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Dub Inc (previously known as Dub Incorporation) is a French
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...
band from Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...
, active since 1997. They combine a range of styles, including dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots reggae, roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2 ...
, dub, ska
Ska (; , ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a w ...
and rap
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. Their music is also influenced by African music with their songs being sung in a mixture of French
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* The French (band), ...
, English
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and Kabyle.
The band has released seven studio albums. The first three, ''Diversité'' (2003), Dans le décor (2005) and ''Afrikya'' (2008) to Dub Incorporation. However, starting with ''Hors Contrôle'' (2010), ''Paradise'' (2013), ''So What'' (2016), and ''Millions'' (2019), they shortened their name and credited the albums to Dub Inc.
''Rude Boy Story'' is the first documentary film released about the band.
Members
;Lead vocals *Hakim "Bouchkour" Meridja *Aurélien "Komlan" Zohou ;Lead guitar *Jérémie Grégeois ;Bass *Moritz Von Korff ;Keyboards *Frédéric Peyron *Idir Derdiche ;Drums & Percussions *Grégory "Zigo" Mavridorakis ;Management *Mathieu
Discography
Albums
;Live albumsSingles
References
External links
*http://www.dub-inc.com *http://www.rudeboystory.com French reggae musical groups Organizations based in Saint-Étienne Dancehall groups French dub musical groups Musical groups from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes {{France-band-stub