Sunday, February 22, 2009

SAT MARCH 7: MOCHI'S SPANISH CARNAVAL PARTY



March 7th, the sixth edition of Mochi's Spanish Carnaval party will take place at the DOCK, the party cellar formerly known as De Omhelzing, just next to the Nachtwinkel, beneath winkel van Sinkel. Starts at 23:00, damage 4 euro. At 24:00 the one-man band Dead Elvis will play forgotten classics, Smartin will be your host dj and play party music from all over the world! So dress yourself up (remember it's carnaval!) and get down!

check last year's party down here:









Wednesday, February 11, 2009

A BIT LATE BUT THIS BOOK IS WORTH CHECKIN' FI REAL!!!


http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=13466

JUST BOUGHT IT A MONTH AGO, CAN'T STOP READING!!! :-)

FYYYYYAAAAAAH!

Dancehall - Book

The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture

Soul Jazz Records

Information

Available Now!!!!



Beth Lesser's definitive new study of the 1980s Jamaican Dancehall scene features hundreds of exclusive photographs and accompanying text that captures a vibrant, globally influential and yet rarely documented culture that has been mixing music, fashion and lifestyle with aplomb since its inception. With unprecedented access to the incredibly vibrant music scene during this period, Beth Lesser’s photographs and text are a unique way in to a previously hidden culture.

Dancehall is at the centre of Jamaican musical and cultural life. From its roots in Kingston in the 1950s to its heyday in the 1980s, Dancehall has conquered the globe, spreading to the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, Europe and beyond.

Dancehall is a culture that encompasses music, fashion, drugs, guns, art, community, technology and more. Many of today’s global music and fashion styles can be traced back to Dancehall culture and indeed continue to be influenced by it today.

Born in the 1950s out of the neighbourhood jams of Kingston, Dancehall grew to its height in the 1980s before a massive influx of drugs and guns made the scene too dangerous for many.

This jam-packed visual history and text tells the story from its roots to its heights from that rarest vantage of the true, respected insider. In the early 1980s as Jamaica was in the throws of political and gang violence Beth Lesser ventured where few others dared and this book is a never before seen record of the exciting, dangerous and vibrant world of Dancehall.

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