Kingston, Jamaica. November 20, 2013– Dexta Malawi is an Element of Surprise. He describes himself as a Reggae Singer, Songwriter, DJ, Poet, Scientist, Teacher, Student, Historian, Environmental Activists and Graphic Artist. The single entitled “Woke up This Morning” By Dexta Malawi is sure to reach the people. 
The song features creative lyrics and a catchy melody. “Woke Up This Morning”, the song which after being written By Dexta Malawi on an instrumental produced by Recording artiste and producer, Kabaka Pyramid was recorded at the Bebble Rock Studio in 2013 By Kabaka Pyramid himself and features harmonies by Leanne Vanessa Humphrey, a student of the Edna Manley College Of Visual and Performing Arts. The song was mixed and mastered by Dane “Dru” Crump. The final product including the video will be launched on 26 December 2013 at an event entitled Rasta Party Part 2, to be held at Veggie Meals on Wheels, 4-6, Eureka Road, Kingston 5, St. Andrew, Jamaica. 
Waking up each day is a blessing and “Woke up This Morning” is a song which gives thanks for life. It relishes in the beauty of nature and gives a hint on aspects of life in Jamaica. It also shows that obstacles are to be faced in pursuit of any goal and that these obstacles can be overcome.
The video for Woke Up This Morning” directed by Kevron Turner of Le Kevron Cinematography (cine.deturner@gmail.com) which was shot on 6 and 11 December 2013 and released on 26 December 2013 is sure to further boost the song’s credibility and reach.
For more information about the song “Woke up This Morning” or Dexta Malawi please contact 417-8653 or email: bookmalawi@gmail.com or visit www.Dextamalawi.com.

Woke Up This Morning

Dexta Malawi releases “Mi and mi Empress”
The song starts with “Mi an mi Empress a hold a meds…” and from the very first line one gets the aura of divine love at work.  For almost a decade Dexta Malawi has been entertaining his fans with melodious music.  From dub to reggae and hip hop, he has walked the walk and talked the talk.  This current single which he pens from his powerful mind exalts and honors his empress and to a larger extent other women. 
It is so captivating that anyone who has courted or been in love can relate to it naturally. It is a demonstration of accepting each other for who we are rather than what we are.  “Mi and mi Empress” gives an essence of mutuality and emphasizes the importance of staying true to self.

To learn more about Dexta Malawi and his music, please contact:
REACH DI PEOPLE EDUTAINMENT
(876)417-8653
Email: dextamalawi@gmail.com/ 
bookmalawi@gmail.com or visit www.Dextamalawi.com


Dexta Malawi - MI AND MI EMPRESS

“LEF DEM IN AWE” shows Dexta Malawi’s effectiveness
  
“Mi lef dem in awe, cut down corruption with mi lyrical saw, when mi put up mi real lion paw, they could not believe what they saw”.  These lines say so well Dexta Malwai’s conviction of the music. His style is unique as well as revolutionary, which makes Dexta Malawi so profound.  On this track, the solid beat that flows easily with every verse makes it a pleasant audio for the ear. 
Producer, Supa Nova shows that his craft to mix and produce comes with a high standard as Dexta Malawi certainly “Lef dem in awe” on this one.
It is a song that purposely exalts the power of connecting with people through music. The term “to every action, there is a reaction”, is expressed simply  in the title of the song as Dexta boasts of his authority and competence in doing what he does best- Music.
With raw talent and positive attitude to what he does, it is certain that he is a force to be reckoned with in the 21st century.  He is on a mission, a journey and will by all means “Lef dem in awe” convincing audiences all over to believe what they heard and saw from Dexta Malawi.

For more information please contact: 417-8653 or email: bookmalawi@gmail.com or visit www.Dextamalawi.com.


