Jah Meek

Jah Meek was born and grew up in Robin's Bay on Jamaica's north coast in 1971. He began singing whilst at school and entered his first talent competition at the end of the 80s, and came first. However, despite singing on local sound systems, he did not want to part of the hustling culture around local dub cutting studios on the island, preferring more spiritual vibes. 
In the early 90s, Jah Meek worked closely with <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=1355">Jahmali</a>, now one of Jamaica's leading roots artists, and the two wrote and sang many songs together. 
Jah Meek visited Germany in 1994 and began to work with artists around the Frankfurt dub and dancehall scene like Tricky Cris and the Raggamuffin Sound System. Here Jah Meek recorded his first track "Look Before You Leap", which remains unreleased. 
A second visit to Germany a couple of years later led to Jah Meek singing lead vocals on the track "Riddim" by Global Youth which was released by Sony and the resultant video being featured on satellite television. 
Other Jah Meek releases include "Open Your Mind" and "Each One Teach One", both released on Elektrolux Records in Germany. He has sung live throughout Germany with members of Frankfurt's Serious Dropout collective, and currently with the band Movements. 
After a short return visit back to his native Jamaica (where he recorded for the <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/labelDetail.jsp?lid=138">Kariang</a> label), he returned to live in Germany legally. He continues to work and record with artists like Gabriel Le Mar, Tricky Cris, Mighty Tolga and Seeco from Freundeskreis. 
Jah Meek first met <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=236">Rootsman</a> at a Serious Dropout launch party in Frankfurt in November 1996 and stayed in contact since then. Eventually this led to Jah Meek visiting the Third Eye Studio in 2000 to record a number of roots and culture-style songs. One of these "Beautiful World" has been released on a <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/labelDetail.jsp?lid=1737">Meteosound</a> Records compilation in 2002. 
Jah Meek possesses one of the sweetest and purest voices you are ever likely to hear in reggae. Coupled with his deceptively-simple songwriting and infectious vibes, the future looks very promising for this talented, humble artist.

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