Sick Donkey Records Conscious Music Showcase feat. DJ Sticky, Essential I, Jahson Ites and Huckleber
| INDIE
Music
Press
“Global guest artists like Lutan Fyah, Ras Indio, Promoe and company set the pace for a contemporary
roots groove that helps bring reggae into the 21st Century.”
– Chuck Foster, BEAT Magazine
columnist / Host: KPFK-FM Los Angeles “ Reggae Central”
- Chuck Foster - Beat magazine
"…out of all the various riddim/label goals/initiatives I’ve heard
of, BY FAR, Sick Donkey’s is off to the most promising start in recent memory with such a piece
becoming its foundation...the Standing Firm riddim itself has a MAJOR claim on being the single best
riddim I heard…..and should have a place FIRMLY in the collections of most fans of modern Reggae,
worldwide. One of the best riddims I've ever heard"
- Ras Achis, 'Amazon Music's unoficial king of Reggae' speaking of the Standing Firm
Riddim)
- Ras Achis - Amazon Music
“...features a great one-drop roots riddim with some blazing horns and some
excellent voicings….this is fine ‘one riddim’ selection from start to finish.” – Teacher and Mr T
- Reggae-Vibes.com Netherlands
Discography
Released in Oct 2009:
The various artists CD compilation, the Standing Firm Riddim,
The compilation features the Sick Donkey Records stable artists, Jahson Ites, Huckleberry, and Essential I and a full array of top global Reggae artists. Pulling together the best Reggae artists from the Pacific Northwest (Adrian Xavier), Humboldt County, California (Ishi Dube), SF Bay Area (Wisdom), Brooklyn, NY (Rocker T) and the four corners of the Earth: Lutan Fyah, Chezidek, Half Pint, Prezident Brown (Jamaica), Haji Mike (Cyprus), Ras Attitude (U.S. Virgin Islands), Ms Triniti (Trinidad), Promoe (Sweden), Elaine Shepherd (Canada), and Ras Indio (Belize), was a natural for the CD project in the spirit of the label's World C.U.P. vision for unity through conscious Reggae music.
The Standing Firm Riddim is getting major radio play nationwide on almost a HUNDRED FM stations as well as Sirius/XM, Music Choice reggae chanel, DMX reggae and more..
Released in 2008:
Essential I, "FreeDem SoulJah"
With the song "Future Cops feat. Promoe (Looptroop Rockers - Sweden), DJ Sticky, Huckleberry and Jahson Ites.
Radio play for songs "Future Cops" has major online play for the music video.
Released in 2007:
Jahson Ites, "Forward Outta Babylon"
Featuring guest appearances by Adrian Xavier, BlueJay, Essential I and Santana's legendary trumpeter Bill Oriz.
Photos
Bio
Sick Donkey Records is a strictly conscious Reggae, Dancehall and Hip Hop label owned and operated by BlueJay (aka DJ Sticky), Huckleberry and Essential I.
Starting from very humble beginnings in the rural woods of Okanogan County (Eastern Washington State), the record label's founders have know each other from early childhood and achieved what no one thought possible.
Now, after working with some of the biggest Reggae, Dancehall and Hip Hop artists in the world are fully ready to push forward into their touring career.
Links
