White Plains, New York – Composer, producer, and guitarist C’batch releases I Guess You Want It This Way, a six-track EP that finally completes a song whose roots reach back approximately 26 years. The project forms the latest chapter in his ongoing 2026 exploration of musical archives.
Originally inspired by his Jamaican-born wife Yvette’s longtime encouragement to write a reggae song, the composition remained unfinished in C’batch’s archives. Its hook, harmony, and verse melody refused to disappear. In 2026 he returned to the material, completed the lyrics, and reimagined the song through six distinct interpretations. The EP is dedicated to legendary Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin, whom C’batch met at Heathrow Airport in 2001.
Released through Stevette Music, Inc., I Guess You Want It This Way connects decades of songwriting with reggae, soul, R&B, and contemporary production. It is less a newly discovered song than an unfinished musical conversation finally completed and brought into the present as part of C’batch’s broader archival creative journey.
Originally inspired by his Jamaican-born wife Yvette’s longtime encouragement to write a reggae song, the composition remained unfinished in C’batch’s archives. Its hook, harmony, and verse melody refused to disappear. In 2026 he returned to the material, completed the lyrics, and reimagined the song through six distinct interpretations. The EP is dedicated to legendary Jamaican guitarist Ernest Ranglin, whom C’batch met at Heathrow Airport in 2001.
Released through Stevette Music, Inc., I Guess You Want It This Way connects decades of songwriting with reggae, soul, R&B, and contemporary production. It is less a newly discovered song than an unfinished musical conversation finally completed and brought into the present as part of C’batch’s broader archival creative journey.
Stephen H. Cumberbatch, professionally known as C’batch, is a composer, producer, guitarist, and independent recording artist from White Plains, New York. A longtime ASCAP member and skilled keyboard, synthesizer, and sampler programmer, his work spans R&B, soul, dance, funk, reggae, jazz-influenced, and cinematic music. His history reaches back to New York’s influential early-1980s dance scene, with published works including “I Need You Now” by Sinnamon (featuring Bernard Fowler), “Let Me Do You” by NV (featuring Will Downing and mixed by Shep Pettibone), “Playgirls” by Kreamsicle and “Geisha Love” by Eleanore Mills. “I Need You Now” became an enduring club recording that has been extensively sampled across electronic and dance music.
In 1984, Stephen and Yvette established Stevette Music, which was subsequently incorporated as Stevette Music, Inc. in 2014. Four decades later, it remains the home for C’batch’s extensive catalogue. In 2026, he began systematically opening his musical archives, drawing on decades of compositions and ideas that move freely across soul, R&B, dance, rock, reggae, ambient and cinematic styles. His recent music video “Next Time (I Won’t Be Falling/You’ve Got Me Falling)” received an Honorable Mention for Best Pop Music Video at the International Music Video Awards.
I Guess You Want It This Way continues that journey, bringing an unfinished chapter from the past into the present, one more recording finally emerging from the archives.
In 1984, Stephen and Yvette established Stevette Music, which was subsequently incorporated as Stevette Music, Inc. in 2014. Four decades later, it remains the home for C’batch’s extensive catalogue. In 2026, he began systematically opening his musical archives, drawing on decades of compositions and ideas that move freely across soul, R&B, dance, rock, reggae, ambient and cinematic styles. His recent music video “Next Time (I Won’t Be Falling/You’ve Got Me Falling)” received an Honorable Mention for Best Pop Music Video at the International Music Video Awards.
I Guess You Want It This Way continues that journey, bringing an unfinished chapter from the past into the present, one more recording finally emerging from the archives.
About C’batchC’batch (Stephen H. Cumberbatch) is a White Plains, New York-based composer, producer, guitarist and independent artist whose career spans more than four decades. From the early-1980s New York club scene to his current archival releases, his work moves across R&B, soul, dance, funk, reggae and cinematic music. Through Stevette Music, Inc., established with his wife Yvette in 1984 and incorporated in 2014, he continues to release archival and newly completed material that reflects a lifetime of musical exploration. I Guess You Want It This Way is the latest release in that ongoing creative journey.
I Guess You Want It This Way is available now via Stevette Music, Inc.
I Guess You Want It This Way is available now via Stevette Music, Inc.