Dadub

Dadub emerged in Berlin as a “post apocalyptic dub” endeavor started by Italian producer and DJ Daniele Antezza. At first the project blended swirling, spacious strands of dub, ambient music, and techno, its textures defined by fractured rhythms and vast, echoing spaces. After issuing several EPs and the 2013 debut album You Are Eternity, the act paused operations; when it resurfaced, a changed lineup delivered a denser, more fractured aesthetic captured on the severe 2020 release Hypersynchron.

Antezza had launched Dadub alone in 2008. The project turned into a duo once he relocated to Berlin to pursue sound-design studies. There he crossed paths with fellow Italian Giovanni Conti; their shared fascination with audio manipulation, especially the singular dub techniques of Lee “Scratch” Perry, solidified the partnership. The pair joined expatriate Luca Mortellaro (Lucy) as resident mastering and production engineers at his Stroboscopic Artefacts imprint, placing their initial material on the label in 2011. That debut appeared as a split single alongside Argentinian artist Pfirter—an eleven-minute journey through dubbed-out techno that foreshadowed later directions. The same year they contributed to the experimental Monad series; in 2012 they followed with the four-track EP Way to Moksha. Early in 2013 the EP Preternity arrived, its remixes supplied by Rrose, Kangding Ray, Lakker, and label head Lucy, serving as an immediate prelude to the full-length You Are Eternity issued only weeks afterward.

Thereafter both musicians concentrated on solo work. Antezza departed Artefacts Mastering in 2017 and established his own Dadub Studio. Producer and sound artist Marco Donnarumma entered the project in 2018. The refreshed lineup issued the singles “Nusuth” and “Tuluu” on Antezza’s Holotone label in 2019. March 2020 brought the EP A Sun Called Moon via New York-based Ohm Resistance, and Hypersynchron—containing a remix by label associate Scorn—appeared that October.