Jahmel (Talliss Ites) Ellison - Bass Guitar & Lead Vocals, Kashta (Kash Ites) Tafari- Lead Guitar & Lead Vocals, Cyrus Ricahard- Keyboard & Otis Cox- Drums,įorming the RasItes in 1996 the original line up remains as tightly knited as ever.
The RasItes are comprised with Four main members, Until the arrival of the RasItes, UK reggae hadn't witnessed the emergence of a young band of musicians intent upon writing and playing thier own material.
Kashta (Kash Ites) Tafari - (Lead Guitar & Lead Vocals)
Jahmel (Talliss Ites) Ellison - (Bass Guitar & Lead Vocals) Influences: Sly and Robbie/Black Uhuru, Aswad, The Wailers Ganja Plant) and mastered by Kevin Metcalfe (Greensleeves Records, Blood & Fire). Knocean has been quietly building steam to this debut release, mixed by Craig "Dubfader" Welsch (John Brown's Body, Slightly Stoopid, The Aggrolites, 10 Ft. Members have backed national acts such as Pato Banton, The English Beat, and DJ Logic and have many years of gigging experience.Īs a band they have shared the stage with Michael Rose (of Black Uhuru), Anthony B, The Meditations, The Itals, Richie Spice, and more. The veteran squad features conscious lyricism, powerhouse female vocals, and rock solid rhythms. Knocean is a modern roots reggae and dub band from Denver, Colorado. Michael ‘Professor Lynx’ Hartman - (Vocals, Lyrics) Influences: Black Uhuru, Hugh Mundell, Roots Radics, Dry & Heavy Location: Denver, Colorado, United States "Let's Talk New York" is taken from the album "Public Secret" by Yasus Afari Yasus Afari "Let's Talk New York" 2014. Watch out for the 'Let's Talk New York' DubSmith / Boom One remixes with their accompanying videos and make sure you grab Yasus Afari's Public Secret which is rapidly becoming a Public Knowledge right before our very eyes. The brilliant music video totally captures all these amazing elements to create a master piece called 'Let s Talk New York' What makes 'Let's Talk New York' so extraordinarily special is the way in which Yasus Afari skillfully blends a very serious and urgent message with comedy, remarkable story telling and rib tickling humour. The music is loaded with exciting parables, cultural knowledge and 'public secret' information about reggae music, Jamaica, life in New York, Ethiopia and the Global Community. 'Let's Talk New York' speaks for itself, with Jamaican wit and humour, as only the lyrical Yasus Afari and his crafty 'Let's Talk New York' could have possibly achieved. Let's Talk New York' music video, which was directed and edited by Dub Smith, was released on January 16 and has since become a fast rising video hit on social media as well as online and some traditional media outlets and this has further propelled the mystique of the 'Let's Talk New York ' phenomenon. On Friday January 17th the exciting Public Secret album entered the FRN top 20 album chart at number 18, then move to number 16 and became the first Dub Poetry album to have done so in 2014 and for quite a very long time.ĭub Smith / Boom One Record Remixes and Videosīased on the impact and success of Public Secret and the three singles, DubSmith of Boom One Records which is based in USA, has signed on to remix several tracks from the Public Secret album, the first of which is 'Let's Talk New York' for which a very colourful and exciting music video was shot in New York and Jamaica. It entered at number 30, climbed to number 9 and was #70 for the 2013 top 100 chart and has been on the chart for over twelve weeks. On the heels of these two very remarkable and success singles came to chart hit 'Let's Talk New York' which is currently at number 14 in the top 30 of the New York Foundation Radio Network (FRN) Charts. The first digital single from Public Secret was the stimulating and intriguing 'Wine Pon Paper' which was followed by Yasus' personal testimonial 'Poetree Caan Nyam'. The much heralded Public Secret is being distributed digitally and physically by Fox Fuse Digital and Marketing company of New York. in June 2013 to much critical acclaim in Jamaica and internationally. One of the poets energizing this development is Yasus Afari who released his 8th studio album, Public Secret. The year 2014 has been declared The Year of the Dub Poets and Poetree World Wide and this has been resonating with great potency right across the international community. The fast rising, colourful stimulating and intriguingly mind blowing, 'Let's Talk New York' music video and digital single from Yasus Afari's Public Secret album has turned on international spotlight on Jamaica's elusive national treasure and international Jewel, Jamaica's best kept secret, Yasus Afari - The Ancient Youth. "Let's Talk New York" Single and Music Video by Yasus Afari
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