专辑简介

Since 1999 Mapstation has been the solo imprint of Stefan Schneider (To Rococo Rot, Music AM, September Collective, Kreidler).

On "A Way To Find The Day" (2002) Schneider decided to explore his take on contemporary reggae music (he considers it a form of electronic music) in a collaboration with singer Ras Donovan. Introduced by their mutual friend Bernd Jestram of Tarwater, whose studio expertise both had previously relied on, Donovan and Schneider later continued their exploration of uncharted territories with "Version Train" (2003), which featured abstractions of their previous set in the Jamaican "versioning" tradition. Despite the fact that tracks like "New Direction" or "Stand Me Stand" were obviously carried by Ras Donovan's plaintive voice, Schneider never intended to compete with the genre's

Caribbean originators, but instead pursued his very own imaginary and decidedly non-authentic take on reggae music.