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Neil Fraser, more famously known as Mad Professor started remixing around 4 years after he started his career as a recording engineer. The first job came around 1984, was a remix of the sound track of “Coronation Street” for Warner Bros. The A&R for the project (Bill Drummond) thought that a dubwise flavour would give the soap theme a different appeal.
Soon after this came “It’s a man’s world” by Brilliant. This was one of the first projects for PWL productions.
As the years went on, a diverse group of artists visited or sent their masters to Ariwa Sounds to be treated, doctored, retouched, coloured by Mad Professor.
The most famous is probably the Massive Attack remix album “No Protection”
This album, a remix of the Bristol’s band 1995 album Protection went on to sell several hundred thousand copies, brought dub to a new generation of listeners
Here is a list of some of the more known remixes:
Sade, Beats international/Lindy Layton / Norman Cook, UB 40, Jamariquai, Eusebe, Massive Attack, KLF, The Orb, Depeche Mode from the UK, whilst Rancid, Perry Farrell, Tracy Spencer, The Beasty Boys represented the USA, and Bird, Ayumi Hamasaki, The Boom, Pizzicato five, Havana Exotica, The Boom, Mooming and many more came from Japan.
From Australia we’ve had Deni Hines, New Zealand – Salmonella Dub, from Spain - Firmin, Dusminguet and Boguru, from Austria – Sofa Surfa and Vienna Scientists, from Brazil –Ciudad Negra and Chico Science…and many others from all around the world including Third World, Bounty Killer and Shaggy.
The styles of remix are as varied as the clients.
Whilst Sade was a smooth lovers Rock remix with a dub, the Massive Attack mixes were more heavy dub wise very organic, with lots of electronics.
Mad Professor Generally work from Ariwa Studios in South London. Ariwa Studios is a multi-roomed facility that was designed in the mid-eighties, with this state of the art in analogue and digital technologies.
Studio B has recently been upgraded to an SSL 4000, 48 channel desk, with a Studer 800 24 track multi track amongst its machines. Sound processors such as Urei LA 4 and Lexicon 480L reverbs sits comfortable amongst the best of the rest.
The studios are generally available for hire.
There is also the original Studio A, centred around a Soundcraft Sapphire 52 channel desk, feeding 2 Otari 24 track machines, and 2 digital hard disc 24 track machines. With the unique Ariwa Phaser and Warbler effects.
There are 2 rooms for preproduction with facilities for both the Apple Mac and PC users. Programming with Logic Audio, Cubase or Reason is also available.
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