King Tubby/The Observer Allstars/The Aggrovators

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 (Bunny Lee, Augustus Pablo, Lee "Scratch" Perry) and artists (John Holt, Horace Andy, Delroy Wilson), making reggae history in the process.

• Augustus Pablo
• Bunny Lee/King Tubby
• Cedric Im Brooks
• Dennis Bovell & Dub Band
• Jah Thomas/Scientist
• Joe Gibbs/Errol Thompson
• Keith Hudson
• Lee "Scratch" Perry
• Mikey Dread
• Niney The Observer
• Prince Far I
• Prince Jammy
• Sly & Robbie
• The Heptones
• Yabby You

• Alton Ellis/Hortense Ellis
• Derrick Morgan
• Duke Reid
• Fats Domino
• James Brown
• Laurel Aitken
• Louis Jordan
• The Skatalites

• Adrian Sherwood
• African Head Charge
• Alpha & Omega
• Aswad
• Badawi
• Bill Laswell
• Black Uhuru
• DJ Spooky
• Dr. Israel
• Israel Vibration
• Mad Professor
• Massive Attack
• Public Image Ltd.
• Renegade Soundwave
• Scientist

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