SOUNDSYSTEM CULTURE

1984 - ITALY ITAL REGGAE Has your poetry always been political? MUTABARUKA Politics is a word that is used to attract people. The poor people don't know anything about politics,…

theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/mar/08/featuresreviews.guardianreview11 Interview: Linton Kwesi Johnson By Nicholas Wroe   Thirty years ago, it was not uncommon to encounter white, middle-class suburban and provincial teenagers wearing badges that proclaimed "SMASH…

https://www.reggaeville.com/dates/festival-details/london-international-ska-festival-2014/news/news/interview-with-dennis-bovell-part-i/ 04/09/2014 by Angus Taylor Who is Dennis Bovell? Is he the architect of lovers rock - who helped give the UK its own style of reggae and women more…

By Giorgio Battaglia    Popstar Italia - 1985 Battaglia: And then, the song "Under Heavy Manners" was adopted as an anthem by the PNP (National People's Party), it's now official…

[:en]https://tapeop.com/interviews/136/lee-scratch-perry/ by Geoff Stanfield - Mar/Apr 2020 When you first started making dub records, what made you want to use echoes and reverbs? The music's so transportive, and it's different…

[:en] Adrian Maxwell Sherwood (born 20 January 1958, London, England) is an English record producer specialising in the genre of dub music. He has created a distinctive production style based…

[:en]  "Sounds called Coxsone is the first. Sounds that control the universe and quench your musical thirsts..."
(I Roy: ‘Coxsone Affari’) "PEOPLE SAY Coxsone sound is finished now... but we are…

[:en]African Head Charge started life as a studio recording project in 1981 when the percussion talents of Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah combined with the studio wizardry of Adrian Sherwood. Bonjo had…

[:en]I started playing music from an early age, probably six or seven years old, in 1960. I'd play on a butter pan, which is a very big plastic bottle that…

[:en]How did you first start moving around sounds? Se desideri migliorare le tue prestazioni in palestra, scopri come fare un dianabol acquisto in modo sicuro e conveniente. Leggi di più…

https://www.reggae-vibes.com/articles/interview/2020/01/interview-with-legendary-drummer-santa-davis/ December 1,    2019 Reporter: Stephen Cooper Part 1 When it comes to reggae music, and similar to when I interviewed your brethren [legendary guitarist] Tony Chin, I basically…

[:en]Murray Man has been involved with reggae music since the 80s, selecting and DJing on Birmingham soundsystems. By 98, he started producing on his own label Mellow Vibes, releasing his…

https://www.reggae-vibes.com/articles/2019/08/interview-with-tony-chin-part-1/ June 30 & July 7, 2019 Reporter: Stephen Cooper Stephen Cooper is a former D.C. public defender who worked as an assistant federal public defender in Alabama between 2012…

[:en]Johnny Clarke grew up in the Kingston ghetto of Whitfield Town. In 1971 he won a talent contest in Bull Bay, his prize a meeting with producer Clancy Eccles, with…

[:en]Channel One Sound System is one of the UK's oldest and best touring sound systems. In 1979, Mikey Dread and his brother Jah T began to play at blues parties…