A Hip-hop / funky Disco remix from Old Dirty Bastard ( RIP ) - "Baby I Got Your Money"...Made in 2013, with a clear desire to make a strong dancefloor "banger style"...I'm pretty satisfied with the concept and result made with the very few skills of music production I had at this time ( made in 2013 )...

Old Dirty Bastard - Baby I Got Your Money  ( riCo's remix )

A track made two weeks ago that I delete from my profile for some reason....Now it is remixed and a little bit  "mixed" I should say...I worked on it during the last weekend...
Sorry, but If some elements were re-worked, the bass and some synths have a totaly new sound design and the tempo is the fastest I done for this kind of music for exemple, and so on...( I even changed the name of the track !! )

Enjoy !

Without A Care In The World

riCo - Without A Care In The World

A remix of "S*ve your Te*ars" from the famous synthpop singer The W.E.. I'm not that much a mainstream ”hits” guy, but when I listened to the original version it was obvious that, first I loved the track sensibilities...and I wanna bring my own feeling about the song with a few changes like adding new melodies, changing some instruments sound design and a longer arrengement with more 'space'...taking time between verses / chous of the "radio" edit version...

Obviously and Unfortunately SC reject my "Vocal remix" for Copyrights...even if I changed melodies, tempo, pitch, arrengement and the new "genre" of the track, with my particular ”Italo" vibes or with a more 80s ’nostalgia’ touch I should say...moving from a frustrating 4.mn mainstream radio edit to a 7.mn - Italo / pop remix ! ( Of course I had to keep the vocals - with a litle bit of work on the reverb, soft delay and so...anyway I'm not really a singer, and even if I was singing (!!!) I'm pretty sure that SC would have deny the cover in any case... so I just changed the sequence of certain verses but that doesn't matter...

So, here is the instrumental version for now…wich seems a little boring in my point of view because I keep the same arrengement with some little changes but certainly don't wanna re-make a shorter radio instru edit !!...

So, I decided to make a ”vocoder” version by skipping certain verses or chorus, keeping the best as a "dub version"  with delay and effects on the voice lik…as a Jamaican Dub producer !! LOL, …not that bad, I will obviously make some changes and try to post it on my other SC account ( "Christine" dedicated to Italo / new wave / horror disco / minimal synth and so...( mostly reposts )…or Yootube, just to see if I succeed on my new version…
In any case, I will find a way and I will post this "voco-vocal" somewhere..!!!

By the way, as a graphic artist and motion visuals creator, I already done some loops from 30.s to 1,30.mn for my videos on my Instagram and Faceboook accounts, and that's the only way to listen some parts of it for the moment...( verses / chorus / instrus loops...) 

I talk a lot because I’m so frustrating !!…So I stop here…and I don't mean The Track IS a ”HIT” but some will love the Touch Or The new feeling of the tune…I think..!!?

Enjoy…or not !

Love & Understanding

rîCo

Dub your tears

THE W.E. - Dub Your Tears  ( riCo's Italo remix )

This is not the definitive version of the track I started 3 days ago....
I just decided to upload this version because I feel like something happeninng...

Enjoy the vibes !

riCo - Last Days

riCo - Last Days  ( Test version )

For the life of a righteous man, my mate Sylvain....R.I.P.

riCo LaForetMagik  -  music & visual  ( 2012 )

This track, even if it has been producing almost 12 years ago,  in 2012 I would say, is a true storytelling about Death and Life After Life...
ANgels, are singing a story starting from the end of life and through their mighty chants, becoming more and more positive and constructive, they explain what is Life after life...the change-over happening, and believe me, after living several times the near-death experience that you can feel something so beautiful that your life will change in a way that no words can explain...
So I decided to transmit it in a track very mystical and particular for me, that I hope you will listen it carefully with your best headphones....
I had absolutely no skills or experience in music production at this time, but the concept was so evident for me that I can say that it's one of my bet track ever...I just cry to the joy of life...after life !

For my mate, Sylvain R.I.P. with the angels of the allmighty....

riCo - Afterlife's Angels

An ITALO and Techno influenced track that is a complex and progressive journey that pushing down there boundaries into madness !

Please, push upo the volume to the MAX...

