Pressure
Delyno Brown (born August 5, 1981), better known as Pressure or Pressure Busspipe, is a reggae musician from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
He gained his early experience working on the Star Lion sound system in the late 1990s.
His debut album, The Pressure Is On, was produced by Dean Pond and released in 2005. He had a hit in Jamaica in 2007 with a remixed version of "Love and Affection", a song originally recorded for Pond but updated by producer Don Corleon. Corleon produced an album of the same name.
His third album was called Coming Back For You, again produced by Pond and released in 2009.
Pressure is known for his commitment to the Rastafari movement.
His fourth album, Africa Redemption, was released in December 2012. He worked on the album with producer Trevor "Baby G" James in Jamaica and Damian and Stephen Marley in Miami.
After being a victim of gun crime and in response to the rise in violent crime in the islands, Pressure Busspipe organized a peace concert in St. Thomas in August 2013.
Fifth album The Sound was released in 2014.
His 2016 album Red Rose reached the top ten of the Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart.
In November 2019 he released the album Rebel With a Cause...
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Pressure Builds on Reggae’s Sound
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Reggae in India: Meet Reggae Rajahs
How the music from a little island in the Caribbean has become so popular and relevant around the world can be told by the amount of countries with a reggae scene. Strangely enough India is among them, and a huge part of the credit is due to the Reggae Rajahs crew.I had the opportunity to spend some time with three of members of the crew, General Zooz, Diggy Dang and Ziggy Blunt, in Delhi, just after their weekly radio show, Pressure Drop.
Joe Higgs' 'Unity is Power' album to be re-released
An instrumental figure structuring the basis of Jamaican music in the 1950's, Joe Higgs' sophomore album, 'Unity is Power' – released in 1979 on the Island Records label – will see a re-released on Pressure Sounds this coming August.
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