Bacchanalism

The Tobago-born Reggae star Franz Job stroke again: his latest achievement is a new riddim sampler with a fine selection of Reggae artists performing on the Country Life Riddim, produced by Franz Job in the name of the Country Boyz Foundation.
The perfect smooth summer soundtrack we all were waiting for! Music from the heart with positive messages and relaxed vibes.
Again, like on his earlier riddim samplers Franz gathered an impressive array of gifted artists many of whom are well known on their islands but still to be discovered for the global Reggae scene.
Beside Franz himself with his track "Every Day" there are for example the Trinidadian Reggae & Soca artist Bud Ramsay with his fantastic tune "Top of the World", the breathtakingly versatile Soca, Reggae and yes: Hardcore singer Malene Younglao, born in T&T living in Philly, with her song "Lick Shot", the US Rootsreggae band King Solomon with their uplifting song "Get Myself Together", "All Over Again" by Khari Kill from New York who in the words of BBC radio is "Reggae's unknown superstar", the Guyanese singer Bumpa Green, the HipHop, Reggae and Soca producer and singer Dainjamental, and many many more.

Please find the download links here!

Country Boyz Foundation Presents: Country Life Riddim by Faluma

Just a few weeks after the horrible earthquake, Haiti already disappears again from TV and the public attention. However the people of Haiti are still having incredibly hard times and we were extremely relieved to hear that all our Haitian artists and their families are at least alive and unharmed. More than ever we want to support them as best as we can, so we'ld like to draw your attention once again to the releases from Haiti / the Haitian Diaspora:

Frèt Kash

The latest release of Bacchanalism, the album "Illusion" builds bridges across borders: borders of countries, cultures, minds and music-styles.
7 young musicians with roots in Haiti, Côte d'Ivoire and Switzerland teamed up, called themselves Crazy Boys Generation, or CBG, and mingled their musical backgrounds to create a unique style.
CBG was founded in 2006 in Geneva by the three friends Antoine Alouidor alias T-one, Joelby Jean alias Jlb Tafia, Yannick Dje alias Y.Dje. Owing to their enthusiasm, creativity and love for music, they were able to get more and more band members on board. Over the years not only the band, but also their fan-base grew, infected by CBG's verve and energy loaded performances at festivals and concerts in Switzerland and abroad.
Their style is truely one-of-a-kind: Haitian mizik rasin and rap fuse to rapsin, with Haitian drums, west African sounds and lyrics sung and rapped in French, Creole and English.
The producer Ted Gabriel Beaubrun alias TedyBoy, deriving from a musical family, stirred versatile cultural influences with great creativity and composed an array of fresh and innovative pieces for CBG's album "Illusion", released in 2009.
This energetic mixture of positive vibes, well-produced beats and intelligent lyrics will definitely make you listen to the voice of the Crazy Boys Generation!

It's not just an "illusion", it's straightforward reality!
Find the links to the download stores where you can purchase the album "Illusion" here, please.

Go and check out the Boys live at Festival Tambour Battant (Genève, Switzerland), November  28th, 2009.

Boukman Eksperyans is one of the most important and most popular bands from Haiti, touring the world for the last two decades, once even have been nominated for a Grammy. Being a blend of Rasin, Reggae and Voodoo Rock, the band's sound is as unique as it is enchanting. The fusion of traditional Haitian influences, rock-style guitar and uplifting lyrics in French, Kreyol and English is a hallmark of the band that was named after Dutty Boukman a hero of the slave uprising that resulted in the Haitian revolution.

Bacchanalism is proud to present one of the most promising Reggae artists from Trinidad & Tobago: Franz Job. Beside the widely known Soca and Calypso culture of the Caribbean twin-island republic, there is also a lively Reggae scene with a musical output on the highest quality level. Franz Job, the Eclectic Country Boy from Tobago is not only a skilled producer, but also a singer with a fantastic voice and a lot of song writing talent.
Please find the links to his releases on Bacchanalism below:
His solo album:

Franz Job - Babylon Is Dead

Riddim compilations produced by Franz Job:

Country Boyz Foundation presents: Country Boy - The Riddim Album

Country Boyz Foundation presents: The Beautiful Songs of More Times - The Riddim Album

Country Boyz Foundation presents: Love Trap - The Riddim Album

Coming soon to all major download stores!

"Frèt Kash" by Negus World Order feat. Siameze and Sha
Haiti Kanaval 2009, Rapsin style, by artists from the Ayiti Diasporap posse.

The legendary Haitian band Boukman Eksperyans now cooperates with Bacchanalism. We are very proud to announce that we will make their wonderful new album "La Révolte Des Zombies" available for download in all major download stores in October. Above you can enjoy the very first video of one of the album's tunes "Twoubadou Rasin".

"Babylon Is Dead" is the debut album of Franz Job, the brightest star
on the Reggae firmament above his beautiful home, the Caribbean island of Tobago.

After the immense success as a producer of three riddim compilations and singer of several single tunes, he now presents this wonderful solo album. With his unique voice Franz Job tells his audience about his youth on the countryside, of finding his way abroad and of his love for music that helps getting through all hardships and sweetens the happy moments of live.

In Franz Jobs songs the influences of Jamaican Roots Reggae mingle with the elaborate lyrical tradition of Calypso from Trinidad & Tobago. The result is an album filled with intriguing melodies and lyrics with a message.

To find the download links click here, please.

And the CD is available here.

And there are detailed reviews about the album in German on dancehallmusic.de and  reggae-town.de.