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King Tubby

68–80 BPMdub reggaeroots dub

1970s mixing-desk dub reggae from the 1970s: heavy bass riddim, rimshot one drop, kicked spring crash, hypnotic and raw in feel. A name-free Suno recipe that reproduces the signature sound without tripping the artist-name filter.

Style: Dub Reggae · Related styles: Dub, Reggae, Roots Reggae, Gospel Reggae

History

King Tubby turned the mixing desk into an instrument and is credited as one of the inventors of dub. His mixes strip a reggae rhythm down to drum and bass, then bring vocals, horns and guitar back as fragments, thrown into spring reverb and tape echo, cut off abruptly or swept through filters until the song becomes a space. He started out repairing radios and electronics in Kingston and ran his own sound system, Tubby's Home Town Hi-Fi, which became a proving ground for special instrumental versions cut for the dance. From his small studio in the Waterhouse district he mixed for many of the major producers of the 1970s, including Bunny Lee, Lee Perry and Augustus Pablo. Records such as Dub from the Roots and The Roots of Dub helped define dub as an album form, and King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown, made with Augustus Pablo in 1976, remains one of the most celebrated dub records. He also trained younger engineers, among them Prince Jammy and Scientist. He was killed in Kingston in 1989. He is recognised by the dramatic drop-outs, the high-pass sweep and echo trails that seem to hang in the air.

The recipe

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