←ExploreENTITY · STUDIOBlack ArkWell supportedLee Perry's studio, famed for its distinctive dub-drenched productions.Share a memoryCorrect this recordAdd a source leadAt a glanceTypestudioConfidenceWell supportedEraOpen era →Technology, recording & industryConnectionslinked by · associated withStudio 2000 (Steely & Clevie)Steely and Clevie first played together at Lee Perry's Black Ark studio in the late 1970s before their digital breakthrough (World A Reggae).linked by · operatedLee "Scratch" PerryPerry built and ran the Black Ark studio.linked by · recorded atJunior MurvinMurvin cut 'Police and Thieves' with Perry at the Black Ark in 1976 (Rough Guide to Reggae).linked by · recorded atThe CongosThe Congos' Heart of the Congos was produced by Perry at the Black Ark (Solid Foundation).linked by · recorded atJah Lion"Colombia Colly" was voiced at Perry's Black Ark studio.linked by · recorded atEarl SixteenAmong the vocalists who passed through Perry's Black Ark studio.linked by · recorded atLittle Roy"Prophecy" was cut at Lee Perry's Black Ark studio with Perry engineering.linked by · recorded atPablo Moses"I Man A Grasshopper" was recorded in a single day at Lee Perry's Black Ark.linked by · recorded atHeart of the Congos — The CongosSessions took place at Perry's Black Ark studio in Kingston, 1976-77.linked by · recorded atParty Time — The HeptonesRecorded at Perry's Black Ark studio.linked by · recorded atSuper Ape — Lee "Scratch" Perry & The UpsettersRecorded at Black Ark in 1976.In storiesStory · ProbableDub and the versionHow the B-side and the mixing desk became instruments.Story · 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.
