Three Legged Dog Funk

Near the end of October I shared a radio show hosted by Richard Sen. A friend of mine Delmar was particularly taken with Richard's sound & asked if I could share more of his music. 

 

 

Richard Sen graffiti artwork used as cover for Sabres of Paradise - Theme  

 

Former London graffiti artist, Richard Sen began DJing in 1989. He is recognised as an elder statesman, an educator, & an expert on dance music. Richard is a maverick. Unpredictable, mysterious, always engaging, his DJ sets always stand apart from the others. Sen has more musickal depth to call upon than most DJs. His sets tell a story reflecting a deep understanding of dance-floor dynamics. His sound draws from 1970s, 80s, 90s influences while placing them firmly in the present. Richard's genre-fluid selections seamlessly flow back & forth between: retro/future, dark/light, disco, Italo, deep or wonky house, electro, breakbeat, & deep techno.

Sen releases music under his own name. He also previously appeared under the guises of Bronx Dogs (1997-2003) & Padded Cell (2005-2012). I have chosen to share some of those earlier collaborations.

 

 

First Bronx Dogs which is Richard & Paul Eve.

 

 

Bronx Dogs - Three Legged Funk, Heavenly HVNLP25CD, 1998.
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& the Letter Spells?    
Tribute To Jazzy Jay
212 (The Waya Funk)
Mambo Roc (Mixed Blood)
77    
Madame Mars
Shock Rock
Closin' In (Richard Sen remix) - Nine Bar
Mission to Free

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, Padded Cell which is Richard & Neil Beatnik.

 

 

Padded Cell - Night Must Fall, D.C. Recordings DCR72CD, 2008.

Moon Menace Part II
Savage Skulls
Faces of the Forest (edit)
Word of Mouth – Chloé Raunet (vocals)
My Children Sleep Next to the Echo Chamber
Night Must Fall
City of Lies
Triple X Syndrome – Chloé Raunet (vocals)
Konkorde Lafayette (edit)
Far Beneath London – The Diaphanoids (vocals)
Beautiful Gloom
Are You Anywhere? (edit)

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Heap Good Firewater, Kemosabe

Cop Shoot Cop seemed to elicit numerous memories from Frenz of NSS. Old Frenz MrDave sez:
     "Love this band (and Firewater too)!' 

 

Firewater was founded by singer/instrumentalist Tod A(shley). in New York City in 1995 after the breakup of his previous group Cop Shoot Cop. Firewater was a world punk musical collective incorporating diverse elements of world music with punk rock. They have also been labeled gypsy punk because as well as including cabaret, ska, jazz, & folk they used Eastern European influences such as klezmer or gypsy music.

Tod A remained Firewater's only consistent member, acting as singer-songwriter as well as bassist/guitarist. Throughout their fluctuating line-up, the band has occasionally featured numerous notable musicians, including Duane Denison of the Jesus Lizard, Yuval Gabay of Soul Coughing, David Ouimet of Motherhead Bug & Foetus (good tie-in, right), Jennifer Charles of Elysian Fields, & Hahn Rowe, Tamir Muskat, Ori Kaplan of Gogol Bordello/Balkan Beat Box. 

 

Firewater - Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for Fire, Jetset Records TWA04CD, 1996.
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Some Strange Reaction    
Bourbon & Division    
Refinery    
When I Burn This Place Down
The Circus
I am the Rain    
Balalaika    
The Drunken Jew    
Mr. Cardiac
Snake-Eyes & Boxcars    
One of Those    
Hold on, Slow John

 

 

 

After four more albums in quick succession that really cemented their sound, the band released an album of cover songs with tunes by Sonny & Cher, Robyn Hitchcock, The Rolling Stones, & Johnny Cash among others...

 

 

Firewater - Songs We Should Have Written, Jetset Records TWA67CD, 2004.

