Dub reggae and the techniques associated with it have, since the late-1980s, been used widely by producers of dance and ambient music.
However, the term was originally applied to a remixing technique pioneered in Jamaica as far back as 1967.
Recording engineers produced reggae tracks on which the efforts of the producer were often more evident than those of the musicians these heavily engineered tracks were termed versions.
The techniques used to produce versions quickly evolved into what is.
