Fraser became known as Mad Professor as a boy due to his fascination with electronics. He emigrated from Guyana to London at the age of 13 and later began his music career as a service technician.[citation needed] He gradually collected recording and mixing equipment, and in 1979 opened his own four-track recording studio, Ariwa Sounds, in the living room of his home in Thornton Heath.[2]
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Fraser began recording lovers rock bands and vocalists for his own label (including the debut recording by Deborahe Glasgow) and recorded his first album after moving the studio to a new location in Peckham in 1982, equipped with an eight-track setup, later expanding to sixteen.[2] Fraser's Dub Me Crazy series of albums won the support of John Peel, who regularly aired tracks from the albums.[2] Although early releases were not big sellers among reggae buyers, the mid-1980s saw this change with releases from Sandra Cross (Country Life), Johnny Clarke, Peter Culture, Pato Banton, and Macka B (Sign of the Times).[2] Fraser moved again, this time to South Norwood, where he set up what was the largest black-owned studio complex in the UK, where he recorded lovers rock tracks by Cross, John McLean, and Kofi, and attracted Jamaican artists including Bob Andy and Faybiene Miranda.[2] He teamed up with Lee "Scratch" Perry for the first time in 1983 for the recording of the album Mystic Warrior (1989).[3]
Mad Professor has created 12 instalments of the Dub Me Crazy series and 5 albums under the Black Liberation Dub banner. The following is a partial discography of his original releases including collaborations with other artists and remixes.
Original recordingsedit
1983 – In A Rub A Dub Style
1985 – A Caribbean Taste of Technology
1992 – True Born African Dub
1994 – The Lost Scrolls of Moses
1995 – It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Professor
1997 – RAS Portraits
2001 – Dubbing You Crazy
2001 – Trix in the Mix
2005 – Method to the Madness
2007 – Dub You Crazy
2008 – The Dubs That Time Forgot
2009 – Audio Illusions of Dub
2012 – The Roots of Dubstep
Dub Me Crazy seriesedit
1982 – Dub Me Crazy
1982 – Beyond The Realms of Dub (Dub Me Crazy, Pt.2)
1983 – The African Connection (Dub Me Crazy, Pt.3)
1983 – Escape to the Asylum of Dub (Dub Me Crazy, Pt.4)
1985 – Who Knows The Secret of the Master Tape (Dub Me Crazy, Pt.5)
1986 – Schizophrenic Dub (Dub Me Crazy, Pt.6)
1987 – Adventures of a Dub Sampler (Dub Me Crazy, Pt.7)
1988 – Experiments of the Aural Kind (Dub Me Crazy, Pt.8)
1989 – Science and the Witchdoctor (Dub Me Crazy, Pt.9)
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For the stock character see Mad scientist For the 1990 video game see Mad Professor Mariarti This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Mad Professor news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Neil Joseph Stephen Fraser born 27 March 1955 Georgetown Guyana known by his stage name Mad Professor is a British dub music producer engineer and remixer 1 He has collaborated with reggae artists Lee Scratch Perry Sly and Robbie Pato Banton Jah Shaka and Horace Andy as well as artists outside the realm of traditional reggae and dub such as Sade Massive Attack The Orb Gaudi the Brazilian DJ Marcelinho da Lua Grace Jones and Perry Farrell Mad ProfessorMad Professor during a soundcheck at Reggie s Music Place in ChicagoBackground informationBirth nameNeil Joseph Stephen FraserBorn 1955 03 27 27 March 1955 age 69 Georgetown GuyanaGenresDub reggae jungleOccupation s Record producer engineerYears active1979 presentLabelsAriwaWebsiteariwa wbr com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Recordings 