In recent times, recording artiste Turbulence has been ushering in a re-emergence that has seen him expand his horizons.

Known for making passionate ‘love songs’ and tracks on the more conscious side, the Rastafarian singer told Observer Online that he has always wanted to step outside the proverbial ‘box.’ And that’s exactly what he did on his latest single, Rasta Dance.

The track, which was released earlier this month, sees the ‘Notorious’ artiste venturing into a novel space — the dance arena.

“I’ve always wanted to do a dance song, always. That’s where the energy was coming from for this track. I didn’t just want to do one particular dance that only one set of people could relate to and so I just ventured into different ideas and brought every dancer together,” he said.

“You know a Rasta say unity is strength and if yuh listen to the track carefully, we call every dancer name and we call almost every dance that has been created and just made one compact dancehall track.”

Highlighting that as a human being, he also understands the need to let loose and enjoy one’s self, Turbulence said it was important that fans got to see a lighter side of him on this new single.

“It was very important that I showcase this side of Turbulence because Emmanuel High said through joy and judgment that is how you bring the people together and we can’t just a give people the judgement side all the time,” he said. “The world dun know Turbulence will bun fire all night and all day, all week but we have that joy side to we too,” he said. “I’m a grounded youth, a joyful individual so when dem see the dancing side, it kinda makes dem know we’re all just human beings.”

Already, the single, which was produced by Digital One Productions, has been generating quite the buzz on the local music scene. It has also amassed over 100,000 views on YouTube with many listeners commenting that the track is giving the kind of vibe today’s dancehall needs.

Turbulence, well aware of the attention the track (and accompanying music video) is generating, told Observer Online that he’s just happy the single is promoting positivity.

“The song has been creating a lot of waves. It a shot. I knew it was going to be fun for the people but I didn’t expect that in two days, three days so many thousands of people would like and comment on it and it’s still going strong,” he said.

“Everywhere I go, I sing this song and the people go crazy. I guess because it is unexpected of me to sing these types of songs so when I sing it, the joy that comes from it warms my heart.”

Aside from promoting his latest single, Turbulence is gearing up to grace the Reggae Sumfest stage at Catherine Hall in Montego Bay, St James this July. He revealed that it will be his first performance on that platform in seven years.