NY artist and producer Billy Polo has been working magic behind the console for years, as a trusted engineer and producer in Reggae and Dub. He has been behind the board for recordings with Lee Scratch Perry, Eek A Mouse, Ranking Joe, Addis Pablo and many more. He is a central figure in the archiving and restoration of Legendary reggae producer Clive Chinʼs Lost Archives of 17 North Parade - a collection of almost 1000 tape reels replete with the most seminal and influential names in the history of Reggae. Having spent a few years working closely with Chin, Billy gained a new perspective; “I got to put my hands on the past and it made me think about how I could use that knowledge to produce music that has the elements that made the old music so great, incorporating sounds that are relevant today”
For his second Dub Release - Halfway Dub - , Polo enlisted long time collaborator and guitarist extraordinaire Raja Kassis and seasoned reggae bassist Nate Edgar to go into the studio for a session.
Written, arranged, and recorded over 5 hours at The Kennel (Polo’s studio), the foundation was set to bring in Brooklyn session heavy Colin Brown (Charles Bradley, 3rd Generation Records) to round things out on keys. Polo then went back and did the mix, which ended up getting buried in his archive and forgotten about. He came across the mixes some time later, finalised and mastered the collection and now it’s ready to go out for reggae and dub fans everywhere.
“I’m glad this collection is finally seeing the light of day,” - Billy Polo
credits
released May 15, 2020
MUSICIANS - BILLY POLO / RAJA KASSIS / NATE EDGAR / COLIN BROWN
DRUMS and PERCUSSION : BILLY POLO
BASS : NATE EDGAR
RHYTHM and LEAD GUITAR : RAJA KASSIS
PIANO , ORGAN , SYNTHESIZER : COLIN BROWN
HORNS : MORGAN PRICE
PRODUCER : BILLY POLO
WRITTEN BY : NATE EDGAR , RAJA KASSIS , BILLY POLO
RECORDED AND MIXED BY : BILLY POLO AT THE KENNEL STUDIO
MASTERED BY : CARLOS HERNANDEZ AT RUSSELL STREET RECORDING
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