Sugar Man by Riskology Radcliffe

Dear Sixto and Team

My name is Jay, I am a rapper living in the UK, and I was born in Zimbabwe and grew up in South Africa in the post-apartheid, ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ era. I spent my youth watching Cheech and Chong films and Listening to Sixto in various shebeens around Johannesburg, smoking good weed.

I unfortunately ended up in Jail which led me to the UK, upon my release. I then followed a path of music to steer my life away from drugs and the perils that come with it. I decided to do a ‘Sugar Man’ remix, which is an ode and a story of my perils with a modern era take, with the original chorus to keep authentic and change the verse to rap style vocals.

I have registered and released the remix and obviously Sixto is the beneficiary of this, which I am more than happy with. I am writing to request an opinion or a short moment for feedback. The album and song in particular were such a huge part of my up-bringing and being from South Africa, where the story is Legend, I was hoping I may get a moment of feedback.

In truth it took me over ten years to complete, as one, I was on a journey (sure you can relate) and two, I wanted it to be a worthy offering. There were various different versions made between bpm’s etc, however it took ages to get to the point where I thought I would one, hopefully keep the essence and make Sixto proud however and  two, still reach this modern generation. So, to get some feedback would be awesome, please.

I also hope I have not offended anyone in this process, as  it was done with pure love and inspiration in mind and,  as I mentioned, Sixto is the beneficiary who I am happy to send info relating to.

I also have a cool artwork animation on my insta profile (@riskology) where the artwork of the table and menu all become interactive and trippy.  I have attached a short animation of the artwork that my biz partner, Rowan L Designs, made for the release , it took her years to perfect and this artwork took hours/months to produce as each item is an individual layer and all parts interact, she did an amazing job.

See artwork at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tyN5tHuiecuPyFW9_pkHIp9XE5oI48VJ/view

Anyway – I hope this email finds you all well in these crazy times. And, on behalf of my whole generation, Thank You for the love, light, and inspiration, I look forward to hearing back from you 1love,

Jay Radcliffe

Email: 1riskology@gmail.com