The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher cover)
This Town (Frank Sinatra cover)
Diamonds & Gold (Tom Waits cover)
Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash cover)
Storm Warning (Lynn Taitt & the Boys cover)
Hey Bulldog (Beatles cover)
Some Velvet Morning (Lee Hazlewood/Nancy Sinatra cover)
This Little Light of Mine (traditional)
Paint it Black (Rolling Stones cover)
Is That All There Is? (Peggy Lee cover)
I Often Dream of Trains (Robyn Hitchcock cover)

 

After SWSHW, Tod took a three-year sabbatical to travel through Indonesia, Thailand, India, Pakistan, & Turkey, chronicling his experiences on his blog "Postcards from the Other Side of the World." During this time, he wrote & recorded the band's sixth studio album, The Golden Hour with the help of various local musicians & friends.

 

 

Firewater - The Golden Hour, Nois-O-Lution 910832,  2008.

Borneo    
This is My Life    
Some Kind of Kindness    
Six Forty Five    
A Place Not so Unkind    
Paradise    
Banghra Bros    
Electric City    
Hey Clown    
Already Gone    
Feels like the End of the World    
Weird to Be Back    
Three Legged Dog

 

 

If you liked the Foetus tie-in, watch this next one,
NØ

Stay Strong! Don’t Let Them Defeat Us.

In January I shared a final installment of Cop Shoot Cop. I suggested that on Release, CSC were channelling their inner Thirwell.

Richie Muster commented:
     "You mention Foetus/Thirlwell; you haven't by any chance anything lurking down the back of your sofa, have you? I have bits and pieces, but not much."

 

 

JG Thirlwell is a composer/producer/performer born in Melbourne, Australia. He moved to London in 1978, then relocated to NYC in 1983, where he has been based ever since.

Thirwell seems fond of using various nom de musique for his musickal output. In recent years he has released many of his works under his own name. He first began releasing under the Foetus variants, of which there are at least eight, starting with Foetus Under Glass, then moving toYou’ve Got Foetus on Your Breath, Scraping Foetus off the Wheel, Foetus Interruptus, Foetus Corruptus, with more variations until simply Foetus.

He also records & performs under many pseudonyms including Manorexia, Xordox, Steroid Maximus, Baby Zizanie, Hydroze Plus, Clint Ruin, & Wiseblood.

I was at a complete loss as to how I could do a good cross section of such craziness. Then I remembered a great idea that I shared in October 2024 called Pitch Black - First of All. I made a compilation of the first song from all of Pitch Black's releases. It was one of my favorites that I have compiled over the years. This would be a perfect way to showcase this vast expanse of Foetus. Then I had an even better idea...two volumes, one of Foetus & one of JG Thirwell releases & all his other variously named projects.

I have listed the iteration of Thirwell et. al & the source album for each track. If anyone is interested in any individual releases, you can let me know in the comments. 

 

 

Foetus - First of All, NØ Comps., 2025.
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Spite Your Face - SYFace 7" 1981 - Foetus Under Glass
New York or Bust - Deaf 1981 - You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
Wash it All Off - WiAO7" 1981 - You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
Custom Built for Capitalism - CBfC 12" EP - Foetus Over Frisco
Tell Me, What is the Bane of Your Life - TM, WitBoYL7" - Philip & his Foetus Vibrations
Dying with My Boots On - Ache 1982 - You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
Calamity Crush - CC 12" single - Foetus~Art~Terrorism
Clothes Hoist - Hole 1984 -  Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
Finely Honed Machine - FHM 12" - Foetus Uber Frisco
Theme from Pigdom Come - Nail 1985 - Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
Ramrod - Ramrod 12“EP - Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
Don’t Hide it, Provide It - Thaw 1988 - Foetus Interruptus
Fin - Rife 1988 - Foetus Corruptus
Bedrock - Sink 1989 - The Foetus All-Nude Revue
Butterfly Potion - Butterfly Potion 1990 - Foetus Inc.
Free James Brown - Male 1992 - Foetus in Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe CD1
Anything (Viva!) - Male 1992 - Foetus in Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe CD2
Vice Squad Dick - Vice Squad Dick split 1994 - Foetus & Chrome Cranks
Mortgage - Gash 1995 - Foetus
Take it Outside, Godboy - Boil 1996 - Foetus
Verklemmt (Vid mix) - Null 1996 - Foetus
Friend or Foe - Void 1996 - Foetus
Universal Cess Pool - Violent Silence-Flesh Volcano 1997 - Marc Almond & Foetus
Black Adonis - York - The Foetus Symphony Orchestra
Slut - Slut - Marc Almond & Foetus
Quick Fix - Flow 2001 - Foetus
Cirrhosis of the Heart - Blow 2001 - Foetus
(Not Adam) - Love 2005 - Foetus
I Hate You All - Damp 2006 - Foetus
Pareidolia (Fennesz remix) - Vein 2007 - Foetus
Sick Mins (Ectopic version) - Limb 2010 - Foetus
Cosmetics - Hide 2010 - Foetus
Red & Black & Gray & White - Soak 2013 - Foetus

 

 

 

 

James George & - First of All, NØ Comps., 2025.

