HUMBLE SOUL : haiwaii reggae music

Humble soul est un groupe de reggae d’Hawaii, mais humble soul c’est avant tout le chanteur Douglas Arsinio Bautista. Il est né et a été élevé à Hawaï, il est métisse japonais et philippines. Bautista a grandi dans Kahaluu. Il a préféré en 1995 se consacrer au reggae le plus roots.
"I wanted to see if I could do it there. I figured I'd give it a shot and when I got up there it wasn't as difficult as I thought. All you have to do is be true in your music no matter where you go."

Il part vivre à santa monica en californie. C’est la qu’il écris tous les morceaux de son premier album "Good Lord, Thank You", sorti en 1996 et qui est devenu un classique dans les îles hawaïenne.

"We had a couple of friends come in for a guitar part or something like that but we were the brain behind it." Humble soul a enregistré cet album dans un garage avec le musicien et ingénieur Sayan M.

listen "dawn vampire" :

bautista revient revient à Hawaii en 1999, et rencontre Lawrence des "Mystic Lion" au Kauai Splash Festival. Un lien qui s’affirma dans les studios de "mystic lion".
l'album qui suit : “Jah Love Supreme”
Depuis le retour à Hawaï, Bautista a fait des concerts avec Don Carlos, Eek-UN-Souris, Damian et Julian Marley….
"When I came back here for the first time in '98 and played, the local audience didn't know what to expect because I was 'from L.A.' and I flew in for a show -- "the local boy back from L.A.!" -- so they thought maybe I was going to play like a more Jawaiian or Hawaiian-influenced reggae and when the first chords came out it was strictly roots! I think that opened their eyes and I kind of tripped them out. In California, reggae audiences expect roots reggae. Humble Soul is strictly international reggae and now they expect that here too. If I'm gonna carry that name I want to stay that way no matter how big I get or if I fall off the charts. It's a reminder for me to look in the mirror every day and do my best every day, to be humble and cool about everything."
Baptista prépare son 3° album, et souhaite revenir dans une approche encore plus roots :
"I want to attack it from a different angle. Instead of being in a big band in a big studio, I want to go back to my roots like the first album and go back into the garage again. But the first one was in Sayan's garage. It was almost like a tool shed. This time it'll be in mine."

En mélangeant l'esprit de l'aloha et l'âme de la musique de reggae, humble soul fait figure de représentant du roots reggae hawaiien, dans la digne succession du pionnier en la matière : Maacho.

une version acoustique "humble soul":
Peace with humble soul…and hawaiian music.