Heavyweight Dub Champion

by Scientist

Heavyweight Dub Champion cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Greensleeves
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Scientist's 'Heavyweight Dub Champion' established one of the young engineer's most recognizable themed dub albums for Greensleeves. Mixed from Roots Radics-backed rhythms, the record turns boxing imagery into a playful frame for echo, delay, and bass-heavy studio craft.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, repetitive, rhythmic, sports

Tracklist

  1. Seconds Away
  2. Straight Left
  3. Upper Cut
  4. Kidney Punch
  5. Saved By The Bell
  6. Right Cross
  7. Jab
  8. One-Two
  9. Below The Belt
  10. Knock Out

Credits

  • The Roots Radics - backing band
  • Errol "Flabba" Holt - bass
  • Tony McDermott - cover
  • Carlton "Santa" Davis - drums
  • Ansel Collins - keyboards
  • Gladstone Anderson - keyboards
  • Earl "Chinna" Smith - lead guitar
  • Christopher 'Sky Juice' Blake - percussion

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