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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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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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From Ah Island (Da Face, TrapStar, Wanke)
If you like the song support the movement and buy it at Trinidad tunes. Only 99c http://www.trinidadtunes.com/node/album/17739
Chromatics – Carnival Rap Up 2013
YUH CYAR WEAR THE CROWN IF YUH CYAH TAKE PICONG…
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Download the song & mixtape for FREE!:
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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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Anti-Everything (Ft. Captain Carnival) – SMKtCI
on the heels of Trinidad James humbleness… these guys hold back nothing… not for the faint of heart. (explicit language inside)
It’s Carnival
Its Bachanal
With pretty gyal
Like rice an dhalWe breaking way
Like dingolay
It’s a–hole day
In we countryI doh wanna fucking wine, I doh wanna fucking wave
All I wanna do is punch you in your fucking face
I doh wanna fucking wine, I doh wanna fucking wave
All I wanna do is punch you in your fucking faceSoca Music Killed – the entire Cultural Industry
I don’t need airplay on your shitty radio station
or sponsorship from your mobile communications firm
Because I doh wanna fucking wine, I doh wanna fucking wave
All I wanna do is punch you in your fucking faceSoca Music Killed – the entire Cultural Industry
but the Mafia will be killed – without any sympathy
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