Introducing Scientist - The Best Dub Album In The World, his 1980 debut LP, lives up to its boastful title. Brown quickly ascended the ranks and became heir to Tubby's throne, producing imaginative and technically impressive mixes that solidified his forward-looking nickname. His early love of electronics proved fruitful when (still a teenager) he was hired at King Tubby's studio in Kingston. Mxyztplk (4:08)ġ.03 - Scientist - Beam Me up Dubby (3:50)ġ.04 - Scientist - Photon Phaser Phever (4:04)ġ.05 - Scientist - Intergalactic Excursion (3:57)ġ.06 - Scientist - Quantum Physics Revisited (3:28)ġ.08 - Scientist - To Go to Where No Dub Has Gone Before (4:43)ġ.09 - Scientist - E Equals MC Squared (3:20)ġ.Hopeton Brown, better known as Scientist, has been a pioneering figure in the world of dub for nearly 40 years. A uniformly powerful and mellow dub set, Scientist Dubs Culture into a Parallel Universe proves that proper roots dub still survives in an age when gimmickry and novelty rule.ġ.01 - Scientist - Spacetime Continuum (4:12)ġ.02 - Scientist - Return of Mr. The resulting dubs sound simultaneously ultra-modern and reverentially roots-oriented. Unlike the over-processed, electronic style of most modern dub, Scientist is kicking it old-school here: Echo chambers, reverb, hand percussion, horns, even bits of Augustus Pablo-style melodica and Lee "Scratch" Perry-trademarked sound effects float by on booming roots-style rhythms powered by Phanso's hyperkinetic drums and Glen Browne's deep-toned, rich bass. Retitled with imagery drawn from the golden age of science fiction, the songs also revisit the golden age of dub. Culture's original recordings are sliced and diced into entirely new configurations, with only the barest traces of the original melodies and Joseph Hill's commanding vocals remaining. The dub version of Culture's 2000 vocal album Payday, Scientist Dubs Culture into a Parallel Universe deserves the revised billing of the title: This is Scientist's album all the way.
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