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Adrian Sherwood

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English dub producer and studio engineer, founder of the On-U Sound label, who extended King Tubby's studio-as-instrument approach into British post-punk and dub electronics; a key figure in the UK dub production lineage alongside Mad Professor.

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Story · Well supportedOn-U Sound and the UK dub continuum

How a London label turned King Tubby's mixing-desk science into a post-punk-era sound of its own.