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Ariwa

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South London dub/lovers-rock label and studio founded 1979 by Neil 'Mad Professor' Fraser; a prolific 300-plus-release catalogue spanning dub, lovers rock and reggae, including 'Jah Shaka Meets Mad Professor At Ariwa Sounds'.

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Mad Professor (Ariwa Sounds) @ Dubspot Interview + Workshop Recap

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Youtube upload (channel: Dubspot interview/workshop with Mad Professor, founder of Ariwa Sounds); embedded as a discovery-only reference pending editorial review.

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Story · Well supportedLovers rock: the diaspora builds its own reggae

In British-Jamaican bedrooms and blues dances, women singers made a genre of their own.

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