The Slaves of the Rhythm, a spoken word duo comprising Ma’cell, the songstress, and ‘De son of Anancy’, the poet, have completed a spoken word track, entitled “The Opening Remarks (at the Caribbean Love Poetry Festival).”
“The Opening Remarks”, according to a press release, delivers a soulful performance by Ma’cell fusing strains of jazz and R&B while elements of Dub, Poetry and Hip Hop are drawn by Anancy.
“The Opening Remarks,” which was recorded not only at Platinum Studio in Guyana but at Talk Caribbean mobile Studio in Barbados also, is Anancy and Ma’cell’s first international recording. The two artists hail, respectively, from the villages of Nootenzuil and Ann’s Grove on the East Coast Demerara, Guyana.
They define the overall sound as Dance Poetry or D-Pop and hope that their production reaches the entire Caribbean. Dance Poetry, they say, is defined and practiced by the Slaves of the Rhythm and was born and nurtured in Guyana but further developed in Barbados.
The two have been working together for over a decade, creating grooves, songs and poems. They have performed live as part of the When Las Movement, a cultural organization and have recorded with a number of studios in their homeland.
In Barbados, they have appeared at a number of Open Mic readings including those sponsored by the NCF and the Talk Hard series produced by Adrian Green and DJ Simmons.
“The Opening Remarks” is now available as a single for download on iTunes, Amazon.com, emusic and Napster.
