Name: Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires
Brand: Scientist

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MIR100739

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-01-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Goodfellas SRL

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

889397104078

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Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Scientist

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

Label GB

Dub Mir

Hopeton Brown, better known as Scientist, is a Jamaican artist and protégé of King Tubby. He burst onto the reggae scene in the mid '70s with his unique mixing style. Starting his career at Studio One and later at Tubby's, he gained a reputation for his distinctive mixes. He became the principal engineer for Channel One Studio in 1982, working on a 16-track mixing desk. Scientist produced many albums in the early '80s, collaborating frequently with Roots Radics. His albums on Greensleeves Records were themed around fictional achievements like fighting Space Invaders and winning the World Cup.
Scientist's music was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto 3 on K-Jah radio station. His fascination with King Tubby's exclusive style of mixing and sound effects led him to meet Tubby himself and become impressed by his electronic skills at a young age. This encounter inspired Scientist to build his own mixing console years later.
Contact: 1818-582-6734

Dub Mir presents the reissues of the great Hopetown Brown aka Scientist the legendary dub master. Along with Keith Hundson's Pick A Dub and Lee Perry's Blackboard Jungle Dub this excellent Scientist release is one of the essential dub albums out there. Scientist keeps things lively with plenty of reverb and echo-treated percussion, ghostly piano parts, video game sound effects, and other various wobbly interjections from the mixing board. And adding to the record's expert evocation of the Halloween spirit are some fiendishly voiced intros, the cover art's cartoon potpourri of horror film characters, and the dubious claim made in the linernotes that Scientist mixed it all at midnight on Friday the 13th (reach for the flashlights kids).

Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires

Music GB