King Tubby
Reggaedub pioneerjamaican roots reggaestudio production innovatorsound engineering legend
King Tubby (born Osbourne Ruddock, January 28, 1941 – February 6, 1989) was a Jamaican electronics and sound engineer, known primarily for his influence on the development of dub in the 1960s and 1970s. Tubby's innovative studio work, which saw him elevate the role of record producer to a creative height previously only reserved for composers and musicians, would prove to be highly influential across many genres of popular music. He is often cited as the inventor of the concept of the remix
Influenced by: Lee Perry, Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid
- Active:
- 1960s–1989
- Scene:
- Kingston, Jamaica
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