Scientist was a kid at the end of his teens when he went to work for King Tubby, starting out in Tubby's shop, winding transformers and working on sound equipment. (Tubby was an electronics and sound engineer by trade.) As Tubby's sound equipment business grew, there was a succession of eager studio locals waiting to take over the mixing of dubplates. Scientist was among the very first, and worked there for a short while, before going to work at Coxsone Dodd's Studio One which paid more. He updated Dodd's studio, and went to work, cleaning up the sound of Dodd's back catalog, embellishing some with sounds, particularly cymbals and drums. For this we owe him some credit for the Studio One sound that most of us recognize. Dude was in his early twenties. and just getting started. And he is still doing it. Cool.
Unreal: Scientist dubs Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" (Longer streaming version below)
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Listen:Scientist - Kidney Punch mp3 at No Genre
Scientist - Dance of the Vampires mp3 at Quarter Life Party
Scientist - Your Teeth My Neck mp3 at Ear Milk
Scientist - Night of the Living Dead mp3 at The New Montreal
Scientist - Miss Know It All mp3 at Reggae Top Site
Scientist meets Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (streaming audio) at Facebook Dub starts at 3:52
King Tubby & Scientist - Ravin' Dub mp3 at Fat Berri's
Barrington Levy & Scientist - Rock and Come In mp3 at Zertya
Mad Professor meets Scientist - Buju Dub mp3 at Reggae Top Site
Scientist vs the Upsetters - Live set (streaming) at Red Bull Music Academy
Video:
Dub Echoes trailer at YouTube
Deep Roots Music -Four minute clip at YouTube with Scientist, Bunny Lee and Prince Jammy
Visit:
Scientist at Wikipedia
Earlier reggae posts (many links still live)
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