Typical of the Jamaican artist, Lutan Fyah has cut songs on countless ‘riddims’, but recently he has been drawn to recording music the old school way.
Live instruments can be heard on several of the roots singer’s latest songs including Suspicious, which was released on August 28 by Ireland Records.
“Mi prefer going to studio an’ working wid di musician dem ’cause it’s a natural thing. Dat’s di way di original man dem do it,” said Lutan Fyah.
Some of Lutan Fyah’s most popular songs including Peace in Spanish Town (on the legendary Far East beat) have been made on hot ‘riddims’. He still voices on them for different producers but believes recording live is the ultimate challenge for a singer.
“With a riddim somebody create a melody an’ yuh record. When yuh record live yuh can improvise,” he said.
Suspicious is one of several songs Lutan Fyah has recorded in recent months. It is a jab at naysayers who have linked him to criminal activity in Spanish Town, Jamaica’s first capital, where he is from.
“Mi nuh stand fi certain things. Mi nuh like bad man thing,” he stressed.
A former player in the National Premier League, Jamaica’s top-flight soccer championship, Lutan Fyah aspired to be an architect but gave up on that dream when he left university for a life in music.
He has been recording since 1999 and has done numerous songs and albums for labels in North America and Europe, his biggest markets.
I am Blessed, Twitter Friend and Almost are some of his other new songs. His EP, Touch di Road, was released by German company Oneness Records in February.
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