Release Date: 6th December 2019

We always try to bring something special when it comes to release a single on vinyl. This time, we are pleased to announce the return of one of the most obscure and talented vocal group from the early 80's: Time Unlimited. It's been more than twenty years that Donovan Joseph, Hugo Blackwood and Orville Smith, have been off the musical scene as Time Unlimited. During the recording sessions of the Roots Architects project in 2017, we had the chance to meet Donovan Joseph passing by the studio. Straightaway, we were telling ourselves that we had to see his legendary group name written on black wax again. Here it is, with a deep rub a dub cut backed by the High Times Players remembering the golden years of the group!

a1. Time Unlimited - Right Time Come

b1. High Times Players - Dub Time Come

Release Date - 7th June 2019

*CD VERSION*

A twenty-year-long career, a staggering number of huge collaborations (Lee "Scratch" Perry, Cedric Myton, BB "Gaylads" Seaton, etc.) and countless tours played across Europe: Najavibes know no stopping. Living and breathing roots reggae, and with a memorable 2016 Jamaican tour imprinted on their hearts, the Geneva-based band now bring you Same Sun, their glowing second studio album.

Jamaican reggae transcends between blends of dub and jazz in these fourteen tracks, mixed by Prince Fatty and featuring Kumar, Mark Wonder, Roberto Sánchez and Aston Barrett Jr., son of Family Man from the Wailers.

With the added boost of their new members, Najavibes are still defending the roots tradition while drawing their dynamic from modern influences and the boldness of striking stylistic crossovers: afrobeat, rub-a-dub, new- roots.

Authentic, positive, sunny and open to the sounds of the world: this is the mark of the greats.

1. Najavibes - Sun Light

2. Najavibes - Insecurity

3. Najavibes - Keep On

4. Najavibes - Not Only Lyrics

5. Najavibes - Drivers

6. Najavibes - Parcours feat. Rootwords & Jonas

7. Najavibes - Live With Respect

8. Najavibes - Know Yourself

9. Najavibes - Love Revolution feat. Mark Wonder

10. Najavibes - This Dust feat. Kumar

11. Najavibes - Sip A Glute

12. Najavibes - Catty Walk

13. Najavibes - The Treasure feat. Roberto Sánchez

14. Najavibes - Same Sun

Release Date - 7th June 2019

This 7” single features two songs taken from Najavibes new album SAME SUN: “Catty Walk” is a surprising instrumental led by beautiful horns and keyboards, then “Insecurity” on the B side is a heavy stepper riddim with strong political lyrics. A must have!

a1. Najavibes - Catty Walk

b1. Najavibes - Insecurity

Release Date - 7th June 2019

A twenty-year-long career, a staggering number of huge collaborations (Lee "Scratch" Perry, Cedric Myton, BB "Gaylads" Seaton, etc.) and countless tours played across Europe: Najavibes know no stopping. Living and breathing roots reggae, and with a memorable 2016 Jamaican tour imprinted on their hearts, the Geneva-based band now bring you Same Sun, their glowing second studio album.

Jamaican reggae transcends between blends of dub and jazz in these fourteen tracks, mixed by Prince Fatty and featuring Kumar, Mark Wonder, Roberto Sánchez and Aston Barrett Jr., son of Family Man from the Wailers.

With the added boost of their new members, Najavibes are still defending the roots tradition while drawing their dynamic from modern influences and the boldness of striking stylistic crossovers: afrobeat, rub-a-dub, new- roots.

