The legendary and popular Jamaican band The Skatalites joined the prominent Chilean musician and composer Alvaro Henriquez to present a ska-style version of the renowned Los Tres song “A Violent Love”.
The group that emerged in the middle of the 60 and Kingston, with close ties with Chile, surprises again with this production that was created after a chance meeting at the Santiago Airport in which Henríquez met Larry McDonald at the end of 2022.
Both musicians were traveling to Concepción to perform shows in different places when this idea arose., associated with the 6 decades of history that Jamaicans complete this year, to release songs, ideally with voices in Spanish, allowing the bond between Skatalites and the Chilean public to further deepen..
The reversal of “A violent love” was produced by Valentine “Val” Douglas (1950), outstanding bassist whose resume includes having recorded with Bob Marley, Toots and The Maytals o The Congos, among many others. While the executive production was carried out by the promoters Francisco Padilla and Mathias Hanna.
The recording was made Quinn Mccarthy the first days of May 2024 en The Creamery Studios en Brooklyn, New York, where Álvaro Henríquez attended, while the mixing and mastering was in charge of TJ Rivera (Rancid, Interrupters, Mighty Mighty Bosstones) in the city of Nashville.
This project It will also include a collaboration with Aldo “Macha” Assenjo, which will be released the last quarter of this year.
The legendary band has been strengthening ties with the national public since 2005, year that marked his first visit to Chilean soil. With great success, the group today led by the percussionist Larry McDonald (1937) and bassist Val Douglas, has sold out shows in cities like Santiago, Conception, The Serena, Quilpue and Valparaíso.
On the occasion of your anniversary 60, The group announced a great show at the Caupolicán Theater next Sunday 8 from December, accompanied by Trujillo Boy and the legendary The Twinkle Brothers, and the recent confirmation of Alvaro Henriquez to present live the new reversal of “A violent love”.