 Enjoy the ride !

riCo - Breakup Story  ( Schizophrenia Italo remix )

Hi everyone, I upload this short Techno track because I'm quite satisfied at this point while it is still in progress, or maybe not !

This is a Melodic Techno track (my first one...) because I'm not ready to make "pure" techno or more hard raw techno right now, it is not my culture, but I always wanna make techno...

So here is a simple track, I wanna keep it minimal but it's still a "Beta" version as it's a work in progress...

Enjoy !

riCo  –  AeroBlast

This piece was supposed to be a Hitech tune and last around 45 minutes and with the "Night Nurse" riddim from Gregoryb Isaccs at 180 bpm, but for some reason SC refuse that track...

Anyway, I focused on the Resistance riddim ( with some unknow singer ) with Cm as key labeled and 180 bpm....

So it's simply a "Hard Steppa" riddim with non-stop raggamuffin talking mostly aboput Jah Rastafari & The sacred Majiruana....
This work is not finish, I just test to see if you react to this crazy track !

Love & Understanding

Bless,

riiCo

riCo - Resistance   ( Raggamuffin Medley )

A progressive track  inspired by ITALO produced at the beginning of July 2024...It's like a slow sentimental or romantic song, a ballad, a romance... with soft and melancholic melodies, carrying a positive nostalgic vibration for the times to come...

Love & Understanding

Enjoy !

riCo - With All One's Heart And Soul

A new "version" of my track I uploaded about a month ago, w!ich, after multiple listenings, was clearly devoid of meaning and depth, for me....

So I made this "alternative version" to to dig deeper, and just  tried to make sense of it... some will say it's darker, and I agree with that... So I succeeded since the intention was clearly there...

Love & understanding

riCo

See The Fear ( Alternative vision )

riCo - See The Fear ( Alternative vision )

A powerfull Italo track mixing a tune by Magic Space ( never released ) and the master Alden Tyrell (wich inspired me a lot), 
I just took the haunting vox of Nancy Forttune, creating a classic Italo disco tune, but with more cosmic vies, and mixed the voice of N.F. with Magic Space's vocoders....

Ready for the dancefloor !?

La Voix   [ riCo Cosmic Disco remix ]

Alden Tyrell  –  La Voix   [ riCo Cosmic Disco remix ]

The Geometry Of Souls

riCo  –  The Geometry Of Souls

The " Dub version ", in fact it's more an instrumental version,, justb a few adjustements inna different mix...

Blessings !

SoundBwoy We Rule  ( Champion Sound Version )

riCo  –  SoundBwoy DUB  ·  ( Champion Version )

At first it was  a stepper "riddim"  for my latest track, with 2 singers inna different "reggae" vibes...
First Mr Williams inna oldschool "Rub a Dub style" , combined with a total different vibe "Roots & Culture" with Ras Imru Asha...
Anyway this track is like the instrumental in wich I decided to make it a melodic "version", I mean the melody you can hear in this version is unique and will not be part of the " Singers " version...

Blessings !

r¡Co

Unwavering Belief

riCo  -   Unwavering Belief

My last tune that will please All Reggae Music Addicts...
With a tempo at 144 Bpm, it's a fat Reggae Steppa with 2 singers, Ras Amlak & Ras Nyto...Ready for the dancefloor !

Bless,

riCo '

SPREAD LOVE

riCo  –  SPREAD LOVE  ·

The instrumental version of my tune " Haile Selassie I ·

Bless,

riCo

Haile Selassie I ·   ( Version )

riCo – Haile Selassie I ·   ( Version )

Yes I, my last track, a steppa with roots vibes, feat. Junior Murvin, Sanchez & Joe Yorke...

If you have ears, you'll Overstand !

