MAGAZINE #13 - November 2011 MIDNITE FRENCHIE DAVID KATZ INTERVIEW CE’CILE Leroy ‘Heptones’ Sibbles I-WAYNE Peter Tosh - Dennis Brown - Glen Washington - Bob Andy Johnny Clarke - Alpheus - Chuck Fender - Ras Shiloh Etana - Dubmatix - Kehv - Collie Buddz - Gappy Ranks United Reggae Magazine #13 - November 2011 Want to read United Reggae as a paper magazine? Now you can... In addition to the latest United Reggae news, views and videos online each month you can now enjoy a SUMMARY free pdf version packed with most of United Reggae content from the last month. 1/ NEWS EDITORIAL by Erik Magni 2/ INTERVIEWS • Leroy Sibbles 14 • Frenchie 17 • Midnite 23 • David Katz on Jimmy Cliff 26 • CeCile 31 • I-Wayne 34 3/ REVIEWS • Gregory Isaacs - The Ruler: 1972-1990 36 • Midnite - Kings Bell 37 • Dubmatix presents Clash of the Titans 38 The world is upside down • Four worthwhile EP’s 39 • Mungos Hi Fi – Forward Ever 40 In the early 70’s the great vocalist Joe Higgs sang ”They say the world is spin- • Ambassah - Rub A Dub Showcase Part II 42 ning around, I say the world is upside down.” He wasn’t singing about the state of the reggae industry at the time, but it could certainly be applied to the 4/ REPORTS industry today. • KEHV in Hollywood 43 • Glen Washington in Beverly Hills 45 In the eleventh issue of United Reggae Magazine I wrote that there’s a new • Chuck Fender in Venice 46 found interest in authentic reggae in Jamaica. However, according to an inter- • Peter Tosh Symposium in Kingston 47 view with Jamaican bad gyal Ce’Cile (page 31) you have to go abroad to find the • Alpheus and Ras Shiloh in Paris 48 authentic Jamaican sound. She found what she was looking for in Germany. • Bob Andy Unplugged 50 • Collie Buddz and Gappy Ranks in Hollywood 52 • Chuck Fender and Johnny Clarke live in London 54 And according to Frenchie (page 17) a Swede called Adde is responsible for some scorching dancehall beats that has started to mash up Jamaica. 5/ PHOTOS These reflections are signs of an ever-changing and evolving music industry. • Etana in Paris 56 Jamaica will probably always be number one in reggae, but the island’s pro- ducers are facing an increased competition from around the world, competi- tion that will hopefully gain the industry as a whole. All the articles in this magazine were previously published online on http://unitedreggae.com. This magazine is free for download at http://unitedreggae.com/magazine/. Not for resale. COVER PHOTO BY MARC ISMAEL United Reggae. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited. ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- Brooklyn United Reggae continues to ‘The Journey’ hits the He is not the first person in the UK producer Curtis Lynch has support reggae music in a va- streets on November 11th Jamaican music industry being issued a new 12” with vocals Bodega riety of ways. The latest ini- on digital platforms only. shot this year. In August Joel from Franz Job and the less- by Prince Polo tiative is to support Jamaican Chin - A&R for VP Records - was known singjay MasSicker. Both songstress Etana and U.S. born shot dead and Copper Cat was tunes come with the respective ----------------- shot in January, reportedly for Prince Polo – a Brooklyn-based cultural singjay Chuck Fender dubs, with Curtis Lynch himself on their respective European robbed for his Blackberry de- stepping behind the steel pans reggae and dub producer, mu- vice. sician, and engineer – has re- tours. on Access Pans. cently put out his debut album Winston Riley is popularly ‘Brooklyn Bodega’, an eleven Etana toured Europe this sum- The riddim is classic Lynch – mer and made several memo- known for forming the group 80’s and early 90’s digital roots track vibrant collection rooted Dub Store is at it again with an- The Techniques in 1962. After in dub that also incorporates other batch of King Jammy dub- rable performances on the with hard drums and a deep festival circuit. The new tour leaving the group in 1968 Riley bass line – and will appeal to the Colombian music genre plate specials all taken from got into producing and turned cumbia. the original master tapes. starts on November 2nd in Ber- fans of reggae, dubstep and lin, Germany, and finishes on out some of the massive hits on probably also drum & bass. his Techniques label. Among The album contains six vocal The Japanese company have November 26th at the One Love Festival in Poland. two of his biggest successful Apart from being released as tracks and five instrumentals. just released four 7” heavy- ----------------- productions were Double Bar- The vocals are handed by Ecua- weight vinyl records that in- a 12” the four songs are also Chuck Fender hasn’t toured Eu- Winston Riley rel