Authentic, positive, sunny and open to the sounds of the world: this is the mark of the greats.

a1. Najavibes - Sun Light

a2. Najavibes - Insecurity

a3. Najavibes - Keep On

a4. Najavibes - Not Only Lyrics

b1. Najavibes - Drivers

b2. Najavibes - Parcours feat. Rootwords & Jonas

b3. Najavibes - Live With Respect

c1. Najavibes - Know Yourself

c2. Najavibes - Love Revolution feat. Mark Wonder

c3. Najavibes - This Dust feat. Kumar

c4. Najavibes - Sip A Glute

d1. Najavibes - Catty Walk

d2. Najavibes - The Treasure feat. Roberto Sánchez

d3. Najavibes - Same Sun

Release Date - 24th May 2019

Earlier this year, Fruits Records released I’VE SEEN, Oku Onuora’s highly acclaimed new album. We at Fruits Records selected our personal two favorite poems from the album, IF NOT NOW & DUBWORD WARRIOR, for release on 7” - this edition is especially made for sound systems. Be prepared for a double blast of Dub poetry from these word/music missiles.

a1. Oku Onuora - If Not Now

b1. Oku Onuora - Dubword Warrior

Release Date - 24th May 2019

Lloyd Parks is one of the greatest bass player in Jamaican music history, but he’s also a brilliant singer. He started his singer carrier in 1967 at Studio One with The Termites and then had numerous hits with songs like “Officially”, “Slaving”, “Ordinary Man”, “Mafia” or “We’ll Get Over It”. In 2013, Fruits Records producer Mathias Liengme travelled to Jamaica to record The Inspirators album, an all stars group gathering Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace, Lloyd Parks, Earl “Chinna” Smith and Anthony “Sangie” Davis playing and singing together. Taken from these recording sessions, Lloyd Parks’ “No Bother Chuck It Pon Me” is for the first time available on 7” record including a wicked dub version on the B side by Roberto Sánchez.

a1. Lloyd Parks - No Bother Chuck It Pon Me

b1. The Inspirators - No Badda Dub

Release Date - 12th April 2019

The Roots Architects is a very special project produced by Fruits Records founding member Mathias Liengme. This is a tribute to the men in the shadow who built Jamaican reggae in studios. It gathers 50 of the greatest Jamaican session musicians from the 60’s to the early 80’s still playing today. Fruits Records brought them together in studio to create an original album of instrumental songs. “1000 Light Years” is the first single taken from the album to be released later this year. 

This dark heavy roots song is played by what used to be The High Times Players nucleus in the early 80’s: Barnabas on drums, Chris Meredith on bass, Gibby Morrisson on rhythm guitar and Tony Asher on piano. Then we have Robbie Lyn, Dwight Pinkney, Jah D Fearon, Obeah Denton, Calvin Cameron and Dean Fraser’s horns section who spice up the riddim with beautiful themes and solos.

a1. Roots Architects - 1000 Light Years

b1. Roots Architects - 1000 Dub Years

Release Date - 22nd March 2019

Brand new single from legendary Rocksteady duet Keith & Tex! Famous for hits and classics that have lasted more than half a century like “Stop That Train”, “Tonight” or “Let Me Be The One”, Keith & Tex proved that they were still on top of the Rocksteady scene with their latest album “Same Old Story” released in 2017. In summer 2017, they met Swiss band Najavibes and teamed up with the crew to record a new original song: “Global Politics”. This single stays true to the Rocksteady essence they are famous for and will delight both sound systems and collectors of the sixties sound! B side features another duet from Geneva: The I-Twins.

a1. Keith and Tex - Global Politics

b1. The I-Twins - I Take The Risk

Release Date - 22nd March 2019

“Love Shuttle is a group. But first it's a song. And then a label. Love Shuttle is everything. And nothing. A mysterious mirage”. Here’s how the group introduces itself. Formed from the encounter of legendary Jamaican drummer Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace and three youths from Switzerland, Love Shuttle brings you back to the good old days when UK pop and Jamaican music used to influence each other and become one. Then comes Gee Sugar, one of the greatest keyboard player from Paris, with his terrible organ version “Lovers Boulevard”. The perfect record for a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Ultra limited pressing of 200 copies!

a1. Love Shuttle - Coming To You

b1. Gee Sugar - Lovers Boulevard

Release Date - 22nd February 2019

I’VE SEEN, Oku Onuora’s new album is slated to be released February 22, 2019 on the Swiss based Fruits Records label. The album was produced by Dr. T and Fruits Records. 

