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King Tubby

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Born 28 January 1941. Died 06 February 1989.

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Biography

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 music in the 1960s and 1970s. Tubby's innovative studio work, which saw him elevate the role of the mixing engineer to a creative fame 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, and so may be seen as a direct antecedent of much dance and electronic music production.

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Albums releases

Release title Release date
The Dub Organiser 2002
Declaration of Dub 2002
I Am the King 2001
From the Palace of Dub: Essential Smokin' Dub Classics 2001
The Sound of Channel One: King Tubby Connection 1999
 

Credits

Role Artist Release
Mix Augustus Pablo King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (2004)
Mix Horace Andy The King Tubby Tapes (2002)
Mix Augustus Clarke Black Foundation Dub (2001)
Mix Various Artists Barry Brown Meets Cornell Campbell (2000)
Mix Prince Far I & King Tubby In the House of Vocal & Dub (1995)
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