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Christos DC – Speak The Fire

 

Christos DC (Chris Vrenios), a Greek-American, is a Washington, DC-based artist/producer/touring musician whose humble force has been influential in shaping the DC reggae scene and beyond. His own recordings, paired with the recordings he has shouldered through his own Honest Music DC label, for some of the most well-known artists in the reggae scene, have left a deep row from which powerful fruit has grown; great blooms continue to open for creations to come.… Read More

Birth of a Phoenix: the Rise of Raging Fyah

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.

From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
-Robert Frost from “Fire and Ice”

Fire invokes transformation and purification. The Phoenix falling in a ball of flame, only to rise again from the ashes.Read More

First Listen: Simpkin Project – Hustling

In October 2007, I flew from Washington, DC to California to join Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad on their first ever West Coast tour. Two of the shows were with a band I had never heard of before named The Simpkin Project, from Huntington Beach, CA.… Read More

Red Ninja – Live Set. This Is Music For Your Meditation

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