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.
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.
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. The Ariwa website lists collaborations with The Orb, The KLF, UB40, Jamiroquai, The Beastie Boys and Rancid . He continues to release records and perform live all over the world.
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- 2020 22 May 2020
- 2019 30 Aug 2019
- 2019 11 Jul 2019
- 2018 31 Aug 2018
- 2018 20 Jul 2018
- 2018 20 Jul 2018
- 2018 13 Jul 2018
- 2017 7 Sep 2017
- 2017 1 Sep 2017
- 2017 13 Jul 2017
- 2016 2 Sep 2016
- 2016 28 May 2016
- 2016 24 Mar 2016
- 2016 12 Feb 2016
- 2015 4 Sep 2015
- 2015 24 Jul 2015
- 2015 23 Jul 2015
- 2015 23 Jul 2015
- 2014 4 Sep 2014
- 2014 15 Aug 2014
- 2014 17 Apr 2014
- 2013 1 Aug 2013
- 2013 26 Jun 2013
- 2013 25 May 2013
- 2012 21 Sep 2012
- 2011 19 Aug 2011
- 2010 28 Aug 2010
- 2009 24 Jul 2009





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