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Tastey Soca and more TASTE OF MADNESS is a ten-member band of professional artists from throughout the Caribbean and Canada. They have been thrilling audiences since 1994 with many potent originals and standards drawn from the calypso, soca, chutney, reggae, zouk, funk and rhythm and blues genres. This smooth sounding group of dedicated musicians has backed several top artists such as Designer, Anslem Douglas, Iwer George, Ronnie McIntosh, Colin Lucas, Denise Belfon, Elsworth James, De Fosto and Leon Coldero. TASTE OF MADNESS has performed in Montreal, Sudbury, and Toronto. Bassist Emmanuel "Blocker" Thomas formed TASTE OF MADNESS. Blocker has been involved in the Caribbean music industry since 1981 in Trinidad and Tobago playing with bands such as Pearl Winds Sound, Free Soil Platinum, Imperial Brass, and Volt Express. A resident of Toronto since 1987, he played with Instant Jam from 1991 to 1994 while expanding his artistic ability by becoming a calypso-recording artist and releasing two hot tracks, "Mash Up De Pardy" and "Tourist Woman" in '93, and the single "Ragga Christmas" in '94. These tracks were arranged and produced by the well-known musician Kenny Phillips. The dynamic TASTE OF MADNESS released their first compact disc MADNESSMANIA ONE in 1997 This disc was arranged and produced by the versatile Junior "Ibo" Joseph who has produced several soca hits in his San Fernando studios Ibo continues to do outstanding arrangements for the band as evidenced in this 2001 release, GET READY. If their sweet soca rhythms have not captured your dancing feet yet, they soon will as you play this disc.
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