Latest Release
- 13 OCT 2023
- 12 Songs
- King Tubby's Hometown Hi-Fi · 1994
- A Gigantic Dub / The Duke of Earl Dub / a Dancing Dub - Single · 2006
- King Tubby Meets the Upsetter At the Grass Roots of Dub · 1975
- Dub from the Roots · 1975
- In a Revival Dub · 2009
- Freedom Sounds In Dub ! · 1996
- The Best of King Tubby · 2002
- In a Revival Dub · 2009
- Bionic Horn Dub / Crazy Dub / Stalwart of Dub - Single · 2006
- Freedom Sounds In Dub ! · 1996
Essential Albums
- 2009
Artist Playlists
- This dub ruler spins reggae magic with just a mixing desk.
- The dub ruler conjures reggae and dancehall magic with his mixing desk.
- His studio, the home of dub, was a source of unending creativity.
- The reggae, R&B and jazz that provided the roots of dub.
- Whether reggae or EDM, his DNA survives in dance music.
Appears On
- King Fuji aka Rising Sun
- King Tubby & Barry Brown
- The Aggrovators
About King Tubby
As the originator of dub, one of the most important developments not only in reggae, but in all of contemporary music, King Tubby is a towering historical figure. Born Osbourne Ruddock, the Kingston pioneer started out as an electronics repair man. By the late '60s he was working as a recording engineer and DJ, and the die was cast when he began playing his first instrumental dub mix of a record he'd just engineered. By the early '70s, Tubby had his own studio where he became a master at the art of transforming reggae recordings through creative, often spontaneous remixing. Throughout the '70s he collaborated with a stunning cast of producers and artists, making reggae history in the process.
- HOMETOWN
- Kingston, Jamaica
- BORN
- 28 January 1941
- GENRE
- Reggae