ENTERTAINMENT NEWS “'EVERYTHING REGGAE - WHETHER NATIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY” Distributed by: Explorer Recording Also available at Treajah Isle Records 7-1635 Sismet Rd., Mississauga, ON L4W 1W5 For bookings and information contact: 416-955-9522 or toll free Ph: 905.624.5545 Fax: 905 624-4566 1-866-867-0004 or email: [email protected] reggaeXclusive -- Web Site: www.caribbeanmusic.ca/reggaex --- Phone: 647-435-0637 -- Email: [email protected] Pg - 27 Mention this ad and receive 1 hour free in a 4 hr block session MUSTBUS FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT NEW RELEASE Get your copy in Montreal at: Triple AAA Records - 514-344-5353; Mustbus Family Ent. - 514-261-8213 or 514-933-1026 or JA 876-895-1081 In Toronto at: Treajah Isle Records (West); Class One Records (East); DJ Records(West); Eagle Soun Music Store (East); Tropical Records (West) Email: [email protected] reggaeXclusive -- Web Site: www.caribbeanmusic.ca/reggaex --- Phone: 647-435-0637 -- Email: [email protected] Pg - 3 What’s Inside ReggaeXclusive’s 12th Issue Another Hit From The Hitmaker STEELE -- pg 4 Xclusive Interview with Luciano (Cont’d. from Sept 2005 Issue) -- pg 5 Julion’s Views; ReggaeX News: Viros Music is Back on Track; T.I.R.M.A 2006; Jah Beng Releases “River of Healing” -- pg 6 JRDC Fundraiser; Ascension of Christ (Cont’d. from Sept 2005 Issue) -- pg 7 PM Productions 5th Coronation Ball Pictorial Review -- pg 8 & 9 Publisher: Layout & Design: Sugar Minott in Calgary; Ethiopian Reggae Superstar invades Calgary; “He Created reggaeXclusive Paul Murton from Everything” CD Release Party; Capleton Show a huge success -- pg 10 Publications dbsduplication.com 647-435-0637 Award Winning Bad Explosion; Jay Douglas & the All Star Band; All rights reserved. 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EP that many are going to be be at the forefront of this eager to dance to, not just project. Ladies and gentlemen, at for this Christmas but for this time, MOBS Production many to come. With all the success that presents, “Steele for Steele has been enjoying, he Christmas”.Steele has just Make sure to pick up remains humble and once released his first Christmas your copy early, limited again wishes to thank his project, an EP of some of the quantities are available at fans, and every form of greatest hits ever sung at your local record outlets, or media outlet for their that time of the year, and visit Steele’s official website continued support. Steele even though he is regarded @ www.steelemusic.net maintains the fact that he is as one of the best reggae make the contact by email just a vessel of the people, ANOTHER HIT performers coming out of and we’ll make sure to get it and without them he is Canada, and while his to you. Listen to samples nothing, therefore he’s FROM THE HIT growth continues across the from the EP under the always grateful. Steele and MAKER - STEELE! world, this EP will definitely music/video link. Steele the entire MOBS Production demonstrate the versatility plans to start 2006 with a family would like to wish you fter a very successful of this artist and will once bang. He has just and yours a safe and joyous Asummer that saw again move the charismatic completed studio work on holiday. Steele make his impact on Steele to a higher level. what is gearing up to be a hit SAY NO TO almost every major Canadian duet with the international Reggae Festival for 2005, Steele, along with co- reggae crooner “...........” PIRACY - IT IS which included, the Toronto producer Ernie from Reflex (name left out intentionally). Jamaica Day festivities, the studios, have taken these HURTING THE Montreal Reggae Festival, songs and molded them to Both artists have mutual MUSIC the Calgary Reggae Festival, his likeness, and for sure his admiration for each other’s the Leamington Street many fans are in for an music, and with the support INDUSTRY! awesome treat. He of their management groups, reggaeXclusive -- Web Site: www.caribbeanmusic.ca/reggaex --- Phone: 647-435-0637 -- Email: [email protected] Pg - 4 REGGAEXCLUSIVE’S INTERVIEW have talent competition. [laughing]. some of the brothers that are Everything is a war. Even in the calling themselves Rastafari music they are bringing war SR: What is your view on and creating some sort of and competition. So we see it’s Reggae music in Canada? division amongst I and I?. really a struggle. It’s a spiritual LUCIANO: I see the music LUCIANO: Alright. Very struggle. But the wise man as the spirit of God and good question my brother. In now, he will always, no matter anywhere the spirit of JAH tek Jamaica, in the Ras Tafar I what, deep in the depths of a unto a one he can manifest movement everywhere from wise man’s being he can find there. Some people think you Jamaica right back to solace with JAH. Cause he have to go to Jamaica to make Timbuktu we see this sort of knows only in JAH he can it. I don’t believe that. segregation happening and it’s really reassure his happiness, Anywhere you are in the world, a form of politics and LUCIANO - “Bearer cause all other happiness is once your music is to a infiltration happening to I and I Of The Light” fabricated. Today you’re happy, standard and you keep your camp because it wasn’t like By Strictly Roots tomorrow you’re sad you know. thing real, your beats proper, this. I believe the same way the your lyrics clean and your CIA will send out people fi find (Cont’d from Sept. 2005 issue} SR: You talked about going arrangement right, anywhere prophets fi kill them the same into the hills. What prompted you are you will hit the world way they will infiltrate I and I R: As you speak of the you to go into the hills and and that is JAH, bcause you tradition. In the same way they Sneed, I was reading remove yourself from the have JAH coming out of every will educate some people, Ecclesiastes the other night society at large? walk of life.. The music is like some educated fools that and I want to know what you LUCIANO: When I became that. The music will find you in come in I and I tradition and try make of this statement. “... involved in the music any corner.. [but]. Some people fi destroy it. Because there is The wise man’s heart dwells in fraternity, I saw the need to are shallow minded, some of no way I can go against the the house of sadness but draw fahwud back into the hills the fans can be even more grain. His Majesty has set the foolish man dwells in the where I could really reconnect political than the politicians. protocol. His Majesty is the house of mirth...”. What with the essence of I and I Because they feel that if you example. His Majesty himself makes Luciano sad and what existence and connect with are not coming out of Jamaica, says he embraces the Bible. does Luciano make of that the ancient spirits and become they do not want to support. I When we go in the Bible, The statement? more, you know, in touch with don’t believe so. Bible speaks of Christ, it LUCIANO: What I make of my people, away from the speaks of the Emperor, it that statement is that the wise busy schedules of touring and SR: I know you have a speaks of Yahweh, the God of man sees the sorrow that is all that because a lot of limited amount of time but we Jacob and Isiah.