Oku Onuora, Dub Poet extraordinaire is known for his hard hitting socio-political commentaries fussed with potent musical accompaniment is at it again. This new album alternates between a cappella poems and poems fussed with powerful riddims performed in the purest Jamaican tradition by the musicians of The 18th Parallel, to which is added Doctor’s T modern electronic touch. 

In 2013 after withdrawal for over a decade from the poetry/music scene, Oku signaled that his re-emergency was in full effect with the release of A MOVEMENT; featuring Monthly Alexander, Sly and Robbie, Audrey Hall, Jawara. This was followed up by the vinyl single release YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW in 2015. Then there was a reissue of the seminal REFLECTION IN RED in 2016 and in 2018 came the reissue of the compilation album I A TELL DUBWIZE... & OTHERWISE.  

February 22, 2019 is the launch date for the Word/music missile I’VE SEEN. Be prepared for a word, music fallout that has never before been heard. This album will delight both specialists and genre enthusiasts.

1. Oku Onuora - I've Seen

2. Oku Onuora - Wordsoun

3. Oku Onuora - Don't Like It

4. Oku Onuora - Seed Burst

5. Oku Onuora - Madda

6. Oku Onuora - Black Spectacle

7. Oku Onuora - Dubword Warrior

8. Oku Onuora - The City At Night

9. Oku Onuora - If Not Now

10. Oku Onuora - Scene

11. Oku Onuora - Fuel For Fire

12. Oku Onuora - Then Beloved

13. Oku Onuora - Still

14. Oku Onuora - Escaping The Blues

15. Oku Onuora - Jamaica

16. Oku Onuora - Fish Head Story

Release Date - 22nd February 2019

I’VE SEEN, Oku Onuora’s new album is slated to be released February 22, 2019 on the Swiss based Fruits Records label. The album was produced by Dr. T and Fruits Records. 

Oku Onuora, Dub Poet extraordinaire is known for his hard hitting socio-political commentaries fussed with potent musical accompaniment is at it again. This new album alternates between a cappella poems and poems fussed with powerful riddims performed in the purest Jamaican tradition by the musicians of The 18th Parallel, to which is added Doctor’s T modern electronic touch. 

In 2013 after withdrawal for over a decade from the poetry/music scene, Oku signaled that his re-emergency was in full effect with the release of A MOVEMENT; featuring Monthly Alexander, Sly and Robbie, Audrey Hall, Jawara. This was followed up by the vinyl single release YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW in 2015. Then there was a reissue of the seminal REFLECTION IN RED in 2016 and in 2018 came the reissue of the compilation album I A TELL DUBWIZE... & OTHERWISE.  

February 22, 2019 is the launch date for the Word/music missile I’VE SEEN. Be prepared for a word, music fallout that has never before been heard. This album will delight both specialists and genre enthusiasts.

a1. Oku Onuora - I've Seen

a2. Oku Onuora - Wordsoun

a3. Oku Onuora - Don't Like It

a4. Oku Onuora - Seed Burst

a5. Oku Onuora - Madda

a6. Oku Onuora - Black Spectacle

a7. Oku Onuora - Dubword Warrior

a8. Oku Onuora - The City At Night

b1. Oku Onuora - If Not Now

b2. Oku Onuora - Scene

b3. Oku Onuora - Fuel For Fire

b4. Oku Onuora - Then Beloved

b5. Oku Onuora - Still

b6. Oku Onuora - Escaping The Blues

b7. Oku Onuora - Jamaica

b8. Oku Onuora - Fish Head Story

Released 22nd June 2018

Micah Shemaiah teamed up with Fruits Records’ studio band The 18th Parallel earlier this year to produce the unanimously acclaimed “Roots I Vision” album on Evidence Music label. The album hit every charts in the reggae world and is seen as one of the best effort of 2018! In collaboration with Evidence Music, Fruits Records is proud to release on 12” maxi vinyl two of the toughest tunes of the album in their eight minutes extended versions : A side features heavyweight stepper “Zion Trod” and B side gives the rub a dub anthem “Soul Rider”. This one is a sound system must have! Killer tunes + ultra heavy pressing in a early 80’s Jamaican Simmons style!

