Dub music is characterized as a "version" of an existing song, often instrumental and typically emphasizing the drums and bass for a popular local sound http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae_sound_system.
"Amolador" is a sound created by me along with a man who walks the streets with his whistle (amolador), calling the people who need to sharp their tools. I have mixed this sound with one of the instrumental tracks of the master of the dub: “scratch" Lee Perry. As typical dub characteristic I drenched the sound producing effects such as echo, vocal parts and reverb leading the instruments and vocals dropping in and out of the mix.
"Creo en el amolador que vive de fabricar estrellas con su rueda maravillosa...."
"I believe in the grinder who came to make stars with his wonderful wheel..."
From the Credo of Aquiles Nazoa (Venezuelan)
(Photo: Romero)