Flexing his signature muscle on Explosive Dub, a compilation of various Tubby gems, the true beauty of his ability is brought to light. It's obvious to the listener that King Tubby spent hours perfecting each track and remix before releasing it.
Pachyman has proven himself a dedicated craftsman working in the lineage of dub reggae while mastering the methodology of masters like King Tubby and Scientist, using vintage gear and constructing glorious walls of sound...
Recorded with Sly & Robbie at Channel One Studio and mixed at King Tubby's, the album features hypnotic basslines, reverb-drenched keyboards, and fluid, start-stop rhythms.
King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (1976) is a landmark dub album by Augustus Pablo and King Tubby, layering echo, reverb, and deep bass to transform roots reggae into a spacious, hypnotic soundscape that defined the genre.
King Tubby and producer Bunny Striker Lee are intertwined in the birth of dub music. After discovering a mistake that was made into a serious joke they went on to release the first pressings of this new musical genre, named Dub Music.
Performances is a defiant and resonant blow against expectations and outside pressure. It’s an LP showcasing an artist without constraints and allowing themself to be radically honest.
The reissue underlines the album’s vaunted place amid one of rock’s most bulletproof catalogs and offers a glimpse at the creative process behind a pivotal moment in ongoing the Spoon story.
The Eddie Van Halen of thrash metal? Both these terms could have easily applied to Annihilator and it's mastermind, lead guitarist and songwriter Jeff Waters.