Hailing from the Island of St Croix, Midnite is one of the most promising roots reggae bands of the millennium. They are vanguards of conscious reggae who represent the King's and Queen's music to the fullness of Jah. Midnite's profound and innovative lyrics are sincere and deeply rooted to present the other half of the story. Their CD recordings and live performances will have reggae and non reggae listeners open to the messages they bring.

Lead singer Vaughn Benjamin's electrifying voice seems an amalgamation of many great tones in reggae--soulful, chanting, deep and edgy. Vaughn's potent lyrical style and his brother Ron's exquisite bass lines and musical directorship form the nucleus of this musical sextet.  Christian ‘Sly’ Molina lays down thunderous one-drops on drums, while Ras L bubbles on keyboards.  Edmund Fieulleteau and Edwin "Kenny" Byron round out the crew with their excellent guitar work.  Midnite weaves the cultural lyrics of "old school" roots music with modern day experiences to create a unique listening encounter. Reggae - naked and raw is an apt description for Midnite's musical style, in which they forgo the frills of extensive remixes, overdubbing and other musical refinements.

"Unpolished" is the suitably named title of their debut album which includes such classics as "Don't Move", "Mama Africa", and "Love the Life You Live". Originally released in 1997, while the band was located in Washington, D.C., this crucial album has since been made widely available on Rastafaria Recordings.

In 1999, Midnite linked up with Wildchild! Records for their second release "Ras Mek Peace". Incredibly, this album was recorded using only two channels and was mastered without any reverb, filtering, compression or equalization. Songs like "Hieroglyphics", in which graffiti is likened to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, showcase the intelligent songwriting that pervades all of Midnite's works.

Following the release of Ras Mek Peace, Midnite returned to live in St. Croix so that they could work with the local musicians and make recordings at their African Roots Lab without any outside interference. The fruits of these labours can be found on their third album "Jubilees of Zion", which was released on their own independent Afrikan Roots Lab record label. The expansive, hypnotic rhythms continue, alongside the messages of peace, universal brotherhood, and cultural resistance to Babylon.

Midnite explodes in live performances with sets that often exceed 3 hours. Their vigorous, weighty sound, driven by the punchy bass lines creates a vibe that penetrates straight to the heart. These epic musical communions have earned Midnite an enormous following throughout the roots community. This is especially true in St. Croix, Puerto Rico, Brazil, France, St. Louis, New York, Boston, Vermont, Asheville and throughout the West Coast where they have toured extensively including another appearances at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, Reggae On The River and all the Bob Marley Day festivals.

In the fall of 2003, Midnite released their first dub album "Intense Pressure", which includes some tracks from their prior releases along with some dubs of forthcoming albums.  2004 saw the release of 2 brand new studio albums "Ainshant Maps" on their Afrikan Roots Lab record label and "Scheme A Things" on the Rastafaria label.  A live album "Live 94117" was released in 2008, and Afrikan Roots Lab's latest Midnite album "What Makes A King?" was release in 2010.

Midnite has also collaborated with I-Grade Records for six releases: "Nemozian Rasta", "Assini", "Vijan", "Let Live", “Jah Grid” and “Rule The Time”.  Vaughn Benjamin has also released albums under the name Midnite Branch I and collaborations: "Cipheraw", "Geoman", "He Is Jah" "Project III", "Full Cup", “Thru & True”, “Aneed”, "Sun's Of Atom", "New 1000", "Bless Go Roun", "Infinite Quality" on the Lustre King label, “Maschanna.”  He has also teamed up with Rastar Records on "Better World Rasta", "Supplication to H.I.M.", "To Mene", "A Need" and the 2011 release "Treasure."