Addis Pablo

Addis Pablo - For The Love Of Jah - One Motion Music

The various directions that reggae music as gone in recent years have not found much favour with many reggae fans. So the attention always keep going back to the past. What is needed was a way to connect the past to the future. Enter Addis Pablo. The son of the great Augustus Pablo. Augustus died in 1999. And although the sound of the melodica is still around - it didn't have a champion.

Addis embraces his Father's love of the humble instrument to the fullness. And adds interesting little touches to it here - which is also his debut set. A various artists set of 14 tracks. Its also a new style of one riddim album.

The first seven tracks feature the likes of Norris Man, and Ginjah. While others like Jah Bami and Khari Kill are new and hail from Trinidad and Tabogo.

The remaning seven track are dub work outs from Addis and show his great skills on the melodica and keyboards. An essential set. And one that his father would be proud of.

Addis Pablo - In My Fathers House - Jah Solid Rock - 2015

Producer Marc Baronner's vision of Addis Pablo's work is how reggae should be presented today - not only do you get a magnificent digipak - you get music recorded all over Europe and then carefully mixed in Jamaica featuring vocals from Earl Sixteen, Chezidek, Sylford Walker, Prince Alla and Jah Exile. These excellent songs are then presented in a showcase style - Instrumental featuring Addis of course on Melodica and Keyboards, then the vocal, then a dub. This presents nearly every aspect of the music - only some more deejays cuts like from people like Jah Exile. Could make this a better album - but this 17 track set is something new - I cannot think of any album which as taken been presented in such a thoughtful way. Addis's father had some great ideas on where to take the music. It's truly good news that Addis's as found people who share his father's vision.

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