Dexta Malawi - LEF DEM IN AWE

DEXTA MALAWI, one of the bright young artists stepping into the frontline of Jamaican music today, has just completed filming a video for his new single “Put On Ya Turban”, recorded on a riddim by New Zealand Producer The Nomad, under his label ‘The Nomad Music’.   
Malawi came to popular attention in 2013 with his first hit “Woke Up This Morning”, a happy song on a dancing beat by Bebble Rock Music that captured the ear with lyrics that drew mental images of a cool river, sunshine and upfull meditations. The popularity of 'Woke Up This Morning' opened many international doors for Dexta Malawi. He received thunderous applause at his most recent performance at the UNIA/ACL Marcus Garvey Centenary Festival in Harlem, New York in June 2014 and he travels to Germany in September for performances and studio recordings in Dresden.    
The New Single entitled “Put On Ya Turban” is the first product of the linkage between Dexta Malawi and ‘The Nomad Music’ a linkage made possible by Kevin “Supa Nova” Salmon and the success of “Woke Up This Morning”. “Put On Ya Turban” is a tribute to the Bobo Shanty Order of Rastafari and is also a call-to-action for the youth, advising them to use education to lift themselves to higher heights on the Journey of life. In this song Dexta explains some of the journeys and challenges of a BoboShanti in his aim to exist in righteousness, to promote education and repatriation, to preserve African heritage and to enjoy and preserve nature’s magnificence. He explains that the BoboShanti wears the Turban and that the Bobo tribe is from Burkina Faso in Africa.  
Dexta Malawi is not an official member of the BoboShanti Rastafari order but has trod with several members on his Malawian Journeys, who have taught him many lessons about discipline, spirituality, governance and life in general.  Dexta Malawi exemplifies these lessons, as a graduate of the University of Technology (UTECH), the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and the Media Technology Institute (MTI) of C.T.P.C. He holds a full-time job as an Environmental Engineer with the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA). He therefore saw it as fitting to pay this tribute to the Order of the BoboShanti.   
Put on Ya Turban was recorded by Andrea Dippierro, and the logo artwork was done by Jimmy Stewart.The video for “Put on Ya Turban” is scripted by Andre France and filmed by Oarabile Tome and Kevron Turner of Cinematography de Turner.  The video shoot was done in beautiful Stony Hill, St. Andrew on 17 August 2014. The editing will be done in New Zealand by producer Damion Schwalger and the completed video should be released in October 2014.The song is currently available for download from ITunes.  
Dexta Malawi spends a lot of time honing, recording, refining, performing and promoting his music, and is a popular artist at the live weekly music events taking place in Kingston such as Dub School, Vinyl Thursdays, Dub Club and Rockers Revolution Saturdays.  Known as a performer of both songs and poetry, he has more than fifteen songs already recorded and an EP, THE MALAWIAN JOURNEYS 1.0 coming in November 2014. Dexta Malawi is steadfast in his mission to “Reach The People”. 

Dexta Malawi - PUT ON YA TURBAN

As if they didn’t stun ’nuff people with their mind-splitting dub to Dre Island’s “Live Forever” Tallman and Binghi have dropped another heavy hitter with the version to Dexta Malawi’s“Woke Up This Morning.”
Natural High Music is bringing forth their latest dub mix in the form of Dexta Malawi’s“Woke Up Dub.”  A collaborative work that brings the Natural High dub sound to Dexta Malawi’s single from earlier this year “Woke Up This Morning.”  Mixed by Binghi and Tallman at their studio home ‘The Bungalow’ in Kingston, Jamaica., the project was initiated when Dexta and the Natural High family met through a mutual friend.
One of the first places I heard this tune was at MIDNIGHT RAVER.  So I was a fan of the song before I met Dexta and he was such a cool and humble bredrin when we linked up, the collaboration felt natural” says Tallman. Look out for Dexta Malawi atwww.dextamalawi.com as well as his project ‘The Malawian Journey‘ coming out later this year.
Natural High Music will have the free download of their “Woke Up Dub” record available through the Natural High Music SoundCloud beginning September 10, 2014.
- See more at: http://www.dextamalawi.com/songs/

Dexta Malawi - WOKE UP DUB (NATURAL HIGH PRODUCTION)

Kingston, Jamaica. November 20, 2013– Dexta Malawi is an Element of Surprise. He describes himself as a Reggae Singer, Songwriter, DJ, Poet, Scientist, Teacher, Student, Historian, Environmental Activists and Graphic Artist. The single entitled “Woke up This Morning” By Dexta Malawi is sure to reach the people. 
The song features creative lyrics and a catchy melody. “Woke Up This Morning”, the song which after being written By Dexta Malawi on an instrumental produced by Recording artiste and producer, Kabaka Pyramid was recorded at the Bebble Rock Studio in 2013 By Kabaka Pyramid himself and features harmonies by Leanne Vanessa Humphrey, a student of the Edna Manley College Of Visual and Performing Arts. The song was mixed and mastered by Dane “Dru” Crump. The final product including the video will be launched on 26 December 2013 at an event entitled Rasta Party Part 2, to be held at Veggie Meals on Wheels, 4-6, Eureka Road, Kingston 5, St. Andrew, Jamaica. 
Waking up each day is a blessing and “Woke up This Morning” is a song which gives thanks for life. It relishes in the beauty of nature and gives a hint on aspects of life in Jamaica. It also shows that obstacles are to be faced in pursuit of any goal and that these obstacles can be overcome.
The video for Woke Up This Morning” directed by Kevron Turner of Le Kevron Cinematography (cine.deturner@gmail.com) which was shot on 6 and 11 December 2013 and released on 26 December 2013 is sure to further boost the song’s credibility and reach.
For more information about the song “Woke up This Morning” or Dexta Malawi please contact 417-8653 or email: bookmalawi@gmail.com or visit www.Dextamalawi.com.

