Music

Here I Am is the sixth full-length studio release from California-based international fusion-music pioneers, Groundation. On full display is Groundation’s signature style of crystallizing the ongoing worldwide struggle for consciousness, into an amalgam of drum and bass-heavy Roots Reggae, the swirling horns and organs of Jazz/Funk fusion, and the masterful production of truly transcendental Dub.

Here I Am picks up where the previous albums left off—in a collective and linear story, that seeks to interpret the truly historic times we are living in. Among the many voices featured on the album, Groundation singers Kim Pommell and Stephanie Wallce, Reggae legends: The Congos, Pablo Moses and of course, the enigmatic Groundation frontman, Harrison Stafford.

Here I Am is just what it sounds like: a declaration of presence and a commitment to action.

Upon the Bridge brings listeners closer to the overall concept of the entire works of Groundation. All 4 previous albums have led to this point. Picking up where We Free (2004) left off, Upon the Bridge is the individual's journey beyond their known world to a bridge of mythic proportion. In their search of hope and prosperity the individual must make the journey across the bridge leading them to an unknown future.

Keeping with the Groundation practice of joining their original and distinctive sound with the foundation that is Reggae music, the album will feature the voices of two Jamaican legends (to be named shortly). Upon the Bridge will take music lovers and fans of deep conscious music to new heights as the group demonstrates their evolution in the arrangements, songwriting, and studio creativity of Groundation in 2006.