Castries Harbour Riddim – Slaughter Arts Media

Castries Harbour Riddim carries that St. Lucia carnival energy in a bright, fast-moving soca frame, the kind of cut designed for Port Castries road season rather than the quiet side of the genre. Slaughter Arts Media line up Trevlyn and Shurwayne Winchester on “Mash Up Everything, ” Fya Empress on the cheeky, rum-fuelled “Rum Please, ” and Nicole David on “Mauvais Mess, ” with the RoadMix of “Rum Please” pushing the tune a little harder for the street. The riddim’s feel is sharp and percussive, all bounce and forward drive, with enough space for the voices to stay clear over the rhythm. It sits nicely in the 2013 soca wave when producers were chasing songs that could work both on the radio and deep in the carnival fete circuit.