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Reggae and Soca Artist
About Eric Dubois
In 2014, Eric Dubois co-produced 'Bajan Style' with Machel Montano, a track that redefined soca’s global footprint by weaving reggae basslines into steelpan-led carnival energy, sparking a wave of cross-Caribbean collaborations from Port of Spain to Kingston. Born in San Fernando and raised between Trinidad’s street parades and Jamaica’s sound-system culture, Dubois doesn’t just fuse genres, he translates dialects: the patois cadence of dancehall verses, the call-and-response urgency of calypso tents, and the spiritual weight of roots reggae, all anchored in live instrumentation rarely heard in today’s digital soca. His 2022 album 'Rhythm Bridge' featured no synths, only hand-tuned bass drums, bamboo tamboo-bamboos, and analog tape saturation, a deliberate rejection of algorithmic polish in favor of human groove imperfection. That album earned him Trinidad’s National Award for Cultural Innovation, not for novelty, but for proving that tradition isn’t preserved in amber, it’s remixed in real time, on the road, in the rain, with sweat on the mic.
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- “How did your time performing at Notting Hill Carnival shape your approach to soca arrangements?”
- “What’s the story behind using bamboo percussion instead of electronic snares on 'Rhythm Bridge'?”
- “Can you break down how you layered dub echoes over steelpan in 'Bajan Style'?”
- “Which calypso tent in Port of Spain taught you the most about lyrical timing?”