Dub Synesthesia

[Lichen]

In response to the Dub Scale thread in music:

Part One: Smells

1. Bleach
2. Toothpaste
3. ?
4 Lemons
5. ?
6. ?
7. Mulled Wine
8.?
9.Linseed oil
10.

Could this thread possibly go anywhere?

 

[noel emits]

10's got to pretty obvious no?

Are you correlating these with the entries in the music scale i.e. Wagner smells like lemons?

 

[Lichen]

No correlation between the two. But the idea raises the possibility of creating experiences that are more or less dub.

So: listening to Wagner whilst sniffing a lemon is not entirely un-dub. Inhaling linseed oil to an Upsetter soundtrack is a very dubby experience. Standing in cloud of ganja smoke listening to King Tubby is (obviously) the apex of dubishness.

But get this: what if we added touch to our dub synesthics experiment?

Listening to Stepz whislt eating toothpaste and scrunching tin foil: anti-dub

Inhaling linseed oil to an Upsetter soundtrack whislt rolling a warm cork (yes, cork) in your palms: pretty damn dub.

 

[noel emits]

Jumping on a bouncy-castle inside the Grand Canion surrounded by the aroma of smoked mackerel.

That thought has just made me hungry.

 

[Lichen]

I've actually done that.

And you what? It wasn't dub at all, it was Eastenders!

 

[noel emits]

Darn. Thanks for the warning, I'd better cancel my flight and the inflatable hire. Mackerel still on though.

 

[nomos]

i like way dubplates smell. like roasted crayons.