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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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Type: Person (artist, selector, producer…) →
Era: Streaming and the living archive →
Confidence: Well supported
Sources: Sound on Sound; Michael Veal, Dub; On-U Sound.

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Adrian Sherwood at On-U Studios

YOUTUBE · rights discovery only · interview

Sherwood walks through the racks of gear at the On-U Sound studio and explains how he uses them.

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ON-U SOUND (Adrian Sherwood)

YOUTUBE · rights discovery only · documentary

A short documentary on Sherwood and the On-U Sound label, filmed in London in 2012.

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In stories

Story · ProbableThe Dub Revolution: How King Tubby and Lee Perry Turned the Mixing Desk Into an Instrument

In 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 · 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.