Hand-crafted and produced by Nick Manasseh, a brand new rhythm featuring three solo artists and full length dubwise version. It's melancholic arrangement equipped with 70's drum machine sounds, synth bass and soulful guitar riffs walks the line between past and future styles.
Sun-I Tafari delivers a sombre and universally themed tale of urban survival, poverty and injustice. His soulful expression and conviction resonate in this "real life story".
Cate Ferris' enchanting voice and lyrics captivate, reminding us to waste no time in life and continue to pursue our dreams. "Just One Life, Blaze Bright".
Leroy Horns tenor saxophone takes the rhythm in a new direction with it's jazz fuelled style and deep meditative vibes.
Artrist Biographies:
Sun-I Tafari (Kent Walker) was born in Cardiff in 1980. His Jamaican heritage from his fathers
side of the family having a strong influence on his experiences growing up in and around Cardiff's
Afro Caribbean and mixed race communities. Citing music as an early passion he gravitated
towards the positive and uplifting music he was exposed to at local Reggae blues parties & sound
system sessions. His enthusiasm for the music soon gained him a place as part of the local
Ascersion sound system crew where he found the opportunity to take to the microphone for the first
time. Originally styling himself as a ragamuffin chatter on the mic whilst adopting the latest "singjay" fashion, he became a regular feature on the sound performing under the name Super-DJ.
The Ascertion crew broke up going their separate ways a few years later. Around this time Kent
became more drawn towards the spiritual and cultural roots within the music, spending more of his
time with elders and the rasta community. Now focused on his song-writing and vocal training, he
began to frequent studios in Bristol and London, taking every opportunity to record new material
and perfect his unique style. In 2003 he travelled to Jamaica recording his self produced and self
funded single "Roots & Culture", this release helped to establish his name back in the UK, resulting
in a string of live shows supporting artists such as Johnny Clarke, Janet Kay, Michael Prophet,
Prince Malachi and Twinkle Brothers. Further trips to Jamaica in 2004 and 2006 forged links with
some of the islands most established artists and in 2008 Kent returned for a six month visit adopting
the name Sun-I Tafari. The resulting material featured several songs on his own self produced
rhythms including the forthcoming combination single from the "Roots Messenger" Luciano. Sun-I
Tafari's soulful voice, thoughtful lyrics and "suffera's" style have established his name as a unique
up and coming young artist. Always striving for perfection in his work Sun-I is currently putting the
finishing touches to his d