Party Clip Elephantsounds/Reggae Unity MArch 15 ACU

Big Up 2 our VJ Malu Sin for making this video! thanx again to all crews & people present....

Sat March 29:Rebel Up @ OCCII, A'dam

Hi all, After a month's break we shall rise from the dead and bring the power and rebellion up to another level next saturday at the traditional OCCII stable. This eleventh edition comprises some of the finest nomad DJs, fed with bio-seeds and folkish food from remote places .. We'll milk the surroundings with Silk Roads music, and bash morosity with a touch of playgroundbreaking-homemade-vinyltortillas-hipswailing-moveyourass sound. We've harvested in secret spots the cream of the crop, the freshest and sometimes oldschoolest riddims from really all around the world (we forgot the Canaries Islands last time, we swear to do better this time).As always, profit & donations go to a charity organization .. this time it'll be for a project assisting orphans in Cambodia from Globalteer. More information about it will be available at the party and on http://rebel-up.blogspot.com/.We hope to see you on saturday!Pascal & RikRebel Up! Crew

Saturday, 29th of March @ OCCII, Amsterdam( http://www.occii.org/)Amstelveenseweg 134 (tram #1 (stop Overtoomsesluis) or #2)doors open 22:30 till late, 4 Euro fee. Profit goes to charity!Rebel Up! Soundclash (#11)Diasporic sounds from the global underground.....a global culture mashup of rougher world music and visuals,(in ways of Mestiza and Gypsy beats, old skool Roots, roughness from Africa, Arabia & Asia, Latino funk and gritty electronics.)Rebel Up! is played by various Dj's.... all armed with a musical manifesto.

a little Tribute to Joe Gibbs R.I.P. mix

As a tribute I made a nice little mix of some of my Joe Gibbs Productions. May Joe Rest In Peace! (see http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080226/ent/ent4.html)

check it below


Roy Shirley- Hold them
Sylford Walker - Burn Babylon
Shorty the President - Natty pass his CGE
Clint Eastwood - Badda Than You
Barrington Levy - My Woman
Dillinger - Take a Dip
Soul Sisters - Wrecka Buddy
Lady Ann - Murderer
Prince Mohammed - Bubbling Love
Dennis Brown - Let Me Live
Dennis Brown - Ghetto Girl
Joe Gibbs - Entebbe Affair
Culture - I'm Not Ashamed
Lee Perry - The Upsetter
Sammy Dread - Dreadlocks Girl
Eekamouse - Virgin Girl
Junior Murvin - Cool out Son
Lui Lepke - Love from Jamdown
Jacob Miller - I'm Just A Dread
June Lodge - Someone Loves You

Sat April 4: Badmintone Night @ Kargadoor

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Sat March 22: Naald & Kraak @ dbs

Zaterdag 22 maart 2008
dB's Utrecht
Naald en Kraak feest
met Live Bluegrass Boogiemen
en
DJ Collectief Naald en Kraak
DJ Saskia
DJ DAB
The Bombshelly's
Entree: 8 euro
Aanvang: 22:00 uur
Band: 23:00 uur
http://www.dbstudio.nl
http://www.myspace.com/bombshellys

sat april 5: FESTA BRASILEIRA @Moira

FESTA BRASILEIRA – PLANETA CAPOEIRA
Saturday 5th of April 2008
Party with LIVE BRASILIAN BAND, workshop brasilian dance, great SHOW Capoeira & Maculele, caipirinha (the real one) & brasilian feijoada
Party: 22.00 – 02.30, MOIRA, Wolvenstraat 10, Utrecht
Fee: € 7,00
Dinner (feijoada): 20.00 – 22.00 (€ 5,00)
info: www.planetacapoeira.nl
email: dodaplanetacapoeira@yahoo.com

