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NASIO FONTAINE RISE UP * * *
Nasio Fontaine was born in Dominica and rised with
Calypso, Soca and Zouk. In 1981 Nasio moved to St. Maarten were he
discovered Reggae and Rastafari. His debut came in 1986, when he recorded
his first single “Born to Be Free”. Another came in 1990
with “Babylon Is Falling”. "Rise Up" is a collection
of tracks taken from his four albums released so far: "Reggae
Power" (1994), "Revolution" (1999), "Living In
The Positive" (2003) and "Universal Cry" (2006). As
sometimes happens the "Best Of..." compilations contain
what "they" (the label) think is the best material, and
considering that I only listened to this set, my impressions are partial.
Unfortunately I am not particularly impressed, except for a few tracks
only. Here Nasio shifts between some very good Roots Reggae and some
poor American pop oriented sounds just slightly spiced with what we
are used to call Reggae. Again, this is the first time that I appoach
him but I heared very good comments on him. Unfortunately tracks as
"Rise Up" are embarassing or as with "When" the
material delivered is heartfelt but is not Reggae. What is good are
"Living In The Positive", "Africa
We Love", "African
Spirit"
and "Apple". The rest is average
and simple contemporary Reggae. Anything special. I hope to be back
after listening to some complete releases, but up to now I am not
enlighted. Do not live on your expectations.
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2003-2005 - Greensleeves - studio
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