(1) Iration … Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists/bands with the name Iration:
(1) Iration is a rock/reggae band originally from Hawaii but have since relocated to Santa Barbara, CA, US. In 2007, they recorded and released their first full length album "No Time for Rest" at Castaway 7 Studios in Ventura, Ca, which featured one of the last recorded performances by reggae legend Mikey Dread. Their single βCookie Jarβ reached number one in Hawaii on 93.9 DaBeat and was featured on Fuel TVβs Triple Crown of Surfing recap. Their music was also featured on MTV shows Maui Fever and Living Lahaina.
In 2008, they embarked on a US national tour titled βPlayboys in Paradiseβ in support of the band Pepper. They also recently recorded four new songs, two of which were co-written by Grammy Award Winner Charles Brotman. They continue to tour extensively and look forward to bringing their sound to an even larger audience.
Albums:
2006 - New Roots ep
2007 - No Time for Rest album
2008 - Sample This ep
2010 - Time Bomb album
2011 - Fresh Grounds ep
(2) Iration is a roots reggae band composed by three brothers which begins in the heart of the Caribbean and marks the spiritual birth of their musical talent. They arrived on the island of Montserrat in the West Indies in October of 1973 as exiles of the Pinochet government and in 1981 they migrated to the United States of America. Iration was born in early 1983 and their first performance was at Ramapo High School's 1986 Talent Show in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. Iration began playing college circuits in the US such as Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, Upsala College, The Bronx, Fort Lee etc. They frequently played at local pubs wirthin the Tri-State area and a leg of the Reggae Sunsplash in Greensboro, North Carolina on Sept. 21st, 1991 opening up for J.C. Lodge, Mojo Nya, Truth and Rights and Art Awareness Ensemble.
In April of 1992 they landed in Kingston, Jamaica to record their first single titled βThe Day Afterβ published by Mission 101 Records. Iration is the first reggae group to have recorded professionally under this name and they performed live at the Midnite Ravers show in NYC & were interviewed at the Hapte Selassie show on WBAI Pacifica Radio FM. The single "The Day After" received extensive airplay throughout the caribbean radio programs in Manhattan, Queens and The Bronx including 1190 AM.
In mid 1993 Iration returned to their native land to promote their single extensively and this visit unexpectedly became a semi-permanent one. It was a time of tension where most who rerturned from exile were called "retornados" and music quickly became the source of inspiration to cope with this short lived social critique. Iration managed to place the single
"The Day After" within the programming of most local radio stations and including as far away as Concepcion in the southern part of Chile. Reggae music was now introduced into the mainstream radio audiences and during this period of time Iration naturally began to compose in spanish. This musical journey took them into an independent run into the Chilean underground cultural scene. Reggae music began to flourish and due to these circumstances in 1996 the "Reggae Report" magazine (USA) provided a pretty in depth look into the local reggae scene in Chile at that time (Vol. 14 # 3) and a brief review of the several emerging groups at that time and this brief summary on the talents of Iration:
"Iration is a completely different story. Three brothers: Mario (keyboards), Patricio (bass), and Gino Zamorano (drums) make up the most experienced band of the force, and perhaps the best as well. They moved with their parents to Montserrat in 1973 as political exiles of the Pinochet government. There they grew up with Reggae and other Caribbean rhythms. They then moved to New York in early 1990. Iration has played on the college circuit in the U.S. and has recorded a single in Jamaica in 1993. Moving to their beloved home country in late '94, they established themselves as the leading rhythm section in the country. Now they are rehearsing material for their debut album to be recorded this summer". Iration became the standard in the sense that they were performing with a full band including a brass section and backing vocals, something not seen asa yet in their country within this genre. At that time being independent was viewed as an ultimate suicide but they took on this challenge, giving many interviews on radio, television (mostly culturally oriented program) exposing the mission of reggae music and even turned down a deal with the transnational conglomerate of Sony Music. Iration was performing what was considered as non commercial music and had no airplay, plus their was the fact of their strong lyrical content, so they worked extensively with community radios and performed at many schools for the youth. Looking at the positive side of their music these conditions ultimately gave them the freedom to speak their minds without any limitations and cemented a strong foundation for the upcoming reggae groups in Chile.
