Wheel Out! ___ ___ With vibes rolling deep, Wheel Out! powers across cultures and oceans. This hot new 4-piece project delivers live reggae grooves & hip-hop vibes with a twist of jazz over funky bass rhythms. Their catalog is largely original, although they pay tribute to some of the greats in reggae, soul, and jazz with covers by Bob Marley, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, and Louis Armstrong. ___ ___ Formerly of Total Collision, the veteran Jamaican frontman delivers soulful lyrics that arouse and inspire with a sound all his own. Roosta was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, where reggae legends like Dennis Brown were the neighbors down the street. After arriving in New York as a young man, he spent years as a frontman of Fear Nuttin Band, touring all over with the likes Toots and the Maytals, Tribal Seeds, SOJA, and many others. ___ ___ Alongside Roosta's fiery vocal skills and off-the-hook freestyles, Wheel Out! features long-time collaborator, Tom Matthew on guitar, performing rhythm & lead with a psychedelia and psychosis drawing from Hendrix; Matt Mondell's heavy funk vibe on the bass, compelling the crowds to keep dancing; and with Javi Zen on the drum kit, the jungle vibes go through the roof. Combining old school roots rhythms and attitude with a modern cross-cultural vibe, Wheel Out! takes reggae to a soulful level. ___ ___ I-Ganic Sound System ___ ___ Western New England's all-vinyl mobile reggae sound system, I-Ganic spins the latest & classic sounds from the U.K. to Jamaica - Roots, Dub, Dancehall, Steppas - and using his collection of effect processors, sirens, and vibe-enhancing sounds, he produces a one-of-a-kind, bass-heavy and echo-blurred dub mix, live on the turntables. ___ ___ A Western Mass legend with roots in Puerto Rico, I-Ganic began spinning hip-hop records at the age of 13, but he was most interested in the manipulation of the sound- scratching and tweakin' the knobs. "A couple of years later, I started listening to reggae... to people like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, Augustus Pablo... And, of course, I discovered Dub: King Tubby, Scientist, later the Mad Professor... That's when I decided to start putting together the effects I'd heard. Ya know - how can I make that sound? That's how the sound system came about. It's really all about the equipment." Inspired by the sound system culture of Jamaica, he developed his signature style, layering digital effects over a mix of top-shelf selections of the latest UK and Jamaican Roots, Steppas, Dancehall, and Dub, opening for Anthony B, Luciano, Mikey General, and many others.