←ExploreENTITY · PERSONAugustus PabloWell supportedMelodica player and producer central to the roots and dub era.Share a memoryCorrect this recordAdd a source leadAt a glanceTypepersonConfidenceWell supportedEraOpen era →People & rolesConnectionscreated or popularisedJava riddimPablo's melodica instrumental defined the rockers 'Far East' sound.popularisedMelodicaPablo made the melodica a signature lead instrument in his 'Far East' reggae sound (Reggae Routes).worked withKing Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock)Pablo and Tubby collaborated on the landmark King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (Rough Guide to Reggae).linked by · worked withClive ChinChin produced Pablo's early hit 'Java' at his family's Randy's Studio 17 (Solid Foundation).linked by · worked withBeth LesserBegan Reggae Quarterly through Pablo's Rockers International organisation.linked by · worked withLeroy "Horsemouth" WallacePlayed drums on Augustus Pablo's rockers-era productions.linked by · founded byRockers InternationalRockers International (and Message) were Augustus Pablo's labels.linked by · associated withGarth SwabyGarth Swaby was Augustus Pablo's brother and co-founder of their shared record shop.linked by · associated withAddis PabloAddis Pablo is Augustus Pablo's son and inheritor of the Rockers legacy.linked by · worked withHerman Chin-LoyHe recorded Pablo's earliest melodica sides and is credited with the 'Augustus Pablo' name.linked by · performed by"Java" - Augustus PabloPablo's melodica instrumental.linked by · created or popularisedHerman Chin-LoyChin Loy named Horace Swaby 'Augustus Pablo' and cut his early recordings.linked by · worked withJunior DelgadoReunited with Augustus Pablo for the 1986 "Raggamuffin Year.".linked by · mentored byHugh MundellPablo produced and guided the teenage Mundell's landmark album.linked by · produced byAfrica Must Be Free by 1983 (Hugh Mundell)Produced by Augustus Pablo.linked by · worked withEarl "Bagga" WalkerWalker's bass work is documented on Augustus Pablo recordings among many other 1970s-80s sessions.linked by · worked withRichard "Dirty Harry" HallHall's tenor saxophone is a defining voice on Augustus Pablo's rockers-era dub recordings.linked by · released onJunior Reid"Speak the Truth" was released on Augustus Pablo's Rockers International label.linked by · worked withYami BoloBolo found major success working with Augustus Pablo in the late 1980s and early 1990s.linked by · worked withJunior ReidFirst single released via Augustus Pablo's Rockers International label.linked by · performed byKing Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown — Augustus Pablo & King TubbyAugustus Pablo led the melodica-driven sessions for this 1976 album.Watch & listenVisiting the Rockers International Record Shop in Kingston, JamaicaYOUTUBE · rights discovery only · archive sourceCommunity-uploaded shop tour of Rockers International on Orange Street; discovery-only embed.Source link ↗King Tubby Meets Rockers UptownSPOTIFY · rights discovery only · performsOfficial spotify upload (channel: Augustus Pablo); embedded as a discovery-only reference pending editorial review.Source link ↗In storiesStory · ProbableThe Dub Revolution: How King Tubby and Lee Perry Turned the Mixing Desk Into an InstrumentIn the studios of 1970s Kingston, engineers learned to dismantle a finished song and rebuild it as something stranger, launching the version, the remix and the idea of the producer as author.Story · ProbableThe dub album as its own art formBy the mid-1970s, stripping a reggae master down to drum, bass and echo had stopped being a B-side trick and become an album statement in its own right.
Visiting the Rockers International Record Shop in Kingston, JamaicaYOUTUBE · rights discovery only · archive sourceCommunity-uploaded shop tour of Rockers International on Orange Street; discovery-only embed.Source link ↗
King Tubby Meets Rockers UptownSPOTIFY · rights discovery only · performsOfficial spotify upload (channel: Augustus Pablo); embedded as a discovery-only reference pending editorial review.Source link ↗
