RFUK PRODUCER OF THE WEEK - CARLTON "BUBLERS" OGILVIE

By Coral Consciously
5th August 2015

This is definitely someone on my interview hit list....the producer affectionately known as "Bubblers". When reading his biog I had to scale it down before posting because the list reads like a who's who in the music fraterntiy. I encourage every serious-minded music follower to set aside time and read this summary of his history. Keep your eyes open for my interview coming very soon....

BIOG

Turned professional in the early 80’s. Played and co produced on BARRINGTON LEVI’s songs :- 

HERE I COME
TOO EXPERIENCE
DANCEHALL ROCK
LIVING DANGEROUSLY 

Played and Produced on MAXI PRIEST hit album “BONIFIDE”
which went to No. 1 on the American Billboard Album chart 

Played and Produced on ASWAD hit album “RISE & SHINE” including the hit single “SHINE” 

Went on to work with Sly & Robbie on various album projects, with artistsuch as :- 

SUGGS (Madness)
SIMPLY RED
ANNIE LENNOX (Eurhymics)
MAXI PRIEST
DENNIS BOVELL 

Worked and played on various album projects with ADRIAN SHERWOOD of ON-U SOUND along with Doug Winbush & Skip McDonald of the legendary The Sugerhill Gang & Sinead O’Connor. 

Was the main Recording & Mixing Engineer and one of the producers of the UK based RUFF CUTT MUSIC studio and Record Label. 

producing artist like :- 

GREGORY ISSAAC - MYKAL ROZE - BERES HAMMOND
DON RICARDO – MICHAEL GORDON (Investigators)
FREDDIE McGREGGOR – ANTHONY B – SYLVIA TELLA
MIGHTY DIAMONDS – MYKAL ROSE - GAPPY RANKS
PETER HUNNIGALE – RUDY THOMAS – LLOYD BROWN
DONNA MARIE – J C LODGE – JANET KAY – DON CAMPBELL
LUTAN FYAH – DOBBY DOBSON … 

to name but a few… 

Has played Keyboards on over 15 albums for JETSTAR MUSIC 

And is one of the main nucleus (players) with The UK’s top premier backing band – The RUFF CUTT BAND, who have been backing a whole manner of
Reggae artists since 1981 right up to the present day, from DJ’s to
Singers… Just finished producing an album with VICTOR ROMEO EVANS called “SUPAVIC” 

In the middle of producing an album with PAULETTE TAJAH 

And co-producing a few tracks with REGGAE STAR FACTOR winner 

CHARDEL RHODDEN on the NU-EDGE PRODUCTIONS label

NU-EDGE PRODUCTIONS started about 1984 by “Carlton Ogilvie aka BUBBLERS”. The first release was a track called “PUSH PUSH” by SLIM BATSON which was held off the number 1 

Slot by CLEMENT IRIE’S “BUN & CHEESE”. A further release was with THERESA JAE then everything 

Went a bit quiet due to other commitments. I was doing productions for other people such as BARRINGTON LEVY, MAXI PRIEST. ADRIAN SHERWOOD’S ON-U SOUND label, JET STAR,LEE FRANCIS of SMARTMOVE RECORDS, LLOYD CHARMERS & RUFF CUTT MUSIC to name a few. Plus live stage shows and touring…That kept me busy for quite some time. In late 2011 with the music industry slowing down, I decided to go into my own productions again.I done an album with an artist called EMPRESS AYEOLA Intitled “STRAIGHT TO THE POINT” A brilliant Roots album and a brilliant Roots artist. I Also an album with VICTOR ROMEO EVANS Intitled “SUPERVIC”. licked over “LOVE IS A TREASURE”originally by FREDDIE McKAY and I featured artisrs – CARROL THOMPSOM, GAPPY RANKS, PETER HUNNIGALE, VICTOR ROMEO EVANS, JANET KAY, LLOYD BROWN & LUCIANO. Both album and singles were well received. In 2012 I got seriously ill an was out of the picture for almost 2 years but im getting much better so I’m getting back on track, So I can dedicate more time now to my productions(NU-EDGE PRODUCTIONS) I have a new original riddim called the “BIG FROCK RIDDIM” featuring CARROL THOMPSON, VICTOR ROMEO EVANS, EMPRESS AYEOLA, TRU-IDENTITY, DON CAMPBELL, PAULETTE TAJAH & CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS. Due for release in early Febuary 2015 on Itunes (Download). You can get EMPRESS AYEOLA’s album on Itunes and also the “LOVE IS A TREASURE” series of songs by the artists featured earlier on iTUNES