3 1 Original recordings 3 2 Dub Me Crazy series 3 3 Black Liberation series 3 4 Dub You Crazy With Love Series 3 5 Collaborations 3 5 1 With Lee Scratch Perry 3 5 2 With other artists 3 6 Remixes 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editFraser became known as Mad Professor as a boy due to his fascination with electronics He emigrated from Guyana to London at the age of 13 and later began his music career as a service technician citation needed He gradually collected recording and mixing equipment and in 1979 opened his own four track recording studio Ariwa Sounds in the living room of his home in Thornton Heath 2 Career editFraser began recording lovers rock bands and vocalists for his own label including the debut recording by Deborahe Glasgow and recorded his first album after moving the studio to a new location in Peckham in 1982 equipped with an eight track setup later expanding to sixteen 2 Fraser s Dub Me Crazy series of albums won the support of John Peel who regularly aired tracks from the albums 2 Although early releases were not big sellers among reggae buyers the mid 1980s saw this change with releases from Sandra Cross Country Life Johnny Clarke Peter Culture Pato Banton and Macka B Sign of the Times 2 Fraser moved again this time to South Norwood where he set up what was the largest black owned studio complex in the UK where he recorded lovers rock tracks by Cross John McLean and Kofi and attracted Jamaican artists including Bob Andy and Faybiene Miranda 2 He teamed up with Lee Scratch Perry for the first time in 1983 for the recording of the album Mystic Warrior 1989 3 Recordings editThis section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is non use of wikitable s formatting issues Please help improve this section if you can June 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp Mad Professor mixing Dub and Cumbia during a workshop in Bogota Colombia Mad Professor has created 12 instalments of the Dub Me Crazy series and 5 albums under the Black Liberation Dub banner The following is a partial discography of his original releases including collaborations with other artists and remixes Original recordings edit 1983 In A Rub A Dub Style 1985 A Caribbean Taste of Technology 1992 True Born African Dub 1994 The Lost Scrolls of Moses 1995 It s A Mad Mad Mad Mad Professor 1997 RAS Portraits 2001 Dubbing You Crazy 2001 Trix in the Mix 2005 Method to the Madness 2007 Dub You Crazy 2008 The Dubs That Time Forgot 2009 Audio Illusions of Dub 2012 The Roots of Dubstep Dub Me Crazy series edit 1982 Dub Me Crazy 1982 Beyond The Realms of Dub Dub Me Crazy Pt 2 1983 The African Connection Dub Me Crazy Pt 3 1983 Escape to the Asylum of Dub Dub Me Crazy Pt 4 1985 Who Knows The Secret of the Master Tape Dub Me Crazy Pt 5 1986 Schizophrenic Dub Dub Me Crazy Pt 6 1987 Adventures of a Dub Sampler Dub Me Crazy Pt 7 1988 Experiments of the Aural Kind Dub Me Crazy Pt 8 1989 Science and the Witchdoctor Dub Me Crazy Pt 9 1990 Psychedelic Dub Dub Me Crazy Pt 10 1992 Hijacked To Jamaica Dub Me Crazy Pt 11 1993 Dub Maniacs on the Rampage Dub Me Crazy Pt 12 2022 Covid Illusion Dub Me Crazy Pt 20 22 Black Liberation series edit 1994 Black Liberation Dub Chapter 1 1995 Anti Racist Dub Broadcast Black Liberation Chapter 2 1996 The Evolution of Dub Black Liberation Chapter 3 1997 Under The Spell of Dub Black Liberation Chapter 4 1999 Afrocentric Dub Black Liberation Chapter 5 Dub You Crazy With Love Series edit 1997 Dub You Crazy With Love 2000 Dub You Crazy With Love Part 2 2008 Bitter Sweet Dub Collaborations edit With Lee Scratch Perry edit 1990 Mystic Warrior 1995 Black Ark Experryments 1995 Super Ape Inna Jungle 1996 