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Midnite has redrawn the reggae map again.
After years of touring on their own Virgin Islands style of reggae music, Midnite just released their first album with a Jamaican producer (Andrew ‘Bassie’ Campbell) which brings the music full circle. Kings Bell has been hailed by NPR, OkayPlayer and MTViggy.
Midnite is performing:
Nov 17th Arcata, CA – Arcata Theater
Nov 18th Oakland, CA – The NEW Parish
Nov 19th Nevada City, CA – Haven Underground
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Vaughn Benjamin (L) and Andrew ‘Bassie’ Campbell (R)
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October 23, 2011: Most people associate roots reggae with Bob Marley, which makes sense: No other 20th-century artist so dominated an entire genre. The drawback of Marley’s ubiquity is that roots reggae can feel like a fossilized sound that peaked in the late 1970s and disappeared with Marley in 1981. The subsequent rise of Jamaican dancehall and digital production didn’t help its case for modernity, nor did its Rastafarian wariness of Western culture, a.k.a. Babylon.
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On Wednesday, October 19th (8:30pm PST), Mutabaruka, host of IRIEfm’s The Cutting Edge radio program will be speaking with Vaughn Benjamin, lead singer of the pioneering St Croix reggae band, Midnite. Mutabaruka will showcase the new Midnite album, Kings Bell, the first album Midnite has made with a Jamaican producer (Andrew ‘Bassie’ Campbell). Tune in on the radio or online (iriefm.net) to hear the music and the conversation.
KINGS BELL IS ONLINE AND IN STORES NOVEMBER 1
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Album release set for November 1, 2011
New Midnite release marks important St. Croix/Jamaica milestone…
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In the sense that Reggae has now become a global musical entity which not only allows, but in some cases demands that its artists travel throughout the world in order to perform and collaborate with multiple producers, few seem to have adjusted to this new landscape better than the mystical and captivating Midnite. The St. Croix-based group, fronted by one of the genre’s most sagacious and progressive of minds – Vaughn Benjamin – has performed and recorded across the globe. The seminal Nemozian Rasta (2001) with I Grade Records is was what started Midnite on this collaborative path, and now in 2011, Midnite and I Grade Records are set to deliver what is certain to be another unforgettable project. Kings Bell, available November 1, 2011 online and in stores, joins the best of St Croix with the best of Jamaica: an amazing lineup of players spearheaded by the venerable Jamaican production maestro Andrew “Bassie” Campbell. The result of this collaboration is Kings Bell – a sixteen track roots masterpiece. Being Midnite’s first ever full-length collaboration with a Jamaica producer, Kings Bell is an historic release and features some of the greatest musicians the genre has ever seen including Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace, Earl “Chinna” Smith, Squidley Cole, Mikey “Boo” Richards and Sticky Thompson.
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Midnite has redrawn the reggae map again.
After years of touring on their own Virgin Islands style of reggae music, Midnite is poised to release their first album with a Jamaican producer which brings it all full circle. Later this month Midnite will be performing live in Vermont, Maine, New York and Rhode Island.
Look out for the new Midnite album, Kings Bell, November 1, 2011. Click here for the preview!
Midnite is performing:
Oct 26th Stowe, Vermont – Rusty Nail
Oct 27th Portland, Maine – Port City Music Hall
MIDNITE w special guest royal hammer
Oct 28th Providence, Rhode Island – FETE
103 Dike St. (Olneyville)
Oct 29th New York City – SOB’s
“Late Night Ghetto Session 3″
An intimate evening\morning with MIDNITE
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