Herman Chin Loy

Of Chinese-Jamaican extraction, Herman Chin-Loy's earliest involvement in the music business came when he worked for his famous record-producing cousin, Leslie Kong, in his Beverley's record shop in the 60s. In 1969 he opened up his own Aquarius Record Store in Half Way Tree and moved into record production via instrumentals such as ‘African Zulu' and ‘Shang I'. To this end he utilized the talents of Lloyd Charmers and the Hippy Boys, rhythm section Carlton Barrett and his brother Aston ‘Familyman' Barrett. On his later productions he is credited with being the first to use th...