Stumbo - Stumbo 12" 1986 - Wiseblood
Prime Gonzola - Dirtdish 1987 - Wiseblood
Powerhouse - Powerhouse 7" 1990 - Garage Monsters
Pedal to the Metal - PTTM EP 1991 - Wiseblood
Life in the Greenhouse Effect - Quilombo 1991 - Steroid Maximus
iQuilombo! - Gondwanaland 1992 - Steroid Maximus
Safari to Mumbooba! - StM 10" 1992 - Garage Monsters
The Hardened Artery - Volvox Turbo 2001 - Manorexia
The Trembler - Ectopia 2002 - Steroid Maximus
Planet of the Aches - Radiolarian Ooze 2002 - Manorexia
The Plinth - Domestic Landscapes #3 Thalassaphobia 12" 2003 - Baby Zizanie
Brock Graveside - Venture Bros. 1 2009 - JG Thirwell
Armadillo Stance - Mesopelagic Waters 2010 - Manorexia
Overcoat - Hydroze Plus 10" 2010 - Hydroze Plus
Cryogenics - Dinoflagellate Blooms 2011 - Manorexia
Blue Eyes Open - The Blue Eyes 2013 - JG Thirwell
Ham & Cheese Hero - Venture Bros. 2 2016 - JG Thirwell
Supernatural Bloodmorn - Imponderable 2016 - JG Thirwell
Diamonds - Neospection 2017 - Xordox
Catholic Deceit - (& Simon Steenland) Oscillospirs 2020 - JG Thirwell
Endeavor - Omniverse 2021 - Xordox
Narcolepsey - (& MIVOS Quartet) Dystonia 2023 - JG Thirwell

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

Gonna Lapse? Make it a Pro Lapse.

As I mentioned when I shared Red Seal at the end of January, once more I ended up biting off more than I could chew this month. I had built up a stovetop full of back-burner posts that were replies to folks who had commented at one time or another about previous shares. I had probably sez at the time:
     "I'll get around to it when I can".

Well, the ole round to-it just keeps on spinning & I guess the time is NOW. Plus I've been trying to finish up the Musick that Needed Work series that seems to have been dragging on forever (only since 2015...ten frigging years...). I'm finally up to R this month.

Between these two categories I have again over-done it. I'm not complaining, though. Working on this mess, finding music to share with you all, has been keeping me from dwelling on other more darkly negative situations. I'm focusing on the musick & hope it can impart some delight for visitors here.

So on to Suggestions from Commentors...

On the memorial post at the time of David Lynch's death, Rico (Mister Kien) left a tremendous comment. In it he sez:
     "I haven't seen Prolapse on your blog yet (but Blurt yes!)" 

 

I replied that I had simply overlooked Prolapse as I am wont to do with numerous bands that deserve sharing that have simply slipped my time-worn mind. Prolapse - Pointless Walks to Dismal Places was always a favorite of mine. I'll start there & try to remedy my (pro) lapse.

Prolapse were an English indie rock band formed in Leicester, England active from 1992 to 2000. The group's sound was a mixture of punk rock, krautrock, & shoegazing styles. The band's sound was also characterised by the alternating, contrasting vocal styles of Linda Steelyard & Mick Derrick ("with the aim of being the most depressing band ever"). 

 

Prolapse - Pointless Walks to Dismal Places, Cherry Red CDBRED116, 1994.
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Serpico    
Headless in a Beat Motel    
Surreal Madrid    
Doorstop Rhythmic Bloc    
Burgundy Spine    
Black Death Ambulance    
Chill Blown    
Hungarian Suicide Song    
Tina, This is Matthew Stone

 

 

 

 

 

Prolapse - backsaturday, Jetset Records TWA01CD, 1995.

