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Hopeton Overton Brown (born 18 April 1960 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a recording engineer and producer who rose to fame in the 1980s mixing dub music as 'Scientist'. A protégé of King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock), Scientist's contemporaries include several figures who, working at King Tubby's studio, had helped pioneer the genre in the 1970s: Ruddock, Bunny Lee, Philip Smart, Pat Kelly and Prince Jammy.

The 1970s: King Tubby's, Channel One, and Studio One[edit]

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Scientist was introduced to electronics by his father, who worked as a television and radio repair technician.^[1] He began building his own amplifiers and would buy transformers from Tubby's Dromilly Road studio. While at the studio, Scientist asked Tubby to give him a chance at mixing. He was taken on at Tubby's as an assistant, performing tasks such as winding transformer coils, and began working as a mixer in the mid-1970s, initially creating dubs of reworked Studio One tracks for Don Mais's Roots Tradition label, given his chance when Prince Jammy cut short a mixing session for Mais because he was too tired to continue.^[1] His name originated from a comment by Tubby to Bunny Lee, with regard to his technical proficiency, 'Damn, this little boy must be a scientist.'^[2]

He left King Tubby's at the end of the 1970s and became the principal engineer for Channel One when hired by the Hoo Kim brothers, giving him the chance to work on a 16-track mixing desk rather than the four tracks at Tubby's.^[1][3]

The 1980s: King Tubby's, Tuff Gong[edit]

Scientist came to prominence in the early 1980s and produced many albums, his mixes featuring on many releases in the first part of the decade. He made a series of albums in the early 1980s, released on Greensleeves Records with titles themed around Scientist's fictional achievements in fighting Space Invaders, Pac-Men, and Vampires, and winning the World Cup.^[1] The music on these albums was played by Roots Radics, his most frequent collaborators. In particular, he was the favourite engineer of Henry 'Junjo' Lawes, for whom he mixed several albums featuring the Roots Radics, many based on tracks by Barrington Levy.^[1][3] He also did a lot of work for Linval Thompson and Jah Thomas.^[1] In 1982 he left Channel One to work at Tuff Gong studio as second engineer to Errol Brown.^[1]

Scientist worked as an engineer in recording studios in the Washington, D.C. area starting in 1985.^[1]

Licensing issues[edit]

Scientist has alleged in court that Greensleeves originally released albums without his knowledge, according to his interview with United Reggae online magazine.^[4] After this, Dub Мир label began working directly with Scientist to reissue his best-known work. In 2016, Greensleeves removed the Scientist moniker for a run of reissues, substituting titles such as Junjo Presents: Wins The World Cup.^[5]

Partial discography[edit]

• Ranking Dread In Dub King Tubby And Scientist (1981)
• Introducing Scientist: The Best Dub Album in the World (1980)
• Allied Dub Selection (1980) – with Papa Tad's
• Heavyweight Dub Champion (1980)
• Big Showdown at King Tubby's (1980) – with Prince Jammy
• Scientist Meets the Space Invaders (1981)
• Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (1981)
• Scientist Meets the Roots Radics (1981)
• Scientist in the Kingdom of Dub (1981)
• Scientific Dub (1981) Tad's
• Dub Landing Vol. 1 (1981)
• Yabby You & Michael Prophet Meet Scientist at the Dub Station (1981)
• First, Second and Third Generation (1981) – with King Tubby and Prince Jammy
• Dub War (1981)
• World at War (1981)
• Dub Landing Vol. 2 (1982) – with Prince Jammy
• High Priest of Dub (1982)
• Dub Duel (1982) – with Crucial Bunny
• Scientist Encounters Pac-Man (1982)
• The Seducer Dub Wise (1982)
• Scientist Wins the World Cup (1983)
• Dub Duel at King Tubby's (1983) – The Professor
• Scientist & Jammy Strike Back (1983) – with Prince Jammy
• The People's Choice (1983)
• Crucial Cuts Vol. 1 (1984)
• Crucial Cuts Vol. 2 (1984)
• 1999 Dub (1984)
• King of Dub (1987)
• International Heroes Dub (1989)
• Tribute to King Tubby (1990)
• Freedom Fighters Dub (1995)
• Dub in the Roots Tradition (1996)
• Repatriation Dub (1996)
• King Tubby Meets Scientist in a World of Dub (1996) – with King Tubby
• King Tubby's Meets Scientist at Dub Station (1996) – with King Tubby
• Dubbin With Horns (1995)
• Dub Science (1997)
• Dub Science, Dub For Daze, Volume 2 (1997)
• Scientist Meets the Crazy Mad Professor at Channel One Studio (1997)
• Respect Due (Joseph I Meets the Scientist in Tribute to Jackie Mittoo) (1999)
• Mach 1 Beyond Sound Barrier (1999)
• Scientist Dubs Culture Into a Parallel Universe (2000)
• All Hail the Dub Head (2001)
• Ras Portrait (2003)
• Pockets of Resistance (2003)
• Scientist Meets The Pocket (2003–2004)
• Nightshade Meets Scientist (2005) - featuring Wadi Gad
• Dub From the Ghetto (2006) (compilation)
• Dub 911 (2006)
• Scientist Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space (2010)
• Repatriation Dub (2014)
• Scientist Meets Nightshade (2014)
• The Dub Album They Didn't Want You To Hear (2015)
• The Untouchable (2016)
• Scientist Meets Hempress Sativa in Dub (2018)

