DESCRIPTION:
Irie Cola EP
Label: JungleXpeditions
Released: 2011

RCola lives in Montreal, Canada and plays a high energy blend of jungle and dubwise vinyls alongside his own original dubplates. After discovering jungle music on late-night radio in 1999, RCola began producing and playing live.

In 2002, RCola co-founded the infamous Chopstick Dubplate label and began to release vinyls and tour in Europe as a key player in the North American Ragga-Jungle revival.

In 2004, he formed the JungleXpeditions distribution company / record label and launched his own Royal Crown imprint; and to date has released 25 songs and toured throughout Europe 12 times; performing over 250+ shows in 20 different countries. His polished production aesthetic & highly musical ear is evidenced throughout his uplifting reggae-flavoured compositions and crowd-pleasing live shows.

In 2009, RCola released his "Rub A Dub Wize" album; which features songs with reggae greats Barrington Levy, Sister Nancy, Jimmy Riley; jungle MCs Jamalski and Soultrain and chanteuse Belle Humble as well as dancefloor remixes of songs by live bands Aiwa and Transglobal Underground.

RCola recently teamed-up with reggae singer Jamie Irie and Sam Gilly's House of Riddim live band, performing 10 shows with Jamie Irie all over Europe, (including Boomtown Fair (UK) & Zverafest (Latvia), as well as contributing production to Irie's project with House of Riddim.

RCola recently released "Irie Cola", a 3-track digital EP of his remixes of Jamie Irie's tunes: "Words Can Be So Simple", "Sweet Sensi", and "Legalize It".

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