Experryments at the Grass Roots of Dub 1996 Who Put The Voodoo Pon Reggae 1996 Dub Take the Voodoo Out of Reggae 1998 Live at Maritime Hall 1998 Fire in Dub 2000 Lee Perry Meets Mad Professor 2001 Techno Dub With other artists edit 1981 Kunte Kinte with Aquizim 1982 Rhythm Collision Dub with Ruts DC 1983 Punky Reggae Party Positive Style Anti Social Workers 1984 Jah Shaka Meets Mad Professor at Ariwa Sounds 1985 Mad Professor Captures Pato Banton 1989 Mad Professor Recaptures Pato Banton 1989 Mad Professor Meets Puls Der Zeit 1989 Mad Professor Feat The Man Ezeke Remix an Dub for Sheila Giles 1990 A Feast of Yellow Dub with Yellowman 1995 No Protection Massive Attack v Mad Professor 1996 New Decade of Dub with Jah Shaka 2000 The Inspirational Sounds of Mad Professor 2000 Marseille London Experience with Massilia Sound System 2003 Psychobelly Dance Music with Baba Zula 2004 Dub Revolutionaries with Sly and Robbie 2004 From The Roots with Horace Andy 2004 In A Dubwise Style with Marcelinho da Lua 2005 Moroccan Sunrise with Borrah 2005 Dancehall Dubs with Crazy Caribs 2009 Revolution Feat Pato Banton And Mr Professor With Tugg 2009 Nairobi Meets Mad Professor Wu Wei 2010 Izrael Meets Mad Professor and Joe Ariwa 2010 Frente Cumbiero Meets Mad Professor 2010 Rewired in Dub with Pama International 2011 Rewired in Dub with Horace Andy 2012 The Roots of Dubstep 2013 Cedric Congo Meets Mad Professor 2014 Method to the Madness various Ariwa artists 2017 In The Midst Of The Storm Mad Professor Meets Jah9 4 2019 Massive Attack vs Mad Professor Part II Mezzanine Remix Tapes 98 2019 Mad Professor meets Gaudi Remixes edit Since the 1990s he has remixed tracks by Sade The Orb The KLF Beastie Boys Jamiroquai Rancid Depeche Mode Perry Farrell and Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki In 1995 he produced No Protection an electronic dub version of Massive Attack s second album Protection He has also created a version of I amp I for New Zealand reggae band Katchafire three versions for New Zealand electronic group Salmonella Dub and twelve remixes for Japanese musician Ayumi Hamasaki No Protection Dub version of Massive Attack album Protection 1995 A second remix album with Massive Attack is slated for release in 2018 Soul Coughing Sugar Free Jazz Multiple Remixes Most were released on the Sugar Free Jazz Slash In House Cassette 5 1995 Black Orpheus Dub Dub version of Black Orpheus for the AIDS benefit album Red Hot Rio produced by the Red Hot Organization 1996 Urrun Dub Dub version of Fermin Muguruza s Urrun 1999 Salmonella Dub For The Love of It 1999 Ayumi Hamasaki Who Who Dub It from ayu mi x II Version US EU 2000 Ayumi Hamasaki key ARIWA Dub Mix from ayu mi x III Non Stop Mega Mix Version Salmonella Dub Tui Dub 2002 Ayumi Hamasaki Hanabi Ariwa Dub Mix from RMX Works from Ayu mi x 5 Non Stop Mega Mix 2003 Salmonella Dub Mercy 2004 Miss Kittin Happy Violentine Mad Professor Smiling Orange Dub 2005 Ayumi Hamasaki Happy Ending Mad Professor Remix from Ayu mi x 6 Gold 2008 References edit Mad Professor Interview Sound On Sound magazine UK Issue August 2007 Retrieved 22 April 2013 a b c d e Larkin Colin 1998 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae Virgin Books ISBN 0 7535 0242 9 p 13 14 Huey Steve Mad Professor Biography AllMusic Macrovision Corporation Jah9 Mad Professor Meets Jah9 In The Midst Of The Storm Discogs 8 September 2017 Soul Coughing Sugar Free Jazz Discogs 13 December 1995 External links editMad Professor discography at Discogs nbsp Aanmelden bij Facebook Facebook Ariwa Sounds Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mad Professor amp oldid 1218691260, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
