SWISS film-maker Markus Egloff is currently in Jamaica preparing to get his second documentary on Jamaican music off the ground.

The 50-year-old Egloff did not reveal much about the project, but said it has a similar theme to his debut, The Art of Making Music a Way of Life, which was released in 2012.

“It’s about roots music, authentic reggae…that’s what I grew up listening to,” said Egloff.

He is hoping to find financial support for the film. Because ‘The Art of Making Music’ was independently funded, it took six years to complete.

That project premiered last year in Switzerland, and was also shown in Italy. It focuses on the Inna Di Yard acoustic series of veteran session guitarist Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith.

Egloff told the Jamaica Observer that seeing Smith and his colleagues — including singers Kiddus-I, trumpeter Johnny ‘Dizzy’ Moore and guitarist Winston ‘Bo Pee’ Bowen — record music in a natural setting was well received by persons who saw The Art of Making Music.

“They’re doing music in an old fashioned way; writing songs to a guitar and recording songs in the garden, and not necessarily in the studio. It’s a very intimate way of making music,” said Egloff.

The Art of Making Music a Way of Life premiered in Jamaica three years ago at the Redbones Blues Cafe in Kingston. Egloff presented a second viewing of the documentary last Thursday at the same venue during a performance by the Inna Di Yard band.

The Inna Di Yard series was initially distributed by French independent company Makasounds Records. Kiddus-I, Junior Murvin, Cedric Myton of the Congos and Linval Thompson are some of the artistes who have recorded albums for the project.

— Howard Campbell