Jamaican-born production team Wycliffe ‘Steely’ Johnson and Cleveland ‘Clevie’ Browne were more than producers — they are pioneers of dancehall reggae’s digital age. Thus, it is only fitting that this compilation album featuring their top hits is deemed Digital Revolution, set for release on January 25, 2011 from 17 North Parade, a division of VP Records.

Having built their world-renowned reputations as studio musicians, with Steely playing keyboards and Clevie playing drums, the duo rose to prominence as the house band at King Jammy’s studio at the time when drum machines were first introduced on reggae records.

They quickly became Jamaica’s hottest production team and together forged a sound that would rule the dancehall scene for decades. Their imprint logged numerous top Jamaican standards and multiple US crossover radio hits from 1989 to 2005.

Digital Revolution is a three-disc collector’s edition that includes 42 of their most influential and biggest hits on discs 1 and 2. Disc 3 is a DVD that contains a 1988 interview and studio demonstration with Steely and Clevie filmed for the now defunct Jamaica Broadcasting Company, as well as a 2005 interview with the producers sponsored by Red Bull Academy. This collection presents fan favorites and rare insight on two of reggae’s most influential producers – a must have for collectors, and fans, everywhere.

The CDs contain tunes which have become the soundtrack for the period in which these two musicians and producers rose to prominence. The tracks include Ram Dance Hall — Tiger, Hortical Don — Ninjaman, Retreat — Cutty Ranks, Caan Dun — Shabba Ranks, Sonia Come Back — Cocoa Tea, Shower Me With Your Love — Singing Melody and Poco Man Jam — Gregory Peck.

Other artistes who have made it onto this anthology reads likes the who’s who of the music fraternity — Baby Wayne, Beres Hammond, Cobra, Junior Tucker, Garnett Silk, Dawn Penn, General Degree, Buju Banton, Beanie Man and Sean Paul.

Steely died on September 1, 2009, in a hospital in East Patchogue, New York, USA. He had been admitted suffering from pneumonia after having recovered from kidney complications in December 2008. Clevie, one sibling of the musically talented Browne brothers, continues to produce and record.