Blessiings

Champions Anthem

riCo  –  Champions Anthem  ( Extended version )

🇪🇹  riCo –  This World...Such Inna Bad State  🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹

A  " Roots Reggae Music " medley , with 2 singers, taken from one of my vinyl, ( 12" ·  label : Salomon Heritage - 2019 )...✨

I just keep the voices from sides A & B ( feat. Oulda & Robet Dallas ) with a nu stepper Beat & others riddims...2 Skanks produced with synths, & differents riddims mixed together to make a massive, but melodious vibe, with a melodica touch ( By Sir Larsie I ) keeping a deep mellow vibe for meditation....👈🙏👉
This is first, Oulda warned Us About what is happening in this World right now ( 2019 ! )...and a deep spiritual answer , always militant & Conscious vibe, from side A to the side B....( 12" Golden Vinyl from Salomon Heritage ) 🧚🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️
For I&I, Roots Reggae L0vers & Every0ne that will feel the message, just keep a listen to the whole tune ! 

J4h J4h Bless U....🧜‍♀️🧞‍♂️🧜

L0Ve & OverStaNding ! 🙏

I·riCo

riCo  –  Such Innna Bad State

A tune of Reggae Steppa but deeply inspired, n the second part, by Techo with a " Punk / Hardcore influenced...I 
sincerly hope you'll check the vibes because it's a long story...I mean it took me 3 weeks to achieve it, but several monts of reflexion...Whatever, definetly  not for the fain heart....

it's real and I'm sure you had never hear a sound like this one !

Love & OVERSTANDING for each & everyone

Blessings...JAh Loves U  💘  

JAh JAh Loves You  ( & Lifa Can Done )

riCo  –  JAh JAh Loves You  ( & Lifa Can Done )

My last track, between Roots Reggae, Dancehall, Ragga, Hip-hop with a deep & dark melodic techno influences in the second part of the track...
This version has been remastered, the tempo has changed, from 130 to 127 Bpm, and some elements have benn reworked too, like the baseline for exemple...

Have a good trip " When Reggae Music Meets Techno " !

Blessings For Each & Everyone... !

JAh JAh Guides Us

riCo  –  JAh JAh Guides Us  ·  (Reggae Meets Techno)

A steppa Roots Reggae Music medley, feat. Black Omolo, ODG & friends...
It's just a Demo because it is not mastered & not fully mixed...

LoVe, riCo  ✨

Chalice Affii Blaze

riCo - Chalice Haffi Blaze  ( Roots medley, DEMO )

From a ODG & Danakil prod. ( feat. Joseph Cotton & Skarra Mucci )

riCo  –  Welcome To The Jungle  ( Ragga / Hip-hop medley )

First time I tried to produce "Hitech Psy", very high bpm, complexes textures, unique sound design,  and that particular sound.... Here I focused on some kind of angel's voices, mixed with a dub skank, or whatever ! ...very hard to find the fine spot,  more serious project will come ! ✨

Voices From Outerspace

riCo  –  Voices Everywhere  ·  ( SNIPPET  - DEMO  ·  " 1rst time Hitech" )

A Demo from a track wich took me a lot of time ! Here is a "Reggae Steppa / Breaks / Jungle at 157 Bpm, feat. Ganja Tree & Daba Makourejah, from the same EP I found 15 years ago...I just keep the acapellas from my vinyl & try to find a cool groove for dancefloors ! It will change, but the energy is here, see what's next...!?  🇪🇹 🇪🇹 🇪🇹

LoVe ! ✨

Enjoy ! ✨

Roots Man Corner

riCo  –  Roots Man Corner  (DEMO)

A Fat Reggae Steppa / Breaks - at 160 Bpm, ( feat. Ganja Tree & Daba Makourejah )  from my vinyls collection, the same EP, side A&B on One track, Mixing pure Rub A Dub with a special "Roots & spiritual" vibes...Thinked, produced and made especially made for the dancefloor freaks !   🇬🇭 🇬🇭 🇬🇭

" With this song, I wished to pay a humble tribute to those Great figures of the negro african culture to wish I belong.
Mame Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba et Mame Cheikh Ibra Fall are among Humanity’s great wise men. Exceptional and exemplary beings that as a result of their devotion and continuous communion with God, prayers and studies managed to reach a High level of Consciousness some call “Illumination” and have revealed the Divine inside themselves. Such beings are sent to mankind to enlight the road of man. According to me, their wisdom belong to the heritage of mankind and to all those who search for higher levels of overstanding. "

BLESSINGS !  ✨



BAMBA Lyrics  : 

