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Mad Professor : biography

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Mad Professor (born Neil Joseph Stephen Fraser, 1955, Georgetown, Guyana) is a Guyanese dub music producer and engineer known for his original productions and remix work. Issue: August 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2013 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.

Recordings

Mad Professor has released hundreds of original recordings and has worked with a number of reggae and non-reggae artists. He is perhaps best known for his 12 installments 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

  • 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

Dub Me Crazy series

  • 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)

Black Liberation series

  • 1994 – Black Liberation Dub (Chapter 1)
  • 1995 – Anti-Racist 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

  • 1997 – Dub You Crazy With Love
  • 2000 – Dub You Crazy With Love (Part 2)
  • 2008 – Bitter Sweet Dub

Collaborations

With Lee “Scratch” Perry

  • 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

  • 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
  • 1990 – A Feast Of Yellow Dub (With Yellowman)
  • 1996 – New Decade Of Dub (With Jah Shaka)
  • 2000 – The Inspirational Sounds Of Mad Professor
  • 2000 – Massilia London Experience (With Massilia sound system)
  • 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 – Rewired In Dub (With Pama International)
  • 2012 – The Roots of Dubstep
  • 2013 – Cedric Congo Meets Mad Professor