Pupa Nas-T and Lava Aim Straight for Carnival With "Pelt Out"
Brooklyn-born soca super-producer Pupa Nas-T and collaborator Lava release "Pelt Out" on Thursday, November 19, via Digital Drum Records — a pure Carnival-energy single with an open invitation for artists to jump on the instrumental. Nas-T, the producer behind the 2001 classic "Work," will choose ten artists first, then open the riddim wider, as the build-up to Carnival season begins.
(ReggaeVibeMedia.com) - Carnival season starts now, and soca super-producer Pupa Nas-T is coming for the road. The Brooklyn-born producer has teamed with collaborator Lava on "Pelt Out," a new single dropping Thursday, November 19, on all platforms via Digital Drum Records — and he is not just releasing a song, he is opening the riddim up to the whole Caribbean music family.
"The song has pure Carnival energy, made to mash up the road and the fete," Nas-T said. The main mix is already out for listeners to get an early taste, and the instrumental is out too — with an open invitation for artists to jump on it. Nas-T says he will choose ten artists first, then the team will choose others, and emerging artists are welcome to try a ting. "If the riddim moves you, you're invited to jump on the Pelt Out Riddim and make it yours — just link me first so we do it proper," he said.
That open-riddim call is what makes this one bigger than a single release. Nas-T, born Anastas Hackett, has spent more than three decades moving between soca, calypso, reggae, dancehall, hip-hop and electronic music as a producer, composer, drummer and remixer. He founded Traveling Man Productions and Digital Drum Music Records, and he is best known for creating and co-writing "Work," the 2001 soca-house track featuring Trinidadian singer Denise "Saucey Wow" Belfon — a record that found a whole new audience when Drake worked it into "BBW." His catalogue also includes "If I Can't Have You" and "Put Your Back In It," and he has done work with Sugar Minott, Leroy Sibbles, JC Lodge, Leroy Smart and The Abyssinians, and played drums and led bands on two Synergy Reggae Sunsplash World Tours.
So when a producer with that kind of history puts a riddim out and tells artists to come and voice it, people listen. Carnival 2027 is still months away, but the road starts in the studio — and "Pelt Out" is Nas-T's first step toward it.
"Give it a spin, turn it up, and if you're feeling it, share it with your people. Pelt Out!"