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  Mad Professor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The imaginative recordings produced by Mad Professor (born Neil Fraser 1955, Georgetown in Guyana) demonstrate a mastery of electronic gadgetry.
Mad Professor has worked with a huge number of reggae artists both from the UK and Jamaica.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mad_Professor   (477 words)

  
 Metroactive Music | Mad Professor
Mad Professor teaches a course in dub at Catalyst and Agenda
Mad Professor's own influence now approaches that of his former mentor.
The Mad Professor appears Nov. 9 at the Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz.
metroactive.com /papers/metro/11.07.96/mad-prof-9645.html   (552 words)

  
 Metroactive Music | Mad Professor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mad Professor has been jackin' beats since the early 1980s, when he built his first studio, a four-track job, in the front room of his London home.
What makes Mad Professor's sound so wild, so distinctive, is his preternatural skill at turning computerland into a new frontier where beats, eerie sound effects and other unidentifiable sonic objects whiz around in a vortex of echo, leaving listeners with a spazzy, giddy feeling.
The Mad Professor and Macka B. appear April 3 at 9pm at the Edge, 260 California Ave., Palo Alto.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/04.03.97/mad-prof-9714.html   (281 words)

  
 wolf's kompaktkiste: mad professor
mad professor - fl liberation dub chapter one.
mad professor - fl liberation dub chapter two - anti-racist dub broadcast.
mad professor & lee perry - dub take the voodoo out of reggae.
www.kompaktkiste.de /mad_professor.htm   (209 words)

  
 ARIWA SOUNDS - Artists/Mad Professor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Judging by the contents of his character and by the results of his recordings, and the variety of the artistes who has passed through Ariwa studios then he is certainly one of the sanest producers around.
At school Neil was christened Mad Professor by friends who were amazed by the experiments he was carrying out.
Whilst all the music was flowing, Mad Professor was gradually developing the studio and by the mid Eighties a 24 track 2 inch state- of the art studio with its own unique sound, Sandra Cross and Pato Banton had No. l hits, Macka B. joined Ariwa and had hit album "Sign of the Times".
www.ariwa.com /artists/madprof.htm   (428 words)

  
 Mad Professor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Mad Professor is neither insane or angry.
When Mad Professor (Neil Fraser) started his 4 track studio in the front room of his home in 1980, he couldn't have know his passion would explode into what Melody Maker in London calls "the biggest fl-owned studio complex in Britain".
Mad Professor has become what Now magazine in Toronto, Canada calls "the high-tech leading light in reggae-dub innovation".
www.catalystclub.com /bios/mad_professor_bio.html   (232 words)

  
 Concert&Club Reviews | Mad Professor at Dub Mission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mad Professor's more recent fan base come to his sound via his remixes of the groups Massive Attack, The Beastie Boys, The Orb, Sade, Depeche Mode, Jamiroquai, Rancid, and other popular artists.
The Mad Professor has used pan playing on a number of his records-the pan's percussive melody is a wonderful launching point for his aural experiments-and to witness a live version was a special treat.
Other tunes were creations of the Mad Professor and his DAT bag of tricks–layering the rootsy rhythms and using tracks from his more than 20 years of recordings–with the Yabby You tracks and Chukki Star standing out as highlights.
www.jahworks.org /music/concert/mad_professor_dub.html   (787 words)

  
 mad professor°   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
mad professor and band and Jammin' Unit and friends will be joining forces in spring of the new year for a spectacular european tour that promises to be a captivating, magical and...
Mad Professor and Band and Jammin' Unit and Friend's respective sounds, classic dub and electronic and sound collage, lead the audience on a journey into the unknown.
Method To The Madness – The Best Of Mad Professor is a deluxe 2-CD set released August 15 this year, which brings together for the first time the best of his career featuring a host of the biggest names in the business.
www.escorteaze.com /artists/madprofessor/news   (637 words)

  
 Mad Professor
Taking the torch passed to him by dub originators of the '70s like Lee "Scratch" Perry and King Tubby, Mad Professor was one of the most popular dub artists of the '80s and '90s, even though he was based outside of Jamaica, in England.
Mad Professor's style is eclectic, at times sounding space-aged and at other times pre-historic.
As such, generally, I find Mad Professor to be more proficient at producing other performers' material than at being a dub artist on his own.
www.reggae-reviews.com /madprofessor.html   (173 words)

