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Biography
Born on the island of St. Croix, Batch became
inspired by music at a very early age. With exposure to musical  equipment
and records he developed an interest in music. As a teen he began playing drums and
became exposed to other musical instruments at a church. After completing school, Batch
played professional gigs as a drummer first with Danny Tucker, a vintage
roots singer out of Jamaica, then moving on as lead vocalist and drummer helping to form the
reggae band Motion, along with brothers Eddie 'I-DE'
and Reggie 'I-GE' Beazer in the city of
Boston. They went on to win Boston's Caribbean Best Reggae Band Award
for five years consecutively as a supporting band and independently performing as Motion
throughout the eastern U.S., sharing the stage with some of the strongest on the reggae scene
such as Tony Rebel, Spragga Benz, Bushman, Buju Banton, Capleton, Anthony B, Determine Louie
Culture to name a few.
Faith in Rastafari, Batch ventured into
production and Sound V.I.Zion Records was established in 1999. Strictly
consciousness inna African musical Liberation, music for the mind. With the release of seven
conscious CDs to date including two crucial solo albums "Who You Are"
2003 and "Keep The Faith" 2004, Batch continues to
be one of St. Croix's most prolific singers, producers, and musicians. Redeemer of the
African Nation Mental, physical and soul.
Batch is currently touring alongside players
of instruments knows as the band Zioniers, keep yuh ears and eyes intune for
this Rasta Music movement.
Sound V.I.Zion
Records
P.O.Box 7256, Sunny Isle
St. Croix, U.S.V.I. 00823
(340) 719-0485 |
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Interviews
Batch Interview
February 13, 2007
Oakland, California
Running Time: 42:43
Click on Image to hear
Interview
Batch,
Ras Attitude & Afyah at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival Press Conference June
18, 2005
Click image to hear Press Conference
Running Time:
36:41
(Virginiareggae.com)
Sound
V.I.Zion recording artist Batch, has blessed us with two albums to date. Who you are, and Keep the
Faith. Both of these albums are powerful lyrically and musically. Virginia reggae was very
surprise to see Batch at the hurricane relief Benefit last month. We seize the opporunity to speak
with Batch about his ablums and some of his life experience. - More
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Album
Reviews
Know Thyself
Achi's Reggae Blog:
Ras Batch has already
done so much in the music and continues to work his
magic within the class of the absolute best of the
modern era of Reggae music. As I've said in the past,
the St. Croix Reggae wizard has, rather quietly, become
a favourite of mine and I look at him largely now as
having a style which, although ostensibly is very
straight forward, is probably ahead of its time. I'm
thinking that maybe twenty or thirty years on from now,
you'll have fans, younger and older alike, suddenly
coming to the realization that this singer who emerged
in the early 2000's from out of the Virgin Islands and
went by the name Batch, made some complete musical GEMS
in his time. -
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To The Root
Musicmnp:
Batch’s latest release To
the Root (Sound Vizion Records) follows in the path of a
steady flow of quality modern roots releases out of the
Virgin Islands. With the rhythm section of Bassist Phil
“Pix” Merchant—of Midntie and Bambu Station fame—and Batch
himself credited on 11 of 16 cuts, the album delivers with
diverse and penetrating productions.
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Vizionary
Reggae
Vibes:
This gem produced by
Revolution Sound and Batch and released by Itation
Records will satisfy the ears of those roots reggae
lovers. Although Batch is a limited singer this can
hardly be a reason to do not pick up this album. The
message is always uplifting and the riddims are
top-notch, check for example the single "Wicked World" featuring Pressure and Ras
Attitude. "Righteously
Striving" ("Show Love" riddim) is the only tune on
this release I already heard, all other songs are new to
my ears.
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Achi's Reggae Blog:
Besides being someone
whose ability in Reggae music should be at this point
UNQUESTIONABLE, Batch also holds the distinction of
being one of the most consistent players in the game
today: Its one thing to have the ability to do something
special, but its yet another to do something special
nearly every time out of the gate. Besides being an
accomplished artist on his own, now six albums deep into
his career (including this one), Batch is, and was
primarily known as for quite awhile before picking up
the mic, maybe even a better producer/arranger in the
business having produced for the best and biggest names
in the Virgin Islands Reggae scene (including a
Midnite album, He Is Jah from 2003).
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