ABOUT US

Ben (Bass) & David (Drum & Riddim Maker)

The Stargate Backing Band was created in 2014, under the leadership of the duo Benoît Fouquet and David Attal, respectively Bassist and Drummer. The first goal of the group is to play live, but a few years later David, the drummer of the group, but also Riddim Maker starts and directs the production of the first One Riddim

In 2018, the creation of the Stargate Productions label marks an essential step in musical self-production granting him more freedom both in artistic choices and partnerships, as well as for the visual universe and the graphic identity he created as a freelance graphic designer..

The same year the label recorded its first project, B. U Riddim, finalized and mixed by Denis Rastyron Thery from Studio K by  and mastered by Olivier Planchard both inseparable partners of Stargate Productions.

The B. U Riddim album, released in 2019, brings together 17 international singers including big names in reggae such as Luciano “the Messenjah”, Jah Mason, Exco Levi or Denham Smith aka Chilli but also new talents to discover such as the Jamaicans Darrio, Kenny Smyth, Jah Torius, Jahlani Muziq  (young protégé of Luciano) and Makkan J from Senegal.
The video for the track “True to the music” by the project’s flagship artist, Luciano the Messenjah was produced by the label itself and directed by Romain Sherkahn Chiffre with the famous dancer-choreographer Orville Xpressionz Hall in the lead role.

2020 is for riddim Maker a year dedicated to the development of the second One Riddim, the “Love Like That Riddim”. To do this he surrounds himself with partners who have already worked with him on B. U Riddim and brings together artists such as Pressure Busspipe, Turbulence Bg Lion, Luciano “the Messenjah”, RC- Righteous Child, Exco Levi, Treesha ft King Mas, Prince Levy, Kenny Smyth and  Chiney Kiki .

Stargate Productions is also in producing two videos of “Love Like That Riddim” project. The first one, on the song “Blaze” by the artist Pressure Busspipe, evoking the struggle of the “Black lives matter” movement that emerged in May 2020 in the USA after the death of Georges Floyd. The artist pays tribute both to the victims killed by police violence and to the legitimate struggle of the African American people who demand justice and equal rights for all.
Scheduled on May 7, the second video on the Prince Levy’s track “Vows”, is a true declaration of love where the
artist demonstrates all of his vocal qualities.

CD-Digipack soon available in our store and on all download platforms ( Distribution :  VPAL Music )