Soca Mixdown Volume 2 In Stores Now
The Socamixdown concept
is by no means new to the music industry. For years pirates
and deejays have taken the best songs and compiled mix tapes
and CD’s and made them available for sale to the public. In
most instances, the artistes, executive producers and
producers have reaped little or no direct benefit from the
sales.
The
Socamixdown CD is a true demonstration of industry players responding to
the needs of the consumers and represents a new approach by the creators
to the sale and distribution of their music in the changing global
industry. Suitable for background music at parties, exercising at the
gym or just easy listening this CD features some of the best groovy and
ragga soca tracks for 2008.
The eleven track album
features songs on the Islander Rhythm and Bad Boy Rhythm produced by
Gary Serrao and Dwain “ Dwaingerous” Antrobus, two tracks produced by
Chris Alman of Slam City Studios together with specially selected tracks
from various artistes.
The album
features two collaborations from emerging female soca songstresses –
Patrice Roberts and Keisha Christian. Patrice teams up with Adrian
O’neale of the Fraud Squad on “Work Tonight” and Keisha Christian dabbles with a dancehall chant
on an infectious soca beat with Peter Ram signing
“One More Time.”
Alternative
rock artist of the year, Philip 7 of the band Masala also features on
the album with his first soca single
“Bring de Wuk and Come”.
Another groovy soca track
heralds from former Trinidad and Tobago International Groovy soca
monarch winner - Biggie Irie
who pays tribute to carnival in his single
“Carnival Again”
Also featured on the album is
well known producer Chris Alman of Slam City Studios who produced the
Adrian Clarke single “ All Night
Party” and “When She Bounce”by
William Watts.
The album is
also home to two of Trinidad’s rising stars Umi Marcano and Keegan Taylor. Umi
is the former Synergy TV Soca Stars 2007 and brings his r & b flavour to
bear on both the Islander and Bad Boy rhythms with “Wuk Up Ya Waistline Now” and “Ya
Getting De Feeling” which will set the stage for his 2008 releases
for Trinidad Carnival.
Undisputedly one of the
most consistent artistes in the Barbadian music industry is Adrian
O’neale of the Fraud Squad. Best known for hits like Tek Dat
and Yah Wuk, Adrian penned the lyrical and
witty pork lovers favourite – “Pork
Mout“ and continues to blaze up the airwaves with the Kernal Roberts
penned “Burnin.”
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