An album cover of the first installment of the "Dub Me Crazy" series from 1982. Many of Mad Professor's album covers incorporate this sort of cartoon design

The imaginative recordings produced by Mad Professor (born Neil Fraser 1955, Georgetown in Guyana) demonstrate a mastery of electronic gadgetry. Working from his own studios, Mad Professor has overseen more than two hundred albums including ground-breaking remixes for Massive Attack, Sade, and Pato Banton. Image File history File links MadProfessorDubMeCrazyLPcover. ... Image File history File links MadProfessorDubMeCrazyLPcover. ... Georgetown, estimated population 250,000 (1998), is the capital and largest city of Guyana, located in the Demerara-Mahaica region. ... Electronica is a rather vague term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Massive Attack is a band from Bristol, England. ... Categories: Stub | Jazz musicians ... Pato Banton (born Patrick Murray) is a reggae singer and toaster from Birmingham, England. ...

Born in Guyana, Fraser earned the Mad Professor tag from his childhood fascination with electronics. At the age of nine or ten he built a radio from scratch. Moving to London at the age of thirteen, Mad Professor continued to experiment with electronics. He bought a semi-professional reel-to-reel tape-recorder in 1975, but was unable to record in sync. This prompted him to purchase more and more equipment. By the following year, he had begun experimenting with dubbing. The field of electronics is the study and use of systems that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles in devices such as thermionic valves and semiconductors. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... A Sony TC-630 reel-to-reel recorder, once a common household object. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... In sound recording, dubbing is the transfer of recorded audio material from one medium to another of the same or a different type. ...

Ariwa Studio

Over the years, Mad Professor's studio, which he named "Ariwa", after the Yoruban word for communication, has continued to evolve. The Studio and Record Label of the same name was started in 1979. Both were originally based in the south London suburb of Thornton Heath. In 1980 Ariwa moved to a much larger space in the Peckham ghetto. During the four years that the studio remained at this site, Mad Professor found that the seemingly unsafe location cost him much of his clientele. After a brief return to the original house, the studio relocated to its present site in Whitehorse Lane, South Norwood. The Yoruba (native name Yorùbá) are the largest single ethno-lingusitic group or ethnic nation in Nigeria and the largest single ethnic nation in Africa. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Thornton Heath is a place in the London Borough of Croydon. ... Peckham is a place in the London Borough of Southwark about a mile (1. ... South Norwood is a place in the London Borough of Croydon. ...

The Ariwa website states that the building from which Mad Professor now operates includes the "Ariwa Sound" and "Are We Mad?" studios, as well as "two rehearsal rooms, one Preprogramming suite, and a dancing room".

Recordings

Mad Professor in Curitiba (Brazil)

Mad Professor has worked with a huge number of reggae artists both from the UK and Jamaica. These include Jah Shaka, Pato Banton, Johnny Clarke, Lee Perry and Horace Andy. His musical styles have included roots reggae, dub, and lovers rock. Mad Professor is perhaps best known for his dub albums, which include 12 installments of the Dub Me Crazy series and 5 albums under the Black Liberation Dub banner. He has also remixed non-reggae artists such as Massive Attack (whose Protection he dubbed into No Protection) and punk band The Ruts. The Ariwa website lists collaborations with The Orb, KLF, UB40, Jamiroquai, The Beastie Boys and Rancid. He continues to release records and perform live all over the world. Image File history File links Findtheway. ... Image File history File links Findtheway. ... Photo of Jah Shaka on his own soundsystem used on the cover of the Authentic Dubwise album. ... Pato Banton (born Patrick Murray) is a reggae singer and toaster from Birmingham, England. ... Johnny Clarke was born on 12 January 1955 in Jamaica. ... Lee Scratch Perry, The Upsetter in Dub Lee Scratch Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry March 20, 1936) is one of the most influential people in the development of reggae and dub music in Jamaica. ... Horace Andy is a legendary roots reggae singer, notable for such tracks as Government Land, You Are My Angel and Skylarking. ... Roots reggae is the name given to Rastafarian reggae music from Jamaica which evolved from Ska and Rocksteady and was made famous outside the Caribbean by the legendary singer/songwriter Bob Marley. ... Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which evolved out of ska and reggae in 1970s Jamaica. ... For the Sade album, Lovers Rock, see Lovers Rock Lovers Rock is Britains main contribution to reggae. ... Massive Attack is a band from Bristol, England. ... Protection (1994) is Massive Attacks second album. ... No Protection is the name of a dub remix of Massive Attacks Protection album, done by the English reggae producer Mad Professor. ... The Ruts The Ruts were a reggae-influenced British punk band notable for the 1979 top 10 hit Babylons Burning (right). ... This article is in need of attention. ... The KLF (Kopyright Liberation Front), more recently known as the K Foundation, also known as The Timelords, furthermore known as The JAMs, was one of the seminal bands around the time of the Acid House movement in Britain in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... UB40 is a popular dub / reggae pop music band formed in 1978 in Birmingham, England. ... Jamiroquai is a British band led by singer Jay (Jason) Kay. ... The Beastie Boys as depicted on the cover of their 1992 album Check Your Head. ... Luna Theory is a book written by a band called I Am Spartacus. ...

References

External links

• http://www.ariwa.com
• http://www.reggae-vibes.com/rev_sin/newgalax.htm - Album Review
• http://www.reggae-vibes.com/rev_sin/rewiredf.htm - Album Review