Native Elements

A San Francisco-based reggae music group that’s prepared to represent. The associates used countless rings before Native Components, and so are adept at rock and roll, jazz, blues, R&B, and hip-hop. Beneath the stewardship from the Twinkle Brothers: Ralston and Norman Offer, their full-length Compact disc Fine n’ Up, released in 1996, is certainly competitive and includes a large dub sound to check the memorable rhythms. Energetic for seven plus years, Local Components players are Chris Cortez (drums-vocals), Jose Pangan (business lead vocals), Jaime Duran (bass), Pete Hadden (keyboards), Joel Atanacio (guitars), Karen Smith (business lead & back-up vocals), Tamara Haynes (business lead & back-up vocals), Rick Campbell (percussion), Ben Thompson (saxophone), and Mike Bryant (vocals). Karen and Tamara no more perform live but nonetheless supply their gorgeous voices for recordings. Various other releases consist of, a maxi-single “Sensi ALL DAY LONG” (1998), and their most recent Compact disc 2000 Years. Among California’s most honest and genuine reggae rings, they’ve opened up for Pato Banton, Eek A Mouse, Toots & the Maytals, Dark Uhuru, Lucky Dube, Yellowman, and Bunny Wailer.