Lee “Scratch” Perry’s 70‘s classic “Soul Fire” was the ignition for the
songwriter and singer Vassilis Savopoulos a.k.a “Jah Smiley” from
Thessaloniki, to form in the beginning of 90’s “Soul Fire”, the first
reggae band in Greece. It has been almost thirty years since then and
probably no one could have ever imagined, that this reggae band would
record their first album with the internationally renowned dub producer
Mad Professor in 2005 and play as the opening act for the legendary band
of Bob Marley, "The Wailers”. Well-known artists participated in that
first album: drummer “Sinclair”, member of Lee Scratch Perry’s band
“Roboticks”, Aisha on the backing vocals, Cofi and Mafia from “Mafia
& Fluxy” plus MC Fredi Kruga.
Wake Up Your Lion is Soul Fire’s 2nd album and was originally released back in 2013 on Soul Fire Music. We feel honoured to be able to digitally distribute this album through Dubophonic Records, eight years after its original release. The album is mixed and mastered by Professor Skank and includes fourteen tracks ina roots and culture style. With classics like “Rasta People”, “Wake Up Your Lion” and “Rootsman Skanking”, this album is without doubt an important piece of reggae culture in Greece.
CREDITS: PRODUCED BY JAH SMILEY (SOUL FIRE MUSIC PRODUCTION) / MUSIC & LYRICS WRITTEN & ARRANGED BY JAH SMILEY / RECORDED AT SOULFIRE STUDIOS & DOPE STUDIOS, THESSALONIKI, GREECE / MIXED AND MASTERED BY STEFANOS PATERAKIS AKA PROFESSOR SKANK AT UNDERGROUND DUB STUDIOS, AGIOS NIKOLAOS, CRETE, GREECE / ARTWORK GEORGE LEE - TREBANAL CREATIVE / LEAD VOCALS, MUSIC EDITOR & PROGRAMMING : VASILEIOS SAVVOPOULOS AKA JAH SMILEY / KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZERS: GIANNIS STOIKOS AKA ZOAO AFROSO / BASS: TASOS TOPTSIDIS AKA T WISE / DRUMS: STERGIOS KOIAS / GUITAR RHYTHM, BASS: VAKIS GULIOS / LEAD & RHYTHM GUITAR: THANASIS VAMVAKOUDIS AKA KOTON / LEAD & RHYTHM GUITAR: LAZAROS KERAMARIS AKA LAZER / PIANO: ELI DAMASKOU / BACKING VOCALS: HELEN BAGA, ANTHI KIRKOU / TROMBONE: GIANNIS MARINOS / TENOR SAX: ALEKOS PANAGOPOULOS / TRUMPET: GIORGOS AVRAMIDIS / TROMBONE ON RASTA PEOPLE : MENELAOS KARAGIANNIS (ODF)
Wake Up Your Lion is Soul Fire’s 2nd album and was originally released back in 2013 on Soul Fire Music. We feel honoured to be able to digitally distribute this album through Dubophonic Records, eight years after its original release. The album is mixed and mastered by Professor Skank and includes fourteen tracks ina roots and culture style. With classics like “Rasta People”, “Wake Up Your Lion” and “Rootsman Skanking”, this album is without doubt an important piece of reggae culture in Greece.
CREDITS: PRODUCED BY JAH SMILEY (SOUL FIRE MUSIC PRODUCTION) / MUSIC & LYRICS WRITTEN & ARRANGED BY JAH SMILEY / RECORDED AT SOULFIRE STUDIOS & DOPE STUDIOS, THESSALONIKI, GREECE / MIXED AND MASTERED BY STEFANOS PATERAKIS AKA PROFESSOR SKANK AT UNDERGROUND DUB STUDIOS, AGIOS NIKOLAOS, CRETE, GREECE / ARTWORK GEORGE LEE - TREBANAL CREATIVE / LEAD VOCALS, MUSIC EDITOR & PROGRAMMING : VASILEIOS SAVVOPOULOS AKA JAH SMILEY / KEYBOARDS & SYNTHESIZERS: GIANNIS STOIKOS AKA ZOAO AFROSO / BASS: TASOS TOPTSIDIS AKA T WISE / DRUMS: STERGIOS KOIAS / GUITAR RHYTHM, BASS: VAKIS GULIOS / LEAD & RHYTHM GUITAR: THANASIS VAMVAKOUDIS AKA KOTON / LEAD & RHYTHM GUITAR: LAZAROS KERAMARIS AKA LAZER / PIANO: ELI DAMASKOU / BACKING VOCALS: HELEN BAGA, ANTHI KIRKOU / TROMBONE: GIANNIS MARINOS / TENOR SAX: ALEKOS PANAGOPOULOS / TRUMPET: GIORGOS AVRAMIDIS / TROMBONE ON RASTA PEOPLE : MENELAOS KARAGIANNIS (ODF)
01 Rasta People / 02 Wake Up Your Lion / 03 Life Ain't No Easy / 04 I Wanna Get High / 05 One Love One Life One Jah / 06 Praise Jah Rastafari / 07 One Jah / 08 Just Another Day / 09 I wish / 10 Mama / 11 Music Is My Life / 12 Rootsman Skanking / 13 Rise Up / 14 Who's Gonna Dance
Life Ain't No Easy & One Jah on ReggaeArte Radio
Who's Gonna Dance in the Best Of 2021 by Saetchmo
Wake Up Your Lion & One Love One Life One Jah on El Cant De La Xtixarra
Album suggested and showcased by Offbeat Reggae Radio
Wake Up Your Lion & One Love One Life One Jah on El Cant De La Xtixarra
Album suggested and showcased by Offbeat Reggae Radio
Wake Up Your Lion on Dub Sessions
I Wanna Get High on High Times (Turkey)
Rootsman Skanking on Sounds Of The Caribbean
Reviewed by Reggae.be
Recommended by Reggae Revellers
I Wanna Get High on High Times (Turkey)
Rootsman Skanking on Sounds Of The Caribbean
Reviewed by Reggae.be
Recommended by Reggae Revellers
Five tracks from the album on Echochamber Germany
