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Bunji Garlin – Differentology (music video)
- Director: Nigel Thompson
- Director Of Photography: Sean “Science” Edghill
- Assistant Director: Roland “Rembunction” Yearwood
- 2nd Assistant Director: Richard Rawlins
- 1st Assistant Camera: Damien Jobity
- 2nd Assistant Camera: Iscah Straker
- Gaffer: Selwyn Henry / Kerron Lemmessy
- Best Boy Electric: Ken Bailey / Selwyn Henry
- Storyboard Artist: Richard Rawlins
- Producer: Nigel Thompson
- Associate Producers: Kerima Rahim, Princess Donelan, Alana Ramlal
- Production Manager: Kerima Rahim
- Grip: Keegan Rudolfo
- Driver / Transport: Navin Suchit
- Props: Frank Seales
- Make up: Jennelle Orosco, Steven Taylor, Liz-Ann Jaggernauth, Christopher Rama
- Music Provided by: Rawle “Boobie” Edwards
- Costumes by: K2K Alliance & Tribe
- Location: “Melau” Provided by TCL / Readymix
in all honesty i dont see it being that different to any other video out there… concept nor production. the atmosphere had all the vibes. just didn’t translate for me. flat harsh images. wrong frame rate at times… bah i eh going into it… go watch blaxx leh go instead…
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DENISE BELFON – WINING QUEEN
Denise Belfon Wining Queen Video shot on location in Trinidad video production done by Kingdomhouse Concepts.
West Indian Rhythm Konnection – Radio Kaiso
[Video] Gentleman - You Remember
(Illustration von Strassenkoeter)
Seit einigen Tagen schwirrt nun schon das neue Video von Tillman Otto durchs Weltweitnetz.Schaut's euch an!
The StarDance Riddim
The StarDance Riddim
Produced by Ashwin ‘Smash’ Seegobin
Mixed and Mastered by Precision Productions.Combining his Trinibagonian roots with a very English upbringing the newest member of the Precision Productions team has spun a wondrous musical web to seductively enfold listeners from the Caribbean to beyond the great pond.
Ashwin “Smash” Seegobin’s StarDance Riddim, is an energetic culmination of 18 months of careful training as a producer and engineer at Precision. With Soca and mainstream Dance music being the strongest influences on him, he created this riddim as a way to meld the feel of music from TnT to the throbbing energies he experienced in London. The result being an exhibition of exotic melodies only such an eclectic background could generate.
Emboldened by his previous release with Jrod Records, the Cosmic Riddim, Smash enlisted a range of talented voices to give flight to his tuneful ambitions.
These include the very Caribbean cast of Tian Winter, Dale Saunders, Cherise Ransome, Fireball, Ricardo Drue ft Crissanji, and Nikisha.
This thrilling blend of enchanting production work with this uniquely gifted collection of singers gives this riddim a sure place on international charts as well as in all discerning music-loving hearts.©Mystie Thongs
I actually find the majority of songs kinda weak. Fireball’s voice makes his song stand out for me. I guess this StarDance Riddim needs for me to be popping Mollys to be So High I’ll be Levitating and walking/dancing amongst the Stars…
Production is nice tho… maybe some radio/driving along the coast choons… i’ll keep playing it and program myself to like it… I LOVED COSMIC!!!
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Chromatics – Carnival Rap Up 2013
YUH CYAR WEAR THE CROWN IF YUH CYAH TAKE PICONG…
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Recorded & Mixed by Deejay Pun @ Highway Records Studio (383-2042)
HARLEM SHAKEs Trinidad
the power of the internet… baidawi of detnator was the first i saw post a Trinidad Harlem Shake and that was just utilising the song… along with some traditional masqueraders… now they’re all on the bandwagon… even if some arent doing the actual Harlem Shake. the count is 10+ but i not on posting all ah dem…
apparently they removed the best one i saw…
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SOCA MONARCH 2013 RESULTS
so i did some reviews/thoughts on the two categories as they happened and you can read them here
Digicel Groovy SOCA Monarch and Play Whe POWER SOCA Monarch… and the winners are… William Munroe and Caribbean Prestige Foundation… again… yet another year…
DIGICEL GROOVY SOCA MONARCH
- Machel Montano - FOG
- Iwer George – Bubble
- Blaxx – Leh Go
- Ravi B – Prescription
PLAY WHE POWER SOCA MONARCH
- Machel Montano – FLOAT & Super Blue – Fantastic Friday (tie)
- Benjai
- Destra
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Play Whe International POWER SOCA Monarch 2013
My immediate thoughts as i watch the show on broadcast television… armchair revolutionary
Lil Bitts – Raise De Dust
what had to be the most eagerly awaited performance of the night following up on the infamous music video… ooo… had to cut from an interview with David Rudder to BITTS already onstage… still with the Egyptian Mummy theme… we then heard from her ‘spiritual advisor’ who apparently is her brother… who forgot the lines or just had stage fright.. some littler bitt then mash-up more that Bitts…. there was a reference to Rudder’s original Dust in they Face… one more chorus and it was over… she in first place so far!
