Fullness is drumer and instrumentalist, roots and dub reggae producer Gavin Sant. Karnatone is the studio and record label, creating heavywieght organic live and digital, original roots reggae music for soundsystem, and stereo. The music is spiritual and positive, giving vehicle to only conscious and uplifting word.
Being involved with music since a youth in orchestras, choirs and bands of various styles of music and with alot of good and bad musicians gave me a solid foundation of musical knowledge and experience. In 1998 with Mark Shephard and his brother Nick we formed the reggae band Dubheart... I had been playing drums with the band for a few years learning more about the art of playing reggae music, and at the same time set up a small home project studio as an outlet for my own musical expression, so a few years later, in about 2005 I recorded and mixed my first album, for Dubheart 'From the mouth of the Lion', a five riddim track instrumental album with dub versions. I had also been recording and building my own roots and dub tracks, and had gained exposure and invaluable feedback showcasing my early works on reggae social networks like Versionist and RDW. It was about 2008 that I first met Izyah Davis and not long after set to work on what was to become Fullness debut album 'Arise', that was released on Izyahs label Hytal Bosrah records on LP in the spring of 2010.
It was at that time that I also finished work acoustically treating the studio, and the first to voice a riddim in there was Wayne Mcarthur for the track 'Walk of life', this was the first release on the Karnatone records label late 2010.
As well as the recordings mentioned here, I have played horns, drum kit and kete drum sessions for other artists works,
For remixing, special dubplates, sessions and collaboration on other roots music productions. Contact me directly here, or at any of the other networks listed.
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