up for an all-instrumental dub album, ''Roots Tonic meets Bill Laswell''. The cover artwork is a papercut designed by artist Dena Levie.

Track listing

# "Youth Dub" # "Fire & Dub" # "Spark Seekers" # "Dub Warrior" # "WP Dub" # "Daughters Dub" # "One Woman" # "Fire of Heaven Dub" # "Chop 'Em Down Dub" # "Nigun"

External links

Official Site
Matisyahu albums 2006 remix albums Epic Records remix albums {{reggae-album-stub