Dexta Malawi - WOKE UP THIS MORNING

“Whole is in trouble” – A reality tune by Dexta Malawi
In his own opinion and to a great extent reality, Dexta Malawi musically puts what he sees and knows about the world we live in today.
The global crisis in this song is said in four words- “Whole world is in trouble”. 

A current account of the sufferings and inflictions caused by man’s ego and greed this reggae artiste states “the condition is critical, the political system hypocritical…” Babylon system artificial…”

He chants without fear of retaliation. For him, he is rebelling with a cause and bringing truth to light and words to warn, ‘wise up’ and uplift the people out of their mentally enslaved mind.

It is no co-incident that this single was produced by Iron Gate on a one drop popular old school rhythm. “Whole world is in trouble” documents an actual account of what is, yet gives relieve that ‘Love” is the answer.  
 
For more information please contact: 417-8653 or email: bookmalawi@gmail.com or visit www.Dextamalawi.com


Dexta Malawi - WORLD IS IN TROUBLE

“Hot! Hot! Hot is HOT indeed!

It has been said by the great Bob Marley that “when the music hits you feel no pain”- This is justified in the recently released single by Dexta Malawi titled “HOT, HOT, HOT”. From start to finish the songs gives you a feeling of pure joy. With its bouncy and one drop rhythm and sound, Dexta Malawi takes you on an experience that leads to not cold, not lukewarm but hot! hot! hot!
“In the middle of the day the sun was hot-ta-tot, mi just cook some food ina mi pot-a-tot….I saw evil and stay far from that” is just a piece of the strong lyrical content that patrons are feasted with to their satisfaction. The song “Hot, hot, hot” is a genuine example of the journey that the average man or woman undergoes with inevitable temptations. However, it further outlines the choices that have to be made for the strengthening of one’s morality.
Produced and mixed by Dr. Dru Crump, the catchy melody leaves a sweet taste of laughter and reality in the minds of listeners. 

To learn more about Dexta Malawi and his music, please contact:
REACH DI PEOPLE EDUTAINMENT
(876)417-8653
Email: dextamalawi@gmail.com/ 
bookmalawi@gmail.com or visit www.Dextamalawi.com


Dexta Malawi - HOT HOT HOT

“Transparent and truthful is “The Malawian Journeys”

If no one knew the versatility of this artiste, then “The Malawian Journeys” shows a clear picture of who really is Dexta Malawi.  His uncompromised stance penned with the perfect blend of metaphors, ambiguities and similes in this poetic piece, is a testimony that he is indeed a genius.

Using his natural talent, experience and intellect, the words flows fluidly, teaching while simultaneously taking you on a journey about the present, past and future. “The Malawian Journeys”- a self-titled tune offers an aura of reflection with an organic meditative rhythm that puts you almost in a trance.

Dexta’s musical and lyrical prowess is unquestionable, especially as he articulates his perspectives so well on “The Malawian Journeys”. This track also features serious yet comedic phrases that make you think deep, but with a smile. The Journey begins with “I welcome all newcomers and returnees…..if we should start a daycare for babies or a veterinary clinic that takes care of dogs with rabies…and culminates with…you would not believe the death and spread of diseases that’s cause by these intellectual thieves…a study mi study and get mi ten degrees….that’s why mi no want dem pon mi premises in the Malawian Journeys.”

Powerful, is the word that describes “The Malawian Journeys.” Proudly produced by Andre France and mixed by Dru Camp to be released in December 2014.  It is an excellent presentation of food for mind, body and soul.


For more information please contact: 417-8653 or email: bookmalawi@gmail.com or visit www.Dextamalawi.com.


Dexta Malawi - THE MALAWIAN JOURNEYS

Dexta Malawi - EP ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Kingston, Jamaica. May 27, 2013–The new single entitled “Yaad Man Skank” By Dexta Malawi & Iyunda of The Reach di People Chantaz is sure to reach the people. 
The song features creative lyrics and a catching melody which attempts to bring back a style of the 1980’s.  The idea for the lyrics of the song was developed by Dexta Malawi and further extended and arranged by the dub poetic genius of Iyunda. 
“Yaad man Skank”, the song which after being written By Dexta Malawi & Iyunda on an instrumental produced by Ranks Production  was recorded and mixed at the Downsound studio in February 2013 By Recording Engineer Kimani, the nephew of Sir Coxsonne Dodd. Mastering of the track was done by
The final product was launched on 26 May 2013 at the Composure restaurant and bar, 1A Jacks Hill Road, Kingston 8, St. Andrew Jamaica.  
“Yaad Man Skank” is a song which embraces and endorses the Kongal Hats of the 1980’s with a dress code and skanking style remnant of that time while motivating the youths (at home and a broad) of todaynot to get involved in badness. It tells the life of some Jamaicans in New York and London. It has also evolved into a dance song having patrons skanking away to the rhythm.
The video for Yaad Man Skank” directed by Kevron Turner of Le Kevron Cinematography (cine.deturner@gmail.com) which was shot on 19 and 26 May 2013 and scheduled for released on 26 June 2013 is sure to further boost the song’s credibility and reach.
“Yaad Man skank is a song with great potential” said Steppa, Dub Poet and talk show host at Sun City Radio. 

