Pellau Magazine

 PengCo Music in Trinidad and Tobago is determined to make thesound of music out of the twin island nation, stand firmly beside that of large countries such as the US andEurope. So bent are they on making this happen that the team, manned by Randal Alexander has upped their game,recently completing work on a new state of the art studio where they're currently installing the best hardwaremoney can buy, with one goal in mind. Yesterday, June 8, PengCo Music premiered a brand new riddim andaccording to the music production experts, the sound emanating from this one, is word class.Squeezy Rankin, Buffy and Chucky are three of the big names on the Planet X riddim. It's just in time for what'scommonly referred to as the summer period worldwide and according to Alexander the difference heard in thisriddim, as compared to any other that's been released out of PengCo Music, lies in the belly of the all -round sound."I always aim to avoid being redundant so I work with a lot of different people to get their influence because after awhile a person's sound starts sounding the same," explained Alexander. He said this time around he sought out thehelp of a young drummer who is known to strike up big soca beats. " This is a young guy by the name of AG. Thisis actually the first production he's worked on. He plays drums with a soca band," he said, adding that what AG wasable to do, was offer some soca elements to the Planet X riddim. Alexander said the nice thing about this particularriddim is the fusion of dancehall and soca, which as he explained, will certainly work well for the upcoming CropOver carnival festival in Barbados. Assuring that most if not all of the tracks on the riddim, which also featuresnewcomers Kazee and Tuff among others, will seamlessly mix with dancehall and soca tracks, Alexander isconfident that DJs across the board will love playing around with the singles on the Planet X riddim. PengCo Music has been delivering 'A' class productions for a number of years. This time around, the team formed a unique alliance with Jamaica's Anju Blax of UIM Records. Alexander made it known that the Jamaican music unit iswell respected for its great work, having been responsible for some of the best music mixes out of Jamaica in recentyears. He explained that Blax is responsible for the post production of the Planet X riddim and while in the realworld most producers and music engineers who mix the music after pre-production are left without credit, he feelscredit is due to the UIM team in Jamaica for the amazing final product.As PengCo Music continues its journey to making the Trinidad and Tobago music market better equipped to standalongside its international counterparts in terms of sound and quality, the Planet X riddim has been released. It'sjust the first in a number of projects in the pipeline at the moment. In the weeks ahead, Alexander and his team at PengCo Music will be forging relationships with some very big names in Caribbean music and subsequent to that, the world will feel the impact of the team's musical genius. For now, PengCo Music invites the world at large toenjoy what they assure are some hit singles on the Planet X riddim, sung by some very hard working, young artistes.