For more than 30 years Mad Professor –aka Neil Fraser - has been mixing his potions on the decks.

But even he says he could never have predicted the way the music has evolved over the years.

“You try something,” he says “and you think it will be over in a year of starting it – but it has just carried on, the whole thing has evolved.

“That was the start of the whole electronic music thing – you take one tune and create something different.”

Mad Professor has been pioneering dub since he set up his first studio in his front room in the late 70s.

The unassuming frontage of his house in Whitehorse Lane, Thornton Heath, where his record label Ariwa is based, gives away no clues about the names that have passed through the door.

Acts including Massive Attack, Sly and Robbie and the Orb have all worked with the dub pioneer, who got into the music after being fascinated by electronics.

“I was into electronics. I used to build and repair a lot of stuff and I thought one day that I would like to build a studio.

“I was just fascinated by building the whole thing – it kind of overwhelmed me.”

In those days he said you could not buy the decks and software from the shops, you had to build them yourself.

In September Mad Professor launched a dub music night celebrating Croydon’s connection with the birth of dubstep and the development of the music scene.

And tomorrow he is hosting a special night – as part of the Are We Here? festival - featuring some very special guests, where he will play some early tracks from the late 70s and 80s.

Mad Professor’s Croydon Dub Club, Clocktower Arts Centre, Katharine Street, November 19, 8pm, £12. Call 020 8253 1030 or visit croydonclocktower.org.uk