The latest release to come from Roska’s rising underground label, Kicks and Snares, comes courtesy of Hotflush head man, Spectr (aka, Scuba). The 2 track release features bass heavy, ‘Dance 4 Me’, which is already being deemed a ‘future classic’, along with ‘I Know’, an incredibly catchy track, with vocals that’ll stick in your head for days! Buy the release from Boomkat, here.
Spectr – Dance 4 Me
This video has an aggressively surreal style similar to Major Lazer’s “Pon De Floor” break out of a few years ago. “Que Que” can be found on Dave Nada’s new Blow Your Head Vol. 2 Moombahton Compilation out now on Mad Decent.
A year in the making, the Dre Skull-produced Vybz Kartel album Kingston Story is finally available!
You’ve seen the video for the first single, you’ve heard Kartel speak about working on the album and then there is the still building stream of press coverage (for starters see here, here and here), but now we can finally share the music. This is Mixpak putting our best foot forward and we hope you like it!
Buy Vybz Kartel Kingston Story now »
Update: since it’s release at about midnight, Kingston Story has quickly climbed to #7 on the iTunes Best Reggae Album charts in the US. Around the world, it’s at #3 Reggae in Germany, #3 Reggae in France and #5 Reggae in the UK. Let’s see if we can keep it going up!
Vybz Kartel week continues here at Mixpak and we’ve teamed up with Jamaicansmusic.com to offer a free download of ‘Mi Remember’ a cut off of his new album Kingston Story. Go to Jamaicansmusic.com’s facebook page, enter your email and we’ll send you the track. This is a limited time offer, so don’t sleep.
“Kartel has remixed the notion of what it means to be a dancehall star,” said the Jamaican novelist and essayist Colin Channer. “He’s a pop artist in the sense of somebody like Madonna or Lady Gaga, who are aware of how transforming their image makes them attractive to different segments of the public.”
Today’s Arts & Leisure section of the New York Times has a feature on Vybz Kartel covering his unique position in dancehall, his new album on Mixpak and the growth of the Vybz Kartel brand. Grab a copy from your newsstand or read the story online.
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