Before dancehall artiste Mavado was the 'it' singjay of dancehall he was a struggling artiste that needed a helping hand. When Mavado came down to the DASECA studios Mavado got the right push into the business.
Mavado was introduced to the DASECA producers by Foota Hype and Razz and Biggy and from the instance he sang his first note DASECA knew he would be big.
"From me hear him sing mi know he was very talented, he has raw talent," DASECA's Craig Harrisingh told The STAR. "The first time he came with three songs till we told him to go and write more and come back- till he did and now he has like three hundred."
DASECA has produced songs for Mavado such as 'Real McKoy', 'Full Clip' featuring Busy Signal, 'Dreaming', Bad Man Place' featuring Busy Signal, 'Dying' featuring Serani, 'Dem Fear Mi', 'Heartbeat', 'Don't Worry' and a number of the rhythms Mavado has sung on DASECA has helped produce them. Craig said "we turn Mavado into a star, he has grown in terms of his vocal abilities."
According to David Harrisingh, DASECA moulded the artiste vocally and lyrically stating "must of the songs we do wid him people aren't dying in it, we do uplifting songs with him."
Despite the hard times that the artiste experiences in the media such as his recent arrest DASECA still remains good friends with the artiste and takes care of his music to ensure the best productions and not just another song.
Craig told The STAR, "people give him a hard time, but wen your hot that's how it goes and since him buss he has been very consistent and he sings about a lot of things even now with 'On The Rock' which is different."
The lyrical sound of DASECA
The DASECA arsenal of music is a star studded list of hit songs. Having been around in the business for seven years DASECA is one of the most talked about producers in the business at the moment.
Sometimes filled with haunting sounds and conscious lyrics DASECA has a unique sound that varies from sad, happy, upbeat and continues to come up with the hottest rhythms. On the darker side there are songs such as Journeys and Wha You Gonna Do by Bugle and Don't Worry from Mavado but there are also more upbeat DASECA produced songs such as Gully Creeper by Elephant Man, Dutty Wine by Tony Matterhorn and Back It Up by Beenie Man.
According to DASECA producer David Harrisingh "we don't like to repeat things and repeat a sound. There are a lot of songs that we do and people don't know about."
Rhythms that DASECA has helped compose include Build Back, Mad Guitar for Don Corleon, Ice Breaker and Step for Renaissance which had two huge hits for Sean Paul including We Be Burning, Wipe Out for Jigsy and Pennybling, Chakka Chakka for Firelinks, Hundred Watt for Garamel Music songs such as Wha Do Dem Guy Deh and Money Machine for Assassin, Willie Bounce for DJ Kareem among countless others.
Finally respect
While DASECA has never always got their due credit according to Craig Harrisingh, "we have attained a level of ratings and respect in the industry."
Another producer that the group admires is Stephen McGregor as David said, "we love to see when everybody is a hit, good songs are good songs I wouldn't want to go into a club and hear DASECA alone, I like to see others do well."
While Craig said, "Stephen is doing really well. We like how he does his thing."
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