Dubtronica is

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influenced by dub music.Doherty, Greg (2003)
Strange Bedfellows: Brits like Groove Corporation refile dub under electronica
, '' Miami New Times'', 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 Mad Professor (born Neil Joseph Stephen Fraser, 1955, Georgetown, Guyana) is a Guyanese-born British dub music producer and engineer known for his original productions and remix work. He is considered one of the leading producers of dub music ...

. 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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