Mikey Dread, gone from the control

Radio disc jock Mikey Dread is dead. He succumbed to a brain tumour late yesterday afternoon at his family home in Connecticut, USA at the age of 54. Born Michael Campbell in Port Antonio, Jamaica, he distinguished himself as an extraordinary studio engineer and presenter at the now defunct Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) where he came to prominence in the 1970s as "The Dread-the-Control Tower", the name of the late night show he presented at a time when reggae music was scoffed at by many.
Mikey Dread... hailed as one of reggae's greatest innovators
One of reggae's greatest innovators and original radio engineers/technicians, the past student of Titchfield High School, in 2006 celebrated the 30th anniversary of the night programme which he started at the JBC, and revolutionised the after midnight shift making it into the most popular slot on radio, by playing strictly dub music. This innovation is seen by many musicologists as the antecedence of dancehall as we now know it.
Upon leaving the JBC, Mikey Dread ventured into recording and scored with a number of releases such as Weatherman Skanking in combination with Ray I, Barber Saloon, Love the Dread, as well as albums such as Dread at the Control, Evolutionary Rockers and World War III. Over time he attracted the attention of British punk rockers, The Clash, who invited him to produce some of their music, the most famous of which is their single Bankrobber, and contributed to several songs on their 1980 album, Sandinista. Mikey Dread also toured with The Clash across Britain, wider Europe and the US.
He also worked closely with producer Trevor Elliot to launch musical career of singer Edi Fitzroy, who was then an accountant at the JBC. As the news of his passing surfaced yesterday, the Sunday Observer got comments from a number of persons in the media and the music fraternity, all of whom hailed Mikey Dread as a significant contributor to the development of Jamaican music. "His (Mikey Dread's) work, is not only national or regional, but also international," former JBC's journalist Leslie Miles noted. "It spanned the world scene and made Mikey a pioneer broadcaster for playing dub music, and also redefined aspects of radio, especially night time radio" Miles, who is now head of news at Bess FM, also spoke of the struggle Mikey Dread faced at the conservative JBC. Music consultant Colin Leslie pointed out that the consequence of the "fight" he received from the management was putting him on at night, but that backfired.
"Remember he is a Portlander, so I always appreciated the fact that we shared the same alma mater (Titchfield High School), that is something I've always cherished and I hold him in high esteem. Although he was ahead of my era, he was somebody who laid an awesome foundation and was very unique and highly respected," was how Richard "Richie B" Burgess of Hot 102, remembered Mikey Dread.
We were at JBC together, and in those days when he started at the JBC dreads weren't popular on the air. The powers that be in management really gave him a fight," Ali McNab told the Sunday Observer.
"Michael Campbell, is someone who revolutionised radio in Jamaica when there was still an anti-Jamaican sentiment regarding music and culture. In terms of the emerging dancehall, it was Mikey Dread who popularised it on radio. Although it was late night, he still managed to popularise dancehall music and bring it to the masses," was the perspective of Dennis Howard who also worked on JBC Radio, in the post-Mikey Dread era.
And Irie FM's disc jockey, GT Taylor hailed the late Mikey Dread as a role model. "Reggae music in Jamaica, owes a lot that that brother. He was one man who stood up for reggae in the early '70s, bringing the music to the forefront. He is one of my inspirations."
Veteran singer Freddie McGregor attested to the fact that "Mikey Dread was one of the persons fighting the struggle for reggae music. Mikey and I did a lot of shows together over the years. A wonderful brethren".

By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter
Sunday, March 16, 2008
from the Jamaica Observer: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/html/20080315T200000-0500_133588_OBS_MIKEY_DREAD__GONE_FROM_THE_CONTROL_.asp

Next Saturday March 15: Elephantsoundz invites Reggae Unity @ ACU

Next saturday march 15th another blazing edition of Elephantsounds will feature the best of what Utrecht has to offer in reggae. Unity is power, therefore join us and let's make party!
Entrance 3 euros as always, starts at 23:00. Doors close at 3:00, but the party wil continue till late....

The Budos Band are coming to Europe!

