This was one of those cultural encounters, the flair from "old school" roots music with our current day to day life experiences. Naked and raw, Roots Reggae is what Midnite's music is described to be, the resonance of the music and lyrics from Vaungh Benjamin and Midnite's Christian Molina (drums), Edmund Fieulleteau (guitar), Edwin Byron (guitar) and Ras L (keyboards) were clearly a force to be reckoned with.

Well this group certainly does have a long history, having started off in the late 80's, Raised in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, the sons of legendary Antiguan musician Ronnie Benjamin, Vaugh and Ron started the band Midnite.

Their presence at Reggaejam Midnite just seemed to drawn all the attention of the audience with their hypnotic rhythms, leaving them in awe and a message of peace and cultural resistance to Babylon. It really was an honor seeing this group performing live at Reggae Jam. They have released numerous amounts of albums to date and "Stand the Test" was released in 2014.

Exalting experience by Midnite.

Written by: Lauren,  Photographs: Yeke, interview and videos by: Yeke & Brian

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