Items12The creator’s order
  1. 1King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)Released 1 Jan 1976Osbourne Ruddock took Augustus Pablo's fragile, weeping melodica phrases and transformed them into architectural wonders. By dropping the vocal lines of Jacob Miller out of the mix and feeding the snare into custom spring reverb units, Tubby creates startling chasms of silence followed by…0
  2. 2Super Ape (1976)Super Ape (1976)Released 1 Jan 1976Working at the Black Ark on a four-track machine, Perry treated his mixing console like an eccentric laboratory. Horns sound submerged beneath dark ocean currents while flutes and percussion skitter unpredictably across tape delays. On Zion's Blood and Dread Lion, the studio itself generates thick,…0
  3. 3Pick a Dub (1974)Pick a Dub (1974)Released 1 Jan 1974Stripping Jamaican riddims down to their bare skeletal components, Keith Hudson and the Barrett brothers proved that empty space could hit just as hard as a crowded chord progression. Using dry snare cracks, cavernous mutes and sudden bursts of rhythm guitar, this 1974 record established…0
  4. 4Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (1981)Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (1981)Released 1 Jan 1981Hopeton Brown, under King Tubby's tutelage, took early dancehall riddims played by the Roots Radics at Channel One and sculpted them into crisp sonic sculptures. With laser-like tape delays, surgical fader cuts and deep low-end resonance on tracks such as Dance of the Vampires, Scientist turns…0
  5. 5Kamikazi Dub (1979)Kamikazi Dub (1979)Released 1 Jan 1979Before conquering digital dancehall, Lloyd James proved his mastery of analogue mixing boards with this blistering set. Working with Sly and Robbie rhythm tracks cut at Channel One, Jammy hurls explosive snare echoes across the stereo spectrum while preserving an unrelenting low-end rumble that…0
  6. 6Dub From the Roots (1974)Dub From the Roots (1974)Released 1 Jan 1974Cut at Tubby's home studio in Waterhouse using Bunny Lee rhythm tracks, this is the foundation of dub album production. Osbourne Ruddock manipulates his custom high-pass filter with surgical precision, carving out midrange frequencies to let Robbie Shakespeare's basslines pulse through empty space…0
  7. 7African Dub All-Mighty, Volume 3 (1978)African Dub All-Mighty, Volume 3 (1978)Released 1 Jan 1978Errol Thompson brought theatrical flair and technical precision to the Joe Gibbs mixing room. Layered with unexpected sound effects, ringing telephone rings and swooping flangers against Sly Dunbar's unstoppable steppers drumming, Chapter 3 turns studio tricks into pure audio entertainment without…0
  8. 8King Tubby's Prophesy of Dub (1994)King Tubby's Prophesy of Dub (1994)Released 1 Jan 1994Yabby You's mournful, minor-key vocal chants receive royal acoustic treatment from King Tubby. By dropping the vocals suddenly beneath shimmering tape echoes and thunderous bass swells, Tubby deepens the religious dread of the original songs, creating an acoustic sanctuary where sacred sorrow meets…0
  9. 9LKJ in Dub (1980)LKJ in Dub (1980)Released 1 Jan 1980Recorded at Gooseberry Sound Studios in London, Dennis Bovell took Linton Kwesi Johnson's poetic recordings and reconstructed them into crystalline British dub. Bovell strips the spoken verse down to haunting vocal fragments while highlighting agile jazz horns and punchy, tight rhythm section…0
  10. 10Beyond the Realms of Dub (1982)Beyond the Realms of Dub (1982)Released 1 Jan 1982Neil Fraser built his own mixing consoles and outboard gear in South London, establishing the distinctive Ariwa sound. On this second volume of the Dub Me Crazy series, Fraser crafts sci-fi soundscapes through sparkling stereo pans, synthetic reverbs and deep sub-bass frequencies that pushed UK dub…0