To many the life of Danish-Ghanaian Martei Korley will sound like a dream. As photographer and creative director of LargeUp.com, a website describing itself as: "a global platform for Caribbean music, arts and culture.", Korley regularly commutes between New York and Kingston, trips that got him in contact with some major players in the Jamaican reggae and dancehall scene (saxophonist/producer Dean Fraser, Firehouse Crew guitarist Mitchum 'Khan' Smith). With 'Kingston Confidential' Martei takes his first steps towards a singing career of his own. Korley describes 'Kingston Confidential' (counting six numbers and two dubs rather resembling an EP than a full-fledged album) as a concept album about a long-distance relationship, a word you should definitely read in the romantic context (as proven in songs like 'Concrete Flower' or 'Sweat'), but which also symbolizes Martei's relationship with Kingston and Jamaica. 'Kingston Confidential' will probably appeal more to amateurs of lovers rock ('Rub A Dub Soldier' being a nice exception in the track list) and in that category this album is definitely a must. Great cover photo by the way, but from a professional photographer with a heart for the Caribbean one would of course not expect anything less.