Dactah Chando Releases Live-Recorded Album Reset From Tenerife Studio

Recorded live at Achinech Studio on the island of Tenerife, reset arrives as a 12-track digital release from Spain-based reggae artist and producer Dactah Chando, out March 6, 2026 through Achinech Productions.

The album finds Chando handling rhythm guitar, percussion and vocals across its full runtime, working alongside a band of collaborators whose full credits have yet to be publicly detailed. The track list moves between Spanish and English titles: MERCY, CONFORME, GUÍA, ORIGEN, ROOTS, ENEMIES, TIMES, AHORA, GIRL, VUELTA, SENTIDO, and GRACIAS. The fourth track, ORIGEN, is accompanied by a dedicated visual, making it the lead visual offering from the project.

The live recording format is notable for an artist with Chando's stage history. Back in March 2011, he performed an album live in Cologne, Germany, backed by members of Seeed, Okada Supersound and Six Nation, with Frank Dellé joining as a special guest on "Power fi Chant" and Pachango stepping up for "Palante." German Bunch TV filmed the entire concert and conducted a live interview, while Reggaeville was also on the ground capturing footage for its internet stream. Later that same year, Chando took the stage at the Walo Musik Festival in Mauritania, sharing the bill with artists from Senegal, Mali, Belgium and France, before closing the summer with a set at Rototom Sunsplash on August 26, 2011, the same core band at his back.

That earlier body of work drew attention well beyond Spain's tight-knit reggae community. Reggae.es, Blogreggae.com, bcn-reggae.com, Radio Rasta and Barcelona Reggae Town all covered it, as did Radio Nacional de España and outlets across the Canary Islands press. Even Spanish surf titles Radical Surf and 3 sesenta gave it shine. German reggae magazine Riddim weighed in, and both Deutschlandradio Berlin and Funkhaus Europa WDR broadcast reviews.

Reset is available now as a digital release through Achinech Productions, with the full album streamable and the "Origen" video listed on Reggaeville.