Scientist (musician)
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Scientist, born Overton Browne in Kingston, Jamaica, 1960 (and also known as Hopeton Browne), was a protégé of King Tubby, one of the originators of dub music. He came to prominence in the early 1980s and produced many albums during the first half of the decade.
Many newer fans discovered his music when his 1981 album Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires was used on the soundtrack for the popular videogame Grand Theft Auto III (2001). The tracks on the fictitious radio station K-Jah are composed entirely of songs from this album.
Partial discography
- 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)
- Dub Landing Vol. 1 (1981)
- Jabby You & Michael Prophet Meets Scientist at the Dub Station (1981)
- First, Second and Third Generation (1981) – with King Tubby and Prince Jammy
- Dub War (1981)
- World at War (198?)
- Dub Landing Vol. 2 (1982) – with Prince Jammy
- High Priest of Dub (1982)
- Dub Duel (1982) – with Crucial Bunny
- Scientist Encounters Pac-Man (1982)
- 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)
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