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A dub reggae legend and one of my favorite artists Horace Swaby better known as Augustus Pablo.

International recording company, Shanachie Entertainment, has just released the first CD/DVD combination box set on renowned Jamaican musician, Augustus Pablo.

The Takebacks are a collaborative effort by "a garbage man, city electrician and a state custodian," but lessons learned from those occupations don't appear to have had much influence on the trio's eclectic ...

Music that will change the way you think and feel about reggae.

It was the unlikeliest source imaginable, you'd have thought, to be an introduction to the dub music of Kingston Jamaica, but Black Market Clash by the Clash was where I first heard that bass heavy, mixed down, slowed down groove. In those days of two-sided LP records, side one of album contained some reggae covers and original tunes by the...

Born Herbert Swaby in 1954, Augustus Pablo was an orientalist before orientalism was uncool.

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“We never had a label that released the historic productions because we never wanted to confuse the market”

Augustus Pablo, , who recorded for Randy's Records early in his career, performing at the Carib Theatre in 1974. via Jamaica Gleaner

It is possible to get lucky in this life. There are no guarantees, of course, but every now and then one is afforded a first great experience, to which one's imagination will return time and again. via No condition is permanent

King Tubby - file Claim to fame: Master engineer regarded as the father of dub. Responsible for introducing special effects such as reverb and echo, bringing a new dimension to reggae in the 1970s. via Jamaica Gleaner

Toronto, like London is home to a sizable West Indian community, so it's not surprising to find a reggae band based there. via RollingStone