  
 The Mad Professor: Dub's Main Man   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After listening to Massive Attack's pop-oriented techno-soul-reggae, the Mad Professor has opened up lively caverns between the peaks of big beat, exemplifying the dub producer's art of making novel sounds resonate in the spaces between the expected song beats.
In his remix the Professor is happy to fragment and dent the silky beauty of Nicolette's voice, sinking the shards deep in the mix while elevating the zippy hard-disc squeal.
Jah Shaka Meets Mad Professor at Ariwa Studios is the first domestic release of a 1983 album by the militant Afrocentric Jamaican multi-instrumentalist collaborating with the Mad Professor.
www.bostonphoenix.com /alt1/archive/music/reviews/04-25-96/REX/MAD_PROFESSOR.html   (551 words)

  
 Mad Professor: Dubtronic: Pitchfork Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mad Professor was there, but he didn't seem to be getting much done with his head on the console.
Mad Professor seems to have had no problem staying awake through the dozens of albums and collaborations he's put out over the last two decades, including his mind- blowing remix of Massive Attack's entire Protection album.
Mad Professor and his Robitiks crew drop a jingly harmony into "Checkmate!" and then bounce a funky riddim around it.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/m/mad-professor/dubtronic.shtml   (429 words)

  
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THE MAD PROFESSOR & ARIWA SOUNDS STUDIO: One of the only two studio-owning reggae labels to survive in the UK for any length of time is ARIWA (the other is Fashion), the succes of Ariwa sounds can be put down to the determination of one man, Neil Fraser.
Mixing is in the Professor's blood: This native of Guyana (born Neil Frazer) is the son of a traveling druggist and chemist.
Jah Shaka Meets Mad Professor, the Professor's seminal 1983 collaboration with fellow British dub pioneer Jah Shaka, a militant, Afrocentric multi-instrumentalist, further solidified his reputation as an innovative producer.
niceup.com /artists/mad_professor   (1774 words)

  
 index magazine interview
MAD PROFESSOR: He came up and left a tape, and I think I was finishing a mix or something, so I stuck the tape by the mixer.
MAD PROFESSOR: No, just little excerpts of his voice for "The New Decade of Dub."; But I did copy a speech around the same time as the Million Man March, and put it in between the tracks, under the rhythm.
MAD PROFESSOR: In England, in the past year or two, nearly every woman you meet has to have long hair, so that they can [motioning] flip it over their shoulder.
www.indexmagazine.com /interviews/the_mad_professor.shtml   (3080 words)

  
 Review of Mad Professor: "Afrocentric Dub..."
In the early 1980s Mad P brought a dub style out of England that broke the boundaries -- the beats weren't always laid back, frequently they were more upbeat and more complex.
Here is Mad P at his best -- stretching a Michael Prophet vocal shot for a full 15 seconds without any fading of the echo.
It's good to hear from Mad Professor again -- his sound is certainly his own, and at 45+ years old, the man is still churning out some incredible music.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/Reggae/24459   (393 words)

  
 Mad Professor, MP3 Music Download at eMusic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As the ragga sound grew more and more dominant, Mad Professor's brand of dub got spacier and weirder; while ragga detractors complained that Mad Professor's work sounded sterile compared to the dub of old, many praised his otherworldly effects and inventive arrangements.
With his high-profile collaborators, Mad Professor started to make a name for himself outside of the reggae community, and soon found himself in demand as a remixer for rock, R&B, and electronica acts.
In 2005, Mad Professor celebrated Ariwa's 25th anniversary with a tour of the U.K. alongside Perry and the double CD retrospective Method to the Madness.
www.emusic.com /artist/10563/10563920.html   (968 words)

  
 mad professor°   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The name Mad Professor was first given by friends at school, who were amazed by the experiments he carried out as a youth.
Having built a radio and telephone system at the age of 10 years, it was no surprise that his interest and subsequent career in electronics along with a love of Motown, Philadelphia, Treasure Isle and music of all types propelled him onward.
The Mad Professor’s dub show has rocked stadiums and clubs all over the world.
www.escorteaze.com /artists/madprofessor   (376 words)

  
 Ginjah : A growing force in reggae music.
Legendary dub reggae producer Mad Professor tells Davina Morris why he went back to the old values for his new album, From The Roots : Horace Andy Meets Mad Professor.
One of the leading producers in dub reggae, Mad Professor, has worked with artists from Macka B up to Massive Attack.
Mad Professor doing his dub show in the U.S.A. Those who know me well would probably say that maybe I should be on TV more often or something like that.
www.reggae-vibes.com /concert/madprof/madprof.htm   (912 words)

  
 Review - Various : The Inspirational Sounds Of Mad Professor
Mad Professor & The Sane Inmates - Asylum Of Dub
It's described as a comprehensive guide to the works of dub reggae legend Mad Professor, the creative force behind Ariwa Records, dub mixer for Massive Attack, Lee Perry, Ruts DC and many others.
In the begining of the 90's Mad Professor relaunched U Roys' career with the release of the album True Born African.
www.reggae-vibes.com /rev_var/theinspi.htm   (634 words)

