Skettel Concerto -

In the heart of Kingston, where the bass from the sound systems shakes the very foundations of the zinc-roofed houses, lived a man known only as The Maestro. By day, he was a quiet gardener for a wealthy family in the hills. By night, he was a “selector,” a man who could command a crowd of thousands with nothing but a pair of turntables and a microphone.

The Maestro was obsessed with order and chaos. He kept a collection of scratched vinyl records: some were the heavy, drum-driven tracks of the ghetto; others were the delicate, soaring symphonies of men who had been dead for three hundred years. Skettel Concerto

Buccaneer (Andrew Bradford), a prominent figure in 90s dancehall. In the heart of Kingston, where the bass

It remains one of the most unique examples of "Opera-Dancehall," a style Buccaneer continued in his follow-up album Classic , which featured tracks based on Moonlight Sonata . The Maestro was obsessed with order and chaos

As the frantic, fluttering strings of the Figaro overture began to play, the crowd went silent. It was too fast, too delicate, too... polite. But then, The Maestro dropped the "riddim." He layered a punishing, heavy-bottomed bassline directly over Mozart’s violins. The result was a sonic explosion.