Released: 18/07/25
Lee "Scratch" Perry was one of the most influential figures in modern music: creator of reggae classics, mentor to Bob Marley, architect of dub, and an inspiration to artists from The Clash to the Beastie Boys.
After working with Jamaica's leading producers, Perry founded The Upsetters before building the legendary Black Ark Studio in 1973. There he revolutionized recording through inventive use of echo, reverb, tape delay, and other studio effects, producing landmark works by the Wailers, Max Romeo, Junior Murvin, The Congos, and many others.
Eccentric, visionary, and endlessly inventive, Perry blurred the line between mystic and musical genius. Though Black Ark came to a dramatic end in 1979, its recordings remain among the most innovative and influential ever made.