  
 Mad Professor : It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Professor - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
Mad Professor is a British reggae producer whose incredibly prolific output rivals that of Jamaica's legendary sound factories of the late '60s and early '70s in both quantity and quality.
It includes rarities and tracks from his earlier albums, all recorded in "Dubarama." That means that instruments and voices fly in and out of the mix, echoing crazily and careening off into the darkness only to return when you least expect them.
Mad Professor doesn't do the introspective, mystical dub of so many of his predecessors; there's always an intense energy and a mischievous sense of humor at work, even on his more political material.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,203872,00.html   (322 words)

  
 The Mad Professor Meets Puls Der Zeit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It helped introduce the brilliant UK dub mixer, The Mad Professor, to the American public and it became a really substantial seller and a dub classic.
The Mad Professor, at the time, was quickly becoming one of the world's "new dub" legends, rivaling Jah Shaka and Adrian Sherwood of On-U Sound for his extremely eccentric and psychedelic heavy-bass reggae-influenced rhythms.
PULS DER ZEIT, and their producer Peter Vinyl, met The Mad Professor in 1983 and became mutually enamored, working jointly on a variety of records and experimental musical projects.
www.roir-usa.com /8262.htm   (498 words)

  
 Mad Professor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Mad Professor design is such that you will hear the tone of the tube, there is no transformer distortion or sag, the distortion and sag comes from the tubes and it is fully adjustable.
The circuit of Mad Professor Amp, model CS-40, is designed to take the most advantage of power applied in the sense of power output, and limitations to this has been as much as possible reduced for the benefit of maximum dynamics and as such would be most unusual.
The Mad Professor is an ingeniously constructed and solidly hand-built amplifier with dynamics and sound-qualities that places it among the best boutique-models available.
www.custom-sounds.se /static/en/27   (7907 words)

  
 Lee Scratch Perry and Mad Professor
Throughout the 1980s Mad Professor earned reputation as one of the best reggae producers in Britain, with both reggae and non-reggae acts asking him to overhaul their work.
Today Mad Professor continues to release ever-creative interpretations of dub, in addition to a heavy road schedule which finds him performing live all around the globe.
Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Mad Professor, two towering figures in the history of reggae, are on a US tour together in February and March, 2000.
www.rootsworld.com /reggae/profscratch.html   (1239 words)

  
 Mad Professor MP3 Downloads - Mad Professor Music Downloads - Mad Professor Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A disciple of Lee "Scratch" Perry, Mad Professor was one of the leading producers in dub reggae's second generation.
Mad Professor Meets Scientist at the Dub Table
Ruts DC vs. Mad Professor vs. Zion Train--Rhythm Collision Vol.
www.mp3.com /mad-professor/artists/2414/summary.html   (223 words)

  
 club transmediale: 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Mad Professor was born Neal Fraser (or Neil Fraser) circa 1955 in Guyana, a small country in the northern part of South America.
The Ariwa studio was moved to a better neighborhood in West Norwood during the mid-'80s, and upgraded for 24-track capability, making it the largest fl-owned studio in the U.K. From there, Mad Professor really started to make an impact on the British Reggae scene.
Perhaps creatively refreshed, Mad Professor's own albums started to regain their consistency in the mid-'90s.
clubtransmediale.de /index.php?id=450   (688 words)

  
 The Mad Professor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
UK dub producer the Mad Professor, can't wait for audio technology to catch up with the sounds he can hear inside his head.
Throughout the Eighties, Mad Professor earned his reputation as one of the best reggae producers in Britain, with both reggae and non-reggae acts asking him to overhaul their work.
The Mad Professor has been destroying home stereos and delighting dancehalls around the globe for nearly quarter of a century.
www.bassnation.org /press/the_mad_professor   (644 words)

  
 Mad Professor
Lee Scratch Perry and Mad Professor Listen to some short audio samples by clicking on the CD covers.
Mad Professor MP3, Songs and Albums MP3.com has Mad Professor news, albums, songs, mp3s and the Mad Professor community.
The Mad Professor Meets Puls Der Zeit The Mad Professor Meets Puls Der Zeit Meet In Berlin At Checkpoint Charlie.
www.neddeh.com /music/Mad-Professor.html   (464 words)

  
 The Legendary Mad Professor
Working from his own studios, Mad Professor has overseen more than 100 albums including ground-breaking remixes for Massive Attack, Sade, and Pato Banton.
Moving to London, at the age of 13, Mad Professor continued to experiment with electronics.
Over the years, Mad Professor's studio, which he named Ariwa after the Nigerian word for "sound," has continued to evolve.
www.wecc.ca /site/perfs/mad_professor.html   (234 words)

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