dublab is a

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music

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station based in

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. They have also been involved with art exhibitions, film projects, event production, and record releases. These shows are archived and downloadable on the dublab website. dublab also broadcasts on KLDB-LP on 99.1 FM in Los Angeles. ''dublab'' was founded in 1999 by Jonathan Buck, Mark McNeill and fellow students from KSCR Radio at the

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. Their name is a

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and

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for the combined meaning: a place of experimenting with sampling music. Examples of this, besides their stream, is their film production ''Secondhand Sureshots'' where they gave producers, such as Daedelus, five dollars to buy albums from thrift stores and sample the music to create new tracks. Another in audio/visual form is ''Into Infinity'' a collaboration with

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. It is a group art exhibition of around a hundred vinyl record sized circular artworks and more than a hundred eight-second audio loops. The works are randomly dubbed together and is all made freely available for others to remix and sample, even on the project's website. In January 2008, ''dublab'' formed a non-profit umbrella corporation ''Future Roots, Inc.'' The name comes from their characteristic style of mixing traditional music, such as folk, with electronic sounds. It also refers to the paradox that often music that is actually really old can sound very much like it was made in the present. In that theme, ''dublab'' will often only be written as either all lowercase or all uppercase by those familiar with the collective. There are other such characteristic writing styles such as a heavy use of

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. Much of dublab's funding comes directly via listener support, with other funds generated through grants, Underwriting spots and event production. Their sound system and DJs have been featured at; MOCA, LACMA,

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, Barnsdall Art Park, CalArts, Page Museum/La Brea Tar Pits, The Getty Center, Disney Hall,

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, Hollywood Bowl, and El Rey Theatre. They also have extended to releasing records such as; ''In The Loop'' series, ''Summer'', ''Freeways'', ''Echo Expansion'' and ''Light from Los Angeles''. They record many ''Sprout Sessions'' at their studio in Los Angeles, which are released via their
Live at dublab
'

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. These have made their way to record releases such as the ''Feathers Sprout Session''. In August 2008 they released their performance video project called ''Vision Version'', which is available as an RSS feed. They also have music-themed group art shows such as ''Into Infinity'', ''Dream Scene'', ''Up Our Sleeve'', and ''Patchwork''.

Resident DJs

*Ale (Languis/Pharaohs) *Andres Renteria (Poo-bah) *Anenon (Non Projects) *Anthony Valadez (Record Breakin/

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) * Beatie Wolfe * Benson Taylor * Carlos Niño (Ammoncontact/Life Force Trio) *Cooper Saver * Daedelus * Danny Holloway (Ximeno Records/Blazing 45s) *Derelict *Discotchari (Silk Road Secret Agents) *EDJ *Farmer Dave Scher (All Night Radio/Beachwood Sparks) *Friends of Friends *Frosty (Adventure Time/Golden Hits) *Ganas (Mas Exitos) *Greg Belson (Divine Chord Gospel Show/45's of Fury) *Hashim B (Disques Corde) *Heidi Lawden *Hoseh (Headspace KXLU) * Induce (Induce's Listening) *Jake Jenkins * Jeff Weiss OW Radio*Jen Ferrer * Jimmy Tamborello ( Dntel) *Katie Byron (Golden Hits) *Kutmah (Poo-Bah) *Lovefingers (ESP Institute) *Low Limit (Icee Hot) * Lucky Dragons *Mahssa (Finders Keepers) *Mamabear (Sweaterfunk) *Marco Paul * Maria Minerva *Marion Hodges (Hungry Beat/KCRW) *Matthewdavid (Leaving Records/ Brainfeeder) *Michael Stock (Part Time Punks) *Morpho ( The Masses) *Nanny Cantaloupe (Golden Hits/KXLU) *Nobody (Blank Blue/Low End Theory) * Ras G (Poo-Bah) *Rani de Leon (Soul in the Park, Radio Afrique) *Slow Motion DJs *Sodapop ( Anticon) *Suzanne Kraft (Discothèque Records) *Take (Innercurrent) *

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(My Hollow Drum) *T-Kay (KSPC) *Tommy DeNys (Kraak) *Turquoise Wisdom (Biggest Crush)

Notable guests, artists, and DJs

* Daedelus * Flying Lotus * Benson Taylor * Holy Fuck *

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* Danny Holloway * Lucky Dragons * Dntel * DJ Z-Trip * Capes * Smaze * Kozyndan * Andy Votel *

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* Why? * Stevie Jackson * Animal Collective *

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* Baby Dee * Busdriver * Cluster * Cut Chemist *

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* Robert Woodrow Wilson * Allee Willis * J Rocc * Keith Fullerton Whitman * Kyp Malone (TV on the Radio) * Nobukazu Takemura * Smegma * Tom Brosseau *

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* Thomas Fehlmann * Devendra Banhart * Morton Subotnick * Marshall Allen *

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Matmos Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo formed in San Francisco and based in Baltimore. M. C. (Martin) Schmidt and Drew Daniel are the core members, but they frequently include other artists on their records and in their performances no ...

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* Mouse On Mars * Dungen *

Saul Williams Saul Stacey Williams (born February 29, 1972) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor. He is known for his blend of poetry and alternative hip hop, and for his lead roles in the 1998 independent film ''Slam ( ...

* Peter Hammarstedt * Erlend Øye * The One AM Radio * Lavender Diamond * Manuel Göttsching * Trickfinger (John Frusciante) * V. Vale *

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References

External links

Dublab official site

audio stream

Into Infinity online exhibition

Turning On Tomorrow: Dublab's Proton Drive Fundraiser

DUBLAB'S SECONDHAND SURESHOTS: DVD, 12-INCH, SLIPMATS & HAND-SCREENED SLEEVES

core programs: futureroots.org
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