Written by Mark 'Ataklan' Jiminez. Produced, Mixed and Mastered by KinSound and Mark 'Ataklan' Jiminez at Kin Sound Studios. Executive Producer Mark 'Ataklan' Jiminez for TAJ Records. 

An unapologetic lyrical deconstruction of the vicissitude of the post-colonial space, utilizing the arsenal of the Midnight Robber and the political satire of a Calypsonian yet maintaining the sheer grit of Jouvert, the genesis of Carnival. It is a representation of the Caribbean story and the freedom to be. “This one will wake up the Kilimanjaro in yuh bone marrow” with its polyrhythmic fire.

Steppin' Razor

Written by Mark 'Ataklan' Jiminez. Produced, Mixed and Mastered by KinSound and Mark 'Ataklan' Jiminez at Kin Sound Studios. Executive Producer Mark 'Ataklan' Jiminez for TAJ Records. 

‘Carnival Chaser’ conjures the euphoria that is synonymous with Carnivals across the world. Carnival is a widely sought after, universal expression of freedom, capturing the joy and splendor that is the washing away of the exigent monotony of quotidian life while answering the root call within us all for rebellion and escape. It serves to recharge, revitalize and reconnect us to our source. “Chasing Carnival capital to capital”.

Carnival Chaser

Born Mark Antonio Jiminez, Ataklan is a Trinidadian singer/songwriter of exceptional talent considered a maverick in the modern Rapso tradition. Ataklan has been called the hope and future of Rapso - that genre of Trini music that has been called a cross between rap and calypso. Ataklan hails from the village of Chinapoo in the heart of Laventille- the urban community that was once the epicentre of Trinidad's Golden Age culture- and now is collapsing into zones of urban decay and gangland criminality. Ataklan's music has the twin blade of both these influences.

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