Mein Minefield, Mine Landmine
TCR    
Framen Fr. Cesar    
Every Night I'm Mentally Crucified (7000 Times)    
Zen Nun Deb
Irritating Radiator
Drown Radio Therapy    
Flex
Strain Contortion of Bag

 

 

 

 

 

Prolapse - The Italian Flag, Radar Records SCANCD25, 1997.

Slash/Oblique    
Deanshanger    
Cacophony No.A
Killing the Bland    
I Hate the Clicking Man    
Autocade    
Tunguska    
Flat Velocity Curve    
Return of te Shoes    
A Day at Death Seaside    
Bruxelles    
Visa for Violet & Van    
Three Wooden Heads

 

 

 

 

 

Prolapse - Ghosts of Dead Aeroplanes, Cooking Vinyl COOKCD177, 1999.

Essence of Cessna    
Fob.Com    
Adiabatic    
Cylinders V12 Beats Cylinders 8    
One Illness    
After After    
Government of Spain    
Planned Obsolescence

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Massive Attack...

 

Ending up this journey with some chrome type 2 metal cassette tape ultra-long demo tracks. Straight from the Mad Profs mouth. 

 

 

These tracks are from the Virgin Records vaults, transferred to DAT in 1994, originally intended for the album Massive Attack V Mad Professor - No Protection released in 1995.

Times listed after track titles...

Dubs 5th Tape
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Weather Storm (21:32)
Cool Monsoon (21:24)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dubs 7th Tape -

Eurochild (13:01)
Heat Miser (18:07)
Spying Glass (13:33)

 

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Sandra Cross...

 

Sandra Cross was a member of the Wild Bunch (members of this crew went on to form Massive Attack) in the mid/late 80s before going solo.

Here's Country Living 12" 45, a Mad Professor produced track by The Wild Bunch & Sandra Cross.

Wild Bunch featuring Sandra Cross - Country Living, Ariwa ARI39, 1985.
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Side A -
Country Living (Wild Bunch & Sandra Cross)
Side B -
Devil’s Playground (Mad Professor & the Robotiks)

 

 

 

 

She is one of the "Roots Daughters": female Reggae vocalists singing conscious lyrics over serious music along with Aisha ('Queen of the Roots Daughters').
 

This is another one of the three Showcase albums released in 2023 (I previously shared the Susan Cadogan outing). Here Mad Professor teams up with one of his all-time favorite chanteuses, Sandra Cross.

This showcase features sounds with soulful heartical vibes mixed skillfully by the true Dub Master.

 

Mad Professor - Dub Showcase featuring Sandra Cross, Ariwa ARLP313, 2023.

Side A -
Why    
In Time    
Go Rolling

Side B -
Moving Along     
Yes! He Has a Plan    
Psalms 121    
Sweet Jamaica

Enjoy,
NØ

And Gaudi...

 

Daniele Gaudi was born 12 July 1963 in Bologna, Italy. He is a musician, composer, record producer & solo artist. He has been based in London since 1995.

His career started in the 1981, his musical foundations were set in electronic music, avant-garde & reggae. Dub, electronica, reggae, or worldbeat are his main music genres. The majority of his production work takes place at his Metatron Studio, London. He is a busy live performer. He spends a large proportion of his time touring. 

 

Mad Professor - Meets Gaudi, Ariwa ARICD291, 2019.
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Mad Professor Side -     
Smoking High    
Bolly Bop    
Frog Venom Treatment    
Tribal Dance Dub    
Slow Trance Dub    
Palenque Whine    
        
Gaudi Side -    
Cry Dub featuring Steel Pulse
Dub Nation Army    
Dub Dem featuring Marty Dread
Jazzin Dub    
Sharp Dub featuring Michael Rose
Dub on Camera featuring Macka B. 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Dub Natty Sessions & Dennis Bovell...

 

Dub Natty Sessions is a Venezuelan Dub outfit formed in early 2008 in Caricuao City in the southwest of Caracas. They unite various different cultures using the sound of Dub to spread the message of peace & love. The band moved to England in 2013 where they recorded their first record with legendary Dub/reggae artist Dennis Bovell.

