dublab was founded in 1999 by Jonathan Buck, Mark McNeill and fellow students from KSCR Radio at the University of Southern California.

Examples of this, besides their stream, is their film production Secondhand Sureshots[1] where they gave producers, such as Daedelus, five dollars to buy albums from thrift stores and sampling the music to create new tracks.

In January 2008, dublab formed a non-profit umbrella corporation Future Roots, Inc.[4][5] The name comes from their characteristic style of mixing traditional music, such as folk, with electronic sounds.

Their sound system and DJs have been featured at; MOCA, LACMA, Art Center College of Design, Barnsdall Art Park, CalArts, Page Museum/La Brea Tar Pits, The Getty Center,[7] Disney Hall,[8] UCLA, Hammer Museum, Hollywood Bowl, and El Rey Theatre.

They also have extended to releasing records such as; In The Loop series, Summer, Freeways, Echo Expansion and Light from Los Angeles.