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Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs (Michael Veal)

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Michael Veal's award-winning 2007 study of dub, which details how engineers like King Tubby turned studio electronics into instruments of composition and treats the engineer as a creative author of the music.

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Story · Well supportedKing Tubby's soldering iron: the engineer as author

How a Waterhouse repairman turned a mixing desk into an instrument and became the uncredited composer of dub.