New Album / Producer Bulby York – Epic & Ting / Debut Effort Blending Reggae and EDM feat. Jamaican Superstar Vocalists
Producer and engineer Collin “Bulby” York rallies Jamaican superstars – Beres Hammond, Bounty Killer, Tenor Saw, Assassin, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Jesse Royal, Maxi Priest, Cherine, Sizzla, Busy Signal, Lutan Fyah and more – for his debut album Epic & Ting. Bulby’s sound spans multiple genres – merging reggae, dancehall, dub and EDM into a style of his own.
As one of Jamaica’s most in-demand studio men, the Kingston-born producer has put his touch on signature dancehall records by Sean Paul, Bounty Killer and Beenie Man and also worked with the who’s who of pop music, including No Doubt, Rihanna, Britney Spears, Madonna. After years of bringing other people’s projects to life, Bulby now has a masterpiece he can call his own in Epic & Ting.
The album features a mixture of reggae staples (Sizzla, Maxi Priest) and up-and-coming talents (Lennox, Ch’an) from across the Caribbean. “The concept is me being the artiste/producer who makes the beats and gets the best songs with talented artistes from the Caribbean,” he told the Jamaica Observer. “It is similar to a David Guetta or a Calvin Harris project.”
Fans of reggae music will be treated to some truly epic collaboration. “Anything Goes” teams dancehall warlord Bounty Killer with the King of Jamaican Lovers Rock, Beres Hammond. On “Whom Shall I Fear,” he pairs dancehall boss (and Kanye and Kendrick collaborator) Assassin with some lost vocals from Tenor Saw, the late icon known for “Ring the Alarm.” And “Soul Almighty” makes the unexpected connection between up-and-coming conscious crooner Jesse Royal and Lee “Scratch” Perry.
Listen/post “Anything Goes” ft. Beres Hammond & Bounty Killer:
