Askala Selassie
The Fruit of the Holy Trinity. Born in London England and raised to the beat of the Caribbean. The rhythm of Jamaica forever rooted in her soul; finally lead her back to her roots. Helping to keep Bob Marley’s legacy alive, she performed with the remaining Wailers band; keeping roots and culture alive for the next generation. With music forever running through her veins, she writes and performs her own amazing music which combines traditional with non traditional. Askala is here to keep love alive, to keep music alive, and to keep JAH love alive. She has recorded, performed and shared the stage with some of England and Jamaica’s finest from, Curtis Lynch, Sugar Minott, Horace Andy, Etana, Andrew Tosh, Frankie Paul, Warrior King and Luciano. In 2005 she had the pleasure of touring Europe with the original Wailers Band in countries such as Italy, Spain, Hungry, Switzerland, and Sardinia. From this Askala excelled in all aspects of her music and gained experience 2nd to none. Askala then worked very closely with Karl Toppin one of the tour engineers for the Wailers, also known as K Big neck from; Big neck productions. They worked on her single ‘Faith’ which is one of the tracks on her EP Put JAH First out now!!. Askala Selassie recorded ‘Faith’ with Pinkney (from the Root Radix), and went on to record the video for Faith in Jamaica. The video was recorded and directed by Asha -Sling Shot Productions and One Locz Ras - Shac works. Askala also worked on a project called Reggae girls in Italy; this was with Steve Giant from Rastasnob. The compilation album was released in February 2008 featuring artists such as Zoë and Cecil. There was a 2nd Reggae girl compilation which was released in 2009 by Bizzarri records. Askala’s song is called ‘I love you’. This compilation featured artist like Lion D, Million Stylez, Mama Marjas, Brusco, I Octane and Ras Tewelde to name but a few.Askala is now working closely with one of the UKs best young producers Curtis Lynch, Necessary Mayhem; with their first tune released in March 2011 ‘Proud to be RASta’, on the Gorilla riddim. The compilation has had great reviews and has taken off; with artists such as Tarrus Riley, Makka B, Ziggi and Cali P
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