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Waterhouse is located in West St. Andrew, Kingston 11 and long considered an incubator of Jamaican music. It is home to over 50 individuals whom has contributed to the global acceptance of reggae . Among these are:

Lloyd Brevett, OD

Sly Dunbar

Bunny Lee

King Tubby

King Jammy

Yabby You

Bobby Digital

The Royals

The Ethiopians

Johnny Osbourne

The Jays

Black Uhuru

Wailing Souls

Errol Marshal

Garth Dennis

Johnny Carke

Michael Rose

Don Carlos

Lloyd Parks

King Everald

Half Pint

Pad Anthony

Frankie Jones

Lizzy

Beenie Man

Chaka Demus

Ranking Trevor

Risto Benji

Andrew Bees

Echo Minott

The Gladiators

Wayne Smith

Elephant Man

Tullo Tt

Junior Reid

Baby Cham

Nicodemus

Warrior King

Noel Davey

Nikky Thomas

Alrick Forbes

Nigger Kojack

Mother Lisa

Lady Junie

Kiprich

Chrisinti

Ras Michael

Iqulah

Bobby Culture

I-Jahman Levi

Sydney Wolfe

Ward 21

Shabba Ranks

Bounty Killa

Uroy

Zumjay

*The Wailing Souls recorded the song Firehouse Rock as tribute to the Waterhouse community.

*Michael Rose's trademark, tu tu tweng, has been duplicated by singers including Junior Reid, his predecessor in Black Uhuru.

*Reggae's computer age began at the King Jammys studio in 1985 with singer Wayne Smith's song, Unda Mi Sleng Teng.

*Waterhouse was the epicentre of 1990s dancehall

 

Cherine Anderson - Singer/Songwriter/Actress

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She stands at five feet, three inches tall, soaking up the world with a voice reminiscent of pure and untainted soul. What kind of soul? According to songstress Cherine Anderson, this soul is unlike any other, for it is Dancehall Soul, “a mixture of reggae, dancehall, soul and R&B, truly incorporating the grittiness of her past with the sweetness of the things to which she has been exposed.” In this modern day parade of glamour, glitz, and unmerited superstardom, Cherine truly embodies star-like qualities. She is a triple threat: singer, songwriter and acclaimed Jamaican actress, having starred in two of Jamaica’s most successful films, Dancehall Queen (1997) and One Love (2003). Lately, Cherine has been focusing her attention on writing music and collaborating with industry giants like Sly & Robbie, David Norland (Madonna, Janet Jackson, Dallas Austin), JeekyMan (Lil Kim), as well as prominent Jamaican producers such as Steven “Lenky” Marsden (Sean Paul) and Christopher Birch (Shaggy). Reggae and urban radio stations in Jamaica, the US, Canada, several European countries, as well as internet radio have already fallen for the sweet voice spilling from their systems courtesy of her debut hit single “Good Love”. Cherine quickly followed “Good Love” with a lover’s rock duet with Chuck Fenda which quickly topped both the singles and the video charts in Jamaica. Cherine’s latest release, “Kingston State of Mind”, currently released to radio, provides Cherine’s perspective on the realities of the environment in Kingston. This song’s content illustrates the songwriting depth that lies in this young artist. < Download her mixtape>

Ras Amerlock

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Ras Amerlock a.k.a Michael McCutcheon dub artist for JAH, has been refining his chosen profession of Music for almost twenty five years.His Music is a reflection in sound of the Rastafarian way of life he embraces. Ras has performed throughout the United states , North America, Russia and Europe by the grace of JAH. <Download>

dubmatix

Dubmatix Soundsystem are one of Canada's premier reggae/drum n bass/dub soundsystems. Performing as a duo with computer effects and live bass and/or with guest vocalists, Dubmatix have been tried and tested successfully with other reggae heavy weights such as Freddie McGreggor, Anthony B and Linval Thompson.Swirling echoes reverberate in the background, striking paranoia and wonder into lovers of reggae all over.

This is dub and roots in the classic rockers tradition, with sultry melodies and praises to Jah almighty overriding a crackling, bass-heavy groove. The goal has been to maintain close ties to the classic and legendary sounds heard in 70s roots and dub while incorporating new technologies and styles. Fusing these sounds has opened up points of exploration into almost any musical style while maintaining the foundation set by classic dub.   Their shows consist of live production/on-the-fly mixing, live bass and regular guest musicians and vocalists depending on the show and location. No two shows are the same as each incorporates improvised parts & grooves. The shows have been best described as "sounding huge". < Check out their new album>

 

jahtari

Dub outfit based in Leipzig / Germany and  that  produce a kind of music which they call - for the lack of a better term - DIGITAL LAPTOP REGGAE (DLR).This means nothing else but that they produce first and above all REGGAE music (or DUB) in it’s classical sense, which in itself is nothing new, but since they have a background in mostly electronic music thay work with the tools that are obvious to use for that purpose - computers and machines! While keeping the original Roots vibes in. <Download their music>

Dubmood

dubmood

Dubmood, born in Goeteborg, Sweden, currently residing in Marseille, France, is a chip-music artist who originates from the cracking/reverse engineering scene and it's obscure computer-culture. He has been making chipmusic with different
pseudonyms since 1996 (at the age of 11) and was recruited to the legendary Crack-art collective Razor 1911 at the age of 15. In 2004, with over 300 different pieces composed on both Amiga, PC, Atari ST and Gameboy for a large number of keygenerators, crack intros, demos, installers, chipmusic disks, 8bit album- compilations etc etc he decided to take it a step further by becoming a performing live-artist and has been rocking stages all over Europe. Always with different constellations of MCs, backup-artists and VJs. It is not really possible to define what genre Dubmood is composing, because theinstrument known as chipmusic removes the boundaries of the music-genres as we know them, and Dubmood respects no rules. Mixing Electro-house with Ska and Bach- symphonies just to mash it up with a few classic 8-bit console tunes without hesitating. <Sample his music >

Mikey Murka

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Mikey Murka first came to the attention of reggae fans worldwide way back in the the early 80's. Having grown up in Jamaica, Mikey moved to London as a teenager & began singing on the legendary Unity Sound. In the height of Reggae's 'digital era' in the 80's Mikey worked the dancehalls with fellow Unity Sound artists such as Kenny Knotts, Errol Bellot, Selah Collins, Richie Davis, Peter Bouncer, Demon Rocker & Flinty Rankin (the Ragga Twins) performing regularly alongside the likes of Coxsone, Saxon & other top sounds of the day. On stage Mikey has supported artists including Sugar Minott, Mikey General, Tippa Irie, Daddy Freddy & many more. <Download his music>

 

 

 

 

 

 

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