Lee "Scratch" Perry

Lee Scratch Perry was a genuine wizard, and I do not use that word lightly. The Jamaican producer was a founding architect of dub, treating the mixing desk as an instrument decades before sampling culture made that idea ordinary. He worked with Bob Marley and the Wailers, built his legendary Black Ark studio, and layered echo and effects until reggae tracks dissolved into something hallucinatory. He was also gloriously eccentric, eventually burning the Black Ark down himself. He kept performing into his 80s before dying in 2021. Half the producers shaping modern music are quietly his descendants, whether they know it or not. A true original.

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Name (English)

Lee "Scratch" Perry

Name (Japanese)

リー・スクラッチ・ペリー

Reading

りー・すくらっち・ぺりー

Born

March 20, 1936 – August 29, 2021

Origin

Kendal, Jamaica

Occupation

composer / singer / songwriter / record producer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rat

Awards & achievements

• 2002 Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
• 2013 Gold Musgrave Medal

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20%22Scratch%22%20Perry
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315417

Tags

• composer
• singer
• songwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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