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Albert Olton (born on February 23 1975) Barbados is a (reggae singer, song writer, lead guitarist, producer, musician) & a former soca singer..

Early Career. Albert attended the St Patrick Primary School & the Garrison Secondary School where he always loved music & poetry. He also was part of the Bright Hill Pentecostal's Church choir. It was'nt until 1994 Albert decided to enter the local Richard Stoute Teen Talent at age 19 that his career hightened. Albert wrote two songs & won his preliminary & went on to the semi-finals. It was there that he was contacted by musician Michael Cheeseman who was the backing band for the teen talent show, two weeks before the finals, he was putting together a band & wanted Albert as the lead singer. This band was called The FX Band along with Colleen Brewster. Where they did the hotel & club circuit for two years.

After The FX Band. At age 23 Albert had decided now to go work on a cruise ship as a singer, upon hearing that Krosfyah called Albert & asked him to join the frontline with Edwin Yearwood to tour the USA & the entire Caribbean with the band, he performed alongside Machel Montano & Iwer George & many other calypso & soca stars. After two weeks with Krosfyah & after Carnival, Albert no longer wanted to be a part of Krosfyah, he felt as though his career was being stiffled as he had no musical input in that band so he wanted to quit. After some decision makings & discussions the management of Krosfyah decided they did'nt want him to leave the band, so Albert went back to work with Krosfyah & ended up spending another year with the band, some of which was working with Krosfyah's manager then Mr. Phil Phillips in the office doing bookings & promotions.

After Krosfyah In 2002 after leaving Krosfyah, at age 24 Albert linked up with John Roett of Roett Hoyos Productions who produced compilations for the annual Crop Over Festival & Congaline Festival. He did three songs for Roett's compilation "Spirit Of The Rhythm" including 'Nice & Slow', 'Mystic Journey' & the breakthrough song which propelled Albert back out there as a soca artist 'Speedo' which was getting lots of airplay & also had a music video that used to be televised by CBC Channel 8 (Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation). Afterwards Albert linked back with Michael Cheeseman & The FX Band where they did short stint gigs around Barbados..

Dinamik Year. Albert Olton decided to concentrate on his own career & writing material for his first calypso band Dinamik which landed him a contract working on a cruise ship & travelling the world..

The Eden Band. In 2003 Albert had received a called from an old musician friend he used to play with in a band named Timothy Ashby who Albert holds high respects for as he is the one who taught Albert how to play the guitar. Timothy Ashby had told Albert about a Barbadian musician that lived in Sweden named John Roachford who had a band named Eden & was looking for a lead singer for that band. After rehearsals with Eden Albert musical direction changed too for a more conscious message, you could've now hear it in his music after singing the track "Human Rights" which was written by John Roachford. His whole life was begining to change as he was now starting life trodding the Rastafari Religion & doing more conscious reggae music that could relate to people's everyday living. So his music became more righteous & spiritually uplifting & he was now getting to create & had more creative input in the band & also learning John Roachford's music which was a real positive contribution..

After The Eden Band In 2005, Albert decided to dedicate his talent to reggae music & performed as a lead singer/ lead rhythm guitarist with reggae bands such as Mo' Lava (directed by James Lovell), Third Stone Band (with lead vocalist Melody Man).

Fully Loaded Band Albert joined The Fully Loaded Band just after it had changed management & name from being Red Alarm, from it's inception with the other members Buggy Nhakente, Daniel Medford & Simon Pipe. Albert plan for Fully Loaded was that he came out of the Mo' Lava & Third Stone experiences where both of those bands were good local bands but they did'nt have any of their material, so Albert had suggested to the Fully Loaded Band, to work on Wednesday night & take that money to start some recordings on Friday mornings, so that every week they could have a new song to present to the audience. This was Albert's plan to have the band just doing original tracks instead of doing covers tracks. From this moment Fully Loaded Band became the face of reggae music in Barbados, with the band doing a weekly Wednesday night gig in Mcbride's Irish Pub in St.Lawrence Gap, Christ Church from there Fully Loaded Band was opening up shows in Barbados, opening for many Jamaican reggae artists such as Sizzla, Capleton, Luciano, Tarrus Riley, Junior Kelly, Duane Stephenson, Tony Rebel, Queen Ifrica, Etana, Romain Virgo, Tanya Stephens, Busy Signal, Maxi Priest, Third World Band, Konshens, Morgan Heritage, Buju Banton, Richie Spice, Jah Cure, Anthony B, Frankie Paul, Ky-mani Marley, Fab 5, John Holt, Ken Lazarus, Ernie Smith, Marcia Griffiths, Beres Hammond, Cocoa Tea, Baby Cham (Cham). They had done many reggae shows in Barbados including The Best Of Both Worlds - Beres Hammond & Baby Cham (Cham), FAS/ Digicel's Barbados Reggae Festival's Reggae On The Hill, Bajan Night 2011, Big Links Promotion's Easter Reggae Explosion 2009, Bob Marley Celebration at MOJO's, Bathsheba's Soup Bowl Surfer's Pro Concert, Barbados Music Awards, Hennessey Artistry, The Haiti Relief Concert in 2010 & many others...

