Lee "Scratch" Perry

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audio engineer human musician record producer reggae artist songwriter

Lee "Scratch" Perry was a pioneering Jamaican music producer and visionary innovator of dub and reggae whose experimental studio techniques reshaped modern popular music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf audio engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
reggae artist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2021 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Scratch ⓘ
The Upsetter ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album ⓘ
birthName Rainford Hugh Perry ⓘ
collaboratedWith Bob Marley ⓘ
Junior Murvin ⓘ
Max Romeo ⓘ
The Congos ⓘ
The Upsetters ⓘ
Bob Marley and the Wailers ⓘ
surface form: The Wailers
countryOfCitizenship Jamaica ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-03-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-08-29 ⓘ
founded Black Ark Studio ⓘ
Upsetter Records ⓘ
genre dub ⓘ
reggae ⓘ
rocksteady ⓘ
ska ⓘ
influenced Adrian Sherwood ⓘ
Beastie Boys ⓘ
King Tubby ⓘ
Mad Professor ⓘ
Massive Attack ⓘ
The Clash ⓘ
influencedGenre dub ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
reggae ⓘ
movement Jamaican popular music ⓘ
dub music ⓘ
roots reggae ⓘ
name Lee "Scratch" Perry self-link ⓘ
notableFor innovative use of the recording studio as an instrument ⓘ
pioneering dub music production techniques ⓘ
notableWork album "Arkology" ⓘ
album "Jamaican E.T." ⓘ
album "Roast Fish Collie Weed & Corn Bread" ⓘ
album "Super Ape" ⓘ
production of Bob Marley and the Wailers recordings ⓘ
production work with The Upsetters ⓘ
occupation audio engineer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kendall, Jamaica ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lucca ⓘ
surface form: Lucca, Italy
recordLabel Island Records ⓘ
Upsetter Records ⓘ
religion Rastafari movement ⓘ
surface form: Rastafarianism
usedTechnique creative tape splicing and manipulation ⓘ
extensive use of reverb and echo ⓘ
layered sound effects and found sounds ⓘ
workedAt Black Ark Studio ⓘ
yearOfGrammyWin 2003 ⓘ

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Perry → hasNotableBearer → Lee "Scratch" Perry ⓘ
King Tubby → influenced → Lee "Scratch" Perry ⓘ
Lee "Scratch" Perry → name → Lee "Scratch" Perry self-link ⓘ
Trojan Records → releasedMusicOf → Lee "Scratch" Perry ⓘ