Fya Empress – Pass Me Ah Drink (Ah Yuh RUM)
Gracing the stage for the first time the Vincy Road March Winner was dressed as a pirate… memba Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed there… and well Jack Sparrow always wondered why the rum was gone… i can only hope the judges made the link… excellent performance as it didnt have all the direct instructions… the Empress seemed more seasoned than some of the other artistes who feel the need to direct their audience all the time… leaving it for the end of the performance… she hadda place top 5 at least…
Tallpree – Muddy JAB
Ole Woman Alone part 6… im just kidding… the choon bad no tail but i cant understand a word he is saying… DEM NO BAD LIKE WE… feel the energy that the song exudes about Grenada ‘s SPICE MAS… maybe i may still experience it this year… those oiled down JABs… RUM Head SICK Head… vibes upon vibes… couldnt live up to the EMPRESS tho… give him 3rd place oui…
Devon Matthews – Start De Party
another SHOUTER… and guess what he announces on radio so you would think he knows better than to do that… the speaking to the crowd after every verse/chorus is like 2 decades old… too bad you really didnt Start the Party then your Hook might have worked better… wheys… the TYAD talk too… LOLz the calling out the FLAG Crews… its like you came with the SOCAlled Artiste Manual…
Shurwayne Winchester – We Control De Road
speechless… it felt like Open The Gate take 2 … the crowd looked unmoved… the air was still… appearance fee
Benjai - A.T.A.O Engoma
LOW…. excellent intro… the vibe from this song has survived since St. Lucia Carnival in 2012… still didnt really sing his song… guess he was reeling from the effects of the GROOVY where he drank way too much onstage… freestyling coz Garlin wasnt there and the verse was actually half decent… but calling yourself the Groovy King in the POWER Category doesnt really work… apparently he was still toting from losing the Groovy years ago as well…
Destra Garcia – Doh Hold Meh Back
The Mad house video re-enacted on stage… with a Black body suit to go with the one from Groovy… i think the song was performed a little too fast coz she had a lil trouble keeping up with singing the verses and chorus… the dancers bridge bit was a nice difference and yes she is like the Britney Spears of the SOCA industry (overheard)… no not Beyonce… i dont get why all these artistes fell the need to compare themselves to Super BLUE tho… climb the scaffolding for 10 points… pointless…
JW + Blaze – Inna Timing
another X-Files intro that chronicles their history… and that didnt go over too well… i have no real clue how this made the finals infront of a plethora of other songs but hey… they are former winners and also work on radio… is it easier to sell your show… they know they went onstage to collect their appearance fee… it was weird hearing Anya Ayoung-Chee and Rattans uttered in the same sentence… the verse about Bunji opting out of Groovy was very good…. lent itself to the topic of Inna Timing very well… WOW verse 2 was even better… still dont understand why everyone giving the title to Super Blue… third verse was even better… this song deserves to WIN… i tip my hat to JW and Blaze for this one… most excellent Timing fellas…
Machel Montano HD – FLOAT
video intro that the TV viewers couldnt see… something about Superman… sounds like one of the TOP/PNM ads from the Tobago elections… the outfit was a let down… then again MM is no stranger to wearing weird outfits… ANTZ… SHOUT FLOAT… the HOVER was mess but the FLOAT rig was overshadowed by the Jet pact from 2012…. yes that IS PERFORMANCE… but for 10 points?!?
Swappi – CHA-OaS
a video intro poking fun at Flight but then i hear Bond music… wait whats this about… apparently its agent double oh 4D… the performance was actually worse than Bucket in 2012… ate up all his words and the silent bridges were useless… they actually were ah set ah CHUPIDNESS…. the bit with Kes the Magician was uncalled for and utterly wasteful…
Superblue – Fantastic Friday
meh pores raise with the Shorty Watch out my Children intro and then with the HORN intro for the song… the music was too loud.. could hardly hear what Blue was singing… crowd was exuberant as ever… there are no words… it wasnt the best performance ever but the people have spoken…
expecting MM, Super, JW, Fya Empress and Destra to make the top 5… i eh know the order…
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Digicel International Groovy SOCA Monarch 2013
My immediate thoughts as i watch the International SOCA Monarch on CNC3′s broadcast television… armchair revolutionary
Show starts at approximately 21:45
Drupatee Ramgoonai – Indian Gyal
i’ll readily admit that i dont like/approve of the song. i think it a waste. now onto the performance that is only 10 points. the backing trcks that included Machel’s voice were distracting. after singing a verse and chorus Drupatee seemed not too sure what to do. stage full of performers with umbrellas wukking up all over. Guessing it was Shiv Shakti dancers. One verse and chorus we have our final place.
