Kornerstone has taken the music to more listeners by access thru the World Wide Web along with the partnerships and vast contacts they have. They are creating new ways to help artists and consumers bridge the gap by becoming the one stop shop for music and cultural products. With their newly revised multimedia and innovative website Kornerstone.net and Kornerstore.net they will not only be able to promote new artists but promote cultural products as well.
“Wyz” Malcolm & “Tower” Sinclair
 When two extremely talented powerhouse producers Wyz Malcolm and Tower Sinclair come together to create one common goal the result is…“Kornerstone Productions”. They share a vision to bring Canadian-based Urban Music to a swider International listening audience. Their vision and motto for their empire “Kornerstone” is very simply creating “The Foundation of Fine Music”.
KORNERSTONE, is a production house founded in 2000 by industry respected Juno Award winners Tower Sinclair and Wyz O. Malcolm. Their vision is based on providing “The Foundation of Fine Music”.
With diverse musical backgrounds Tower’s strength lie in R&B, Jazz and Reggae, while Wyz’s strength are in Jazz, Gospel and R&B. The two infused these ingredients along with their passion, dedication and the impeccable devotion to their craft. These ingredients result in a new sizzling taste to the traditional sound of R&B, Reggae and Dancehall music.
In the years prior to the new millennium, Tower and Wyz had already started the groundwork. The duo produced albums for various artists like Jah Beng, Lazah Current, The Luge Sessions and Messenjah just to name a few.
These groundbreaking albums represented a fresh sound that hit music charts all around the world. They even became recognized by various Recording Academy’s.
After the birth of Kornerstone this established duo continued to take music and the artists to higher levels resulting in them producing more musical hits. They challenge artists that they produce and propel them to bring out their full potential.
The repotire of artists the duo work with are numerous. Artists span from Domestic and International arena’s encompassing Canada, North America, Europe, Jamaica and many Caribbean Islands.
There have been many notable releases that the duo has produced:
- Korexion’s X-rated won the 2007 JUNO for Reggae Recording of the Year.
- Len Hammond's hit single "Mixed Up Moods" and other tracks from his Juno awarded self titled CD “Len Hammond”.
- Chester Miller's "Never Let Jah Go" CD earned a Juno nomination and also picked up Album of the Year honors at the
Canadian Reggae Music Awards.
- Wyz received Producer of the Year in the same ceremony.
- Peculiar i, a fiery dub poet also could not be ignored for a nomination at the 2001 Juno's. His CD entitled "They Called
Me Madness" raised many eyebrows but you'll have to listen to this DJ/dub poet to hear why.
- Jah Beng’s “Cry for the Children” and “River of Healing” were both nominated for a Juno.
- Messenjah picked up a Juno for their 1997 album “Catch De Vibe”.
- Lazah Current‘s CD “Glorious Ride” was also nominated in 1998
- The Luge Sessions “Hard End” was also nominated in 2001.
- They worked on corporate commercials for clients such as ESSO Gas Station.
- They appeared in Tom Cruise’s blockbuster movie “Cocktails”.
Kornerstone has produced for the renowned and respected record labels such as Kings of Kings, Jahmix Records and Unison Records. This started partnerships that brought a slew of singles with well respected leading names in the music industry such as Collin Levy aka: Iley Dread, Bushman, Freddy McGregor, Cutty Ranks, Beenie Man, Luciano, Ken Boothe, Capelton, Greggory Issacs, U Roy and Glen Washington. These artists have earned International chart topping success, status and acclaim.
With more interest and demand for Wyz and Tower’s impeccable work came an increased workload. At this time the duo felt it necessary to expand the Kornerstone team. This is what led to Everett “Supa” Clark and Roderick "Rahd" Brereton joining the duo’s Kornerstone Empire.
Roderick “Rahd” Brereton
Roderick Brereton took up the mic in the early stages of Hip Hop. Roderick was a member of R&R which was a group that helped to mold the Canadian Hip Hop scene. Rhyming along side the City’s Rap Elite such as K-Force, Thrust, U-Bad, Bass is Base and Main Source to name a few. Roderick’s group R&R blessed the country with Canada’s first Rap Compilation “Cold Front” with their single “Having a Good Day”.
