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Augustus Pablo

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Release
1
Year
1974
Plays
25

Releases

Biography

Jamaican reggae melodica and keyboard player, producer and label owner.

Born June 21, 1954 in St. Andrew, Jamaica, he learnt to play piano, organ, clarinet and xylophone, and popularised the melodica in reggae music.

For his first recordings he began working with, who regularly used the pseudonym "Augustus Pablo" to credit his B-sides (e.g. or), so Horace decided to keep the name for himself.

His collaboration was crucial in the development of dub.

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