Chuckybantan

About Chuckybantan

Born and raised in brixton south London where he started as a dj then switched to
be a sing jay due to the volume of dj's around.
Picked up the first microphone in
1985 at a house party and then a few local dances, then the big one which was
the gold cup clash at the Acton Town Hall, it was with 4 sounds but only 2 sounds
turned up, so it was king tubby's Hifi vs Java Nuclear power that was 1986.
The recording started with Di Youth Dem Gone Bad, a collaboration with
Marvellous Bantan In 1988 which was the first song for me for the three miles
records label, which consisted of Calvin Francis Spinner youth and Parchie. In
the late nineties I met G Vibes from the Goldhawk record label, there i recorded a
number of tracks including the Larry Marshall classic "Why".
Working on sounds like treasure Isle, younger soverign, King tubby's, Surety
sound, Sweet connection, Sting sound, Pieces international to name a few.
Working with these sound systems gave chucky the valueable lessons on how
to entertain people of all ages!!! Currently working with the trojan sound system
since 2005 touring Europe representing Trojan records and reggae music In
general at festivals and clubs all over. Over the years he has been working with
an array of artists and producers, recently affiliated with the Shining Stars team
with the Special big hearted Alison Mason
Going back to Three miles records, he went on to work with Calvin Francis
Producer who helped him to collaborate with Sargent d, Simi who passed a few
year ago (RIP) and also the fire house crew from Jamaica.
In the early nighties he worked with a number of reggae artists like Joseph cotton
who realised 2 tracks with 1 standing out as a potential track to launch a solo
career with which was "You can get it" a Jimmy Cliff anthem.
The three miles camp went on to release a chucky bantan version of Larry
Marshall version of "I Admire you" which went to no26 in the reggae music charts.
(So that's how long I done that track!!)
In the mid nighties he was approached by a Mr Larry Larrys (RIP) who used to
produce many artist not to mention Bob Marley, asked Chucky to cover a popular
track in a dancehall style with a twist. It was called "Bogling the night away"!
which was a well produced track by the three miles team.
In 1996 he was introduced to a Mr G Vibes by a MR Paul Coxson who saw him performing in a dancehall or festival, not sure...
Not really sure how or why, but i met a producer/record shop manager of dub
vendor in clapham, called Mr Ox (Oxman) who was impressed with my talent as
a young bwoy, it was a bit funny becasue we only lived 10mins away by walking.
Oxman started recording with chucky, releasing a number of tracks.
1 being kookai and 1 being "All up inna day".
Chucky took a little break from the music recording due to circumstances
within the music business, but he continued to perform in the dance hall /
weddings and of course the festival where he feels comfortable with
thousands of people getting excited.
Only a few years ago the "Gongz" Chucky supa 4 and jah buck opened a show in
Italy (Rome) for the mega star Shaggy which went down like a storm.
Currently he has a few tracks playing on the radio stations, 1 being vibes (expired link) in
perticular.. love is and sometimes, which are very nice tracks.
"I would like to say, more love, more life and more peace to everyone
individually and thank you for listening and maybe liking my music. It's all
from the heart whether written by me or adapted by me. Look out for mu
forthcoming album called "More life".
Chucky Bantan.
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Instagram = @chuckybantan
Twitter = @chuckybantan
Label soon to be Bantan Records.
I hope this info is ok... anything else pls let me know. Once again thank you.