Roderick continued rapping and he started to breakdown barriers as he received a promotion and distribution deal with JI Entertainment.
R&R also made history by being the first Canadian Rap group to license material to video game giant EA Sports. In the early 90’s Roderick began to produce Hip Hop and he has continued to do so ever since.
Everett “Supa” Clarke
Everett “Supa” Clarke has always had a love for music and been involved with music ever since 1979. Music encompasses who and what Supa represents, he has worked with many artists over the years. One such artist is reggae singer Noel Ellis. Supa’s works lead him to produce the reggae classic “Dancing Partners” performed by Noel. Supa also managed various talents such as a group called Link & Chain, Foundation, Earth Messenger and Donavon. Supa’s passion and love for music is what lead him to open the legendary Toronto record store “JamCan Records”. Through this venture it created an overwhelming amount of connections with musicians, promoters, distributors from a domestic and international perspective. With his wealth of information and contacts it plumed Supa into a role as a manager for budding artists looking to make a hit record. JamCan Records gave artist from Jamaica the opportunity to reach the Canadian and North American marketplace. Supa broke various artists such as Halfpint, Eco Minot and Little John to name a few and spiraled their careers onto the international platform.
Jeff “Bobby O’Luge” Holdip
Jeffrey A. Holdip a.k.a. Bobby O’Luge has been apart of Kornerstone since 2003. Luge and Wyz has been musically collaborating in song writing, studio manipulation and mastery since 1998. Luge and Wyz created the first Luge Sessions CD release “Hard End” which was nominated for a Juno in 2000. This project started out as a dare by drummer Odell Johnson and panned out to be a very rewarding experience.
Luge, outside of the reggae and ska productions recently produced the latest CD release for Portuguese pop stars Santos & Pecadores.
They have now created the next chapter of The Luge Sessions “Movements”. To help create The Luge Sessions, they called upon some of the best musicians they know from various genres. This would lead to producing a very unique sound highlighting the individuality of each contributor. That is the key to The Luge Sessions making reggae/dub with very unique flavours producing a special brand of . . . DUB.
Outside the existence of the studio Luge is extremely busy in the live music field, working with a myriad of artists. Luge has done live sound engineering for 25 years for artist such as Messenjah, Big Sugar and Judy Mowatt. Currently he is touring with Nelly Furtado....
Kornerstone has taken the music to more listeners by access thru the World Wide Web along with the partnerships and vast contacts they have. They are creating new ways to help artists and consumers bridge the gap by becoming the one stop shop for music and cultural products. With their newly revised multimedia and innovative website Kornerstone.net and Kornerstore.net they will not only be able to promote new artists but promote cultural products as well. The Kornerstore will give artists and indie labels the ability to sell their music on line via MP3. In conjunction also allow cultural vendors an avenue to market and sell their products via the Kornerstore. This will bring significant new opportunities for artists, vendors and consumers alike. It will allow artists and vendors the ability to tap into the global marketplace and give consumer’s access to the One-Stop-Shop. With Kornerstone’s globally growing partnerships and vast search engines it only maximizes and gives great visibility to all. Their future is extremely bright with many components coming into play. Kornerstone is looking forward to representing the world market with their dynamic, fresh and great sounding music and products from all genres.
There is a gold mine of young thrilling artists being produced under the direction of the Kornerstone camp. Some of these artists you can look out for are Ryan, Q-Star, Desiree, Tafari, Mosea, Muzik SoulJah, Korexion and Andrew Ranxx. As well in the works are new singles and albums coming from Jah Beng, Lazah Current, Peculiar i, Chester Miller, Bushman and Debiiey.
Kornerstone’s conviction and distinctive sound has grown in popularity worldwide at a rapid speed and unstoppable pace. Taking the world by force and setting new standards.
Kornerstone is…...”The Foundation of Fine Music”!!
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