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Artist
Dactah Chando
12+ albums
reggaespaincountry: spaindancehall
about
Dactah Chando is by far one of the best reggae and dancehall singers of Spain. He is a master at creating lyrics and a master in rhythmic phrasing. He plays with words, phrases and rhymes as if it were the easiest thing in the world to do. With this unique ability he adapts to any Riddim –whether it is Roots, Rootsrock, Reggae or Dancehall- to turn it instantly into his unmistakable, characteristic Dactah Chando Reggae-Canario Style. This surf fanatic and free spirited performer from the island of Tenerife started his professional career in 2009 working with Frank Dellé during Dellé’s tour presenting his album "Before I grow old". Through this special collaboration Dactah Chando got to met a few members of the famous band Seeed, members of Dellé's band as well. From that moment on Dactah Chando began to collaborate with many important groups such as The Wailers, Alpha Blondie, Wayne Wonder and Six Nation, and with artists like Junior Murvin, Chukki Starr, Brinsley Forde (ASWAD), Queen Ifrica and Sargent Garcia. He was also a key figure in the first surfers dancehall video made in Spain, "Surf is my life". While filming this project Dactah Chando met and began working with the producer Toby Nambur (Six Nation). Together they composed and arranged the songs that would be included in Dactah Chando's first solo work, "Clara" (Achinech Productions, 2011). The album, recorded in Tenerife and Cologne and produced by Toby Nambur and Guido Craveiro (Moloko, Bootsy Collins, Z
