Teino Evans, Staff Reporter
Longtime singer, Pinchers, performs in his 'bandelero' outfit during Asylum's eighth anniversary celebration party, held at the Mas Camp, Oxford Road, New Kingston, on Saturday. - WINSTON SILL/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
IT WAS a jam-packed affair at the Mas Camp Village, Oxford Road, New Kingston, last Saturday night when the Asylum nightclub held its eighth anniversary celebrations.
The event attracted a full house, as patrons flocked the venue by the thousands to celebrate with Asylum.
Inside the Mas Camp was completely transformed to accommodate all the desires that patrons could possibly have in order to enjoy themselves. Two bar areas on either end of the venue, a food area, a specially-elevated VIP area setup towards the rare of the venue with their own personal bar and food areas, complete with sofas and tables under a tent, and of course, the dancing females on pedestals, skimpily attired, strutting their stuff to the music.
With such an atmosphere, patrons now only had to find the time to divide their attention between all the drama and antics that would take place on the stage later, while attending to their dance partners or other attractions that existed in a tightly squeezed Mas Camp Village.
In addition, one of the main sponsors, Guinness, offered special bucket deals, and with each purchase, patrons had the chance of winning $10,000 every hour.
BABY CHAM ON FIRE
The main host for the evening, Baby Cham, was introduced on stage at approximately 1:30 a.m. by Pretty Boy Floyd, who had up until that point been attending to business, and of course, the man from out of Sherlock Crescent and Mad People Gang, Baby Cham, wasted no time in spitting lyrics from a couple of his songs, intensifying the vibes among the massive audience.
"Mas Camp, mek mi hear uno seh ma ... mad house!" Cham said as he sang. "We an dem nuh grounds man ..." before breaking into tunes like Babylon Bwoy and Galang Gyal.
It was not long after that patrons were given another surprise, as the popular line, "fix mi good if yuh a fix mi good nuh, set mi good if yuh a set mi good nuh," rang out over the microphone as deejay Spice appeared on stage, to co-host with Baby Cham. Spice also performed two songs that she had recorded on Dave Kelly's Eighty-Five Rhythm, Fight Over Man and Grab Yuh Hood.
Spice would not be Cham's only company on stage for the night, as Tony Matterhorn took centre stage at 2:00 a.m. and was not without his usual 'passa passa' to add to the vibes as he warned, "mi a guh deal wid dem wicked in yah tonight."
In between the antics of the three on stage, selectors like DJ Smurf, G-Fuss and Stone Love, Sky Juice and the Asylum deejays, all ensured that the party vibes were maintained consistently throughout the night.
PINCHERS: CROWD PLEASER
Selector G-Fuss and his Stone Love Crew managed to prepare patrons just ahead of some more performances on stage by spinning tunes like Jah Cure's True Reflection, Gyptian's Serious Times, Nanko's Lucky You, Junior Gong's Welcome To JamRock and a series of tunes on the Drop Leaf rhythm.
The patrons were, however, still in awe, when the original 'bandelero', Pinchers was brought on stage. Clad in a full black, pinstripe suit, with cowboy hat and boots with the star at the heals, Pinchers reminded the Mas Camp of exactly who he was, as he dispensed with a couple of his earlier hits, including Bandelero and Riding West, which featured Bounty Killer, before he performed his latest single, Desperate Senario, also on the Eighty-Five rhythm, produced by Dave Kelly.
Black Er would also capture some of the spotlight, as he too reaped much response from the audience when he performed Later Fi She (on the Eighty-Five rhythm) and Bun Him, a collaboration with Macka Diamond that he performed, despite her absence.
The host himself had to return at this point to round off the artiste segment with his current hot single, Ghetto Story. Needless to say, the number of forwards almost denied Cham the chance to perform a significant portion of his song.
"Mi a di maddest deejay fi di Christmas," was the guarantee that Cham left with his fans as he made his exit from the stage.