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For more information about the song Yaad man skank or Dexta Malawi & Iyunda of Reach di People Chantaz, please contact 417-8653 or email: rdpcantaz@gmail.com/ bookmalawi@gmail.com or visit www.Dextamalawi.Blogspot.com.


Dexta Malawi - YAAD MAN SKANK

Kingston, Jamaica. August 2014
	DEXTA MALAWI is a star in the galaxy of today's young artists working to restore roots rock reggae to its rightful spot at the crown of Jamaican music.  He burst onto the music landscape with 'Woke Up This Morning”, a happy song on a dancing beat by Kabaka Pyramid of Bebble Rock music that drew mental images of a cool river, sunshine, with upfull meditations and sounds that captured the ear.  Boosting the song with a launch of the single's video at popular ital restaurant Veggie Meals on Wheels on his birthday, December 26, 2013, Dexta Malawi has continued to hold the music public's attention.  “Talented” and “A different style” are some of the words used by several producers and fans to describe this artist. 

	Using a mix of mainly reggae, hip-hop and dancehall along with older styles of Jamaican music such as ska, intertwined with slight influences from some European styles and rock music, Dexta Malawi tries to represent the current Jamaican situations and states of mind from a musically artistic point of view. Known as a performer of both songs and poetry, he has more than fifteen songs already recorded. 

	Academically, Dexta Malawi is a graduate of the University Of Technology (UTECH) as an Environmental Engineer, the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts with qualifications in web design, and from the Media Technology Institute of C.Pt .C. with an Associate Degree in Video Production. He also attended CARIMAC at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, where he graduated with a Distinction in Radio Production. 

	His day job is as an environmental engineer with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) and additional training includes Computer Mechanics, but Dexta Malawi's never-yielding passion for creating intense, educationally entertaining lyrics and melodies has kept him developing his musical potential and gaining wider recognition for his talent.

Born Leroy Omar Taylor in December 1987, Dexta Malawi grew up in the country side Community of Cascade in St. Ann, Jamaica and this is reflected in the word sound vibrations uttered by this artiste. Coming out under the Reach Di People Edutainment, an indie Label, Dexta Malawi has had significant impact on the underground reggae music scene since July 2009. Describing himself as a performer, song writer, poet, entrepreneur, and historian, Dexta Malawi says his songs are geared towards social commentary, spirituality, food, women and mental liberation.

	

	
In his short but stellar career, Dexta Malawi has performed in Jamaica at hotels, dinners, fashion shows and stage shows such as UTECH's Spectrum, Jamnesia, Manifesto Jamaica, Seh Sup’m poetry events, Red Bones Blues Cafe, Conscious Reggae Party and the annual Reggae Month celebrations, that have given him experience and a wider fan base.

	In 2011 Dexta Malawi performed in Shijiazhuang, China at the Hebei University of Science & Technology Student Festival. Another international performance took place June 2014, when he performed in Harlem, New York on the bill of the UNIA/ACL Marcus Garvey Centenary Festival -- a prestigious booking made possible by the popularity of his hit “Woke Up This Morning”. 
	Inspired by artists such as Ini Kamozi, Daweh Congo, Junior Gong and Midnite, Dexta Malawi's singles include 'Lef Dem In Awe', 'Mi An Mi Empress', 'Hot Hot Hot', as well as his current hit song “Yaad Man Skank” which already has more than 25,000 hits on YouTube.  His collaborations include singles with artistes such as Kabaka Pyramid, Exile Di Brave, Koro Fyah and Joseph I. Dexta Malawi is scheduled to launch his EP 'The Malawian Journeys 1.0' in October 2014.

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MUSIC VIDEOS
'WOKE UP THIS MORNING'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca37ZvuCT6Y&feature=youtu.be

'YAAD MAN SKANK'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGwESPAz04w


Dexta Malawi - BIOGRAPHY BY NYA NAIROBI

DEXTA MALAWI’s remarkable ability to write and perform lyrics that are deep, passionately aggressive, accurate, and thoughtful may be may be His greatest gift. The stage performances of this young prodigy are nothing short OF an interestingly smooth, mind blowing, dynamic and explosive series of events. However Jamaica's Music Industry is a fast-moving world where fame and success are difficult to gain and effortless to lose and only a select few can effectively gain and hold their audience’s attention to remain relevant to the industry as the years go by. This reality has left many entertainers with much shorter careers than they had initially expected.The Plan of Dexta Malawi involves a career of LONGEVITY.

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