First Born - Guyanese reggae band impacting the world Out of Guyana the land of many waters, comes First Born- a Group which began with eight young Guyanese men and gradually became five members and now down to Three, Guyanese by birth, Rastafarians by choice, grounded in the roots reggae of Jamaica culture. This group delivers a strain of reggae music that exudes Spirituality, Culture, tremendous brotherly love and Originality. Originally conceived as an acappella outfit in the 1990\'s, they achieved a breakthrough in 1997 with a live showcase on the Freddy McGregor concert at the Guyana National Park, promoted by Walter \'Wally\' Fraser\'s Vizion Sounds Records. First Born\'s performance at the event so impressed Wally and the late great Dennis Emmanuel Brown with their unique originality, that Wally immediately signed them to his Vizion Sounds Records Company, and Dennis Brown offered his special vocals on their debut single ‘Repatriation Time’. ‘Repatriation Time’ featured prominently on their acclaimed debut album ‘Exodus Chapter XIII Verse 2’, which was recorded at Leggo\'s Studio in Kingston, Jamaica with saxophone contribution and musical direction by the extraordinaire - Dean Fraser. The album earned the group two Guyana National Awards for Best New Artistes and Best New Group. First Born has lived and worked in Jamaica over a period of time, during which they have performed LIVE on Reggae Sunsplash, Reggae Sunfest and Stings, most of the group’s recording was done in Jamaica. Since joining the Guyana and Jamaica-based Vizion Sounds Records family, the group has produced five album namely, Exodus, Exodus Remix, Wake Up Call, Confident and Iritis. First Born\'s talent, craftsmanship and presence, both in studio and on stage, has blossomed and matured almost beyond belief, and in November 2002, were invited to Jamaica to participate in the celebration of the coronation of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I., which were attended by the grandson of His Imperial Majesty. The group was deeply honored, when asked to perform the National Anthem at the Guyana Miss Universe Pageant and the annual Boxing Day Boxing Championships of 2002. They culminated that year\'s home front engagements with several performances at the flag raising ceremony commemorating the anniversary of Guyana\'s Independence. In September 2002, they travelled and opened for international reggae dancehall artiste Shaggy in Suriname. Barbados, were they next port of call, in March 2003, they open for Sizzla at the Block party concert, leading into Sizzla\'s \'Rise to the Occasion\' birthday celebration in 2004 at Caymans Park, Jamaica where they shared stage with Coco Tea, Beres Hammond, Sizzla, Marcia Griffiths, Richie Stephens, Chezidek , In 2005 the group again, performed Sting Jamaica, Reggae Sumfest and Kingston Jamboree and many more. Since first hitting the streets, First Born has indeed been making some serious strides, not letting up on their goal to make a name for themselves as a prominent reggae band. And, with their hardworking manager Walter \'Wally\' Fraser, they have been making serious inroads. Their 2005 single ‘Irits’ has been getting good airplay on the airwaves, peaking at number 4 on the Mega Jamz Reggae Chart. The singles ‘How Are We Gonna Survive’with Buju Banton and ‘Muzik Is The Rock’ done with Gregory Isaacs are also in heavy rotation. “Cut and Go Thru” featuring Luciano, “Jah Blessing” featuring Natural Black, “Loving This” with Jah Cure “Georgetown Rock” with Dune Stephenson and Dean Fraser to name a few. Also released in 2005, the singles ‘Early in the Morning’ (remix), ‘Love Trap’ and ‘War I See’ are growing in popularity. In 2008 the group traveled to the USA and did shows in several states including a performance at Club SOB. The group in 2009 was nominated for nine accolade awards (Guyana’s Music Award) and won six. The group in May 2013 performed in London. Making the rounds on the music video channels from the group are the videos for ‘Irits’, ‘Bounce Them Head’ (both directed by Steven Ventura) and ‘Way Of Life’ with label mate LMJ (directed by Ras Kasa). The group has now release the several singles, “Help Someone, I Fell Asleep, Africa is Calling and Where Did the Love Go” along with a tour of England for the Guyana’s 47th Independence Anniversary in May, 2013. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for more on Troy Azore, Trayon Garrett, and Rolston Richmond - members of the outstanding First Born: ‘Forever Inspirational; Reaching Souls; Teaching Brotherhood, Obedience, Righteousness...Naturally’. For a more details of our Company’s achievements and products, the following links to sites we hope may prove useful: [email protected] http://www,vizionsoundrecord.com http://www.youtube.com/my_videos https://www.facebook.com/Vizi0onSoundsPromotions https://myspace.com/vizion.sounds https://twitter.com/ViZiOnSoUnDs .
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