MR MAGIK

Black Magik Entertainment is a spin-off from Big-League Production, which was run by Adrian, Seani B and I. We were best known for The Spanish Fly, Sun Is Shining, and The Paradise rhythms. The onlyinstrumentalist we used on our productions was Adrian, and based on our productions it would be a fear statement to say that Adrian is currently one of the best instrumentalists.

I met Seani B when I was teenager and our friendship was always surrounded by music. He had a sound system in his bedroom; I loved music so it was a natural connection. We used to link up and practice everyday. Seani B was the selector; Wingie Foots and I were the DJs. Sometimes the vibes would be so nice that Seani B would  also start to DJ as well. Those days were our training ground but as we were having fun it didn’t feel like training.

The first big stage I performed on was U Roy’s (THE LEGENDARY FATHER OF DANCE HALL DJ’s AND RAPPING) Olympic Football Ground talent show; I was around twelve years old and I did the show. I did the show with my ankle heavily bandaged because of an injury I had received earlier that day. I had to leave before the results were announced due to the pain I was in. I found out a couple days later that I had won.

Adrian was a seasoned instrumentalist, being a full time member of Ras-Ites band before we got together to work on Big-League’s productions, so naturally I learnt a lot from him. Seani B introduced me to him after his work on Spanish Fly, the link was made from there and the connection grew. stronger. I am rated as a great studio engineer but I have to say thanks to Adrian. Adrian tours constantly now.

My first rhythm creation was the Spanish Fly; Seani B used it as the rhythm for the

Bon Garcon-Shake-Shake remix; we then decided to make a juggling from the rhythm. Adrian took the rhythm and went samba with it; which I have to say is my favourite cut, the rest as they say is history. It was also around this time I approached  Tubby T and explained what we had in mind for Big League Production, he was impressed with our progress and instantly hit the studio. The resulting song was

(Ready Shi Ready), which became one of his biggest hits. REST IN PEACE

TUBBY T.

My next move was to remake Bob Marley’s Sun Is Shining. At the time everyone was

on the dancehall thing but I wanted to demonstrate our musical abilities, it would have been easy to create a rhythm but to recreate one such as the Sun Is Shining properly would cement our status as producers. Paradise was something I heard Adrian playing

and fell in love with it. The next thing he knew I returned with songs to be mixed. I intended to use that Paradise Rhythm to break some great-unknown talent, but because most  disk-jocks playing music today chase clout instead of focusing on talent and quality songs those songs fell through the cracks, however the really great songs on that rhythm are from unknown artists. The Paradise Rhythm also brought my writing abilities to the public in a big way.

I’m constantly writing but the songs I wrote and co-wrote on the paradise received major attention. The Sizzla track The Solution – one of my creations – was very well received.

Along the way I’ve had the pleasure of writing with the likes of Beenie Man, Machel Montano, Luciano, Tony Rebel, Tony Curtis, Richie Spice, Chuck Fender to mention a few.

As we grew as creatives we started to get the attention that comes with delivering

respected art. Unfortunately as that attention came in we got more and more divided. The relationship between Seani B and Adrian got so bad everything came to a halt. As a result of that attention and subsequent infighting I am now on my own; but I still have that burning passion, and because I don’t think we made the mark that we could have as a team I am still on a mission to make that mark. I’ve always been told that I make magic happen; so I think Black Magik is a fitting name. To be honest the upcoming talents around us gave me no choice, they said I gave them the attention they needed and the professional sound some artists couldn’t achieve.

So with no money but loaded with infinite talent I present Black Magik Entertainment.

Under this banner you can catch me on LWR Talk and LWR Reggae presenting ‘The Truth’ talk show each Monday and Saturday. It is a no holds barred talk show where I will say it exacy as it is.

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