“Diareudieuf Mame Bamba,
Diarama Mame Cheikh Ibra Fall Abory Diallo
jamm ja ngi nii Touba Daarou....
Béguel nga lislam, teral nga dérr bu niul
Béguel nga lislam, teral nga dérr bu niul
Mame Bamba, Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba
Julina ca guéj ga, julina ca guéj ga
Indaalè niu ndam li fii dunia
Mo tax mey Ziare baye fall, di Ziare Yaye Fall Ma ngi Ziare baye fall, di Ziare Yaye Fall
Keup kuy wut yonn bu jub fumuy diarr
Maa ngi ley ziar
Diaredieuf mame Bamba, Diarama Abory Diallo Yow ya niu indil suniu tossanne
Yoonu Mouridullah


TRANSLATION  :

« Thanks and praises to Father Bamba
Thanks and praises to Father Cheikh Ibra Fall, Abory Diallo For peace is now in Holy Touba town, Daru Saalam
He gave Islam its glory back
He Honored the Black Man
Father Cheikh Ahmadu Bamba
The Holy man who prayed on the sea
Who Brought the Divine Light in this world
And so I Give Thanks and praise to every Bayefall,
I give thanks and praise to every Yaye Fall
And all those who seek a road of righteousness in the world I give Thanks and praises
Glory to Father Bamba
Glory to Father Cheikh Ibra Fall
For showing us the blessed way or Mouridism
Our culture.»

The Holy Man Who Prayed On The Sea

riCo  –  The Holy Man Who Prayed On The Sea

🇪🇹 This is a short snippet remix Demo from my last tune " The Holy Man Who Prayed On The Sea " but with some littlle adjustements, pitched it from Fm to F# and the tempo, of course, which went from 160 to 177 bpm in order to also make a jungle remix, surely with others singers too...🇪🇹 🇪🇹 🇪🇹

Blessings & Love for Each & Everyone ! 💫

The Rooots Man Corner

riCo  –  The Rooots Man Corner  SNIPPET  ( feat. Ganja Tree )  🇪🇹

Auto remix of "Babylon Shall Fall", ( Feat. Mr Williamz & Ras Imru Asha )  🇪🇹 🇪🇹 🇪🇹

Blessings ✨

riCo  –  Dem Shall Never Stop Me

A Reggae steppa at 162 Bpm, with 3 singers mixing differents styles, on one minimalistic riddim...( feat. Prince Allah, High Smile & Lasaï ) 🇬🇭 🇬🇭 🇬🇭

Blessings & Love for Each & Everyone  ✨

Wipe Your Tears Away

riCo  –  No Matter What Dem A Say...

" When Reggae Music Meets Techno "

From the timeless hit " TIME " from The Pachanga Boys, mixed with 2 singers from the Jungle begining in the 90s...
Feat. Top Cat & Mr Williamz 🇰🇳 🇰🇳 🇰🇳

Enjoy these new vibes ! 💫

TIMELESS...

riCo  –  TIMELESS...

Curious & passionate music lover and vinyls collector...
Younger, as a real skateboarding addict I was firstly influenced by punk and hardcore, then later a good friend introduce me into "raggamuffin" and the early yers of hip-hop...So, even if I prefered more "speed" music I slowly enter the world behind "Reggae music & dub universe" ,  but not only musically...The "world" and people who created this "deepness", I mean the "spiritiuality" wich is the main substance coming from this "Music"...it was firstly a "revelation" , JAH RASTAFARI ! Anyway, I was deeply involved in that culture for long years... 
It took some time but I finaly widen my musical experience by discovering electronic music through dark electro from the late 90's and mainly the 'nu wave' of italo-disco' mostly coming from Netherland with artists such as I-F, Alden Tyrell, Legowelt and the Viewlexx label...
Later I honed my tastes towards progressive techno and psy-tech...
Now, since a while, my tastes moves to psychedelic trance and most of its countless sub-genres...Mainly "Night time" like twilight, darkpy, forest or experimental, but today my tastes have honed to higher Bpm's like Hitech or even psycore...the music of today and tomorrow...

As a young 'music poducer' I tried all kind of styles, but nowadays I tend to mix all those differents musical vibes to slowly deepen my own « substance »

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