U-Roy, Cornell Campbell to perform in Berkeley Jul 4, 2008
In constant demand, he bounced between leading sound systems such as Doctor Dickie's Dynamite, King Tubby, Coxcone Dodd and Sir Mike the Musical Thunderstorm, recording his first single, "(Earth's) Rightful Ruler," with Peter Tosh for Lee Perry. But it was with Duke Reid in 1970 that U-Roy started to dominate the charts with tunes such as "Wake the Town," "Wear You to the Ball" and "Rule the Nation," which were cut from hits on Reid's Treasure Isle label. (San Francisco Chronicle)
* Jamaican dub + Taiwanese style = Taimaica, jah May 16, 2008
Dub has been around since Osbourne King Tubby Ruddock and Lee Scratch Perry developed it in the late 1960s, but the sound is relatively new for Taiwan. Taimaica Soundsystem X its name is a combination of Taiwan and Jamaica X wants to establish this Jamaican reggae/dub sound here. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Lee 'Scratch' Perry Live: Living the dub in stereo Dec 23, 2007
Dub (it is still debated whether Perry or King Tubby from Kingston who invented the malleable aesthetic of sound) focuses on the low sound of a repetitive bassline, trip-out skankin' rhythm of reggae, merciless echoes and elimination of melodic vocals. For example, one song can be manipulated and formed into 10 different dub versions. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Lewis: The Action five! Oct 11, 2007
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Projekt Revolution: The noise of summer Aug 23, 2007
Some of his favorite bands and musicians include Gorilla Biscuits, Rites of Spring, Pavement, Mark Eitzel, Prince, PiL, Rufus Wainwright, The Strokes, Donna Summer, Chisel, Ida, The Sundays, Can, Antioch Arrow and King Tubby. A University of South Carolina graduate, he misses his beloved Blue Cactus Caf; and his gigantic old apartment on Preston Street. (New York Daily News)
The albums that changed music Jun 25, 2007
AUGUSTUS PABLO 'King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown' (1976) A master class in the dark art of dub. Maverick Jamaican studio technician King Tubby turns the mixing console into an instrument, adding deconstructed, echo-drenched instrumental layers to producer and key-board maestro Augustus Pablos otherworldly melodies and roots-driven Kingston street rhythms. (iAfrica.com)
Review: The Aggrolites Mar 15, 2007
If you like core, progressive reggae, try King Tubby or maybe some Alpha Blondy. If you like suburban white boys who sound like every other lame skate band ever over produced. (UCD Advocate, CO)
The Ecstasy of Influence Jan 31, 2007
In Seventies Jamaica, King Tubby and Lee Scratch Perry deconstructed recorded music, using astonishingly primitive pre-digital hardware, creating what they called versions. The recombinant nature of their means of production quickly spread to DJs in New York and London. (Harper's Magazine)
