Scientist | |
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Birth name | Hopeton Overton Brown |
Also known as | Scientist |
Born | 18 April 1960 |
Origin | Kingston, Jamaica |
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Labels | Dub Мир Greensleeves Tuff Gong |
Hopeton Overton Brown (born 18 April 1960 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a recording engineer and producer who rose to fame in the 1980s mixing dub music as "Scientist". A protégé of King Tubby (Osbourne Ruddock), Scientist's contemporaries include several figures who, working at King Tubby's studio, had helped pioneer the genre in the 1970s: Ruddock, Bunny Lee, Philip Smart, Pat Kelly and Prince Jammy.