Nereus Joseph

NEREUS JOSEPH BIOGRAPHY

ALBUMS:
LOVES GOTTA TAKE ITS TIME
GUIDANCEYOURS TO KEEPREJOICEHOPE, LOVE & FAITH
REAL REBELS CAN'T DIE YAH SO MI DEH
NEREUS
JOSEPH was born on the 12th May 1962 in St. Lucia to a musical family;
His parents were both singers, mother sang harmonics in a band with her
six sisters and his uncles are the famous calypso band from his native
land called THE MERRY MAKERS.  At the age of 7 years NEREUS and older
brother arrived to the UK to settle in the East End with his parents who
had arrived a few years previously.  The climate and culture shock took
some adjusting to as he could not even get on with the food let alone
find much music to listen to but that was all smoothed over with gifts
of LP's from his cousin who supplied him with the latest songs by DENNIS
BROWN, MIGHTY DIAMONDS and such like.

At
the tender age of 18 years surrounded with the heavy influence of
reggae music in the street of London, NEREUS formed his first band
called THE COPTIC ROOTS BAND and as the lead singer emerged onto the UK
Reggae Scene in 1979 with the single 'ROOTS & CULTURE'
on the OXYMITE RECORDS label.  This led him to his first number one hit
'SENSI CRISIS' followed by 'SPECIAL LADY' which firmly established him
in the Reggae Foundation. 

After a few years of touring with the
band NEREUS signed with the South London based FASHION RECORDS label
and released his debut album 'LOVES GOTTA TAKE IT'S TIME' which also
included the 'MOVE ON UP' and SENSI CRISIS singles.  He subsequently
recorded two more albums for FASHION RECORDS called 'YOURS TO KEEP' and
'GUIDANCE' which still many years later continue to contribute to the UK
Reggae Industry.

During the late 80's, NEREUS opened his
horizons, touring the world with various Top Acts like DENNIS BROWN,
CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS and BUNNY WAILER and sang BOB MARLEY songs for
KENCO COFFEE - 'STIR IT UP' and RIGHT GUARD - 'THREE LITTLE BIRDS'
Advertisements for television. NEREUS then took a well deserved break
from his hectic work life and went back home to St Lucia where he toured
his native land with both veterans and made links with up and coming
artists like RICKY-D, never leaving the music far behind. At this time
NEREUS recorded for ORIGINAL RECORDS and SAXON RECORDS plus a whole lot
of other sounds which have help to maintain his name within the reggae
circles.

NEREUS with his years of experience decided to set up
his own record label called SIRIUS RECORDS in 1995 and by the end of the
millennium he had returned to St Lucia, recruiting RICKY-D which led to
the hit album 'LIVING IN LOVE' which included the tracks 'REVOLUTION',
'LILLY OF 10,000' and 'INFLUANCE OF SLAVERY'.  'LIVING IN LOVE' was
released in the Caribbean and was a major hit. In 1996, NEREUS
collaborated with the reggae group PASSION on the 'SHARE YOUR LOVE(NO
DIGGITTY)' for the CHARM RECORD label and NEREUS JOSEPH became known to
the wider Music Industry.  He also worked with TENOR FLY on the
'SUNSHINE' and 'WHAT'S THE NAME OF SOUND' and 'MY GIRL' singles.  
March
1997 and in collaboration with the hottest producers and musicians on
the CHARM RECORD label, NEREUS unleashed his eagerly awaited 'REJOICE'
LP taking the media and general public by storm which smoothly took him
to SAXON RECORDS and ROUGH CUT RECORDS, which led to the 'HOPE, FAITH
& LOVE' album.

NEREUS has spent the last few years working with
various projects with young people as well as the veterans within The
World Of Reggae from singers to musicians to some of the best producers
on the block like DUB JUDAH, WAZAIR, KING LORENZO, AFRICAN SIMBA,
DONAVON KING J, WAYNE LYRICS, CD RANKS, CHRIS PECKINGS to name but a
few... NEREUS recently produced LOVELLA ELLIS' new album
'VERSATILE' which was launched in April 2013 at the Jazz Cafe,
London.NEREUS and LOVELLA collaborated on CIYO BROWN's classic 'COME OUT
TO PLAY' which reached No 2 in the British Reggae Charts."THINGS IN
LIFE" is the first of NEREUS' tracks from the new album "Yah So Mi Deh"
which was be released on 17th  January 2014 featuring collaborations
with LEROY SIBBLES, ANTHONY B & KINGJAY.