King Tubby

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King Tubby was a pioneering Jamaican sound engineer and producer who helped create and popularize dub music through innovative studio techniques and remixing.

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King Tubby canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf audio engineer
dub musician
human
record producer
sound system operator
activeYearsEnd 1980s
activeYearsStart 1960s
alsoKnownAs King Tubby's
The Dub Master
associatedAct Roots Radics
The Aggrovators
birthName Osbourne Ruddock
causeOfDeath homicide by shooting
collaboratedWith Augustus Pablo
Bunny Lee
Horace Andy
Johnny Clarke
Niney the Observer
Yabby You
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica
dateOfBirth 1941-01-28
dateOfDeath 1989-02-06
genre dub
reggae
rocksteady
influenced Adrian Sherwood
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Mad Professor
Prince Jammy
Scientist (Hopeton Brown)
influencedGenre dub
electronic music
reggae
knownForTechnique creative use of echo
creative use of reverb
drop-out mixing
remixing existing reggae tracks into dub versions
legacy considered one of the originators of dub music
major influence on remix culture and modern studio production
name King Tubby self-link
notableFor innovative use of studio effects in reggae
pioneering dub music
occupation record producer
sound engineer
sound system operator
operatedSoundSystem Tubby’s Hometown Hi-Fi
operatedStudio King Tubby's
surface form: King Tubby’s Studio
placeOfBirth Kingston, Jamaica
placeOfDeath Kingston, Jamaica
studioLocation Waterhouse, Kingston, Jamaica

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Horace Andy associatedAct King Tubby
Bunny Lee collaboratedWith King Tubby
King Tubby name King Tubby self-link
Lee "Scratch" Perry influenced King Tubby