Dada Yute speaks out

06 Jan, 2017 - 00:01 0 Views
Dada Yute speaks out

The ManicaPost

…continued from last week

HOW DID YOU DECIDE TO BECOME SOLO ARTIST?

IT was not really my decision. Because I really had a dream that I wanted to stay in the band. But things change in the mind because people, they are so volatile, they can change very quick. So I had to continue.

Before it happened I had already started some tracks with Gustah. Before I came out of the band I was already going to the studio recording some new tracks, trying my vocals because I was very young and just started to sing.

When the moment for me to come out the band reached I had some tunes ready so I just recorded a few more tunes and release my first album which has Mikey General on it and Lukan I and Ras Bernado, the first reggae singer from Cidade Negra, one of the first reggae bands from Brazil. He is the first, original vocalist so he is a big Brazilian reggae legend.

YOU ALSO APPEARED ON THE SUGAR ROY AND CONRAD CRYSTAL ALBUM, SUGAR ROY CONRAD CRYSTAL AND THE GREAT REGGAE ICONS.

Sugar Roy and Conrad Crystal! Give thanks! I can’t forget that. When I first went to Jamaica and voiced a song with Mikey General they saw me because they were working, mixing their album. I went and voiced with Lukan I first and they watch me voicing and they asked somebody “Who is this Brazilian reggae artist?” And they felt nice to approach me an invite me to sing on the album called Great Icons Of Reggae.

It has great icons and they featured me and Gyptian as the only young artists. I sang the song which was a remake of The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff. It was a boom!

YOU’VE ALSO RELEASED LOTS OF SINGLES, A MIXTAPE AND 2 EPS…

Before the first album I had my first official release on 7 inch on a Digital Dubs rhythm production, and Kooga Sound released it – they are from Switzerland in Europe. Side A had King Kong and side B had Dada Yute. That was my real first release. Then I released my album. After the first album I released singles.

Then I started to link up with a different artists through King Maraton, who is a Jamaican artist living in Mexico, who I met when I was there with Digital Dubs. He invited me to sing a song on his new album. After that I have been receiving invitations to record with Perfect Giddimaniand even Vaughan Benjamin from Midnite recorded with me.

Then I released my mixtape. International Call. It had many collaborations  with Derajah, Jah Fabio, Manik B from Mexico. After the mixtape we released the new EP Zion Bird. It was released last year here at Rototom but only digital. Five tracks. Ganja Lips Woman. Love Til The End. Jah Jah Children, which is a Lions of Israel song but I did a remake and called my brethren Michel Irie for a combination.

He is a bad deejay from Brazil. A Brazilian singjay. I now release my new EP right now Another Gun Buzz. It has the hit songRototom City on it.

HOW DID YOU MAKE THE CONNECTION WITH ROTOTOM?

The connection started in Brazil. Freedom Sound, Bruno Huart is where everything started. It was at this small bar on the beach. Bruno, who was over there working in promoting Freedom Sound, did an interview on the radio and he was playing with the sound system. He invited me to play there.

I never knew anything about Rototom until I reached there and he started to show me. And he invited Carlo Niekro who is the official Rototom photographer to come to the show because he lives there. He came to the show with a big camera but the place wasn’t proper. It was a dark place with too many people to do photos.

I don’t know why he stayed so long there shooting me but he gave me 80 pictures from that night. He stayed with me until the taxi came to take me to the airport to go back to São Paulo. He said “Dada Yute need to go to Rototom. Not to perform but just to see the atmosphere of a big reggae festival in Europe.” I said “Alright.

Can you give me an invitation?” So he sent me an invitation and in the same reply he said “I sent your video to the people in production. They like you. You want to sing in the showcase?” I said “Yeah man. Of course”. So me and my Royal Reggae Band from Brazil made a lot of effort to make it happen, searching for strength from families to brothers and sisters in the streets to get the money to come and make things happen and give Rototom a nice performance.

After the first show last year it was a good look and the media talked about us. From out of 250 artists they talked about the Brazilian Dada Yute artist and the Royal Reggae Band. So it was a nice thing. Great step. I wrote the song on the last day. Just inspiration vibes. A seven-day festival and I never been in a place like that so I just got amazing inspiration. One month later Jah Youth production from Hawaii sent me the West End Sun rhythm.

I went to Gustah, EchoSound Systems studio, Red Eye Station and voiced it. When I looked at the song I said “What a nice song explaining the vibes of the festival”. So I showed it to the people in the festival, Carlo Niekro showed it to Katia Brollo, showed to Bruno Huart, Freedom sounds showed it to Filippo.  Filippo said “I like it. I like the music.

Very nice. Very good content in the lyrics. We want to promote this so come back this year”. So that’s why I am here again. So this year we felt like we conquered the reggae city because we did all the stages. It is a seven-day festival and we did more than seven appearances. — reggaeville
For contributions on reggae/dancehall music and latest news contact Ras Libz Kartel on 0773 219 891 or [email protected]

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