Midnite

Midnite is a roots reggae band from Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, which was founded in 1989 by brothers Ron and Vaughn Benjamin.

The band's music draws heavily on the roots-reggae of the 1970s. Also, you hold the band in their texts on topics of the Rastafari movement, dealing with issues of current politics and economy to the religion of Rastafari.

Band History

The band's debut album Unpolished 1997 in Washington DC recorded. Also in Washington, the most famous album of the band Ras Mek Peace 1999 was taken under the simplest conditions, with only two microphones and was mixed without technical measures. Despite these simple ratios, the album on a very good sound quality. In the late 1990s, the band returned to St. Crox back to work in his own studio African Roots Lab. This was followed in the next few years some of their own publications and publications with other artists, both international and local of the Virgin Islands. The result of this work can be found in 2002 on the album Jubilees of Zion. Among other things, it deals with the cultural resistance to Babylon, Babylon in the Rastafari movement is understood as a synonym for a materialistic and bad company or specifically the Western world were in the abducted Africans. The fourth album by the band Seek Knowledge Before Vengeance was also published in 2002 on the label the band. More releases followed and followed until today. In addition, Midnite is a popular live band and can still be found frequently in the great reggae festival program.

In September 2011, the band released their first professionally produced music video for the song Mongst I & I. It shows the band members in different combinations and at different places such Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands or Kingston.

Publications

  • Free Indeed with Higher Bound Productions ( December 2012)
  • In Awe Midnite / Fith Son (January 2012 )
  • King's Bell Midnite (November 2011)
  • Anthology Midnite (July 2011)
  • The Way Midnite / Rastar (June 2011)
  • Standing Ground Dub Midnite / Fith Son (2011)
  • Treasure Midnite / Rastar (2011)
  • Momentum Midnite / Fifth Son (2010)
  • What Makes A King? Midnite (2010)
  • Ark A Law Midnite / Lion I ( 2010)
  • Frontline Midnite / Various ( 2009)
  • Kings Of Kush Midnite / Rastar Mix ( 2009)
  • To Mene Midnite / Rastar (2009)
  • Ina Now Midnite / Rastar (2009)
  • Defender Of The Faith Midnite / Various ( 2009)
  • New name Midnite / Various ( 2009)
  • Infinite Dub Lustre Kings (2008)
  • Youssoupha Sidibe with For All (2008)
  • Supplication To H.I.M. with Rastar (2008)
  • Standing Ground with Lion Tribe ( 2008)
  • Live 94117 (2008)
  • KayaMagan with Desmond Williams ( released in 2008, recorded 1999)
  • Maschaana with Natural Vibes (2008)
  • Bless Go Roun with Higher Bound Productions ( 2007)
  • Infinite Quality with Lustre Kings (2007)
  • Better World Rasta with Rastar 2007
  • Rule the Time with I Grade ( 2007)
  • Suns of Atom with Lion Tribe ( 2006)
  • New1000 with Mystic Vision ( 2006)
  • Thru & True with Ras L (2006)
  • Current with Mystic Vision ( 2006)
  • Let Live with I Grade ( 2004)
  • Ainshant Maps ( 2004)
  • Full Cup with Ras L (2004)
  • Scheme a Things ( 2004)
  • Project III "with Branch I (2004)
  • Geoman "with Branch I (2003)
  • Vijan with I Grade ( 2003)
  • Intense Pressure ( 2003)
  • Cipheraw with Branch I (2003)
  • Assini with I Grade ( 2002)
  • Seek Knowledge Before Vengeance (2002)
  • Jubilees of Zion (2002)
  • Nemozian Rasta with Dezarie and I Grade ( 2001)
  • Ras Mek Peace (1999)
  • Unpolished (1997)
  • Reggae Band
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