Dark Tropics - I Bet You Can (Mr Myth's "I Bet You" Dub) by Mr Myth published on 2023-09-24T16:10:53Z Rio & Gerard were clearly inspired by 'Screamadelica' era Primal Scream for this single so I decided to follow suit by referencing the sublime skills of Bobby Gillespie & Co.'s producer extraordinaire, Lord Saber... Lone Swordsman... The Guvn'or... The late Andrew Weatherall. Andrew often created remixes through 'dub' mixing, an approach birthed in Jamaica in the late 1960's with engineer Osbourne Ruddock, aka King Tubby. The idea is for the engineer (in this case, me) to become the musician and use mixing techniques and effects as an instrument. Typically in a 'dub' mix, rhythm sections are accentuated, lead vocals are removed and then it is time to go wild on effects and get hella weird with delays, phasers and reverbs! I laid down an 808 drum loop, chopped the original bassline into a groover of a riff and really focused on the quieter side of the vocal takes from the original stems. After having a bit of (...way too much) fun with effects, the 'I Bet You' Dub version of Dark Tropics' 'I Bet You Can' was born!