Tower Band to launch Dancehall Future with live show in Kingston

Tower Band is making Dancehall Future more than a mixtape drop. The 16-track project is set to launch on June 3 at Supa Heavy Wednesdays at Janga’s Soundbar and Grill, 22 Belmont Road in New Kingston, putting the release inside one of Kingston’s working live-music rooms instead of a purely digital rollout.

That setting fits the band’s long game. Tower Band was founded in 2015 by Andre “Kryss Ras” Barnes and Rayon “Prof” Smith, and it built its name on a live-band approach to dancehall, backed by the kind of stage energy that still matters in the city’s nightlife economy. A 2022 Jamaica Star profile said the group made its debut in 2016 as a seven-member aggregation, while another profile described it as a melting pot of talent, naming Corey Coombs on lead guitar, Mario “King Marz” Ramsey on bass, David “Tesla” Mclish on keyboards, Shane Williams as sound engineer and Michael “Bear” Hayle as trumpeter and road manager.

Barnes said the launch night would be about “energy, performances, fun, music, lyrics and guest artistes,” and that the band intended to “bring the house down.” That focus makes sense for a group that has spent years backing established reggae and dancehall acts, while also pushing its own identity as a live outfit with showmanship at the center.

Dancehall Future carries that same idea onto record. The mixtape features collaborations with Charly Black, Rytikal, 10Tik and Yaksta, giving the project recognizable voices that can pull attention beyond the room. Barnes and Smith produced the release, and DJ West of Zip FM handled the mixing, a combination that links the band’s stage reputation to a finished dancehall product built for circulation after the party ends.

Tower Band has also been active in the digital lane already. On January 30, 2026, it appeared on On To The Next with Charly Black and Zum, alongside production from Good Good Productions and distribution through Hapilos. That earlier release, paired with the upcoming mixtape launch, shows a band trying to work both sides of the market at once, on record and on stage.

The real value of Supa Heavy Wednesdays is that it turns the launch into a scene event. For Tower Band, Dancehall Future lands where dancehall still gets tested in real time, with the crowd, the bandstand and the room all part of the statement.