King Tubby

Born January 28th 1941 in Kingston, Jamaica, King Tubby is known primarily for his influence on the development of dub in the 1960s through an error of U-Roy, Tubby soon became quite helpful at most of the sound systems around.

Tubby began working with Treasure Isle, a studio, Tubby began making remixes of hit songs, usually by simply removing the vocals. In time, Tubby (and others) began shifting the emphasis in the instrumentals, adding sounds and removing others and adding various special effects, like echoes, and filtering. By 1968, Tubby's soundsystem was one of the most popular in Kingston until it was destroyed by police in 1975. He decided to open a studio of his own in 1971 and gradually equips his studio with different second-hand equipment such as a two-track console and an Acetate engraving machine which allows him to provide several sonos in Dub Plates. His remixes soon proved enormously popular and he became one of the biggest celebrities in Jamaica.

During the 1970s, Tubby's work in the studio gave rise to modern dub music. He had a long string of hit songs, and worked as a producer & engineer for some of Jamaica's most popular artists, including Scientist in 1980.

In the 1980s, he focused on production for Firehouse group of labels. He was shot and killed by unknown persons, probably in a robbery attempt, in 1989, February 06th where he became a legend. RIP