In 1971 King Tubby and Lee Perry create the template for modern dance music
Osbourne Ruddock, aka King Tubby, was an engineer who experimented with echo and tape delay as far back as the mid-Sixties when he ran one of Jamaica's many mobile sound systems. His innovation was to strip a song down just to the bass pulse, then fade the vocals and instrumentation in and out at will, leaving space for the toasters - or DJs - to extemporise over the top. Dub was born and found its most innovative producer in Lee Perry, who is as influential in his way as Brian Wilson or Phil Spector. Modern dance music as we know it begins right here.
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