Scientist – Introducing Scientist - The Best Dub Album In The World... LP

Hopeton Brown, better known as Scientist, has been a pioneering figure in the world of dub for nearly 40 years. His early love of electronics proved fruitful when (still a teenager) he was hired at King Tubby’s studio in Kingston. Brown quickly ascended the ranks and became heir to Tubby’s throne, producing imaginative and technically impressive mixes that solidified his forward-looking nickname.
Introducing Scientist – The Best Dub Album in the World, his 1980 debut LP, lives up to its boastful title. Recorded with Sly & Robbie at Channel One Studio and mixed at King Tubby’s, the album features hypnotic basslines, reverb-drenched keyboards, and fluid, start-stop rhythms. Opening track “Steppers,” with its well-balanced phrasing and organic contours, shows Scientist’s mastery of the studio-as-instrument concept. On “Scientific,” the effects-laden guitars are stretched to their outer limit to create magnificent, spaced-out textures and muted tension. Introducing Scientist displays the talents of a man obsessed with every element of production, drawing out the very best of the dub form.

• Debut album originally released on JB Music in 1980
• Ten classic dub tracks featuring Sly & Robbie
• Recorded at Channel One Studio and mixed at King Tubby’s

Label: Superior Viaduct – SV093
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2015
Genre: Reggae
Style: Dub

Tracklist

A1 Steppers 4:00
A2 Rubber Foot 2:24
A3 Elasticated 2:41
A4 Rocking 2:31
A5 Lovers 2:44
B1 Front Line 2:25
B2 Scientific 2:38
B3 Jungle 2:13
B4 Bali-Hi 2:22
B5 Chemistry 2:53