BY TEINO EVANS, Staff Reporter
Tony Matterhorn (left) and Baby Cham. - WINSTON SILL
BABY CHAM, SPICE, Tony Matterhorn, Pinchers and other entertainers gave commendable performances to a full house at Mas Camp Village, Oxford Road, New Kingston, last Saturday night when the Asylum Nightclub held its eighth anniversary celebrations there.
The venue was completely transformed to accommodate all the desires that patrons could possibly need in order to enjoy themselves. Two bar areas were on either ends of the venue, a food court, a specially elevated VIP stage at the rear of the venue with their own personal bar and food area, were completed with sofas and tables under a tent, and of course, the skimpily-clad women dancers on pedestals, gyrating to the music.
A HOST OF VIBES
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. 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 micro-phone, 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 H ...
Well, Spice would not be Cham's only company as Tony Matterhorn took centre stage at 2 a.m., and he 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 DJ Smurf, G-Fuss and Stone Love, Sky Juice and the Asylum deejays all ensured that the party vibes were maintained.
The 'Bandelero', Pinchers, was brought on stage. Clad in a full black, pinstripe suit with cowboy hat and boots with spurs at the heels, Pinchers reminded Mas Camp exactly who he was, as he dispensed a couple of his earlier hits, including Bandelero and Riding West, which featured Bounty Killer, before he performed his latest single, Desperate Scenario, also produced by Dave Kelly on the 'Eighty-Five' rhythm.
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 'Eighty Five') and Bun Him, a collaboration with Macka Diamond, which he performed despite her absence.
Cham returned 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.
With the other two hosts (Baby Cham and Spice) performing, the third host, Tony Matterhorn, must have felt left out, when he declared that he was dancehall's newest artiste, as he performed a song he did abroad recently. The crowd reaction clearly suggested that it was not a bad attempt for a new artiste.
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