Scientist
One of the leading dub artists of the '80s, Scientist was one of the most distinctive figures on the Jamaican music scene, known for his spacious production and mixing techniques as well as his wild album titles and cover artwork. Scientist's LPs found him using his skills at the mixing board to combat monsters, mythic villains, and video game characters. Scientist was born Overton Brown in Kingston on April 18, 1960. Brown was only 16 years old when producer/performer Errol "Don" Mais discovered and developed the considerable talents of this adolescent dub wiz.
Scientist learned basic electronics from his TV repairman father, skills that made him very popular with the mobile DJs and their not-always-functioning sound systems. A friend suggested he visit the legendary dub producer/mixer King Tubby, not to remix records, but to get some transformers with which Scientist could build his own amplifiers. Soon Scientist was an employee of Tubby's, fixing transformers and televisions. One day, after an animated conversation about mixing records, Tubby challenged Scientist to take a shot at remixing a record. Brimming with adolescent bravado, he took Tubby up on his challenge, and that led to an extended apprenticeship in dub experimentation under Tubby's guidance. It was while at Tubby's that the Scientist developed his idiosyncratic dub style, playful and very psychedelic, loaded with echo explosions and blasts of feedback -- a sound that caught the attention of Don Mais, who overheard the Scientist at the mixing board during a visit to Tubby's studio. With Mais supervising the production, Scientist, now all of 18, cut some wicked dub sides for the Roots Tradition label. At the end of the '70s, Scientist (now also referred to as "The Dub Chemist") left Tubby's to become the main engineer at Channel One Studios, and working with Henry "Junjo" Lawes, cut some best-selling dub LPs, only to leave for the greener pastures of Tuff Gong in 1982. In 1985, Scientist moved to Silver Springs, Maryland, where he worked as a recording engineer, designed electronics, and continued to record and release new dub material. In the 21st century, he took up a crusade to defend his rights as a recording artist and receive royalty payments for his work. Scientist filed suit against Greensleeves Records, insisting they had licensed and reissued his music without permission or payment; he also took the creators of the video game Grand Theft Auto to court for using some of his tracks as background music without asking his consent. Scientist's studio work and efforts to protect his catalog didn't keep him from creating new music; in 2017, he released two new albums, Untouchable and Allied Dub Selection.
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Repatriation Dub
Dub - Erschienen bei Tamoki Wambesi Dove am 05.07.2007
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Tribute to Augustus Pablo
Ska & Rocksteady - Erschienen bei Dubiterian Records am 20.04.2014
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The Greys, meet Scientist!
Dub - Erschienen bei Smuggler Music am 04.03.2022
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Drum Song (Dub Version)
Reggae - Erschienen bei Quadio Records am 03.02.2023
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Conqueror Strut (Scientist Dub - Instrumental)
Ska & Rocksteady - Erschienen bei Upful Fam Records am 29.04.2022
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Angels
Ska & Rocksteady - Erschienen bei 5683755 Records DK am 26.08.2023
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Dub Attack
The Aggrovators, The Revolutionaries, Scientist
Dub - Erschienen bei Gorgon Music - VPAL Music am 27.11.2008
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Dub The Way You Dub
Ska & Rocksteady - Erschienen bei 876 Dub Studio am 26.10.2022
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Drum Song Joy (Drum Song Dub Remix)
Dub - Erschienen bei Amazonas records am 01.01.2023
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Dub Attack
The Aggrovators, The Revolutionaries, Scientist
Dub - Erschienen bei Gorgon Music - VPAL Music am 27.11.2008
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Satisfaction Club Remix
Dancehall - Erschienen bei Dubmusic Productions dubmusic.com am 14.02.2015
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Marcel-Philipp Meets Scientist
Dub - Erschienen bei Ashera Records am 24.11.2021
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Síncope / Argel Dub
Electronic - Erschienen bei priusdiscos am 15.01.2021
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Fractal, Neutral Train
Dance - Erschienen bei Recycle Records am 25.02.2010
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Miraste Mucha Tele / Science Tv
Electronic - Erschienen bei priusdiscos am 21.10.2020
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White Label 12"
Electronic - Erschienen bei Foot Stompin am 30.09.2008
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World EP: Mobile Lab Remix Edition
Pop - Erschienen bei Scientist am 16.07.2014
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Baile Amarillo / Version Amarilla
Electronic - Erschienen bei priusdiscos am 19.11.2020
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Should I (feat. Ela & Don Tino)
Ska & Rocksteady - Erschienen bei Shine I Dub am 21.12.2019
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Queen Dub (feat. Navisa Yasmin & Nick Reider)
Ska & Rocksteady - Erschienen bei Dub Studio am 21.06.2023
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