ORLANDO – Pioneers of reggae gospel, The Grace Thrillers endeared themselves to Christians and secular music followers through the late Eighties and early Nineteen Nineties. Their willingness to unfold the Phrase utilizing reggae rhythms impressed younger Jamaicans like Canute Neil Ellis, an engineer/producer who lately sampled one of many group’s hit songs.
Rescue Me is the title of the track Ellis produced. It samples He Noticed my Want, a 1995 track by the ‘Thrillers’ that was performed in gospel and secular circles.
Ellis, his spouse Samantha Gooden and deejay Yomek Radic are featured on Rescue Me with The Grace Thrillers hook wafting within the background.
The Orlando-based Ellis instructed South Florida Caribbean Information that final 12 months he performed a tough lower of the track whereas driving to the hospital to go to his spouse. His toddler daughter beloved it a lot, he determined to finish the track.
Canute Neil Ellis
“My daughter began excitedly singing to the observe. When it was completed she requested me to play it yet another time. And seeing the enjoyment on her face, gave me the inspiration to finish the observe. It was meant to be my swan track that pays homage to the Thrillers and the tradition. As an alternative, it turned the primary track of its sort to pattern a tremendous Caribbean gospel group whereas showcasing our phenomenal expertise like Yomek Radic,” Ellis defined.
From St. Mary parish in jap Jamaica, Ellis obtained into the music enterprise as a trainee engineer on the Kingston recording studio of Noel Willis, founding father of The Grace Thrillers. Whereas there, he not solely realized the rudiments of music manufacturing, his appreciation grew for the quintet which broke into the dancehall in 1995 with the track, Can’t Even Stroll.
Since migrating to the US, Ellis attended Berklee School of Music in Boston. He has additionally labored as an engineer with Beres Hammond, Kirk Franklin, The Commodores and Israel Vibration.
