A disciple of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Mad Professor was one of the leading producers in dub-reggae’s second generation.
His ‘Dub Me Crazy’ albums helped dub make the transition into the digital age, when electronic productions started to take over mainstream reggae in the ’80s.
At age 13, his family moved to London, and around age 20, he started collecting recording equipment: reel-to-reel tape decks, echo and reverb effects, and the like. In 1979, he built his own mixing board and opened a four-track studio in his living room in the south London area of Thornton Heath.
The producer originally from Georgetown, Guyana, plays a special ‘Dub Me Crazy’ show this Saturday (17 January) in Mullum, northern NSW.
Mad Professor shares his love for the old-school, listing his five, favourite analogue machines.
Ampex MM1200
MCI JH24
Studer A800
Ampex MM1100
Alesis HD24
Mad Professor plays the Durrumbul Hall in Mullum on Saturday 17 January. The live-dub show will also feature Caribbean food.
