In the summer of 2005, Jamaican Tanya Stephens scored a big dancehall hit with her song It's A Pity. It is less known that the music was written by the German sound system Seeed. On their album Next! the song appears under the title Waterpumpee. This time without Mrs. Stephens, but with toaster Anthony B. It's clear: Seeed is respected by Jamaican artists and that will give the band, which is based
… on the Germaican Records label, the ultimate pleasure. Now they are ready to conquer the rest of the world. Next! is the first CD to be released outside Germany and because German is not directly associated with sunny beaches and palm trees, some of the lyrics have been translated into English. Fortunately without a Jamaican accent. While most of the songs on Next! less richly arranged than Tanya Stephens' hit, digital reggae convinces. Especially in cars with shuttered windows, a spoiler and a nice subwoofer. (MH)more