Biography

The Phil Spector of reggae, genius/madman producer Lee Perry helped invent dub and revolutionize the use of a studio as a musical instrument while at the same making some of the most sumptuous and grooving reggae records of the '70s, classics including Max Romeo's "War Ina Babylon," Junior Murvin's "Police And Thieves," George Faith's "To Be A Lover," and Perry's own "Curly Locks," among many others. A genuine aural collagist, his visionary, bizarre sonic palette combined radical studio effects with literally anything he could imagine, be it sound effects, stream-of-consciousness spoken commentary, or dialogue from American TV shows. Perry is a towering figure, and one whose influence has spread well beyond reggae.

Top Tracks

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• Africa

• African Herbsman

• African Skank

• African Style Version

• Ark Of The Rising Sun

• Babylon Thief Dub

• Bad Tooth

• Bad Weed

• Bathroom Skank

• Beat Down Babylon

• Big Neck Police

• Bike No Licence

• Bionic Rats

• Bird In Hand

• Black Panta

• Black Street

• Blackman Time

• Books Of Moses

• Bush Weed

• Caveman Skank

• Cheerful Dub

• Chim Cherie

• Chopping Dub

• City Too Hot

• Clint Eastwood Rides Again

• Colt The Game

• Crazy Baalheads

• Crazy Pimp

• Curley Lock

• Curly Locks

• Cut Down

• Cutting Razor

• Dancehall Kung Fu

• Dark Moon

• Disco Cats

• Doctor Dick

• Don't Blame On I

• Dragon Slayer

• Dread Perry

• Dreadlocks In Moonlight

• Drum Rock

• Dub Along

• Dub Fu Ye Rights

• Duppy Conqueror

• Dyon-anaswa

• Eastwood Rides Again

• Eden Dub

• Elephant Rock

• Enter The Upsetter

• Ethiopia

• Exercising

• False Teachings

• Favorite Dish

• Fever

• Flashing Echo

• Flush It

• For A Few Dollars More

• Freedom Train

• Fungaa

• Get Ready [bongo Mix] [exclusive Dub Plate Mix]

• Great God Over In Zion

• Groove Dubber

• Groovy Situation

• Hail Stone

• Happy Birthday Marcus

• Having A Party

• Heavy Voodoo

• Hip Hop Reggae

• His Master's Voice

• House Of God

• Houses Of Parliament

• How Deep Is Your Love

• Hurt So Good

• Hurts So Good

• I Am The God Of Fire

• I Am The Upsetter

• I Was Appointed

• I'm Not A Human Being

• In The Land Of Make Believe

• Introducing The Upsetter

• I've Got The Dub [exclusive Dub Plate Mix]

• Jungle Lion

• Jungle Roots

• Justice To The People

• Kaya Skank

• Keep On Moving

• Kill Them All

• King Of Babylon

• King Solomon's Mines

• Labrish

• Lama Lava Mix One

• Land Of Love

• Licky Licky

• Live Injection

• Lizard Stick

• Lucky Tarzan

• Man From M.i.5.

• Master Key

• Medical Operation

• Meet Mr. Nobody

• Message From Black Ark

• Message From The Black Ark Studios

• Money Come And Money Go

• Moonlight Version

• Mr. Chin

• Mumbling And Grumbling

• Natty Congo

• Natural Dub [exclusive Dub Plate Mix]

• One Armed Boxer

• Orthodox

• People Funny Boy

• Piano Country

• Place Called Africa

• Police & Thieves

• Police And Thieves

• Pound Get A Blow

• Proverbs Of Dub

• Pum-pum

• Raw-chaw

• Return Of Django

• Revelation Revolution And Evolution

• Revolution Dub

• Righteous Rocking

• River

• Roast Fish & Cornbread

• Roast Fish And Cornbread

• Roots Train Number One

• Rub And Squeeze

• Santa Claus

• Scary Politicians

• Scorching Iron

• Scratch Message

• Scratch Walking

• Shine

• Shocks Of Mighty

• Shocks Of The Mighty

• Sinful Fuckers

• Sipreano

• Small Axe

• Something You Got

• Son Of Thunder

• Soul Fire

• Soul Rebel

• Station Underground News

• Station Underground Report

• Stay Dread

• Strictly Rockers

• Sufferer's Time

• Super Ape Inna Jungle

• Taboo

• The End Of An American Dream

• The Winner

• Thow Some Water In

• Three Times Three

• Tighten Up

• To Be A Lover

• Underground

• Upsetting Dub

• V\s Panta Rock

• Vibrate On

• Wake Up Call

• War Dance

• War Ina Babylon

• Water Pump

• What A Botheration

• White Belly Rat

• Who You Gonna Run To

• Will You Love Me Tomorrow

• Woman's Gotta Have It

• You Crummy

• Zion's Blood

Discography

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• Nu Sound & Version

  On-U Sound / On-U Sound

  2011

• Rise Again

  Friars Point / M.O.D. Technologies

  2011

• Revelation

  Megawave Records

  2010

• Dub Setter

  On U Sounds / On-U Sound

  2010

• Return from Planet Dub

  Collision Cause

  2009

• Scratch Came, Scratch Saw, Scratch Conquered

  Megawave Records

  2008

• Repentance

  Lionsgate / Narnack Records

  2008

• The End of an American Dream

  Megawave Records

  2007

• Dubstrumentals

  Trojan

  2006

• Jamaican E.T.

  Trojan / Sanctuary

  2002

• Lee Scratch Perry Meets Mad Professor in Dub

  Culture Press

  2000

• Techno Party

  Beatville Records / Ariwa/Beatville

  2000

• On the Wire

  Sanctuary / Trojan

  2000

• Live at Maritime Hall

  Maritime Hall Productions

  1998

• Dub Fire

  Ariwa

  1998

• Technomajikal

  ROIR

  1997

• Arkology

  Island Jamaica / Polygram

  1997

• Who Put the Voodoo 'pon Reggae

  Ariwa

  1996

• Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae

  Ariwa

  1996

• Experryments at the Grassroots of Dub

  Ariwa

  1995

• Super Ape Inna Jungle

  Ariwa

  1995

• Stay Red

  Lagoon Reggae

  1995

• Black Ark Experryments

  Ariwa

  1995

• The Upsetter and the Beat

  Heartbeat

  1992

• Meets Bullwackie in Satan's Dub

  ROIR

  1990

• From the Secret Laboratory

  Island Jamaica

  1990

• Message from Yard

  Rohit Records

  1990

• Mystic Warrior

  Ariwa

  1989

• Mystic Warrior Dub

  ROIR

  1989

• Satan Kicked the Bucket

  Rohit Records

  1988

• Time Boom X De Devil Dead

  EFA Records / On U Sounds

  1987

• History, Mystery and Prophesy

  Mango

  1984

• Dub Messenger

  Tassa

  1980

• Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Cornbread

  VP

  1978

• Super Ape

  Mango

  1976

• Africa's Blood

  Sanctuary / Trojan

  1972

• Rhythm Shower

  Trojan

  1972

• Return of Django [Bonus Track Edition]

  Trojan

  1969