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When you open the website, it doesn't take
long before you hear the first sounds. It's
the result of a media player in the opening
page of Mad Professor's official Website.
And that media player enables you to play
some truly nice material.
The Mad Professor, aka Neil Fraser,
doesn't really need an introduction. He is
one of the leading forces in the UK DUB
scene and even more. Numerous Jamaican
vocalists have entered the gates of Ariwa to
voice over the specific Mad Professor
riddims. And the Mad Professor himself has
been travelling all over the world with his
posse in order to forward the Reggae Vibe to
literally the four corners of the earth.
On the website, there is a very
interesting section of articles and news.
Kind of unique, as in these articles you can
be introduced to the interesting view of the
Mad Professor. He's definitely not afraid to
mention things which truly bother him:
possible relations between certain musical
styles and violence, for example. And we
highly respect him for speaking out on
matters which have been under the band of a
political correct taboo much too long.
You will definitely spend quite some time
after discovering Mad Professor's writings.
Possibly, you might even forget for a minute
or two, that he has released numerous albums
and singles from his Ariwa studio. .
Fortunately, this is not forgotten by the
webmaster of the website. The complete
catalogue of Ariwa sounds is presented
on-site. It's a very impressive list, where
many Reggae Greats give acte d' presence:
U Roy, Yabby You, Michael Prohet, Horace
Andy, Johnny Clarke, the list goes on and on
and on. Many of the almost 200 albums come
with sound clips, too.
Ariwa hasn't only released albums with
known Jamaican vocalists, also their own
group of artists is kind of impressive.
Macka B, for example. And from all these
artists, you can find some nice biographies
as well.
The artists are important. But for the
hard core Mad Professor fan, his working
place is equally important. The site
therefore contains some interesting pages
about Ariwa's two different studio's as
well.
Another nice part of the Ariwa website is
the impressive photo album. The pictures
show, what words cannot describe. They
surely will make you want to experience a
Mad Professor concert in an area near you.
A visit to Mad Professor's website will
not dissapoint you. Defenitiely not. The
site is truly packed with Sights And Sounds!
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