Mad Professor

Mad Professor (born Neil Joseph Stephen Fraser, 1955, Georgetown, Guyana) is a Guyanese-British dub music producer and engineer known for his original productions and remix work. He is considered one of the leading producers of dub music’s second generation and was instrumental in transitioning dub into the digital age. He has collaborated with reggae artists such as 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, and Brazilian DJ Marcelinho da lua, Grace Jones, Perry Farrel.

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Links to Peel
“I'm not entirely sure having something that sounds like a bunch of old washing machine parts being dragged around in a sack being named after you is entirely complimentary.” (JP on “John Peel Dub,” session repeat 21 October 1982)

In 2012, when details of John Peel's Record Collection were released online by TheSpace and JohnPeelArchive sites, the first 100 LPs by artists beginning with M were found to include 13 Mad Professor albums, including collaborations with Lee Perry and Jah Shaka.

In an accompanying video, M Is For Mad Professor, the dub producer recalled the early support he received from the DJ, who played his work regularly from the early 1980s and suggested that he record a session at his own studio.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * None

Sessions
One session only. No known commercial release.

1.Recorded 1982-09-23. First broadcast 04 October 1982. Repeated 21 October 1982.
 * Beyond The Realms Of Dub / Ghetto Pace/Elastic Plastic / John Peel Dub / In Fine Style / Funking The Capital Dub

Other Shows Played

 * 1982
 * 07 September 1982: unknown track, trailed at start of show


 * 1983
 * 10 May 1983: Rebel
 * 15 May 1983 (BFBS): Channa Four (album - Dub Me Crazy 3: The African Connection) Ariwa (John is tickled with the name of one of the Mad Professor's percussionists - Ras Bombo)
 * 15 May 1983 (BFBS): Jordan River (album - Dub Me Crazy 3: The African Connection) Ariwa
 * 15 May 1983 (BFBS): War Cry (album - Dub Me Crazy 3: The African Connection) Ariwa
 * 17 May 1983: Rebel Rock (album - Dub Me Crazy 3: The African Connection) Ariwa
 * 22 May 1983 (BFBS): Channa Four (album - Dub Me Crazy 3: The African Connection) Ariwa
 * 01 June 1983 (BFBS): The Drum Shot (album - Dub Me Crazy 3: The African Connection) Ariwa
 * 19 December 1983: Rasta Chase (LP - Dub Me Crazy Part 4) Ariwa


 * 1984
 * 24 April 1984: Claps Like Thunder (LP - Jah Shaka Meets Mad Progessor At Ariwa Studios) Ariwa


 * 1985
 * 05 February 1985: Freedom Broadcast (LP – Dub Me Crazy Part Five: Who Knows The Secret Of The Master Tapes?) Ariwa


 * 1986
 * 21 October 1986: Cosmic Ray (LP - Schizophrenic Dub) Ariwa


 * 1990
 * 04 January 1990 (& Lee Scratch Perry): Pirates (Black Plastic) (album - Mystic Warrior) Ariwa


 * 1991
 * 11 May 1991: Hijack To Jamaica (Dub Me Crazy Part 11) Ariwa


 * 1995
 * 17 February 1995 (vs Massive Attack): Heat Miser (Backward Sucking) (LP-No Protection) Wild Bunch
 * 25 February 1995 (vs Massive Attack): Bumper Ball Dub (album - No Protection) Wild Bunch
 * 03 March 1995 (vs Massive Attack): Trinity Dub (album - No Protection) Wild Bunch


 * 1996
 * 18 May 1996 (& Jah Shaka): Natural Roots (album - New Decade Of Dub) Ariwa
 * 01 June 1996 (& Jah Shaka]]): Chanting Down The Wicked (album - New Decade Of Dub) Ariwa
 * 01 June 1996 (BFBS) (& Jah Shaka): Wig Wam (CD-New Decade Of Dub) Ariwa
 * 15 June 1996 (& Jah Shaka): Roots Jamboree (LP - New Decade Of Dub) Ariwa
 * 21 September 1996 (BFBS) (& Jah Shaka): Slave Rebellion (Compilation CD-Dubhead Volume Three) Shiver
 * 22 September 1996 (& Jah Shaka): Slave Rebellion (Compilation LP - Dubhead Volume Three) Shiver


 * 1997
 * 11 January 1997: African Hebrew Chant (album - The Lost Scrolls Of Moses) Ariwa


 * 1999
 * 06 July 1999: Claps Like Thunder (CD-The Inspirational Sounds Of Mad Professor) Universal Dub
 * 07 July 1999: Creation Dub (CD-The Inspirational Sounds Of Mad Professor) Universal Dub


 * 2000
 * May 2000 (FSK): (meets Puls Der Zeit): Abu Dhabi Check (CD - Meet In Berlin At Checkpoint Charlie) ROIR
 * 15 June 2000 (remix of Sofa Surfers): Beans & Rice (Mad Professor Remix 3) (EP) Klein
 * 08 June 2000 (Radio Eins) (remix of Sofa Surfers): Beans And Rice (remixed by Mad Professor) (album - Constructions: Sofa Surfers Remixed And Dubbed) Klein
 * 14 November 2000: Freedom Chant (2xLP - Dubbing You Crazy) Poptones
 * 15 November 2000: Your Rights / My Wrongs (CD-Dubbing You Crazy) Poptones
 * 23 November 2000 (Radio Eins): Skaland