ReviewsDec 27, 2017

Asher-E - Black Star Melodies (Black Star Foundation)

With albums by Exile Di Brave and Leah Rosier, and riddim production 'World Of Righteousness Riddim' ('Don't Judge' is a dubby instrumental of Robina Souilljee's eponymous version over that riddim), 2017 has been a prolific year for Black Star Foundation, and multi-instrumentalist, sound engineer and producer Eelco Kastermans aka Asher-E had a major hand in all of those projects.

It's therefore only fair the label ends the year with an instrumental melodica-album from the man himself. 'Black Star Melodies' features 8 tracks in which, apart from Asher's melodica, violin, percussion and guitar, can also be heard, together with the voices of Exile Di Brave ('On A Mission' is an instrumental version of Exile Di Brave's 'Never Get Weak Yet'), Marlon Asher, U Roy (the great 'Control Tower') and Vivian Jones ('All Of My Life ' is a version of Jones' 'All My Life'), all artists Asher collaborated with over the past few years. Classic melodica-album in the style of grandmaster Augustus Pablo.

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Together with Jah Shakespear, one of the founders of Reggae.be, he first started as a critic and a reporter before in the end of 2014 becoming editor in chief. Divides his time between his two passions: music and Haile Selassie.

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Dec 27, 2017

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