ENTITY · PERSON (ARTIST, SELECTOR, PRODUCER…)

Kenny Smyth

Probable

Jamaican reggae artist whose 2019 single "What a Fire" (B.U Riddim) was produced through a French production a correspondent to this archive discovered and has since kept in touch with; the producer, unnamed in available correspondence, was seriously ill for a period before recovering.

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At a glance

Type: Person (artist, selector, producer…) →
Era: Streaming and the living archive →
Confidence: Probable
Sources: Personal correspondence with a French JA-music journalist (Aug 2026); the recording itself is corroborated by an official YouTube upload (channel: Stargate Backing Band), the producer backstory rests on his account alone.

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Footage

WHAT A FIRE - KENNY SMYTH / B.U RIDDIM [Official Video 2019]

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Official video, channel: Stargate Backing Band; embedded as reference.

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In stories

Story · ProbableA French reggae life, in his own words

From a Marley 7-inch on a reggae-starved island in 1977 to four decades inside France's sound systems and music press -- one correspondent's account, written directly to the Atlas, of a scene this archive had barely reached.