Lee "Scratch" Perry’s layering techniques were the stuff of legend; he used stones, water, kitchen utensils to create surreal, often haunting, sonic density ...

The late production genius’s chaotic reputation has always preceded him. But could two new books, a posthumous album and a flurry of classic reissues change all that – and put the focus back on his ...

"Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s' development of dub music with his early adoption of studio effects to create new instrumentals of existing reggae tracks. He has worked with and produced for various ...

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Perry often revelled in a ganja-fuelled, madman persona for media and audiences alike, but his crazed outbursts often held more than a seed of truth. So it is with his contribution to Lee “Scratch” ...

“I’m not really a musician,” says Adrian Sherwood, trying to describe what it is he does and has done for over 40 years. “I’m more a sound man. I was once described derogatorily as a fan who’d got his ...

A collaborative album from the German electronic duo and the late dub legend, Spatial, No Problem. is out now on Domino Records. By Katie Bain When Mouse On Mars were preparing to welcome Lee “Scratch ...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness called Perry “one of the most important and creative figures to have come out of Jamaica.” Jamaican reggae singer, musician and producer Lee “Scratch” Perry, who pushed ...

- What is Lee 'Scratch' Perry's net worth? JAMAICAN reggae legend Lee “Scratch” Perry died on Sunday at the age of 85. He passed away at the Noel Holmes Hospital ...

A new Lee “Scratch” Perry project is on the way. Billed as the Jamaican dub pioneer’s final studio LP, King Perry is due out February 2 via False Idols — English trip-hop producer Tricky’s imprint on ...

Do you swear you saw a giant gorilla at Bumbershoot 2015, but your friends keep telling you it was just the ‘shrooms? I have good news: You were right. Two years ago, Jamaican music legend Lee ...

Earning a reputation as a madman, a mystic and a music legend takes a certain flavor of eccentricity. Despite reaching septuagenarian status, Lee "Scratch" Perry remains heavily bearded, bejeweled ...