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Jermaine Brinsley Forde, the name given by his parents, was born under the sign of Rueben (first born) the first child for his parents in London, grown up in Jamaica, has blossomed into a music icon. He received his first guitar aged 4 because of his enthusiasm for music. He was carved from his early years into being associated with music in one form or another. By the time he got to High School he was sure where he was destined. He felt he knew what he wanted to know about as many instruments, the next phase was to learn about the studio. The opportunity came when the talent of this young man was recognised by Castro Brown who invited him to join New Name Studio in Kingston; he began his apprenticeship and learned his studio engineering skills.
Jermaine made rhythms and recorded different artists on the rhythms. The artists included Luciano, Freddy McGreggor Yasus Afari (incidentally who he has combination songs with "Party" and "Rap and Dub"), his production of the cover song of Jennifer Lopez "If you had my love" sung by Nikki Burt also features him rapping. He also produced songs for Pyramid International Records. The first rhythm released on this label consisted of a number of artists and gained him major mileage when Capleton's song "How Long" went to 1 position on the charts. These songs gained him much success and many people were now approaching him to make rhythms.
Jermaine was now ready for better things. He moved on to Kingston Muzik a company owned and operated by Peter Blake, there he produced, studio engineered, and made rhythms with many artists Black Uhuru, Sly and Robbie, to name a few. He continued to produce and work in other studios, these include Big Ship and The Mixing Lab. He is now located at Stingray Studio and Dub Vendor otherwise known as Fashion in London.
In l997 Jermaine returned to London to expand on what he already knew. He wasted no time in getting himself familiar with London. He approached Jet Star for work and was given a job immediately. He turned things around at this label which had just ventured out into production, after acquiring their new studio. While at Jet Star he was advised by his mother that it was now time to put his skills into his own production as she felt that the recognition for his work was not being accredited to him. It was time to make the decision to take things to the next level. Jermaine had always known that his options were now becoming limited in terms of being narrowed down in to forming a company. With experiences of touring with Black Uhuru, Aswad,
Bushman, as sound engineer, and of course the major shows with various artists, in Jamaica and London as sound and monitor engineer had made him wholesome in the technology of music. Being able to carry out all these skills effectively surely meant he could now venture into a business partnership and apply his acquired skills for better things to come.
Colin Aarons, who was already in the venture of music production, and no stranger to Jermaine and who he had previously made rhythms for along with his mother (Marcia Simpson) his advisor, discussed the forming of a music production company. The birth of Ajang Music Production ("AMP") was now to be reality. The hard work had just begun, he was the main producer of his own company, the responsibility was now evident, his opportunity was now here to make music that could launch the company to compete with every label, the dreams could now be accomplished and the goals could be achieved.
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This was indeed done, the first songs to be released on Ajang Production immediately gained popularity in England and Jamaica. Jermaine continues to work with the best in the business, and had certainly made his mark in giving acceptance to the artists from England who were never given a chance to be heard anywhere else but England. Ajang's debut compilation CD which was called “Ajang Part 1” has had its follow up with “Ajang Part II” and also the “Ajang Slam”, which featured artists such as Bushman, General Levy, Spragga Benz, Black Uhuru, Dennis Brown, Chrisinti, Nikki Burt, Marcia Griffiths, and Cutty Ranks. In addition to that he then released the Sunshine Riddim with various artists, one can say they all will be well appreciated
Jermaine decided to take his career even further and is now managing Julian Marley coupled with doing house engineering for Misty in Roots, Unkle Jam, and Ava. His latest tours included artist such as Justin Timberlake and Timberland. As he continues to expand his scope in the musical industry and increase his knowledge as well as sharpen his skills that he has gained, it allow one to say that this songwriter, producer, studio engineer, sound engineer and artist manager has mastered all areas with credits which has made him a force to reckon with. Jermaine’s wings are wide open floating in the skies, with a repertoire that continues to grow daily. In his own words he says "the skies are the limit which is where I wanna be, I wanna make the difference, I wanna be remembered as the one who bridged the gap to make reggae gain full acceptance" and all this dictates the perfection of where Jermaine intends to go.
His background dictates the perfection of where Jermaine intends to go. Son of Brinsley Forde, (Aswad) and step-son of Duckie Simpson (Black Uhuru) certainly allows you to say this songwriter, producer, musician, studio engineer, and sound engineer has mastered all areas with credits which has made him a force to reckon with.
Management: Marcia Simpson
Ajang Music Production
Shop 113, Princeville Plaza,
95/97 Constant Spring Road,
Kingston 10, Jamaica
Tel: 876-941-1190/3
Fax: 876-941-1194
E-mail:ajangp@hotmail.com
