VP Data helps Reggae followers gear up for the Christmas season with the discharge of a star-studded covers album, “Reggae Christmas Classics,” which encompasses a numerous forged of artists.
The eleven observe mission, launched on Friday, was recorded between Mixing Lab, Penthouse Studios, and Tuff Gong Studios. Manufacturing duties had been cut up between Dean Fraser and Clive Hunt.
As for vocals, Christopher Martin works his magic on the joyous “This Christmas,” Shuga dazzles along with her rendition of Mariah Carey’s seasonal blockbuster “All I Need For Christmas Is You,” and Mikey Spice places his distinctive spin on “The Christmas Track (Merry Christmas To You).”
A lineup of different vocalists together with Lukie D, Nikki D, Ikaya, Olaf Blackwood, Nadine Sutherland, and Thriller U added their very own distinct contact to Christmas classics like “Feliz Navidad” and “It’s The Most Great Time Of the 12 months,” amongst others.
Robbie Lyn additionally delivers an instrumental model of “Sometime at Christmas,” produced by Clive Hunt, whereas legendary Dean Fraser collaborates with Ubuntu to breathe new life into “Silver Bells.” Duane Stephenson contributes the only real unique observe with “Golden Nights (In December).”
Reflecting on the mission, A&R Richard “Shams” Browne shares, “Dane Bogle (credited as assistant A&R) and I’ve wished to place collectively a VP Data Christmas album for the previous 4 or 5 years. This yr, we lastly bought the inexperienced mild. We drafted a shortlist of producers and artists, and from there, the mission got here collectively fairly easily.”
“It’s at all times a pleasure working with nice producers like Dean and Clive, in addition to the proficient artists who participated, with every of them recording as in the event that they’re performing for a reside viewers. With everybody bringing their A-game, this can be my favourite mission of the yr,” he concluded.
The Reggae Christmas Classics album is available for purchase and on streaming platforms.
