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MACKARUFFIN SON OF A PREACHER ,GRASS ROOT MUSICIAN, PRODUCER AND SINGER, MACKARUFFIN HAS GROWN FROM STRENGHT TO STRENGHT. HE BEGAN AS A YOUTH IN THE 70'S, PIONEERING THE WAY WITH HIS BROTHER ELECTRIC DREAD. NOW A WELL ESTABLISHED SINGER AND MUSICIAN, RUFFIN IS ALSO ONE OF JAPAN'S MOST ACLAIMED REGGAE ARTIST, AND HAS STOOD AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR BOTH REGGAE AND JAMAICA THROUGH OUT ASIAN REGEION FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS. HE..S NO STRANGER TO NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN STAGES, AND HAS EVEN GRACED THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH HIS UNIQUE STYLE NOT ONLY VOCALLY BUT AS ONE OF THE BEST DRUMMERS. THIS ONLY SHOWS HOW DIVERSE AND MULTITALENTED MACKARUFFIN IS. PRESENTLY HE TS WORKING ON HIS NEW ALBULM .. WHY.. WHICH WILL BE RELEASED BY ....DAIKI SOUND.., A RECORD AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY IN JAPAN. THE RELEASED DATE IS SET FOR MAY 11th , 2007, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST RELEASE FROM A DISTRIBUTION CONTRACT MACKA;S COMPANY ..FIRST RISE RECORDS.... SIGNED WITH DAIKI SOUNDS IN LATE JANUARY 2007. THE ALBULM ..WHY.. IS ONE WHICH IS FULL OF MACKA RUFFIN'S ORIGINAL ROOTS TASTE. AS MANY OF THE TRACKS WERE PLAYED BY MACKA HIMSELF. OTHER COMPLETED PROJECTS INCLUDES ONE THAT WAS DONE IN JAMAICA. A DOCUMENTARY MOVIE, PART OF JAPANESE AND JAMAICA CULTURAL EXCHANGE. THE FILM FEATURES JAMAICA'S UNDERWATER SCEANERY, FISHING AND MUSIC. FROM JAPAN YOU HAD T.V. STARS SUCH AS KEIN KOSUGI, IJIMA AI, AKAI HIDEAKI, AND DEGAWA TETSURO , ALONG WITH MACKA. MACKARUFFIN HAS EMBARKED ON. A YOUTH DEVELOPMEMT AND WITH THE HELP OF MUSIC HENCE THE RECORDING STUDIO IN CHRISTIANA MANCHESTER 32 DIGITAL TRACK WHICH IS BEEN UPGRADED TO PRO TOOLS, TO HELP EXPOSE THE CHILDREN WHO ARE TALENTED. MACKARUFFIN HAS SPECIAL PLAN FOR JAMAICA HAS HE PLANS TO TAKE REGGAE MILLENNIUM HERE TO JAMAICA. A SHOW PUT ON BY MACKARUFFIN IN JAPAN AND IS HELD DURING THE MONTHS OF MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER. WITH OVER WHELMING SUPPORT FROM JAPANNESE REGGAE LOVERS , REGGAE MILLENNIUM AS BROUGHT DERRICK HARRIOTT, JUNIOR MERVIN, EARL SIXTEEN, ELECTRIC DREAD, SISTER MARIE AND BLACK KAT SOUND SYSTEM TO THE JAPANESE AUDIENCE. . THIS YEAR 2007 DECEMBER REGGAE MILLENNIUM JAPAN TOUR WILL BE FEATURING BLACK KAT SOUND SYSTEM, MAJESTIC BAND, MACKARUFFIN ALONG WITH SOME JAPANESE ARTISTS. DUE TO BE IN JAPAN SHORTLY , NOT ONLY TO GET REGGAE MILLENNIUM JAMAICA PLAN ON THE WAY ,BUT ALSO TO DO WHAT HE DOES BEST, THRILL THE PEOPLE WITH SONGS OF SATISFACTION MACKA ..S PROMOTIONAL TOUR KICKS OFF ON THE 17TH OF FEB TO THE 30TH OF MAY 2007 IN JAPAN. MACKA NEVER STOP WORKING AS LONG AS THERE IS MUSIC MACKARUFFIN'S LATEST ALBULM ENTITLED {MAMA} FEATURES GREAT REGGAE TALENTS SUCH AS CEDRIC MAYTON FROM THE CONGOS, DANNY DREAD, DIPLOMAT AND CATAPILLA WHICH HAS BEEN. RELEASED IN JAPAN IN 2004 BY TONE CATZ RECORD COMPANY. HIS NEW ALBUM ENTILTLED 'WHY" WILL BE RELEASED IN JAPAN APRIL 2007 MACKA HAS MOVED ON IN HIS CAREER, AND IS NOW PRODUCING NEW ARTISTS , BOTH JAPANESE AND JAMAICAN IN CLUDING PROPHET 21 AND MIKI BABY. MACKA NEXT RELEASE WILL BE A SINGLE CD FEATURING JONNY P AND GENERAL TREES. ENTITLED 'DEM GIRLS'' COMING IN JULY 2008,