Iration began playing in most local clubs in Santiago such as the Rockola, La Ozz, Subte Discotheque, Caribbean and Boomerang just to name a few. This was another challenge that was conquered within a reasonable amount of time by Iration even though reggae music was not even popular within this geographical area. It was years of hard work that made Iration a unique underground sensation, they eventually met the grand Dennis Stone a.k.a "DreadStone" who opened up Chile's first reggae and apparel store named "Reggae Centro" in which the youths were intimately exposed for the first time to a very broad variety of reggae music.
Dennis Stone has been involved in the REGGAE music biz for over 25 years, started back in the early 80's with his Dreadstone Sound System, NYC (selling his exclusive Dreadstone mixtapes out of VP Records as well as on the streets of manhattan). He later formed BigUp Entertainment with partner Russell Javors in 1990 - managed, produced, promoted artists in Jamaica, US, South America, etc. Dennis has contributed to multiple Gold Record and Grammy nominated Reggae projects including the soundtrack for Disney's "Cool Runnings" film, also co-owned DownUnder Studios in S. Florida with producer Henry K, specializing in Reggae, Hiphop and R&B music. DREADSTONE is also the former manager for Tony Rebel (as well as executive producer for Rebel's acclaimed "Vibes Of The Times" album on Chaos/Columbia). His production team delivered Diana King's demo and first U.S. release "Stir It Up" for Columbia/Sony and assisted in structuring the Stir It Up Tour and the Grammy nominated "Stir It Up" compilation, also for Columbia/Sony. He has been associated with many fine artists such as Prezident Brown, Calton Coffie, Tony Curtis, Jigsy King, Professor Frisky, Nadine Sutherland, Garnet Silk, Uton Green, Ninja Man, Diana King, Bradley Brown, Rythmation, Iration, Gondwana, Roland Alphonso, Fiona, Delly Ranks, Deuteronomy, Natty Remo, Bigga Staar, Magano and many others.
DREADSTONE has worked alongside Sly Dunbar, Bobby Digital, Steven Stanley, Henry K, Donovan Germaine, Barry O'Hare, the Kelly Bros., Philip Smart, Courtney Cole, Clive Chin, Kirk Hedge and many other great Reggae Producers as well as Irie FM's popular Mighty Mike Jones. He established "Reggae Centro" in Santiago, Chile in 1998 and promoted Reggae Thursdays at Boomerang in downtown Santiago, featuring Chile's premier reggae band "Iration".
Currently based in S. FL, producing and promoting talented reggae artists such as singer/songwriter/drummer Bradley Brown, as well as ongoing projects with established artists such as Carlton Coffie (the original JA Bad Boy), and upcoming singjay artist Adam "Teacha" Barnes. Recording and mixing at Vybetribe Studio in S.FL as well as out of Barry O'Hare's World-A-Muzic Studio located in the historic Jack Ruby yard, Ocho Rios, JA with boomshot engineer/producer Kirk Hedge. He is also currently collaborating with riddim-kings Heddrokk Productions in Miami. Sourcing nuff dubplates from the JA young~maestro "YelloKid" himself (BIGUP YELLO!) and assisting House/Electro producer/DJ extraordinaire Austin Leeds with ongoing projects. Continuing to forward great Reggae Music with a focus on Culture/Conscious Vibes.
