Introducing Scientist: The Best Dub Album In The World
Artist:
Scientist
Format:
12" Vinyl
UPC:
857176003690
Description
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. 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