They recorded a follow-up album with Mad Professor at the controls...

Dub Natty Sessions & Dennis Bovell featuring Matic Horns & Mad Professor - DNS & Friends,
Dub Natty Sessions, 2017.
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On the Street
Tribulation
Un Amor
Arco Iris
Plantation
Freedom Fighter
Almighty

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Cedric Congo...

 

Cedric Myton, known as Cedric Congo, was born in St.Catherine, Jamaica, Myton was one of the founding members of the Congos. Here he takes advantage of the opp,ortunity to record an Ariwa Dub Showcase album, a great Mad Professor series that features both reggae & Dub versions of the tracks. 

 

Cedric Congo meets Mad Professor - Ariwa Dub Showcase, Ariwa ARICD248, 2013.
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Jah Lightning    
Dub Lightning    
Live You Culture    
Culture Dub    
Don't Touch    
Touch Dub     
It’s You    
It's Dub    
Time to Work it Out    
Time to Dub    
Physical Attraction    
Dub Attraction    
Some are Having Fun?    
Untitled

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Frente Cumbiero...

 

Frente Cumbiero is a Bogota, Colombia based cumbieros outfit founded by Mario Galeano & Eblis Álvarez widely recognized as one of the spearheads of the cumbia nueva (new cumbia) movement in Colombia, because of their fresh, contemporary take on cumbia. The bands leader, Colombian songwriter/producer Mario Galeano draws his inspiration as well as the samples that form the base of his contemporary tracks, from his large collection of cumbia records, mainly from the 60s & 70s.

Frente Cumbiero creates innovative danceable tropical music driven by crazy keys/electronics, uplifting horns, & energetic percussion. Frente Cumbiero in the past have played great concerts at festivals like Roskilde, Womad, & Fuji Rock as well as collaborating with Kronos Quartet & recorded this album with Dub master Mad Professor. The Dub tracks 8-14 are mixed by Mad Prof. with the track “Ariwacumbé” composed just for Mad Professor by the band.

Frente Cumbiero - Meets Mad Professor, Vampi Soul VAMPICD136, 2011.
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Chucusteady    
Bestiales 77    
Ariwacumbé    
La Bocachico    
Gaita del Profesor Loco    
Cumbietiope    
Analógica 

   
ChucuSteady (Dub)    
Bestiales 77 (Dub)    
Ariwacumbé (Dub)    
La Bocachico (Dub)    
Cumbietiope (Dub)    
Analógica (Dub)    
Ariwacumbé Shaunvox (Dub)

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Izrael...

Izrael was one of the most popular & influential Polish alternative bands. It was formed in March 1983 in Warsaw by two Polish underground musicians: Robert Brylewski (formerly of Brygada Kryzys) & Paweł Kelner (formerly of Deuter).

Back in 2013 when I did the Musick Around the World Project, I showcased Brygada Kryzys & gave some of the backstory of Robert Brylewski here. The band was active from 1983 until 1995. They went on hiatus for more than 10 years, reuniting in 2006 until 2018, when band leader Robert Brylewski passed away. In 2010, at the height of their second life, they hooked up with Mad Professor for this gem.

 

Izrael - Meets Mad Professor & Joe Ariwa, Manufaktura Legenda ML15, 2010.
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Politrix Dub    
Universall Dub    
Soul Traveller Dub    
Our World Dub    
Brotherhood Dub    
Rootz Party Dub    
Bissnessn Dub    
I Jah People Dub    
Life It's a Moment Dub    
Don't Dominate Dub    
No No No Dub    
Dzax11 Dub    
Every Moment's Dub    
It's Not a Story

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Alika...

 

Alika was born Alicia Dal Monte Campuzano June 28, 1977 in Montevideo, Uruguay. She started her music career in 1994 as a vocalist with a band, but quickly decided to pursue a solo career. While labeled a hip hop artist, Alika uses reggae stylings with engaged lyrics. Her amazing enery & stage presence caught Mad Professor's attention. He produced her 5th album which spread her sound to a much larger, more global audience. 