Iration in 1997 soon followed to pursue the recording of their material and moved to New York City for 3 years. On their return to Chile they became the opening act for groups like Los Pericos, The Wailers, Lauryn Hill, Fabulosos Cadillacs, AutΓ©nticos Decadentes and Matisyahu. They were chosen as backing band for the performances of Kymani Marley and Andrew Tosh on their first visit to Chile. In September of 2003 Iration was invited by Isabel Allende to participate in the Tribute to Salvador Allende βEl SueΓ±o Existeβ sharing the scene with artistes such as Silvio Rodriguez, Shalil Shankar, Vicente FeliΓΊ, Gerardo Alfonso, Los Prisioneros, Daniela Mercury, Julieta Venegas, Salvador Ojeda, LeΓ³n Gieco, Gilberto Gil, Daniel Viglietti, Congreso, QuilapayΓΊn, CΓ©sar Isella & Pedro Aznar. This was one of their best performances up to date and attendance at this tribute was around 80,000 +. Their message is clear and being an underground sensation definitely helped them stay in the cultural eyes of their people.
By late 2003 Warner Music Chile releases the album βFusion de Estilos 2β by the Hip-Hop group βZaturno & Tapia Rabiaβ in which Iration composes and performs the first single βCuando te veo pasarβ of the album, the video clip aired on MTV Latino in late September and incorporated the talents of Quique Galdames of the group Illapu. Iration by now had established themselves with enough exposure and basic financing to begin preparations to remix & upgrade addecuately their first album now titled βEn Exilio / In Exileβ and begin the task of making their first video clip for the song βChileβ, a classic example of their talent and quality of composition.
Irationβs album βEn Exilio / In Exileβ has musicians from the U.S.A., Cuba and Chile such as Rich Tozzoli, David Brian Ondrick (USA), Lino Borbolla, Jose Ismael Gomez (Cuba), Francisco Martinez, Ruben Salgado, Loretto Canales, Karen Vergara, Damian Bodenhofer, Fabian Cordova and Efrain Rodriguez (Chile) creating a nice blend of different styles within their music. It clearly has a Caribbean flavor with a slight South American touch and their music represents their conviction to spiritually fight for a better tomorrow, leaving clear that the most important value is to be part of the solution by just simply giving "love".
Iration programmed and performed at various venues during the summer of 2008 in the United States, which kicked off at the 1st Annual Budweiser Reggae Summerfest @ RFK Stadium in DC accompanying a line-up of artistes such as Iwayne, Kymani Marley, Turbulence, Beres Hamond, Etana, Chuck Fender and Ruth among others. It is from this platform that they embarked on promoting the worldwide release of their album "En Exilio / In Exile". Also released was the single "Amor Eres Tu" - 2009 and "Instrumental" - Christmas/New Year 2010 which are all available online @ limewirestore, itunes, amazon, rhapsody, napster, emusic, lala, shockhound, imvu, nokia and amiestreet.com
Iration means creation in the patois dialect which is spoken in most of the Caribbean islands where english is the primary language.
For inquiries on booking & available dates: irationmusic@gmail.com
Chill Out
Iration Lyrics
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Sweat-drenched dripping inner turmoil
Likely to make another day turn
Gotta make way cuz I only want good vibes
Tough talk where's the sensitivity?
Bad boy I see what you're tryna be
Wannabe outlaw reaching for your holster
Over and over again
Chill Out
Be natural
I wanna drink until your glass is full
Sometimes you really have to move
On on on and on
Chill out
If only I could make you see
You could hear the melody
You'd know that you gotta move on on on
Grip tight hard for you to let go
Caught up drowning in the undertow
One slight just enough to let em know
You are out for blood, live walking disaster
Your world, we could never understand
Just another broad stroke in your master plan
Short temper you're just a pretender
Lying to yourself, lying to yourself
Chill Out
Be natural
I wanna drink until your glass is full
Sometimes you really have to move
On on on and on
Chill out
If only I could make you see
You could hear the melody
You'd know that you gotta move on on on
(Chill out)
(Chill out chill out chill out)
(Chill out)
(Chill out chill out chill out)
Chill Out
Be natural
I wanna drink until your glass is full
Sometimes you really have to move
On on on and on
Chill out
If only I could make you see
You could hear the melody
You'd know that you gotta move on on on
(Chill out chill out chill out)
The lyrics of Iration's "Chill Out" seem to be addressed to someone who's very uptight and easily agitated, someone who's always ready to fight and go off. The singer is telling them to calm down, to take it easy and let go of their anger. The first stanza describes this person's state, both physical (with clenched fists and sweat) and mental (with their blood boiling and inner turmoil). The singer acknowledges that it's tough to face each day, but insists that it's important to stay positive and bring good vibes. The second stanza unpacks this person's mindset and tendencies, noting that they're trying to project a tough-guy image ("bad boy", "wannabe outlaw") and resorting to violence ("reaching for your holster"). The chorus is repeated several times, urging to chill out, be natural and just enjoy life without getting caught up in negativity.
