New single from Alan Moe Monsarrat – Fabulous Imperfection
Our new single from Alan Moe Monsarrat was released on Friday, March 10, 2023. You can watch the Music Video below.
New Single from General Smiley & Planet Jam mixed by DJRJ
Big huge thanks to Marius, General Smiley and Planet Jam for having us mix and dub this one up! It’s been such a pleasure creating with y’all. Thank you!
Music Is A Feelin’ – New single from Sgt Remo
Our new reggae single from Sgt. Remo was released on Friday, March 10, 2023. It’s a track we made on a Riddim called Doo-Wop Ting and you will hear that influence all through the track. Watch the music video below:
Open House 2023
Hope you can join us on New Years Day for our first Open House event at the studio. Come by and listen to some of our latest unreleased music and we’ll have some of our musicians here that day to meet and refreshments available too.
Moe and RJ Interview
Big thanks and respect to Sir Rockwell for a great interview!
Don Raby Interview
Thank you Don Raby for all of the great vibes that you bring to our music. Find out more on his website: 5StringFiddle.com.
Perfect Friends Show Video Highlights
Big thanks to the Flamingo Cantina for hosting our Perfect Friends Album Release party on July 8th. We hope you enjoy the highlights reel, please like and subscribe and thanks for watching.
Perfect Friends Album Release
Please join us on release day, Friday, July 8, 2022 at Flamingo Cantina for our album release party for our new release: Perfect Friends. We’ll be performing the full album and maybe a few others with two sets and DJ Jah Bill keeping the vibes up starting from 9:00pm.
Pre-sale tickets are “2 for 1” and available now through Eventbrite.
Thank YOU for supporting all of these incredible musicians!
You can pre-order the album from Amazon and iTunes HERE.
Hard Working People – new single from General Smiley
From the left: General Smiley, Mister Kali, John Coupe, Ras G, Dre Z Melodi
Big huge thanks to General Smiley for having us mix his new single, Hard Working People. His song is on the classic Full Up Riddim also known as the infamous Kutchie Riddim (Mighty Diamonds, etc.) from Studio 1.
Rudie’s Dream by Mark Wilson is out now
AUSTIN SAXOPHONE PLAYER MARK WILSON RELEASES NEW INSTRUMENTAL REGGAE SINGLE RUDIE’S DREAM.
(AUSTIN, TEXAS – MAY 20, 2022; source: Music For Life)
Austin-based record label, Music For Life releases a new instrumental reggae single: RUDIE’S DREAM by Mark Wilson. This is another single from the forthcoming Music For Life release, Perfect Friends coming in July 2022.
DJ RJ has been a huge fan of instrumentals all his life and especially Dean Fraser’s many recordings over the years over many different versions and dubs. RJ’s idea for the track when he first spoke to Mark was something cool and smooth to enjoy while one might be out by the water relaxing.
What is it about a song that can create magic while not using words? We know in reggae music that “vibes” has a lot to do with whether a song will be received well by the listener. We hope you enjoy the vibes in Rudie’s Dream.
Mark had this to say about Rudie’s Dream:
When RJ and I started putting a melody on this rhythm track, we started with tenor saxophone and added flute, baritone saxophone and finished with Daniel “Tiger” Anaya on trumpet and Christoper “Zumbi” Richards on trombone—giving this song a 5-piece horn section.
My daughter, Jas Wilson did the artwork, a gifted young artist who recently graduated from college. Her art really captures the positive vibe of this track.
RJ and I started playing music together in the late 80s and have shared many adventures together on the road playing reggae shows and recording with Tribal Nation, Irie Jane, Urban Roots, Vida Deluxe, and 5 Ton Chicken. This is our second collaboration together.
ABOUT MARK WILSON
Since 1985, Mark Wilson has been performing in Austin with a lot of success. Some of the reggae bands he’s played with are The Killer Bees, Tribal Nation, and Contra Coup. He also recorded and toured internationally with Burning Spear for 6 years. Mark can be heard on the following Burning Spear albums: Jah Kingdom, The World Should Know, Love And Peace, Rasta Business.
Currently, he is a member of the Mau Mau Chaplains who have been playing their Wednesday residency at Austin’s reggae home, Flamingo Cantina for over 13 years. Mark is also a member of Shinyribs with The Tijuana Trainwreck Horns. In 2018, Shinyribs won Best Austin Band AND Album Of The Year from the Austin Chronicle; they also had the privilege of performing on PBS’ program Austin City Limits.
ABOUT MUSIC FOR LIFE
Music For Life is run by engineer/producer and Austin radio disc jockey, @DJRJ. His bi-weekly radio program, Reggae Evolution, has been on the air on KAZI 88.7 FM since 1989 and he has been performing in Austin’s reggae scene since 1987.
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Mark Wilson: baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
Daniel “Tiger” Anaya: trumpet
Christoper “Zumbi” Richards: trombone
R.J. Johnson: keyboards and drum programming, recording/mixing engineer
Gordon Mulrain: bass guitar
Marc Schaefgen: electric guitar
Michael Franklin: electric guitar
Mario Vela: percussion
Jas Wilson: art
Fumi Sugawara: graphic design
Chris Fischer: mastering
Zojak Worldwide: digital distribution
Thank you for supporting our works!
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MEDIA NOTE
For general inquiries about this project, please contact Reggaewerx PR: Jennifer Cheshire
619 820 0782
reggaewerx@reggaewerx.com