 

Alika - Mad Professor meets Alika, Ariwa ARICD223, 2009.
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Bless the Children    
Bless the Dub    
The Lion of Judah    
The Lion of Dub    
The Iniquity Workers    
Iniquity Dub    
Nyahbinghi Chant    
Nyahbinghi Dub    
El Padre Style    
El Padre Dub    
Yagga Yo Yo!
Yagga Dub    
Estoy!    
Estoy Dub

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Faya Horns...

 

Faya Horns is a French instrumental reggae project put together by Thomas Henning playing trombone with Eric Gaultier playing saxophone & flute. They are regularly sought out by various reggae & Dub artists to add their unique horn presence, 

Here the music is built around their hard brass sound as only the Mad Professor (& son Joe) can do, aided by the usual suspect of a Mad Prof slab: Black Steel; Sgt. Pepper; the Robotiks; Errol the General; & more.

Faya Horns - meets Mad Professor & Joe Ariwa, Makafresh MKF10, 2008.
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Rasta Dub    
Raging Dub    
Dubbing in the Kibbutz     
African Warrior Dub    
City of Dub    
Innat Tatahaf Means Allah    
Third Eye    
Angel Dub    
Ark of Dub    
Slippery Dub    
God of Dub    
King Moses Dub    
Merciful Dub    
Out of Bondage

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Nairobi...

 

Nairobi is an Argentinian Dub band. Theirs is a shamanic approach to Dub with their own unique perspective & fresh interpretations of the genre. Wu Wei is their debut album, mixed at Ariwa Studios by Mad Professor. It includes collaborations by Lee "Scratch" Perry as well as Sly & Robbie, among others.I shared their album Angkur (also with Mad Prof & Super Ape) one Dub September here.

Nairobi meets Mad Professor - Wu Wei, Crang Records EFLP001, 2008.
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Nairobi Dub
Agave Dub featuring Lee Perry
Sin la Polera
Elastic Plastic
Channel 12
Arca Dub
Leh Go
Nürcanguas
Melodion King
Paraíso Islámico featuring Lee Perry
Thornton Heath
Girl from Córdoba
Storm Dub
Cliffedge Dub
Tulim Dub

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Susan Cadogan...

 

In 2009 Mad Professor released Ariwa Aloha/Hawaii Tour with a set of songs & their Dub versions by various artists. The album contained "Losing You/Losing Dub" & "Baby I Love You/Baby I Dub You" from Susan Cadogan.

Recently (October 2023) three brand new vocal roots LPs were released by Ariwa Sounds label featuring Susan Cadogan, Sandra Cross & Nadine Sutherland inna showcase style with Mad Professor in finest Dub form at the controls with a stellar list of musicians featuring Rico, Vin Gordon, Black Steel, Addis Pablo, Horseman, Sgt Pepper amongst others.

Here is the set of Susan Cadogan nuggets including the Ariwa Aloha bonus tracks.

Mad Professor - Dub Showcase featuring Susan Cadogan, Ariwa ARILP314, 2023.
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Side A -
Fever    
You Turn Me On    
Nice & Easy     

Side B -
Cross Roads    
Baby in Your Arms    
I Can't Count the Days    
With You Boy

bonus tracks -
Losing You
Losing Dub
Baby I Love You
Baby I Dub You

Enjoy,
NØ

And Horace Andy...

Fast forward to Dub.

Mad Professor remixed Massive Attack's album Protection as No Protection. It has remained a top-shelf release since it came out. Through his work with Massive Attack, Mad Prof became aware of the mighty talent of Horace Andy. In 2004 the two men put out Horace Andy meets Mad Professor - From the Roots to showcase the fruits of their union.

The following year Mad Professor & son Joe released the second volume.

Rewind to Dub...

 

Mad Professor & Joe Ariwa featuring Horace Andy - Rewired for Dub, Ariwa ARICD177, 2005.
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Ffwd to Dub    
Hiding in the Asylum    
The Coolest Dub    
Dub Her for Me    
Rewired for Dub    
Garvey Rock    
Noiz Bud    
Escape to Dubscape    
Truths & Dub    
Non Violence Dub    
Give Me More Dub    
Analogically Speaking    
Burning Dub    
Rewind to Dub

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Mishka...

