Artist description About an hours train ride from London, nestled within the serenity of Berkshire in the English country side, Rej Forte and his Jah Works Label have been creating killer grooves and spreading positive vibes for a better part of the last decade. “What attracted me to the music early on was the fact that it wasn’t always about baby baby I love you, or baby I’ve lost you. It was about social issues that opened your head up and made you think,” say’s Rej about his initial involvement with Reggae and Dub.Coming from the country however it was not always easy to hear the sounds that had captivated him at the age of 11 when he first discovered the dub plates in his friends brothers collection. Thus Rej’s real involvement with the music began while attending Arts collage in the 1970’s. While everyone else was listening to Santana, Hendix and Zeppelin he formed several Reggae bands, starting off on drums before moveing to Rythm Guitar. Whilst struggling to make it as a graphic artist, Rej continued to nurture his love for the music, forming Reggae bands and doing gigs. One such out fit, Pressure from his own town of Newbury, recorded a seven inch called “ Fool to Yourself “ in 1982. This tune, released on Rej’s Macca Imprint, introduced him to the business of music.Though Pressure eventually broke up, more bands followed and Rej started producing such live acts as the Rythmites from Bath and Radical Dance Faction ( RDF ), who went on to success in their own right. The Roots Dynamics band, another group that Rej put together went on to become the revolutionary Dub Warriors, recording for On-U Sound.Rej started Jah Works as a means of releasing some of the tracks he was making at the time as well as to boost some of the local talent around him. After meeting Martin Cambell, a fellow Reggae-lover / vocalist, Bus Driver, who had built his home studio called Channel 1 UK, Rej started cutting tracks, the results of which appeared on the one foundation cassette compilation. Released in 1989, this album also spun off the successful foundation in Dub LP, which included vertions of all the original compilation tracks, mixed by Rej himself. Since then Rej has released music by Martin Cambell, singer Donette Forte and GT Moore ( AKA The Outsider ), putting out one or two releases per year for the last seven years. Despite numerous trails and tribulations with the music, the business, and the people, of his work he says, “ to me it’s about the spirit and encouraging whats good in people”. Through Jah Works, Rej has carried on the Roots tradition, producing conscious music for conscious people.

Music Style REGGAE,DUB

Musical Influences ALL GOOD REGGAE & DUB

Similar Artists WIDE RANGE

Artist History JAH REJ HAS WORKED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF REGGAE MUSICIANS. iNCLUDING G.T.MOOR, MENE MAN, RDF, DUB THE EARTH, UK PLAYERS, ALBA ROOTS, DUB WARRIORS JUST TO NAME SOME. IT IS RARE TO FIND HIM SINGING AND WRITING HIS OWN SONGS. FOR THE FIRST TIME NOT ON HIS OWN LABEL (JAH WORKS) JAH REJ THE PRODUCER,ENGINER,MUSICIAN,SINGER AND SONG WRITER. HELP BY SOME OF THE BEST REGGAE MUSICIANS IN ENGLAND TO DATE. ON THE EARTH SOUNDS LABEL THIS IS A TRIBUTE CD. A TRIBUTE TO JAH REJ.

Group Members See Band History. Jah Rej works with a great many Reggae atrists. Full details check out The Jah Works webb sit at www.jahworksouternational.freeserve.co.uk

Albums INSPIRATION

Additional Info The music on this site is owned by Earth sounds, for more JAH REJ GO TO www.mp3/jahworksuk

Location Hungerford, Berkshire - United Kingdom

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