The song seems to be a call to mindfullness and to live life without drama, anger or fear. It acknowledges that everyday struggles and conflicts are hard to avoid but positivity, open-mindedness, and kindness can go a long way. As for the music style, Iration is usually classified as a reggae band but their sound also encloses rock, pop, and electronic elements. "Chill Out" features a strong bassline, relaxed guitar riffs, and a catchy chorus that showcases the band's signature harmonies.
Line by Line Meaning
Fist clenched I can see your blood boil
You seem really angry and upset
Sweat-drenched dripping inner turmoil
You are really stressed out
Likely to make another day turn
You could ruin someone else's day
Gotta make way cuz I only want good vibes
I'm trying to avoid negativity
Tough talk where's the sensitivity?
Why are you being so aggressive?
Bad boy I see what you're tryna be
You're trying to act tough and cool
Wannabe outlaw reaching for your holster
You're pretending to be a dangerous criminal
Over and over again
You keep repeating the same actions
Chill out
Relax and calm down
Be natural
Be yourself
I wanna drink until your glass is full
I want to make you happy
Sometimes you really have to move
You need to let go and move on
On on on and on
Life goes on
If only I could make you see
I wish you could understand
You could hear the melody
You could feel the good vibes
You'd know that you gotta move on on on
You'd realize it's time to move forward
Grip tight hard for you to let go
You are clinging on to something
Caught up drowning in the undertow
You are overwhelmed by your emotions
One slight just enough to let em know
You are easily provoked
You are out for blood, live walking disaster
You are aggressive and destructive
Your world, we could never understand
Your perspective is very different from ours
Just another broad stroke in your master plan
We are just part of your plan
Short temper you're just a pretender
Your anger is not genuine
Lying to yourself, lying to yourself
You are deceiving yourself
(Chill out)
(Relax)
(Chill out chill out chill out)
(Relax, calm down)
(Chill out)
(Relax)
(Chill out chill out chill out)
(Relax, calm down)
Lyrics Β© Cloud9
Written by: BRINSELY ALLAN FORDE, GARY BENSON, LIVINGSTONE WORDLEY BROWN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@tawniburgio582
All positive comments... guess it takes a special kind of person to listen to this musicβ€
@livinbytheocean2032
Itβs because 75% are burnin the herbs..... peace love and geeenery
@pleasejustletmebeanonymous6510
Well, the song IS literally telling you to chill out. I almost wish there were some angry comments just so I could tell them I have a song I recommend they listen to. π
@dookiepatookie9229
About to ruin your logic. This song doesnβt make me mad if it did? I ant that special person anymore lol I go full ginger rage.
@Starbuck32123
β@Dookie Patookie bro, check out this song https://youtu.be/-7VRci3Jfyk
@sleepypillowpet
Haven't smoked in years but their music always makes me feel like I am "chilled out" π
@GSGExtreme44
This song literally got rid of my headache.
@MatthewNatashaBobb
Every time I hear an Iration track it makes me close my eyes and move my body and I just get lost in the music. I absolutely love the positive message in this joint. Please NEVER stop entertaining.
@karinachavez2687
iration just drops songs like this that clear the air, up your day, and remind you that music is POWER
@IrieChat
Karina Chavez Agreed