Artist and producer mista1touch brings audiences a fresh take on Reggae soca vibes music, this latest offering “GYAL A Wine” being perhaps one of the most striking yet. His approach to production is that of a deeply creative and expressive nature, but at the same time, the attention to detail and the sheer finish and effect of this music underlines a superbly professional outlook and string of impressive abilities.

On top of the backdrop, mista1touch brings a level of swagger and volume to the scene with short, concise lines that list his values in a way that appears pretty closely connected to hip hop. There are a number of different genres hinted at throughout this single, but what you take away from it for the most part, and this includes the accompanying video, is a sense of personality or character from the artist. As a rapper would, mista1touch works with the beat to pour his ideas and declarations through in an unapologetic way. It gives the music a sense of leadership, in some respects. The almighty sound of the track itself as it starts to play and indeed right through to the end is the sort that reinforces this feeling.

The vibe of the music has a certain familiarity to an extent, but there’s also something refreshingly new about it – this is what makes it a pleasure to escape into. The music has a slightly unsettled or haunting quality to it, some of those higher notes, the distant riff, create an atmospheric feeling not unlike that of rainfall. Alongside of this is the beat, lightly retro and tripped up in nature, creative yet soothing in presentation. All of these are simple but effective touches, and on top of everything you get the artist’s voice – his ideas, his melodies, his tone and delivery.

The opening few bars of music actually feel like a medieval Reggae soca vibes

 offering on second listen. Then you start to get those details, these vocal snippets, the thickness of the beat – crisp and satisfying, a further testament to brilliant production – and these completely iconic riffs. The instrumental choices have given the track so much character, and all the while, the build-up and the subsequent drop hits with immense impact – feeling both nostalgic (rave-like, familiar) and undeniably fresh. A sense of culture fusion actually emerges that suits the times and the sounds of today pretty perfectly.