Nadia Batson – Manager
she had some intro video that we tv viewers couldnt see…. geezanages look at pwefn… SHOUT SHOUT SHOUT… i was not impressed… Nadie better than that… and then she spoke to the crowd… remarks on twitter made that she looked like a Power Ranger… i added fraggle coz of the coloured hair… i think she needed someone to MANAGE-HER on that stage… Princess Melongene and SUPER Biagan… way sah allyuh Trinis have real picong…
Denise ‘Saucy Wow’ Belfon – Wining Queen
crowd chanting SAUCY SAUCY SAUCY… a next video intro… i dont know where these skits come from considering iz only 10 points for presentation.. apparently the KING was missing a WINING QUEEN… STick it stick it stick it stick it stick it… complaints on twitter about the theatrics… Saucy was wearing some kinda burlap coat with a hood that i couldnt understand how that was supposed to represent her being a ‘peasant’… she sing the song tho… as best as Saucy ever does… there was even a court jester on a unicycle… iz still only 10 points….
Ravi B – Prescription
A man climb scaffolding… like we never saw that before… anyone say SUPER… and then there is another SKIT… apparently he fall from the scaffolding coz he come out on a stretcher wid Nish B as his Night Nurse… starts off singing his song… like he read the requirements for a winning performance… nice break to hear the crowd singin the song… full points.. stage full of ancillary personnel Moko Jumbies included… then he starts to talk and give instructions… seriously RAVI looking like he could take the Monarch… HEH HAAA not with Machel still to come… he first of the four so far…
Benjai – Feter
SEE MEE YAH…. complete with bathrobe, shower cap, towel, bedroom slippers and cooler… buh hoss yuh eh singing yuh choon… man douse heself wid JOHNNIE oui… i am speechless… the onstage theatrics work… coz they simple and add to the song… what was that a double double shot… it was excessive… guess that’s what a true feter does… 10 points…
Farmer Nappy – Stranger
come to collect the performance fee and probably fifth place… with a prop bus on stage with the 3ZERO girls… dependable performance… he in this game long enough and utilised the topic of the song well enough… the instructions actually made sense… but iz still only 10 points… ultimate HYPE man
Destra Garcia – Call My Name
after what seemed an eternity of a break/lul in programming DESTRA comes on singin as if its American IDLE … nice simple performance other than that… dance girls with small Trinidad & Tobago National Flags… wait a phone call… the skit in the middle of the song instead… waste of time… i liked the spiked thingy she had on her hand tho… i dont know what that winged bit was about tho… MM planned to FLOAT so Destra decided she would FLY… inna 4G with Digi…
Patrice Roberts – A Little Wine
CNC3 cut late to the intro and missed a bit… was some kinda circus thing… maybe from the HD circus from years ago… Patrice was SHOUTING too… not as bad as Nadie tho… verse and chorus and speaks to the crowd for some more theatrics… the little wine concept was apt… overheard some comments about her black behind and why it isnt bleached… DED WID LAUGH… short and sweet performance
Machel Montano HD – FOG
CYAH PLAY MAS IF YUH FRAID POWDER… BOOM the sailors alone was 10 points… and with the FOG-UP attitude… the SHOUTING is MM trademark… crowd inna frenzy… he sing de choon and the voice like it gone wid all de POWDER… the (audio) feedback really bothered me tho… someone prob got a slap or something after… the TanTan esq costumes just put the performance over the top… still only 10 points…. THIS ONE GOIN AN FOG UP DE PLACE… HEH HAAAAAAA… its all about the HYPE
Neil Iwer George – Bubble
having to ‘invite’ people to sing yuh song… novel approach… the dude from bSquare… Prophet Benjamin with his ‘FEED’… yes I-wer come collect ah money… eat ah food at the people of TrinBago’s expense… bubble
Dexter ‘Blaxx’ Stewart – Leh Go
draped with some ropelights/leds and ‘native american indian’ garb the performance starts off in the dark and then the lights come on after a chorus… we get an introduction to his daughter who plays a choon on the steelpan… awww how sweet…. no brownie points tho… i give you points for the intro… BLAXX then makes the mistake we were dreading… talks to the audience… SING YUH Verse nah hoss…
i eh know who to call it for… took so long i dont know if to give Destra, MM or Ravi B… i feel Ravi had the best overall performance. enjoyed the second half of the show… after the fire… the BIG GUNS showed why they are so rated… buh i really considering Ravi…
this shall be updated with the results when they are announced… show finished 0015
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