 

Mishka (John Frith) is a Bermudan reggae arists originally making a name for himself in the late 90s London indie music scene. He is the brother of Heather Nova, another well known Bermudan musician. Mishka recorded on the influential UK label Creation Records. In 1999 he released his self-titled debut to rave revues. Creation Records had the idea to have Mad Professor work out a Dub version of that album.

Mishka in Dub is a Dub reworking of that first album. The track order is different from the original & I have marked the original track position & title after the corresponding Dub track. The song "Johannah" has been replaced by "Mystic Dub (Mystic Music Dub remix)" on this outing. 

 

Mishka - Mishka in Dub, Creation Records ESCA 8170, 2000.
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Give & Receive (01 - Give You All the Love)    
Plastic Dub (02 - Happy)    
Broken Hearted Dub (05 - Bring a Man Down)    
Mystic Dub (Mystic Music)    
Rainy Dub (10 - When the Rain Comes Down)    
Catch This One (04 - Still Got Love)    
Just Ambience (08 - Out the Door)    
Know This One (07 - One True)    
Eastbound Dub (03 - Lonely)    
Wilful Dub (09 - Another Like You)

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Sly & Robbie...

 

It seems obvious that sooner or later the paths of Mad Professor & Sly/Robbie would collide with the resultant explosion of Dub. Here's the aftermath... 

 

Sly & Robbie meets Mad Professor featuring Dean Fraser- DUB BB-BBBB Revolutionaries,
Real Authentic Sound RZDCD004, 2004.
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Stepping Out a Space
Peaceful Warrior
Freedom Illusion
Kaballa Rock
Dean's Mood
Finger on the Pulse
Cool Dude
On the Drop of 1
Victory Jam
Memphis Happiness
Peaceful Dub
Finger Dub
Victory Dub
Cool Dub
Freedom Dub
Dean's Version

bonus tracks from Japan edition -
Run Down Dub
Works to Do (featuring Queen Omega) 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Baba Zula...

 

Now for this one, Mad Professor heads out on an excursion to Istanbul to work with the Turkish alternative musical group Baba Zula. Baba Zula showcase a wide variety of influences & play a wide range of instruments to create create a unique psychedelic sound. Combining their sound with Mad Professor's mixing skills created a great piece of musickal creativity. 

 

Baba Zula & Mad Professor - Ruhani Oyun Havalari (Psychebelly Dance Music),
Doublemoon DM019, 2003.
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O Divanın Üstünde Baygın Bakışın (Your Languished Gaze on that Couch)
Kısaltmalar (Abbreviations)    
Tilki Dansı Dub mix (The Fox Dance Dub)    
Fayiman Cüneyt
Cecom    
Şu Dağları Sardı Feryadım (My Cries Have Covered All These Mountains)
Tek Kürek Yalova (Married to Five Fingers)    
Nöbetçi Felsefeci (Watchman the Philosopher)
Ser Ver Sır Ver Dub mix (Sacrifice Your Secrets, Sacrifice Yourself Dub)
Seksek (Hopscotch)    
Biz Size Aşık Olduk Dub mix (We Fell in Love with You Dub)
Seks Sinemasının Esrarı (Mary Jane of the Sex Cinema)    
Urfa Beşiri Hoyratı
Kısaltmalar Dub mix (Abbreviations Dub)
Zerrin Öz'Ün Odasına Girdim (I Stepped into Zerrin Öz' Room)

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ

And Scientist...

 

An inevitable match-up. This one is a true heavyweight clash. Two giants of Dub, Mad Professor & Scientist meet up to exchange chops. Even Lee Perry vocals find their way in on this hotplate, when the two engineers meet at the Dub Table in Ariwa Studio's. The riddims are varied, some are mixed crucially where others might very well be filed into the "reggae instrumental" category. 

 

Mad Professor meets Scientist - At the Dub Table, Ariwa ARICD160, 2005.
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Banga Mary Mix 1    
Banga Mary Mix 2    
Hungarian Goulash    
Curton Dub    
Jamerican Dub    
Big Ben Dub    
Boo Boo Dub    
Too Many Pills!!
Iguana Dance    
Schitzo at Work    
Stalip Dub    
Buju Dub    
1835    
Brand New Dub

 

 

Enjoy,
NØ