Mad Professor & 40 years of Ariwa

My interview with the “MAD MAN” for WhyNow!!

The man known as Mad Professor is celebrating 40 years of his record label, Ariwa, which has produced some of the best of British reggae and dub since 1980.

Neil Fraser (the Professor’s real name) has produced and worked with the likes of Lee Scratch Perry, Horace Andy, Sade, the KLF and Massive Attack. He talks to us about four decades of musical history.

Hello Neil, looking back at Ariwa’s story can make a lot of music producers look unproductive. How did it start for you, a young boy who left Guyana at 13 years old to join his dad in England?

I always had a huge interest in electronics and in music. I was curious about how technical things worked: about the radio; the light bulbs….
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Originally published at http://melissa-on-the-road.blogspot.com.