Barbados producer Peter Coppin brings Bajan soca and Jamaican dancehall together on Bumbo Riddim

A new four-track soca project released in Barbados this week is putting Bajan and Jamaican voices on the same riddim, with producer Peter Coppin bringing together artists from both sides of the Caribbean.

The Bumbo Riddim, released on September 7 through Monstapiece Entertainment, features four tracks from Walkes, Luni Spark, Jamaican dancehall artist Govana and Barbadian soca veteran Alison Hinds.

The project is produced by Coppin, whose Monstapiece Entertainment operation is based in Barbados. Rather than restricting the riddim to a single musical lane, the release moves between Barbados’ soca tradition and Jamaica’s dancehall sound.

The tracklist opens with Walkes’ “Road Way” and Luni Spark’s “Position”, before shifting toward Jamaica with Govana’s “Mi Seh”. Hinds closes the four-track set with “Wine Pun It”.

Govana’s inclusion gives the project a particularly clear cross-island dimension. The Jamaican artist’s dancehall delivery sits alongside Hinds, one of Barbados’ established soca voices, on a production originating from the Bajan music scene.

For Coppin, the release also represents a continuation of Monstapiece’s connection to Barbados’ soca culture. The producer has previously been associated with work involving Hinds and Square One, placing the new project within a longer history of Bajan studio production.

The significance of Bumbo is therefore less about the number of tracks than the way the project brings different Caribbean traditions into one release. Soca and dancehall have long shared audiences, producers and performers across the region, but riddim projects such as this provide a direct framework for those sounds to meet.

With only four tracks, Bumbo Riddim is a compact release, but its lineup reflects the increasingly fluid movement between Caribbean music markets.

The riddim is now available through digital music platforms.