This is a combination of singing and DJing. In a fitting tribute to the late, highly talented and influential artist, Vysionaer switches from straight vocals to a more “ singjay” style. It’s a beautiful throwback to the heyday of roots. But funky electric guitars and a stripped-back drum line, with hi-hats and the snare predominant, transport you back to the funk soul era. Some of the musical devices are the same. This continues with the more soulful If You Don’t Mind. The whole affair is 21st-century roots perfection: A bass guitar performs a wandering “ lick” (a repeated melody, rhythm, or both), The backing vocals have a distinctly soulful, softly clipped doo-wop feel about them, with a call and response arrangement present at times. A Hammond organ subtly plays a complimenting melody to the song’s main one. But Bring Back Love is more complex than this.
It takes you straight into reggae territory. Keys play on the bubble pattern (a musical device in reggae where an instrument plays off the beat). A gorgeous mix of traditional roots reggae with inflections of soul, a dominant sax kicks off the track, almost having a conversation with Vysionaer’s riffs across “No more”.
But what he and Senior have done is created something far more delicate and eclectic than just a reggae release. It sets out the artist’s musical and lyrical grounding, taking on a distinctly roots-reggae form. Soldier is a perfectly formed introduction to Vysionaer.
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