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Featured Artist Fazal Prendergast with CD release for April 1st 2008.
Original CD from the late, Fazal Prendergast, legendary reggae musician, producer and studio engineer. Original member of Augustus Pablo’s Rockers All Stars/ Rockers International session band, the first original Jamaican Dub band! Former member from Earl ’’ China’’ Smith’s, High Times Players, one of Jamaica’s top session studio bands. Former member of Mutabaruka’s Sounds of Resistance Band. Band leader of Yellow Wall Dub Squad, USA.
Fazal is on scores of International Reggae hits and is featured on over 100 CDs playing guitar for many of Reggae’s Greatest artists.
This is the first CD to feature Fazal’s original compositions.
SHADOWS IN THE STORM in an instrumental cd. It has a richness of sound with Reggae, Dub, Jazz, Razz and Mid Eastern influences. Fazal’s legendary rhythm guitar style is innovative, exiting, haunting and transformative, a true expression of his unique spirit. CD release date April 1st 2008
check, www.myspace.com/reggaefazalprendergast or www.venusoneworld.com or www.cdbaby.com or www.itunes.com
Proceeds from CD sales to The Education Fund of Deardhrá Mc Geough Prendergast.
Soon featuring and booking other Reggae, World, Jazz and Indie artists. Look for Global Short Stories and poetry from Jamaica, Ireland, UK, Africa, India Europe and Austrilia to be featured later this year.
Venus One World is an Company that promotes Art Development and Music Event Booking.
Originally created in 1996 by the late, Fazal Prendergast, legendary Jamaican, Reggae Musician, Producer and Studio Engineer, along with his partner Colette McGeough. Venus One has a long history in the Reggae Music Arena.
Originally the couple created Venus One Production and Recording Studio out of Petaluma, California. Through Venus One many Reggae events occurred through out California and the States with Fazal backing and booking artists such as; Judy Mowatt, Justin Hines, Yami Balo, Abyssinians, Congos, Don Carlos, Mikey Dread, Sister Carol and Junior Jazz.
Prior to co-creating Venus One, Fazal was considered a legend in Reggae music history.
Fazal’s studio recording began as early as 1976 when he recorded with the legendary Augustus Pablo and the Rockers All Stars/ Rockers International session band, the first original Jamaican Dub band! For the next several years Fazal was Pablo’s main leading guitarist. He recorded on over a dozen hit albums with Pablo.
From 1981 he linked up Earl China Smith and The High Time Players, one of Jamaica’s top session studio bands with whom he recorded numerous International hit tracks. He played with Isreal Vibration opening got Bob Marley in the Year Of The Child Festival, Jamaica. He worked with producers and engineers such as; Bunny Lee, Jack Scorpio, Prince Jammy, Errol Brown, Joe Higgs, David Hamilton and The Scientist.
Studios he recorded in included Tuff Gong, Channel 1 Studio One, Harry J’s, Kings Tubby’s, Hope Road (original Bob Marley studio) Aquarius Studio, Halfway Tree Rd, and Dynamic Sound Studio.
In 1983, Fazal joined Mutabraruka and Sounds of Resistance Band. For the next five years he toured extensively through out Europe and the States with Muta. He recorded on several hit albums with Muta.
Fazals discography is extensive! SEE FEATURED ARTIST, UNDER INFLUENCES, FOR DISCOGRAPHY
Fazal moved to New York in 1985 where he continued to play and tour internationally with Mutabruka and other leading Reggae artist such as Sister Carol, Brigadier Jerry, Charlie Chaplin, Alton Ellis and Bob Andy.
Fazal relocated to California in 1993, shortly afterwards he met Colette McGeough and their relationship formed.
Colette a native of Ireland traveled and lived in London, Europe, The Middle East and Africa before traveling to the States. She co-created Venus One with a vision towards not only featuring the Reggae Music she loved, but also featuring the spoken word in short story and poetry form to be recorded at Venus One.
Colette, a writer of short stories and poetry herself, grew up in the politically active environment of Knockreagh, Castleblayney, on the Border between the Republic and the Northern Counties in Eiré p.Colette moved to London, in her early 20s. There she shared a home with her friend Rosemary O’Connor and Rosemary’s boyfriend Dave Robinson. Dave was the co founder of StiffRecords , which was originating at that time. Stiff was the rebel Godfather of what was to become the Indie Music Revolution. ‘’It was a very exciting time to be around the dynamics of what was then a revolution in changing the course of music history‘’.
However, Colette’s true love of music was more World Music focused,worldmusiccentral.org/ Reggae, African, Middle Eastern, Indian and Celtic. She left the UK to persue and combine her two main passions, world travel and music appreciation.
Traveling and working through out Europe, The Middle East and Africa for several years, she finally came to the States for a short stay prior to continuing a planned journey to India.The journey to India did not occur yet, and her visit became a Residence. On meeting Fazal, ’’we had so many shared strong bonds. Both of us were passionate people with a love for each other, the music, world travel and strong spiritual beliefs. We also shared a common vision, that the greatest gift we each possessed was a passion to bring awareness and a means to other people to recognizes their talents and give form to their own creativity. On this pemise, Venus One was created.
With the birth of their daughter, Deardhrá in 1996, Fazal began to record his own original material while limiting his touring, so he could devote time to being at home with his family. In 1996, Fazal and Colette created Venus One Studio aka DP Studio, (named after their daughter Deardhrá Prendergast). Venus One (DP Studio) has recorded many local California artist along with several of Fazal’s own recordings.
At that time Fazal was very much in demand by the local based Jamaican Reggae artists from the Bay Area and also by non Jamaican reggae artists. Fazal’s name is on scores of local projects playing guitar, recording, mixing,arranging and engineering for bands such as Mabrack, Sister I Live, Dennis The Menace, King Caleb, Ras Jacob, Raskidus, Wadi Gad, Ras Digital, I World, Reggae Angels, Dub Nation and Joseph 1. Fazal also played at all the annual Reggae Festivals, including, Monterey, Sierra Nevada, Reggae on the River and out of State Festivals.
One Year Fazal set an amazing record for backing up 6 different artists at the Sierra Nevada World Festival. Such was his expertise and talent that many Jamaican Artists requested his authentic Kingston style to back their acts.
Fazal was killed in a very tragic car accident, on April 1st 2005. The tadegy occured directly opposite the site of Reggae on the River festival (Reggae Rising) Humboldt, CA. This was the 1st USA festivals that Fazal left Jamaica to play at back in the 80s.He subsequently played there many times as well as every other Reggae Festival through out the States.
The Music world lost a legend, a genius, but his music still lives through his upcoming CD release, in Feb. 2008, titled Shadows In The Storm
Later release to follow mid 2008, titled The Eight Sense (Beyond The Known)
Fazal’s visions, passions and music live strong through
VEnus One World.
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