Kalbata (Ariel Tagar) is a music producer and he has released records on labels including Soul Jazz, Tru Thoughts and Greenmoney Recordings, has provided remixes for renowned artists and also runs two record labels: Fortuna Records, which specializes in reissues of Israeli psychedelic music and rhythms of the Middle East, and Spring Hill Records, dedicated to rescuing gems of Jamaican music from oblivion. He has recently collaborated with producer Mixmonster to create “Congo Beat The Drum”, an all-analog dub album, featuring Jamaican music legends from the early 1980s. All the recording process is documented on a feature film that is currently showing at film festivals all over the world.
