Jamaican sound engineer and musical aesthete OSBOURNE RUDDOCK aka KING TUBBY is widely credited with being the original dub creator. The results of his experiments in the early and mid-1970s pervade all areas of contemporary dance music. KING TUBBY's instrument was the mixing desk, and like jazz musicians before him, his passion was finding ways to make it do things that hadn't been done before. It began during a stint with RUDDY REDWOOD's Treasure Isle Sound System. TUBBY decided that more could be done and introduced primitive echo and reverb units to his Home Town Hi-Fi system, adding the extra spatial dimension that became the hallmark of dub. He played an instrumental right after the original version and the crowd went crazy. Back home in his primitive studio, he went further, creating a sort of DIY graphic equaliser that allowed him to take out various elements, accentuate others and end up with the signature, beautiful bass-heavy echoing sound. It was a sensation - a full, warm, mind-bending groove - and soon enough, KING TUBBY was the most sought-after engineer in Jamaica. Now Select Cuts proudly presents twenty ground breaking tracks of shimmering bass-heavy magic. All of the productions are under FATMAN and BUNNY LEE control with mixing beauties by KING TUBBY in his studio. Dizzy rhythms by SLY & ROBBIE and more significant perfection by the creme of Jamaican studio artists like EARL 'CHINNA' SMITH, JACKIE MITTOO, ASTON BARRETT or AUGUSTUS PABLO just to name a few. '100 % Of Dub - Select Cuts' presents 20 different cuts of TUBBY's dub experiments in a style of music that possessed its own innate spirituality, the spacious echo and vast reverb emitting a profound vibe.

Jamaican sound engineer and musical aesthete OSBOURNE RUDDOCK aka KING TUBBY is widely credited with being the original dub creator. The results of his experiments in the early and mid-1970s pervade all areas of contemporary dance music. KING TUBBY's instrument was the mixing desk, and like jazz musicians before him, his passion was finding ways to make it do things that hadn't been done before. It began during a stint with RUDDY REDWOOD's Treasure Isle Sound System. TUBBY decided that more could be done and introduced primitive echo and reverb units to his Home Town Hi-Fi system, adding the extra spatial dimension that became the hallmark of dub. He played an instrumental right after the original version and the crowd went crazy. Back home in his primitive studio, he went further, creating a sort of DIY graphic equaliser that allowed him to take out various elements, accentuate others and end up with the signature, beautiful bass-heavy echoing sound. It was a sensation - a full, warm, mind-bending groove - and soon enough, KING TUBBY was the most sought-after engineer in Jamaica. Now Select Cuts proudly presents twenty ground breaking tracks of shimmering bass-heavy magic. All of the productions are under FATMAN and BUNNY LEE control with mixing beauties by KING TUBBY in his studio. Dizzy rhythms by SLY & ROBBIE and more significant perfection by the creme of Jamaican studio artists like EARL 'CHINNA' SMITH, JACKIE MITTOO, ASTON BARRETT or AUGUSTUS PABLO just to name a few. '100 % Of Dub - Select Cuts' presents 20 different cuts of TUBBY's dub experiments in a style of music that possessed its own innate spirituality, the spacious echo and vast reverb emitting a profound vibe.