King Tubby

Jamaica, 1968–1989

Jamaican engineer, born Osbourne Ruddock (1941-1989), who invented dub at his Kingston mixing desk. By dropping instruments out of a finished rhythm and drenching what remained in reverb and delay he made the mixing board an instrument, and remixing a form.

MusicRoots documents 0 artists who influenced King Tubby and 1 artist King Tubby influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Which artists did King Tubby influence?

• The Slits — The dub mixing Cut answers directly: instruments dropping out and coming back wet, used on a punk record.