Victor Rice ? a?stalwart?of the?celebrated?1990s?Version City ska scene in New York as well as a Grammy-winning studio fixture in Sao Paulo for the past decade ? will release his first album?in fifteen years?this fall. On November 3rd, Rice will release SMOKE via?celebrated?indie reggae label Easy Star Records. SMOKE?s ten fetching?horn-filled instrumentals represent Rice?s pursuit to create a new hybrid of Brazilian samba with Jamaican rocksteady. The record will be available digitally as well as on 180 gram vinyl in a jacket with silver foil touches and a download card.