Just in time for the Carnival Season, Esclav Band releases their follow up to their debut album Slaves For Music. It's called Lights, Camera, Action! From just the name it sounds like a real hit with a little something for everyone. Some of the more popular tracks on the album include the title track 'Lights, Camera Action", "Express Yourself," "I feel it," "Take Ur Time', and "One Nation" featuring Wayne ‘Benji’ Benjamin.
This work of musical art was produced at O5 studio in Canefield by Yohann ‘Puskey’ Ferrol and features talented vocalists including former Digicel Rising Star finalist Tasha Peltier, Midian ‘DJ Midian’ Pacquette, Kelis ‘Koko Killer’ Mitchel and Carlian ‘Falco’ James. Other band members include Brenton ‘Brenti’ Vidal on lead keyboards, Melchour ‘Tile’ Joseph on rhythm keyboards and Victor ‘Bassy’ Mictchel controls the bass. Yohann ‘Puskey’ Ferrol also features on the drums. Guest vocalists on the album include Kurt ‘Rikkashay’ Saverin on ‘Take Ur Time’, Clement ‘Bambi’ Jno Baptiste on ‘Express Yourself’ and Alyssia ‘Lyssie’ Ferrol featuring on ‘Ice Box’.
Aight so here are three songs from the new album Lights, Camera, Action! "I Feel It," "Express Yourself," "One Nation" feat Mr. Benji (click arrows to go to next song)
About Esclav
In 2006 a few guys including some of the current members produced a couple popular singles namely ‘Super Mario’ and D-X which caught the attention of the organizers of the Cable & Wireless Creole in Park (now LIME) and they were challenged to form a band in order to play at the event; hence the birth of Esclav Band. The Cable and Wireless Creole in the Park was the first official performing platform for the band and it has been no turning back since.
Check out their official MySpace Page.
So I went to town (Roseau) on Saturday to check out the parade and opening activities. Man before I blink it was over. Anyways I got some pics of the parade itself and shots of the pageant contestants, officials and performers. The event was held at Festival City AKA the Pottersville Savannah. Though it started on time, patrons had to wait for mass at the nearby St. Alphonsus Catholic Church to end.
One thing I had to mention though. I noticed that (apart from LIME's obvious presence) most of the sponsors in the parade were alcohol companies: Heinekin, Hennessy, Kubuli, Carib. Now I am not saying that they should not sponsor Carnival, after all I'm sure business is very good for them at this time, so they should give back to the community. But I did not see many businesses with a strong presence in the parade. Thats something to think about!
Oh yeah and one more thing. Before I left the park, the flagwavers were performing and I was just like amazed that adults would let these young girls perform the way they did. Those girls came on stage and I'm hearing "when you want it fasta, Imma give you fasta/when you want it deeper Imma give you deeper" and putting some serious wine on the stage. Now me, I am close to 30 I can go in the club and wine deeper and harder and fasta till the cows come home. But when I see an 8 year old, doing that on a stage and other kids looking at that, guess who I blame? The ADULT who not only chaperoned her but more than likely taught her that it was OK to dance like that. I believe having a group like flag wavers is a fantastic idea. It is an opportunity for young girls to congregate and do something fun, of course its great payback to perform on stage at carnival time. I do believe that the organizers of these groups should see it as an opportunity to instill good values into these girls, to teach them to be creative (trust me I could have pick a wicked hot playlist with no profanity or age-inappropriate lyrics), and to represent themselves with quality and class! Anyways that is my two cents..and believe me I saw a number of persons with mouth open, shaking their heads just like me....yeah so go and check your pictures now! enough talking....
