With more than two decades in the game, PLEXXDUB—born Freddie Martucci of Trenton, New Jersey—stands as a seasoned voice in underground music, shaped by punk rock rebellion and fully evolved into dub's sonic science. Martucci began his musical journey young, coming up through DIY punk spaces where volume, urgency, and confrontation were survival tools. Punk instilled the principles that still define his work: independence, resistance to polish, and a relentless drive to push beyond musical limits.

As his sound matured, Martucci gravitated toward dub reggae—not as a stylistic pivot, but as a natural extension of punk's ethos. Where punk weaponized speed and distortion, dub weaponized space, bass, and atmosphere. PLEXXDUB'S recognized dub as punk's spiritual counterpart: anti-commercial, system-breaking, and engineered from the margins. He carried punk's aggression into dub's low-end pressure, replacing ch-runchy guitars with sub-bass, amplifiers with echo chambers, and chaos with controlled decay.

This fusion came fully into focus in 2019, when PLEXXDUB'S began a sustained creative partnership with legendary dub architect SCIENTIST. Together, they forged a sound that bridges eras—classic analog dub techniques driven by punk attitude, modern songwriting, and trip-hop–influenced vocal stylings. PLEXXDUB'S vocal approach introduced a new emotional and rhythmic dimension to SCIENTIST'S signature sound, creating a new form of dub that had never been heard before, Martucci calls it trip dub. Their collaboration has already produced the EP Angels, along with a growing catalog of singles and further releases planned in the coming year.

SCIENTIST, born Hopeton Overton Brown, is a cornerstone of dub history. Emerging from Jamaica in the late 1970s under the mentorship of King Tubby, he revolutionized the mixing board into a performative instrument—pioneering dramatic dropouts, tape delays, spring reverbs, and seismic basslines that redefined how music could be constructed and deconstructed.

Across his storied career, Scientist has worked with an elite lineage of reggae and roots icons, including Bob Marley, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Barrington Levy, Don Carlos, Michael Prophet, Gregory Isaacs, The Heptones, Peter Tosh,The Wailers, Toots & the Maytals.,and many others who shaped the foundation of reggae and dub. With over 20 solo dub albums and countless production credits, his landmark releases—Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires, Scientist Wins the World Cup, and Scientist Meets the Space Invaders—remain genre-defining works that continue to influence reggae, dub, hip-hop, electronic, post-punk, and experimental music worldwide. That legacy brings exceptional weight and authenticity to his ongoing work with PLEXXDUB..

Beyond traditional dub, PLEXXDUB'S continues to expand outward. Betty Gene McBrickert is a bold parallel project that reconnects directly with his punk roots while pushing into trip hop, noise, and experimental terrain. The project thrives on tension, distortion, and fractured rhythm—where punk's exposed nerve collides with dub's negative space. It is not a departure from PLEXXDUB'S identity, but a full-circle evolution.

Adding a deeply personal layer, PLEXXDUB'S younger brother appears scattered throughout the Betty Gene McBrickert project, reinforcing its raw, familial, and unfiltered energy. Their collaboration embodies the same DIY spirit that first pulled Martucci into punk basements decades ago & their bond is unsurpassed.

After more than 20 years of evolution, PLEXXDUB'S stands as proof that punk never disappears—it mutates. From distorted chords to seismic bass, from mosh pits to sound systems, his work honors dub's sacred traditions while carrying punk's defiant spirit forward. This is a career defined not by nostalgia, but by pressure, curiosity, and forward momentum—where rebellion simply finds a deeper frequency Read Less

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