Author Michael Veal considers dub music to be one of the important precursors to contemporary electronic dance music .
Dub music is a Jamaican music stemming from roots reggae and sound system culture that flourished between 1968 and 1985 .
Author Michael Veal considers dub music , a Jamaican music stemming from roots reggae and sound system culture that flourished between 1968 and 1985 , to be one of the important precursors to contemporary electronic dance music .