by RUPERT BOTTENBERG

For 10 years now, with his Dub Lounge nights especially, Mossman has been Montreal’s champion of old-school dub production in the reggae context. Meanwhile, with his Deadbeat project and more, Montreal’s Scott Monteith has been accessing dub via new-school minimal techno. When Mossman DJed at the release party for the Deadbeat album last March, the schools came together magnificently.

“When you think about the way things are generally going in this city, regardless of genre,” says Monteith, “that melding and mashing together, at the loft parties and so on I’ve been going to, always seems to result in a better mix in the crowd and a better mood over the course of the night.”

A better mood is exactly what the pair is aiming for with their new monthly Dub Out, in the cozy confines of the elegantly laid-back Salon Daomé. Time-twisting, echo-exploding excursions of the version are the order of the night, be it a matter of reggae, techno or anything else. And despite the lovely sofas and thick headnod grooves, don’t plan on remaining seated. “I’ll tell you the truth, do not come in there thinking you’ll be sitting ’round, because that’s a no-no,” laughs Mossman. “Well, sure, the beginning of the night I’ll play some chill out stuff, but I’m never too happy to see people just sitting there.”

“It’s an option,” adds Monteith, “but hopefully people will get up and move around a little.”

The guests are already lining up, with Ras Kush, Ras Wilson and their Black Redemption Soundsystem kicking things off. “I’ve got to really big those guys up, Ras Kush especially,” says Mossman. “For the past five years, he’s been really supportive of me. Basically, they’re New York City’s number-one, most internationally renowned roots, reggae and dub soundsystem, and they’ve been operating for 20 years.”

The dub sensibility, in the duo’s view, extends to live painting sessions by Heavyweight, photo slideshows and VJ trickery. Other musical possibilities abound, including bigger shows at larger venues. On Mossman’s end, the maybes include the Blood & Fire label’s own soundsystem, Daddy G and Massive Attack’s Horace Andy, while Monteith’s wish list includes Basic Channel, Pole and Rootsman. “I was just in Berlin a couple of weeks ago,” he says, “and some of those irons are already in the fire.”

No bah-humbugs are forthcoming from the classicist Mossman. “I’m all into it,” he says. “I mean, I’ve been talking about getting a laptop, so you’ll soon see me come in there with my own productions on it—and thick glasses, a heavy European accent and a turtleneck.”

Don’t take that to mean he’s gone all slick and boutique with his dub. “I’ll always be putting a lot of dirt in there. Digital dirt or analog dirt, there’s gonna be ’nuff dirt. Don’t worry about the dirt!”

At Salon Daomé on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 9 p.m., $7

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