Chezidek

Chezidek - Mash Dem Down - AL.TA.FA.AN - CD

Another truly magnificent set from the man Chezidek. Its so good to see artists putting runs of albums together. The simple reality of the situation is that album tend to stick around a lot longer than singles - and when people finally get around to checking out a 'New' artist, bingo it makes it very easy for them to get into all what is good about an artist. If you got back to the mid seventies when reggae broke big again, it was this kind of thing that was very important. This one features Gentleman, Luton Fyah, Mark Wonder and President Brown. The production from the AL.TA.FA.AN team is amazing drawing on what is best that is roots. Chezidek songwriter is full good songs, culture, reality the lot. Roots music at its very very best.

Garnett Silk worked with every producer on the island, but he never worked with Fatis. It would have been good to hear Garnett over those huge heavy rhythms that Fatis built. But all these years on - with Luciano now working away from the Xterminator camp - Fatis as found a new singer Chezidek who sounds a little like Luciano and Garnett. And like those two he can write songs - great songs. The vibes are such that Fatis as changed his sound - its not as dense as before - but his production values are still high. A magnificent debut.