The Dubwise Cafe in Kingston is a hip spot the place Jamaicans and expatriates jam to roots-rocking reggae, like One thing Particular Deluxe, singer Marlon Brown’s new album.
That 11-song piece was launched there on February 18, with roots followers, fellow artistes and teachers attending. They noticed a spirited efficiency from the singer-songwriter who began his recording profession 25 years in the past.
Backed by the Pon Fireplace Band, Brown carried out six songs from One thing Particular Deluxe, together with Africa, the weed favorite Chocolate Brown and In My Bones, a craving R&B ballad.
After the present, he was congratulated by a groundswell of well-wishers similar to veteran singers Fred Locks and Brinsley Forde of Aswad, Samory I, David Cairol, Dr. Donna Hope of the College of the West Indies and his supervisor, Bridgett Anderson.
Two days later, Brown was nonetheless savouring the triumphant reception, however was already seeking to broaden his horizons and make One thing Particular Deluxe successful.
“I might like to go to Europe. With my sound dat’s the place I needs to be,” mentioned the dreadlocked singer to World A Reggae
That sound was developed via years of studying on the ft of Earl “Chinna” Smith, the legendary session guitarist who is likely one of the most recorded musicians in reggae historical past. Brown has additionally benefited from the knowledge of Sangie Davis, who co-wrote Chocolate Brown, Bob Marley’s Wake Up And Stay and Sophia George’s Girlie Girlie.
“I believe I’ve improved 100% as a reside performer, as a result of I’ve nice academics like Chinna an’ Sangie. I’ve been performing right here an’ there over di years an’ dat’s additionally helped,” mentioned Brown.
The diminutive artiste is from Greenwich Farm, a working-class group in Kingston that produced musicians like Smith and members of the Soul Syndicate Band. Producer Bunny Lee can also be from that space which was as soon as the stomping floor for Delroy Wilson, Slim Smith, Johnny Clarke, Earl Sixteen and Prince Alla.
Brown’s preliminary songs have been produced by Junior Reid. His subsequent cease was Communicate To The Reality Productions which directed him on the music, Want Love.
For the previous 10 years, he has been a member of Binghistra, a collective of Nyahbinghi musicians and singers. Smith has produced a number of songs by Brown together with a canopy of Matthew McAnuff’s Be Cautious.
One thing Particular, his first album, got here out in 2020. One thing Particular Deluxe is an enlargement of that venture which options musicians similar to keyboardist Robbie Lyn and Franklyn “Bubbla” Waul, guitarists Dwight Pinkney and Dalton Browne, bassist Danny “Axeman” Thompson and drummer Squiddly Cole.