During Fully Loaded Band Albert Olton had gauged that with him being a member in The Fully Loaded Band after two years he would be leaving to really pursue his musical endeavors in getting his own reggae band started & to continue to do his music & also to finish his first reggae album entitled "Human Rights". He also wanted to stick to his motto of doing his own reggae & not being a cover band. His dreams as a reggae artist is to tour the world doing only his originals with his band & to let the people know that there is good positive reggae coming out of Barbados. Albert Olton's reggae music is more of a cultural type of reggae branding him as a "Fire Brand" artist, his two tracks "Human Rights" & "Sialamume" which was written by John Roachford is compared to as World Music, while some of his tracks are live band studio recordings with his Fully Loaded Band mates. His track "Rock with Me" produced by James Lovell is compared to roots rock & has a rhythmic feeling of listen to The Wailers Band. After a heated argument between the members of The Fully Loaded Band they went back to the studio & Albert had recorded a track called "Shine The Light" which features vocals of Buggy Nhakente & Daniel Medford, Daniel also played keyboards on that track along with Simon Pipe on rhythm guitar, Andre Bishop on drums & David Haynes on bass guitar, Albert also played lead guitar on that track which was produced by Minim, This track is a crowd favorite with everyone that knows of Albert's music, it appears on the "Blessed" - Various Artists album & also on Albert's "Human Rights" album.

The Revalayshun Band Albert Olton started Albert Olton & Revalayshun Band on March 11 2011, & it consisted of seasoned musicians such as Daniel Medford on keyboards & backing vocalist, Timothy Ashby on lead guitar & backing vocalist, Pierre Dominique on bass guitar, Pedro Williams on drums & Albert's son Akeem Olton on keyboards & Albert as lead singer, rhythm guitar. Since starting out The Revalayshun Band had been doing a weekly private party at The High Rock Cafe in Bathsheba, St Joseph opposite the famous Bathsheba Soup Bowl (Beach used mostly by surfers) every saturday night & on Sunday nights inside St.Lawrence Gap at the Reggae Lounge (Barbados' number one reggae club). In November of 2011 Albert Olton & Revalayshun was the backing back for Mauii's reggae artist Marty Dread at the Virgin Atlantic Surfers Bay Music Festival. Still doing the weekly gigs in 2012 Albert Olton & Daniel Medford went on to do the FAS/ Digicel's Barbados Reggae Festival's Bajan Night where Olton performed two of his new tracks "Ghetto Dread" & "Human Rights". Afterwards The Revalayshun Band started touring around doing so small gigs around Barbados. In 2013 the band went back to The Reggae Lounge in St. Lawrence Gap for the Wednesday Reggae Nights which they are currently doing. On Saturday September 7th 2013 Albert Olton & Revalayshun were the backing band for Jamaican reggae artist Courtney Melody when he performed in Barbados. Albert Olton & his Revalayshun Band along with Melody Man & Anthony "Tony Rebel" Bailey from (Krosfyah soca band & Zion Trybe reggae band) opened up the show & delivered a stellar performance..

Soca Solo Discography:

. A.O.

. Angel

. Endlessly

. Kick Up Dust

.Mystic Journey (1998) - Spirit Of The Rhythm Vol 3 - VA

. Speedo (1998) - Spirit Of The Rhythm Vol 3 - VA

. Nice & Slow (1998) - Spirit Of The Rhythm Vol 3 -VA

. Pick Up The Pace

. Soca Freak

. Sugar Plum with FX Band (1999) - De Malibu Congaline Carnival Barbados - VA

. Leggo De Motor (2000) - Billboard Soca 3 - VA

.Soca Rumble with FX Band (1999) - De Malibu Congaline Carnival Barbados - VA

. Jumping Again (2000) - Pure Caribbean Energy 2 - VA

. Reggae Ragga Christmas (1999) Colours Of Christmas - VA

Reggae Music Discography:

. Shine The Light - (2009) Featuring Buggy Nhakente & Fully Loaded (produced by Minim)

. Pieces - (2009) Pieces Riddim (produced by Minim)

. Looking For Love - (2009) (produced by Special K)

. Fake Friend - (2009) (produced by Simon Pipe)

. Human Rights - (2011) (produced by Eden Band)

. Rock With Me - (2010) (produced by James Lovell)

. Sialamume - (2011)  (produced by Eden Band)

. Free Life - (2006) (produced by KB Sharp)

. Guidance -

. In A War - (2010) Dime Riddim (Quantum Studio)

. Vampire - VA (Red Boyz Productions)

. Diamond Queen - (2009)

. Evil Forces - (2011) unreleashed

. Ghetto Dread - (2011) unreleashed

. I Plant A Tree (Watch it Grow) - Featuring LRG & Simon Pipe (unreleashed)

Alternative Music

. Set Me Free - Featuring Simon Pipe (produced by Simon Pipe)

. New Day - Featuring Simon Pipe (produced by Simon Pipe)