Love to see good quality videos for soca artistes. If that kinda thing gives you sweet dreams, you should enjoy this one. Here's "Boom Boom Boom", the remix.
It's an international collaboration of talent, the likes of which St. Lucian producers have been facilitating for a while (especially with European artists). You'll enjoy a beautiful montage featuring two hot artistes, and the gorgeous scenery of St. Lucia! Enjoy!
Song Title: Boom Boom Boom Artists: Tabia (St. Vincent) and Nathy (France) Riddim: Boom Boom Riddim Composer/Songwriter: Courtney "Curty" Louis (St. Lucia) Producer: Courtney "Curty" Louis (St. Lucia) Engineer: Francis "Leebo" De Lima Director: Emanuelle Bruch (France)
While I was in St. Lucia a couple weekends ago, I had the pleasure of chatting with producer, songwriter, composer Courtney "Curty" Louis. Don't let the soft-spoken renaissance man steez fool you. He's a creative warrior responsible for a long list of popular tracks for St. Lucia Carnival 2009, going back.
Rochelle, Curty and Nurse Karen on Just 4 Fun Boatride (July 11, 2009)
Known to many in his home island as plain old "Curty", Louis has extensive music industry links in Jamaica and Trinidad. He has collaborate music projects with people like Machel Montano, Beenie Man and Mavado....and the list really does go on. Around the Caribbean however, he is constantly building bridges as he attempts to put his personal stamp on the soca genre.
In attitude, style, Curty's vibe is international. In our conversations we discovered a host of mutual industry contacts from Grenada, to Toronto and everywhere in between. I mean, the man's Mama is a Vincy...just like mine...so, that deserves a little big up in itself!
So come with me, let's take a little ride with Courtney Lewis. Let's reason...
Still not sure if you know Curty's music? Check out this list of some of this 2009 St. Lucia Carnival releases. You'll catch on!
pace riddim - Bumpa Dey - Ms. Alysha De-Fence Riddim - KA-Boom - Superman HD Relieve Me Pressure - Qpid Bois - Kakal Potential Wine - Cookies & Cream featuring Qpid Genie in a Bottle - Marianne Up, Up and Away - Superman HD ft. Mista Vybe Boom Boom Riddim - My Life - Baby Blue and Mavado Boom Boom Riddim - Boom Boom Boom - Tabia Boom Boom Riddim - Whole Day (WUK) - Qpid Boom Boom RIddim - Who Are You - Zionomi ft. Bobby Bling Boom Boom Riddim - Hot Gal List - Boon Chatta St. Lucian Gal - Cherry L Kryptonite - Superman HD
So this past weekend in St.Lucia, Courtney aka "Curty" Louis and co-producer Francis "Leebo" released their much anticipated "Boom Boom" riddim for Carnival 2kwine!
Nurse Karen in St. Lucia with co-producer, Leebo
Perhaps much of the aniticpation was the result of this: one of dancehall's brightest young stars made his soca debut on it! Jamaica's self-described "Gangsta for Life", lends his voice to the caribbean's happiest genre, soca! I'll be the first to tell you, on the track "My Life", Mavado sounds just like his signature style...bringing a dancehall flavour to a riddim that is otherwise authentic groovy soca.
"After creating the riddim, I wrote lyrics for the song, "My Life,"...with Mavado in mind offcourse. I then sent the riddim and lyrics to Mavado and his team by email, who then sent me the vocals for his part of the song. Right after I contacted Baby Blue and he and I worked on his parts, and the rest is history..",
Three songs premeried on MC Scady's program on Radio Caribbean on Saturday afternoon.
- Whole Day (Wuk) - Qpid (St. Lucia) - Boom Boom Boom - Tabia (St. Vincent) - My Life - Baby Blue (St. Lucia) and Mavado (Jamaica)
A few more titles entered St. Lucian circulation on Tuesday of this week:
- Hot Gal List - Boone Chatta (Germany), one half of the internationally acclaimed Soca Twins sound crew. - Who are You - Zionomi (St. Lucia) ft. Bobby Bling (Jamaica)
In Toronto with Soca Twins (Boone is the cutie on the left)
I always try to give a little shine to the producers. So it's time to big up the puppetmaster behind this peculiar assembly of talent - the one Courtney Louis. He's a St. Lucian who is well known and respected in Trinidad's music community, especially since he helped to slap together the track that would earn Machel Montano a roadmarch win for Jumbie. In 2007, he shared the accolaides for Soca of the Year and Song of the Year. However, it was the Song Writer of the Year Award that really turned heads.
In fact, the Boom Boom riddim was so named after the title track, which was written by Louis and performed by Tabia. Songwriting is definitely his strong suit, having either written or co-written all of the tunes on the riddim.
In St. Vincent with artiste, Tabia
Curty says he's got a lot more surprises this carnival: " The season hasn’t even started yet. We have at least two other riddims working on that will include power and groovy vibes. I have plans to work with a number of Saint Lucian and regional artistes. A few to mention are, Mr Killa ( Grenada ), KMC ( Trinidad ), Beenie Man ( Jamaica ), and Marie Anne ( St. Lucia )."
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