Pahjo’s latest offering, titled ‘Identity’, is about to set the stage on fire in Trinidad Carnival 2025 with its infectious rhythms and flamboyant hollers. A Cheerful anthem for inclusion, ‘Identity’ is a whole party banger with a decidedly distinctive soul.
This banger is Caribbean through and through. Courtesy of Patrick Joseph, aka Pahjo, an artist hailing from Georgetown, Guyana, alongside the St. Vincent-born Johnny Fontainne, commonly known as Problem Child. ‘Identity’ is a celebration of uniqueness that is set to be the backdrop for the Trinidad Festival. With its cheerful declarations of acceptance to all, ‘Identity’ is wholesome and fun. An exceedingly cheerful jangle of infectious rhythms and singing.
For the uninitiated, Soca music can be seen as reggae’s hyperactive, somewhat distant cousin. With naming derived from the phrase Soul of Calypso, soca’s roots in the Caribbean calypso can be witnessed in the lively syncopation of the beats and the prominent major scale melodies in the background, reflecting the trademark handpan melodies that define calypso music. In this sense, ‘Identity’ is a Caribbean party anthem that’s cheerful and intoxicating.
With relentless beats and an attitude that’s worth a thousand smiles, Pahjo and Problem Child take upon their shoulders the issue of hospitality for Trinidad Festival 2025. Not only welcoming everybody onboard, but doing it with an iconic, danceable banger like no other.