Stumbled upon this excellent (and provoking) article by Bill Dew, originally published in 1995. Thought many here would enjoy reading it.
Excerpt:
"The advances in technology have not been kind to reggae. The re-creation of Dub as a stand-alone genre has bought about a musical de-evolution, with tunes assembled from scratch in the studio. Gone is the collaborative vibe, the heady interaction of Players of Instrument and the extraordinary build-up of pure sound behind the mix which slithered, thrillingly, like aural electric eels through the dubmaster’s net. Modern-day, ‘digikal’ roots are constructed outside in, encasing the void in layers of musical papier-mache before deflating the balloon within."
At the bottom, Mr. Dew describes a few of his favorite dub cuts.
Link:
http://www.uncarved.org/dub/dew.html