a. Micah Shemaiah - Zion Trod (Extended Mix)

b. Micah Shemaiah - Soul Rider (Extended Mix)

Released 27th April 2018

Super Limited Full Artwork Sleeve & Translucent Orange Vinyl Version

The most wanted artist of this time strikes again! While his debut album Black Gold produced by RoryStoneLove hits the charts all around the world and his name is booked in every European festivals, Samory I unveils a new single produced by Swiss label Fruits Records. Recorded with Najavibes’ musicians, “Call On Jah” brings Samory I into a deeper roots sound with a flying cymbal riddim distinctive from the mid 70’s mixed by Roberto Sánchez that reminds us of the golden years of Bunny “Striker” Lee or King Tubby.

Available on limited 7” vinyl edition. Special edition of 100 picture sleeves with translucent orange record! Don’t miss it!

a Samory I - Call On Jah

b Roberto Sánchez & Najavibes - Call On Dub

Released 15th June 2018

The most wanted artist of this time strikes again! While his debut album Black Gold produced by RoryStoneLove hits the charts all around the world and his name is booked in every European festivals, Samory I unveils a new single produced by Swiss label Fruits Records. Recorded with Najavibes’ musicians, “Call On Jah” brings Samory I into a deeper roots sound with a flying cymbal riddim distinctive from the mid 70’s mixed by Roberto Sánchez that reminds us of the golden years of Bunny “Striker” Lee or King Tubby.

a Samory I - Call On Jah

b Roberto Sánchez & Najavibes - Call On Dub

Released 9th March 2018

The Magnetic Buzz Riddim brings us back to the Jamaican early dancehall days where heavy rub a dub riddims used to rule the dance. Fruits Records’ studio band The 18th Parallel travelled to Jamaica and teamed up with reggae greatest bass player Robbie Shakespeare – from famous duet Sly & Robbie – to build the explosive and powerful Magnetic Buzz Riddim. Sylvan White, famous for hit songs like Africans Unite or Mountain Top recorded in the early 80’s, comes back in the business after years off the scene with his beautiful song Mother Nature. Then follows an Experimental Dub mixed by Spanish wizard Roberto Sánchez featuring Robbie’s crazy lead bass line. B side shows for the first time on vinyl record young promising artist from Rockfort Earth Warrior followed by the sweet voice of veteran singer Delroy Melody who’s famous for hit songs from 1980 like Ease up the Pressure and Natty Dread She Want. Heavy maxi 12” record paying tribute to the early 80’s Jamaican reggae! 

a1. Sylvan White - Mother Nature

a2. Robbie Shakespeare & The 18th Parallel - Epileptic Landscape

b1. Earth Warrior - Love Triangle

b2. Delroy Melody - Africa Here I Come

Release Date: 20th October 2017

The new rocksteady sensation from Geneva ! Cosmic Shuffling brings back the Jamaican 60’s golden sound with his vintage ska and rocksteady. Recorded with just a few ribbon microphones and mixed in the purest tradition by Spanish wizard Roberto Sánchez on analogue tapes, Cosmic Goes Wild is simply irresistible. Between sweet romance and serious life reasoning, between heavy bass and sweet horns, sharp guitars and rough drums, Cosmic Shuffling gives a modern approach of an old time music, with a stunning vintage sound ! Pressed on 12" maxi vinyl, this record was built especially for Sound System purpose. Only 300 copies!

a1. Ponce Pilate

a2. Chocolate Girl

b1. Stop Right Now

b2. Don't Hold Me Back

Release Date: Friday 29th September 2017

Jamaican veteran singer I Kong strikes again with Najavibes and special guest vocalist Judy
Mowatt, nothing less than Bob Marley backing singer within The I-Threes, on this dark one drop reminding I Kong’s immense hit “The Way It Is” from 1972.

a1. I Kong - Motherless Child ft. Judy Mowatt

b1. Roberto Sanchez & Najavibes - Version

Release Date: 29th September 2017

Following “The Way For We” released in 2014, The I-Twins are back with their second autoproduced album “The Master Plan”, available on the 2nd of June 2017. For the recording, the twins worked with musicians from Najavibes, as well as other talented artists from the Geneva reggae scene. The album goes from roots reggae to rockers and rub-a-dub, bearing few touches of jazz and soul, and deals with topics that matter particularly to the I-Twins: our relation to death, suffering, injustice, love, as well as to beauty, and gives a critical view of our political system and its dysfunctions.