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References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdefghBarrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) 'The Rough Guide to Reggae', Rough Guides, ISBN1-84353-329-4
2. ^'Interview of Hopeton Brown (Scientist) by Mike Pawka'. Niceup.com. 1998. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
3. ^ ^abLarkin, Colin (1998) 'The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae', Virgin Books, ISBN0-7535-0242-9
4. ^Angus Taylor (24 September 2008). 'Interview : Scientist'. Unitedreggae.com. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
5. ^'GREENSLEEVES RECORDS LAUNCHES SERIES OF RE-ISSUES BY ICONIC PRODUCERS HENRY JUNJO LAWES LINVAL THOMPSON - VP Records'. Vprecords.com. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

External links[edit]

First 200 copies on yellow vinyl.

Scientist began as King Tubby's protege at Tubby's Drumalie Avenue Studios in Kingston (essentially the birthplace of dub) and In the Kingdom of Dub was one of his first records released under his own name. This classic dub album is now available remastered and reissued on vinyl for the first time.
Recorded at Channel One & mixed at King Tubby's. Pressed in an edition of 1000 on heavy duty vinyl.

Hopeton Brown calls himself Scientist for a reason. Before recording and releasing records of his own, he built amplifiers and speakers, tested sound systems, and innovated the use of the studio as a musical instrument. By pressing technology as far as it could go, and by keeping his ear on live sounds, Scientist pushed recorded music to its limit, challenging other bands, musicians, and engineers to utilize every part of the sound spectrum, from the lowest bass tones to the tightest snare snaps. Over 30 years later, his records are still capable of pushing sound systems to their limits.

Scientist made dub what it is, and we can hear how he did it on one of his earliest records, Introducing Scientist (The Best Dub Album in the World). Thanks to years of experience working with King Tubby, Hopeton Brown started his solo career almost fully-formed, and the title of this early album was meant to announce that fact. Everything about it is the best: the hi-fidelity recording quality, the best musicians Jamaica had to offer, and the technical talent of Scientist, who acted as conductor, engineer, and performer. Cutting rhythms, bass lines, and sound effects together more deftly than any DJ, Hopeton casts his dub jams from dizzying edits and pure attitude. On songs like Steppers and Scientific his confidence shines through in the way that he drops beats and folds echo blasts onto each other. The effects are psychedelic in places, but the cool reggae skank is never lost, and Hopeton keeps everything together, accentuating his technical prowess with his imagination and willingness to explore different moods.

One year later, Scientist continued his dub explorations with In the Kingdom of Dub. Filled with outstanding, almost bluesy guitar performances and glowing organ work, Hopeton's mixing is focused on the quality and color of the instruments he recorded. His bass lines are as clear and powerful as his reverb-drenched tom-toms, his edits are more fluid and less obvious, and the music has an organic quality that's so convincing that some cuts, like 305 Spanish Town Road Dub, sound as if they were recorded and mixed in a single take.

Countless musicians would follow Scientist down the roads he paved on these two records, but none would ever match his abilities. Countless others would benefit from his pioneering technical work, which demonstrated just how full and robust recorded music could sound. Scientist didn't just push the reggae sound to its limits, he helped rock and R&B to evolve as well. His dedication to the full spectrum of audible sound gave every bass more power, and every drum set more punch. And that all started with these records, now available in official fashion from Important Records.

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TRACK LISTING

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1. 18 Drumalie Avenue Dub

2. Next Door Dub

3. 305 Spanish Town Road Dub

4. 13 Bread Lane Dub

5. 15 Grass Quit Glade Dub

6. 11 Guava Road Dub

7. Kingdom Dub

8. Chariot Dub

9. Thunder & Lightning Dub

10. Disciple Dub

11. Jerusalem Dub

12. Burning Sun Dub

REVIEWS

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Hopeton Brown (aka Scientist) was only 21 when he released this collection of dub treatments of tracks produced by Roy Cousins in the legendary Channel One studio. The original rhythms had been laid down by core members of the Aggrovators and Soul Syndicate bands, and the nascent dubmeister applies all the standard tricks of the trade to them: dropping instruments in and out of the mix, suddenly applying echo and reverb to the exposed drums, sending fading echoes of guitar and keyboard spinning off into outer space. Part of what makes this album such a success is its rhythmic variety: insistent steppers beats on 305 Spanish Town Dub and the fairly minimalist 11 Guava Road Dub; the thoughtful rockers rhythm that keeps the groove consistent amid the wild dropouts and echoes of 14 Grass Quit Glad Dub; the way a bright melody and lots of sonic space are juxtaposed with a wide-open one-drop beat on Chariot Dub. Scientist is not one of those dub producers whose career describes a long arc of progress; he seems to have emerged almost fully-formed as a dub artist from his earliest recordings, and this was one of his strongest.