Sound September 6

Mad Professor

 

Decided to share some Mad Professor here. Although Mad Professor never had his own Sound System, he & his Ariwa label worked closely with Jah Shaka & many of the Sound System culure figures.

I think it is important to acknowledge Mad Professor's huge influence on bringing Dub music to the mainstream in the UK & beyond. His Ariwa record label has released over three hundred records. He is a one of the cornerstones of UK Dub. I have shared much of his music here in the past

Here's a few of his collaborations with Jah Shaka... 

 

Jah Shaka meets Mad Professor - At Ariwa Sounds, Ariwa & Jah Shaka SALP001, 1984.
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Side 1 -
Satta Dub
Almighty Dub
Warrior Dub
Living Dub
H.I.M. - Jah Shaka

Side 2 -
Creation Dub
Atmospheric Dub
Claps like Thunder
People of Yoruba
Rorima - Mad Professor

 

 

 

 

On the fifth installment of Commandments of Dub, Mad Professor takes the boards... 

 

Jah Shaka - Jah Dub Creator (Commandmets of Dub Part 5), SHAKA856, 1985.

Side A -
In the Begining Dub
Jah Creation Dub
The Spirit Dub
Dub, Like Water
Jah Light Dub

Side B -
The Firmament Dub
Heavenly Dub
Earth Dub
Night & Day Dub
Very, Very Good Dub

 

 

 

 

The next share is a follow-up to the in-demand 1984 album Jah Shaka meets Mad Professor - At Ariwa Studios. As the titles says, here's a new decade from the Prof & the Zulu Warrior...

 

 

Mad Professor & Jah Shaka - New Decade of Dub, Ariwa ARICD116, 1996.

Ecological Dub    
Natural Roots    
One Million Man Dub    
Wig Wam    
Chanting Down the Wicked
New Decade Dub    
Gautrey Road Style    
Roots Jamboree    
Zulu Hut    
Morphing Dub    
Only One God

 

 

 

 

But even before Jah Shaka was to influence Mad Professor with the Sound System Sounds, the Prof was already producing music akin to or leading the current trends in UK Dub. The Ariwa backing band was the Elektro Robotik Dub Orkestra or just the Robotiks. Under the Robotiks moniker, Mad Professor issued one of his early classics of quirky analog dub. It is a fantastic juxtaposition of retro sci-fi & Afro-futurist Sounds. 

 

Produced in Ariwa Studios, 42 Gauntrey Road, SE15, Dub Peckham.

 

 

Robotiks - My Computer's Acting Strange, Ariwa ARICD027, 1986.

Dodgy Contacts
More Dodgy Contacts
The Dopler Effect
Drop Out
Dub Bonus
Funk-a-Dub
Electromagnetic Seduction
Echoes of Deaf Journalists
Deaf & Dumb
Thermal Runaway
The Duke
Livication Dub
Sicilian Rock

 

 

 

 

One last burst of Mad Professor before moving onward. From 2015, just to show he's still at the height of his game, teamming up with Prince Fatty, another producer closely associated with Sound System culture...

 

 

Mad Professor meets Prince Fatty - In the Clone Theory, Evergreen Recordings, 2015.

Dub Revolution
Devil Dub featuring Winston Francis
Fanfare Dub
Back Off Dub    
Torah Dub
Final Stage Dub featuring Earl 16
Cork Ball Dub
Idi Amin Dub    
Brute Dub
Marijuana Dub featuring Earl 16

 

 

 

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