Recorded at Bridge Studio, Geneva, “The Master Plan” was mixed by the vintage reggae specialist, Roberto Sánchez and mastered by Sam John. The result is therefore in the perfect continuity of the work initiated by Fruits Records. However, this release marks a turning point in the catalogue of the label, which puts forward for the first time young Europeans artists; till now, it was indeed dedicated to veterans of the Jamaican music golden era.

The album will be available on CD and on gatefold double LP (300 copies) with five dubs by Roberto Sánchez.

01. Intro

02. Answer To Job

03. Jah Saved Me Once

04. Welcome

05. Scars

06. Farewell

07. Modern Slavery

08. Brothers Of The Street

09. Capital

10. God Of Abraham

11. Who’s The Dreamer Now?

12. Thrills

13. Rebirth

Release Date - Friday 29th September 2017

Jamaican veteran singer I Kong teaming up with Jamaican rising stars Raging Fyah to uplift
consciences on a heavy stepper riddim played by Swiss musicians Najavibes and mixed by the unmissable Roberto Sanchez.

a1. I Kong - Pass it On ft. Raging Fyah

b1. Roberto Sanchez & Najavibes - Version

Release Date: 29th September 2017

Following “The Way For We” released in 2014, The I-Twins are back with their second autoproduced album “The Master Plan”, available on the 2nd of June 2017. For the recording, the twins worked with musicians from Najavibes, as well as other talented artists from the Geneva reggae scene. The album goes from roots reggae to rockers and rub-a-dub, bearing few touches of jazz and soul, and deals with topics that matter particularly to the I-Twins: our relation to death, suffering, injustice, love, as well as to beauty, and gives a critical view of our political system and its dysfunctions.

Recorded at Bridge Studio, Geneva, “The Master Plan” was mixed by the vintage reggae specialist, Roberto Sánchez and mastered by Sam John. The result is therefore in the perfect continuity of the work initiated by Fruits Records. However, this release marks a turning point in the catalogue of the label, which puts forward for the first time young Europeans artists; till now, it was indeed dedicated to veterans of the Jamaican music golden era.

The album will be available on CD and on gatefold double LP (300 copies) with five dubs by Roberto Sánchez.

a1. Intro

a2. Answer To Job

a3. Jah Saved Me Once

a4. Welcome

a5. Scars

b1. Farewell

b2. Modern Slavery

b3. Brothers Of The Street

b4. Capital

c1. God Of Abraham

c2. Who’s The Dreamer Now?

c3. Thrills

c4. Rebirth

c5. Outro

d1. Dub Saved Me Once

d2. Fare Dub

d3. Modern Dub

d4. God Of Dub

d5. Redub

Release Date: 29th September 2017

Taken from I Kong’s second album with Fruits Records Pass It On, this GOLD 12” vinyl brings us back to the time when Jamaican reggae and American disco used to mixed.

A side is an eight minutes discomix of “Keep Grooving”, a song made for dance floor and serious party time.
B side starts with a beautiful instrumental reggae-disco featuring Rico Gaultier’s flute and alto saxophone. Then comes Swiss ultra wanted young remixer ANDROO with a KILLER downtempo dub inspired remix of I Kong’s “Keep Grooving”.