Mon April 21: The Budos Band play The Beat Club, DORDRECHT

With it's twenty-two legs, three horns, and hallucinogenic venom, The Budos Band, the un-heralded emperors of Instrumental Staten Island Afro-Soul, continue to rule. The band commands their listeners to follow them on their second journey into the depths of their poisonous vision. While their debut album was itself heralded as a groundbreaking exploration of funk, afro-beat and soul music, few could predict that their second effort would not only match but surpass the realm of mind-expansion embodied on their first sessions. Through ten exciting new instrumentals recorded live at Daptone's House of Soul in Bushwick, Brookyln, The Budos Band pours themes at once resonant and ethereal over Herculean rhythms.

more info:
their myspace http://www.myspace.com/budosband
their record label http://www.daptonerecords.com/
the venue http://www.beatclub.nl/

Fri March 7: Fuerza Mestizo Cross-over Party @ Ekko

Dat meen je niet? Blaast EKKO Fuerza! Nieuw leven in?! Toch niet die übergeile latincrossover-party die party-minded Utrecht jarenlang tweemaandelijks trakteerde op een extreem hitsige cocktail van hete latin, dancehall en beats? Zeer zeker wel! Nadat de vaste dj’s Samba Soun’ en Condor Soun’ begin deze eeuw de latin-toorts brandende hielden, is het nu tijd voor de ultieme crossover: een combinatie van de mestiza en patchanka! klanken met de huidige rage: Balkan Beatz! En dus zijn de onbetwiste Nederlandse grootmeesters Tommi en Gusztav uitgenodigd om hun interpretatie van latin te geven. Je bedoelt dat tweetal, die ook de Noorderslag-foyer in een ravage veranderden? Si gringo! En reken maar dat de twee dansavonden heel wat raakvlakken hebben, maar reken ook maar dat Tommi en Gusztav daar een opruiende draai aan kunnen geven. Heet feest dus met Fuerza. Tevens fuelled by Smartin.
meer info: http://www.ekko.nl/

Sat March 8: Hotlipzz & Jane play Subbacultcha!

ZATERDAG 8 MAART IN DE NIEUWE ANITA IN AMSTERDAM:Subbacultcha!
met live:

Scram C Baby - Nieuwe (live) Plaat net uit!
Oh Johnny - All Girl Rock & Roll ft. leden van Blues Brother Castro & The Heights
INQ - Spanish Indie Folk klinkt als Silver Jews & Pavement
DJ Hotlipzz & Jane

Aanvang 20.00 Entree 6euro
meer info: www.subbacultcha.nl

Producer Joe Gibbs dead at 65

From the Jamaica Gleaner:

RECORD producer Joel 'Joe Gibbs' Gibson, whose partnership with singer Dennis Brown yielded a string of hit songs during the 1970s, died last Thursday at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Gibbs' son, Rocky, told The Gleaner that his father died shortly after suffering a heart attack. He was 65 years old.
The Montego Bay-born Gibbs began producing on his Amalgamated label in the 1960s. His first major hit was singer Roy Shirley's Hold Them, but it was in the next decade that Gibbs really hit his stride.
Brown, a former prodigy, cut a series of songs for Gibbs that were rarely off the charts. These included Money In My Pockets, Should I, Stay at Home, Love Has Found Its Way and How Could I Live.
Other productions
Gibbs also produced Culture's massive Two Sevens Clash, George Nooks' Tribal War and Althea and Donna's Uptown Top Ranking which made the British pop charts in 1977. His last major hit was singer J.C. Lodge's Someone Loves You Honey, a song originally done by African-American country singer Charlie Pride.
Bass player Lloyd Parkes was a senior member of Gibbs' house band, The Professionals. He said while Gibbs was an astute businessman, he was not the great producer many believed.
"I would call him an executive producer, most of the production was done by Errol Thompson and the musicians," Parkes said.
Thompson was the engineer at Gibbs' Retirement Road studio. He died in 2004.
Gibbs is survived by 11 children.

As a tribute aI made a nice little mix of some of my Joe Gibbs Productions

check it below