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ABOUT MACKARUFFIN
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MACKARUFFIN, SON OF A PREACHER, GRASS ROOT MUSICIAN, PRODUCER AND SINGER, HAS GROWN FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTHENING OTHERS. HE BEGAN AS A YOUTH IN THE 70'S, PIONEERING THE WAY WITH HIS BROTHER ELECTRIC DREAD. AN ESTABLISHED SINGER/MUSICIAN, MACKA IS ONE OF JAPAN'S MOST ACCLAIMED REGGAE ARTISTS, AN AMBASSADOR FOR BOTH REGGAE AND JAMAICA, FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS IN THE ASIAN REGION. NO STRANGER THE AMERICAS, HE HAS GRACED THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SHOWING VERSATILITY AS A VOCALIST AND ONE OF THE BEST DRUMMERS WHO IS TRULY MULTITALENTED. HIS MOST RECENT ALBUM, WHY, IS RELEASED IN JAPAN BY DAIKI SOUND, A RECORD AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY. THIS WAS THE FIRST MAJOR RELEASE SIGNING A DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT FOR HIS COMPANY, FIRST RISE RECORDS. THE ALBUM, WHY, IS COMPLETE WITH MACKA RUFFIN'S ORIGINAL ROOTS VIBES. MANY TRACKS WERE WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY HIM. GREAT PROJECTS INCLUDES, A DOCUMENTARY MOVIE REPRESENTING JAPANESE AND JAMAICA CULTURAL EXCHANGE SHOT IN JAMAICA. THE FILM FEATURES JAMAICA'S UNDERWATER SCENERY, FISHING, MUSIC, AND JAPANESE, TV STARS SUCH AS KEIN KOSUGI, IJIMA AI, AKAI HIDEAKI, AND DEGAWA TETSURO. HE ALSO EMBARKED ON A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ASSOCIATION WITH MUSIC HENE RECORDING STUDIO IN CHRISTIANA MANCHESTER. 32 DIGITAL TRACKS UPGRADED TO PRO TOOLS, HELPED TO EXPOSE THE TALENTED CHILDREN OF THE REGION. MACKARUFFIN HAS SPECIAL PLANS TO TAKE REGGAE MILLENNIUM TO JAMAICA. A SHOW HE PRODUCES IN JAPAN HELD DURING THE MONTHS OF MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER. WITH OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM JAPANESE REGGAE LOVERS HE HAS INTRODUCED, DERRICK HARRIOTT, JUNIOR MERVIN, EARL SIXTEEN, ELECTRIC DREAD, SISTER MARIE AND BLACK KAT SOUND SYSTEM TO THE JAPANESE AUDIENCE. IN DECEMBER 2007 REGGAE MILLENNIUM JAPAN TOUR FEATURED BLACK KAT SOUND SYSTEM, MAJESTIC BAND, AND MACKARUFFIN ALONG WITH SOME JAPANESE ARTISTS. MACKA IS KNOWN TO THRILL THE PEOPLE WITH SONGS GIVING SATISFACTION TO THE PEOPLE. THE YEAR 2007 SAW GREAT PROMOTIONAL TOURS IN JAPAN. ONE OF HIS ALBUMS ENTITLED {MAMA} FEATURES GREAT REGGAE TALENTS SUCH AS CEDRIC MAYTON FROM THE CONGOS, DANNY DREAD, DIPLOMAT AND CATAPILLA, WAS RELEASED IN JAPAN IN 2004 BY TONE CATZ RECORD COMPANY. MACKA HAS DIVERSIFIED WITH FIRST RISE RECORDS AND CURRENTLY PRODUCES NEW ARTISTS, BOTH JAPANESE AND JAMAICAN INCLUDING PROPHET 21 AND MIKI BABY. MACKA NEXT RELEASE WILL BE A SINGLE CD FEATURING JONNY P AND GENERAL TREES, ENTITLED 'DEM GIRLS'.