I was born and grew up in huddersfield west yorkshire until the age of 11
,when my parents moved to london.from a child i attended the pentecostal church every week with my parents who were and are still devout christians.My earliest influence into reggae music was around the age of 10 or11 years old, thru my big brother Joseph.He used to play Rasta Man vibration album by Bob Marley. I remember when he turned up with original rockers album by augustus Pablo. I was so fascinated with the whole thing from the music to the cover design, I use to love to read the credits and look at the artwork whilst listening to the album, and it was all part of the vibes. As a teenager I used to listen to all the local sounds in my area, east London. I remember one night when I was 15, I followed my brother to Cubies, a night club in Dalston, london. That night there was a dance with Jah Shaka sound and a sound called Quaker City sound, but Quaker never turned up. Everything changed; I heard a new experience of roots dubwise that changed my perception of music and sound system wich has been a major influence in my life ever since.It was like a spiritual connection.I was still attending the church and some how was able to fuse the two experiences.the church had a message from jah,roots music had a message from jah."hmm".I started making music from the age of 18, my first instrument was a bass guitar wich was given to me by a brethren called Jah Lenny. Lenny taught me how to play and slowly I learned to play other instruments by attending jam sessions that were held in the local youth centres.I also started playing in church wich broadened my playing skills, the music was more jazz and blues orientated.I first started recording with two track tape machines doing constant over dubs until i achieved a full recording,it was a lot of headace but equally a lot of fun.I progressed onto 4 track and the quality was getting better.the productions started to sound like they were ready to cut on dubplate.around this time i linked up with tenastelin,those days were all about studio,work,sleep,studio,work,sleep,shaka dance, church and on and on(those were the days) I linked up with a brethren called Blacka of Vibes Studio and that is when I started putting dubs together eight track style. I did a lot of work for Jah Warrior, in those days, among other sounds. My first release on Black Legacy Records was a 7" called Warning voiced by Tenastelin. Tena and I went on to do many other works including the album Take a look at the world wich was released in 1993,and found good acclaim in the roots reggae market. I also released the album Mental Slavery with an artist called Naphtali, a great talent. However, we never pursued any more releases.there are also several singles released on black legacy records i.e urban ghetto youth,african blood,dongeons of babylon.spirit of amlak,simple man,his foundation,what you gonna do.OUT NOW on black legacy records: WAR OF ATTRITION 10" Keety Roots.BRAVE HEART,10" Tenastelin,RIOTS IN THE CITY,12"carlton livingston.DEFEND IT 7",carlton livingston,DUBWISE WARRIORS. out on 12"also look out for keety roots album and tenastelin album also JUDAH ESKENDA TAFARI. in the near future.2007Look out for releases from naphtali and a new singer,iyah bingi.WATCH THIS SPACE LEGACY PON DI CASE.
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