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ALBUMKhufu - SingleScientist & PLEXXDUB
Albums by Scientist
ALBUMAngelsScientist & PLEXXDUB
ALBUMFree Brazil From the Invading VampiresScientist & Dubiterian
ALBUMThe Scientist Meets Lucy Morningstar (The Dub Side) [feat. Lucy Morningstar]Scientist
ALBUM1999 DubPeter Chemist & Scientist
ALBUMScientist Dubs Culture into a Parallel Universe (feat. Culture)Scientist
ALBUMMarcel-Philipp Meets ScientistMarcel-Philipp & Scientist
ALBUMDr. Bassie Dubs with the Scientist in the Last LandsDr. Bassie, Scientist & The Cultivator
ALBUMScientist Meets Hempress Sativa in DubScientist & Hempress Sativa
ALBUMClasseek Riddims (Dub)Scientist & Dubiterian, Dubiterian & Scientist
ALBUMThe Scientist MastercraftScientist
Artist Playlists
Scientist Essentials
Dub deconstruction and otherworldly drum sounds.
Scientist: Deep Cuts
These dubs are filled with little sonic experiments.
Inspired by Scientist
Dub experiments make their way into dance music and R&B.
Scientist: Influences
These dub innovators turned reggae inside out.
Artist Biography
A protégé of legendary dub innovator King Tubby, Scientist (born Hopeton Brown) was not yet in his twenties when he established himself as among the most in-demand mix engineers in Jamaica. The son of an electronics repair technician, Brown took to servicing hi-fi’s for mobile DJ’s, leading to his employ under King Tubby’s sound system. A mixing session, cut short by one of Tubby’s assistants, saw the adolescent Brown enlisted as a substitute and before long he joined the ranks of Tubby's other pupil, Prince Jammy. Under Tubby’s apprenticeship Brown developed a highly idiosyncratic mixing style; his cavernous dubs, shot with blasts of sci-fi effects and feedback, earned the young upstart the title, Scientist. By the early-‘80s, Scientist became the preferred engineer of Henry “Junjo” Lawes, the dominant producer during reggae’s proto-dancehall period. Throughout the ‘80s, Greensleeves released a spate of popular sci-fi- and superhero-themed albums featuring Scientist’s most popular mixes; the series, went far in securing the Scientist brand, and became popular with reggae and non-reggae fans alike.
Hometown
Kingston, Jamaica
Genre
Reggae