Limited Gold Edition, you better don’t miss it !

a1. I Kong - Keep Grooving (Discomix)

b1. Najavibes & Faya Horns - Keep Blowing

b2. Androo - Keep Moving (Polyremix)

Release Date: 29th September 2017

Fruits of the astounding encounter between a forgotten ‘70s Jamaican legend and a young Swiss band, Pass It On marks the return of I Kong at the forefront of the stage. This twelve-tracks album was recorded in Geneva, Switzerland, in the purest roots tradition by Najavibes’ musicians, accompanied for this special occasion by ranking vocal guests such as Judy Mowatt, Ken Boothe and Raging Fyah. The powerful rhythm section and the melodic richness, mingling perfectly with I Kong’s lamenting voice, come together to form a whole, subtly mixed by the unoverlookable Roberto Sánchez.

Through Pass It On, I Kong revisits various topics that matter to him. This accomplished and eclectic album is both a tribute and a continuity of his 1978 splendid album The Way It Is.

01. Motherless Child feat. Judy Mowatt

02. Change Your Ways

03. Free

04. Cool Runnings

05. Keep Grooving

06. For Whom The Bell Tolls

07. They Don’t Know feat. Ken Boothe

08. Good Will Follow

09. Light After Darkness

10. Pass It On feat. Raging Fyah

11. Make Them Bright (Bonus Track)

12. Solid As a Rock (Bonus Track)

Release Date: 29th September 2017

Fruits of the astounding encounter between a forgotten ‘70s Jamaican legend and a young Swiss band, Pass It On marks the return of I Kong at the forefront of the stage. This twelve-tracks album was recorded in Geneva, Switzerland, in the purest roots tradition by Najavibes’ musicians, accompanied for this special occasion by ranking vocal guests such as Judy Mowatt, Ken Boothe and Raging Fyah. The powerful rhythm section and the melodic richness, mingling perfectly with I Kong’s lamenting voice, come together to form a whole, subtly mixed by the unoverlookable Roberto Sánchez.

Through Pass It On, I Kong revisits various topics that matter to him. This accomplished and eclectic album is both a tribute and a continuity of his 1978 splendid album The Way It Is.

a1. Motherless Child feat. Judy Mowatt

a2. Change Your Ways

a3. Free

a4. Cool Runnings

a5. Keep Grooving

b1. For Whom The Bell Tolls

b2. They Don’t Know feat. Ken Boothe

b3. Good Will Follow

b4. Light After Darkness

b5. Pass It On feat. Raging Fyah

Release Date: 29th September 2017

The icons of reggae became stars thanks to their charisma and above all to their... voice. But Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff also owe their outstanding careers to the sidemen who accompanied them. Yet these drummers, bassists, guitarists, all exceptional instrumentalists, remain unknown to the general public, not having been able - or willing - to assert their vocal talents.

The original idea patiently nurtured by Mathias Liengme, the producer of this album was to compensate for this lack of recognition by giving the microphone to these “singers without knowing it”.

In 2013, the young nineteen year-old swiss pianist went to Kingston to realize a project, which seemed a little crazy. He brought together in the same studio Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace, Lloyd Parks, Earl “Chinna” Smith and Anthony “Sangie” Davis, and made them sing. Success! Throughout the sessions, the jamaican virtuoso musicians unveiled vocal treasures, which had remained well hidden... until the release of this album !

This success is also due to a wonderful friendship: the unusual encounter between a young Swiss reggae-lover, Mathias Liengme, and the legendary drummer Horsemouth, famous for his role in the film Rockers and his involvement in historical music records (Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear in 1976). The long list of musicians in Horsemouth’s circle of acquaintances - a true who’s who in reggae - was very helpful to choose the best singers-instrumentalists for the credits of this album.

Let’s start with Lloyd Parks: founder and leader of We the People Band, he is known, both in the studio and live, as one of his generation’s most active bass players. He completes the rhythmic duo alongside Horsemouth.

During the casting, Earl “Chinna” Smith naturally stood out; he is one of the most important guitarists in the history of reggae: from Bob Marley to Jimmy Cliff, from the Soul Syndicate to the Revolutionnaries, his guitar is everywhere! Finally the quartet would not be complete without the presence of Anthony Davis, said “Sangie”. Member of the Gatherers, emeritus singer and guitarist, he was also an exceptional songwriter for Bob Marley and Dennis Brown.

