German Talks ‘Timeless Vibes’ Reggae Riddim

Dancehall producer Emanuel Schirmer, more popularly known as ‘German’, is excited about his first foray into reggae music with the release of a project dubbed Timeless Vibes riddim.

The project, which will be distributed by VPAL, was released on January 14 featuring Freddie McGregor, Christopher Martin, Busy Signal, Chin McGregor, Anthony B, Bugle, Bramma, Singing Sweet, Kenny Smyth, Fyah George and Ashari.

“We’re also doing a music video for Chris Martin’s song Feel My Love today, which will be released next week,” ‘German’ aka Emudio told DancehallMag.

‘German’ is best known for the Genna bounce riddim, arguably his most successful dancehall juggling project so far, and working with a number of dancehall artists. He relished the experience and challenge of doing a one-drop project.

“The experience was different from doing a dancehall riddim because I worked with live musicians (Dalton Browne and Robbie Lynn), and Freddie McGregor also had an input in terms of the arrangement of the riddim. I definitely enjoyed working with those legendary musicians,” he said.

“We did the live overdubs after I came up with the initial version of the riddim but it ended up sounding very different after the musicians added their parts.”

German’s favourite producers are a virtual who’s who in the world of reggae music. Quizzed about his favourite reggae project, he admitted he couldn’t pick one.

“There are too many classic one drop projects to pick one, but my favourite reggae producers are Sly & Robbie, Steely & Clevie, Bobby Digital, Don Corleon,” he said.

German has built up an impressive CV with Emudio Records in only a few years. He has worked with a number of dancehall acts, including Aidonia, Mavado, Jahmiel, Shenseea, Jada Kingdom, Alkaline, Dexta Daps and Busy Signal. He teamed up with Govana for a slew of hits such as as Gyal Clown, Convo, Better Than That featuring Jada Kingdom, Gyal Thief and Shrimp Patty. Other noteworthy dancehall singles are Jada Kingdom’s ‘Budum’ , Jahmiel’s ‘I Need You’ and Govana’s ‘Still’.

German’s last dancehall juggling project was the “Signature riddim” which was released in August last year.