Ahh… the sweet sound of Reggae. You’ve got to love it.
Yesterday I started traveling through my recording archives in search of the Reggae tinged tracks I’ve composed over the past 10 years. I’ve dug out at least 15 tracks to take through the next stage of production which equates to a solid hour of back to back Reggae music. So that’s going to be my next project and next album release.

I feel very fortunate in having 10 years of untapped, unreleased recordings to access. I have never actually counted up how many projects (songs) I have on the back burner but I’m guessing somewhere around the 400+ mark at least. I’ve always wanted to do a pure Reggae ‘esque’ album and it certainly feels good knowing I am now at that milestone and able to do this.

Anyone who knows me and my music knows that I do tend to lean towards the ambient electronic side of things. I have no explanation for that. I guess you just are what you are and I must be a chilled out sine wave.
I’d definitely say my parts equate to a lot more than that. I’m a staunch music lover and like pretty much anything with even a slight musical connotation. Still, now that I’ve got the Record Company set up and Digital Distribution in place I think it’s a great time to tighten up my Genre-molding when constructing releases.

The first release ‘La Isla de Yorksha’ is a clear beach based electronic voyage. It’s a nice 37 minutes of introduction electronica. It’s me just quietly sliding into place with some listening pleasures for those who enjoy the sun. It’s not the Stone Roses nor is it Whitesnake. It’s a Yorkshire man, his laptop, some synthesizers, an acoustic guitar, some vocals from a passing songbird all wrapped up in the memories of beaches from Central America to the Mediterranean. For release 001 I think it’s as good a place to start as any.

The next release is definitely going to be 100% Reggae (ish). I’ll aim for Xmas as a release date but it all depends on how it develops during the next stage of it’s cycle. The songs are already their but I think I should seek out some vocal talent to accompany the sweet reggae tines. There’s a legend in Costa Rica who goes by the name of Rafa who I know would love to step up to the plate but there’s the small issue of a few thousand miles between us. You never know, I may be able to persuade Fat Jim in El Llano to snare him for some vocal takes. lets see.

After that, who knows. Maybe a Deutsch -Tek Bleep Album? A Dark Electronic voyage? A 21st Century D&B journey? They’re all to come, it’s just in what order.