done by Ansel Collins, the available as digital download doran native L.O.ese, the soul- clude some rare dubplate spe- Stalag Riddim which featured ful Jamaican singer Kat CHR cials originally recorded for rope for some time. Now you Shot at reggaesoundnetwork.com. have the opportunity to catch the song Arlene done by Gener- and rub a dub deejay Daddy Jammy’s Super Power sound- ----------------- al Echo, Ring the Alarm done by Marshall. system by artists such as Pad him around Europe. The tour started on October 29th in Ven- Tenor Saw, and Bam Bam done Anthony, Little John, Anthony by Sister Nancy. He also scored Check the aching version of The Malvo, Johnny Osbourne and ice, Italy, and will round off Vi- enna, Austria. big with Boops Riddim done by Godfather theme song Speak Thiller U, who recorded their Supercat. Both the Stalag Rid- Softly Love with its haunting songs at King Jammys Record- ----------------- dim and Boops spawned sev- melodica to get the feel of the ing Studio, plus unreleased The Journey eral hits off those two riddim album. dubplate recordings by Junior by Omar Perry leading to Winston being one of Reid and US soul group the the most sought after produc- Chilites. These dubplates were ----------------- ers in the 80’s. In 2008 Riley then played against the likes Lee Perry’s son Omar Perry Veteran music producer Win- did a massive refurbishing of of Black Scorpio, Killamanjaro, recently dropped the heav- ston Riley was shot in the head his record shop/studio which Downbeat, African Symbol and yweight single Love inna on November 1, 2011 at his is also now a museum and is ----------------- other soundsystems who tried Me Heart, a relick of his fa- home in Kingston. According located on Orange Street in the The Cool and to test Jammys Super Power, ther’s production Words of to police reports the producer heart of Downtown Kingston. Deadly Riddim at various sound clashes and My Mouth by The Gatherers. received a shot to the head His son, Kurt Riley, known as go some way to show why the and arm. He is currently in a the Party Animal is a success- ----------------- Prince became a King. Now he drops his third album, Kingston hospital recuperating ful disc jockey on the Jamaican Finally, after several billions of For more information and following the strong ‘Can’t Stop years, the leading Reggae pro- from the injuries. Over the past party scene. sound bites visit ReggaeRe- Us Now’, released in 2009. few months Winston Riley has ducer in the world, Kemar ‘Fla- ----------------- cord.com been the subject of a several ----------------- va’ McGregor has delivered his More King Jam- ----------------- ‘The Journey’ is released attacks as he was stabbed and A new heavy- latest composition and while, through French label Talowa shot as recently as Septem- weight 12” truly, nothing could be worth my Specials Chuck Fender Productions and is produced ber 2011. In September 2009, that kind of a wait, the aptly ti- From Dub Store and Etana in by Bonfire PR. It contains his studio Techniques Records from Curtis tled Cool & Deadly Riddim once ----------------- Europe duets with veterans such at 99 Orange street was fire Lynch again reaffirms McGregor’s as Earl 16 and Anthony B. bombed. grand stature in the music - It is absolutely excellent. The ----------------- Rock-A-Shacka has reissued tled duo Roy and Millie, where smooth and melodious set two 7 inch singles on the little they had minor local hits with finds the producer going in The iPhone known Sonia Pottinger owned We’ll Meet and I Go. The cut a very familiar direction as it Connection by Bronco label, on which Boris here though is the solo outing subsequently gives birth to Lone Ranger was credited as the lead artist ‘Endless Memory’, which has modern Lover’s Rock winners and producer for the first time. appeared on a number of com- from a variety of interesting ----------------- pilations, but never the less sources. Jamaican deejay Lone Ranger Boris Gardiner’s musical career the is still a beautifully haunt- pays, together with French pro- started on the tourist circuit ing Rock Steady number with a ducer Grant Phabao, tribute to during the 1960s where he was delicate keyboard motif buried the late Steve Jobs – co-found- a member of Carlos Malcolm & in the perfectly executed horn- er, Chairman and CEO of Apple the Afro Caribs and Byron Lee’s less backing rhythm. The flip of and one of the masterminds Dragonaires. this single is Boris’s minor key behind the iPod and the iTunes masterpiece I’m Alone from store – on the brand new The Towards the end of that dec- 1969 which again exemplifies iPhone Connection. ade he started to put out self- his sweet, harmonious vocal produced material and also style.