This real all stars now needed a group name. Without false modesty, these four strong personalities chose “The Inspirators”, a title that their careers as “inspiring companions” shows for, as well as their talent to compose for other musicians. The four friends called upon this talent once again to write eight new pieces specifically for THEIR album!

Recording this album, The Inspirators took a lot of pleasure in singing their own compositions, which sometimes mention the idols of their youth: Curtis Mayfield or Isaac Hayes. They created an album, unique in its kind, which crosses the borders of reggae to speak to all amateurs of authentic world music. With this album, a youngproducer has allowed these magnificent Jamaican veterans to finally take the center stage: a tribute to exceptional musicians, still far from being short of... inspiration!

Michel Perritaz, LE COURRIER, Geneva

01. This World

02. No Bother Chuck It Pon Me

03. Poor People

04. Can’t Take It

05. Sit Down Pon Your Rump

06. Be On The Right Track

07. Be Not Envious

08. Give Back To Caesar (Caesar Thing) 

Release Date: 29th September 2017

The icons of reggae became stars thanks to their charisma and above all to their... voice. But Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff also owe their outstanding careers to the sidemen who accompanied them. Yet these drummers, bassists, guitarists, all exceptional instrumentalists, remain unknown to the general public, not having been able - or willing - to assert their vocal talents.

The original idea patiently nurtured by Mathias Liengme, the producer of this album was to compensate for this lack of recognition by giving the microphone to these “singers without knowing it”.

In 2013, the young nineteen year-old swiss pianist went to Kingston to realize a project, which seemed a little crazy. He brought together in the same studio Leroy “Horsemouth” Wallace, Lloyd Parks, Earl “Chinna” Smith and Anthony “Sangie” Davis, and made them sing. Success! Throughout the sessions, the jamaican virtuoso musicians unveiled vocal treasures, which had remained well hidden... until the release of this album !

This success is also due to a wonderful friendship: the unusual encounter between a young Swiss reggae-lover, Mathias Liengme, and the legendary drummer Horsemouth, famous for his role in the film Rockers and his involvement in historical music records (Marcus Garvey by Burning Spear in 1976). The long list of musicians in Horsemouth’s circle of acquaintances - a true who’s who in reggae - was very helpful to choose the best singers-instrumentalists for the credits of this album.

Let’s start with Lloyd Parks: founder and leader of We the People Band, he is known, both in the studio and live, as one of his generation’s most active bass players. He completes the rhythmic duo alongside Horsemouth.

During the casting, Earl “Chinna” Smith naturally stood out; he is one of the most important guitarists in the history of reggae: from Bob Marley to Jimmy Cliff, from the Soul Syndicate to the Revolutionnaries, his guitar is everywhere! Finally the quartet would not be complete without the presence of Anthony Davis, said “Sangie”. Member of the Gatherers, emeritus singer and guitarist, he was also an exceptional songwriter for Bob Marley and Dennis Brown.

This real all stars now needed a group name. Without false modesty, these four strong personalities chose “The Inspirators”, a title that their careers as “inspiring companions” shows for, as well as their talent to compose for other musicians. The four friends called upon this talent once again to write eight new pieces specifically for THEIR album!

Recording this album, The Inspirators took a lot of pleasure in singing their own compositions, which sometimes mention the idols of their youth: Curtis Mayfield or Isaac Hayes. They created an album, unique in its kind, which crosses the borders of reggae to speak to all amateurs of authentic world music. With this album, a youngproducer has allowed these magnificent Jamaican veterans to finally take the center stage: a tribute to exceptional musicians, still far from being short of... inspiration!

Michel Perritaz, LE COURRIER, Geneva

a1. This World

a2. No Bother Chuck It Pon Me

a3. Poor People

a4. Can’t Take It

b1. Sit Down Pon Your Rump

b2. Be On The Right Track

b3. Be Not Envious

b4. Give Back To Caesar (Caesar Thing)