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Highlight Of the Month :
2pm til 2am - 12 hours of dancehall, reggae and dub !
Kingfisha
Sista Itations featuring MC Riff Raph (Melbourne)
Darky Roots
Rhythm Collision Sound
Raz Bin Sam and Lion I Band (Byron Bay)
Coolie Konnect Sound System
Vintage Youth Dub Foundation
Samedi Soundsystem
The Upsteppers
Wade (Jamaica)
Ben Osborne
Rudekat Sound featuring Sunny Dread
Erther
Lao Mirador
Dan Styles
VJ Kino
Kingfisha's Aussie take on Jamaican riddims combine with the sweet vocal harmonies of new outfit Darky Roots and the
roots heavy, potent social commentary of established crew The Uspteppers. Add in the vibes of Melbourne selecta Sista
Itations alongside MC Riff Raph and new sound crew Coolie Konnect Sound System featuring Elephant Wise and Scorcha
Also set to nice up the area is Byron Bay's Raz Bin Sam and Lion I Band with foundation Brisbane sound crew Rhythm
Collision Sound as well as tuff selectas Ben Osborne, Erther, Lao Mirador and Dan Styles. Rudekat Sound featuring the man
Sunny Dread on the mic run more big selection
Vintage Youth Dub Foundation sees the return of live dub, reverb and space echo and includes members of Brisbane dub
exponents, Heavyweight Champion. On top of this Samedi Soundsystem bring their mashed up styles to the control tower
as well as DJ/Producer Wade straight outta Kingston, Jamaica now resident in Brisbane
All this complemented by South Korean visual artist and music video producer VJ Kino mixing and editing videos live with
the music
Two double passes to Raggamuffin Festival 2010 to be won on the day
The Jubilee Hotel, 470 St Pauls Terrace, The Valley
$16 / $10 4ZzZ subs / Free for passionate 4ZzZ subscribers. Subscribe to 4ZzZ at the show and get in FREE
5 minutes walk from Brunswick Street train station
Hailing from a musical family that includes his older brother Pliers (from the deejay/singer duo Chaka Demus and Pliers of “Murder She Wrote” fame), singer Spanner Banner and deejay Snatcher Dogg, and armed with just a microphone, one-drop rhythms and purifying lyrical flames, singer Richie Spice is the Gideon of contemporary reggae. The publicly declared “prince of fire” chanting culturally uplifting, spiritually fortified words to defeat the negative content that informs much of popular Jamaican music has been a revelation to all music fans.
Currently, one of reggae’s most in demand talents and the recipient of numerous awards and accolades. He received the Most Cultural Artist Award at the 13th annual South Florida Reggae Soca Awards in 2005; voted the Male Singer/Singjay of the Year at Jamaica’s IRIE FM Awards in 2007 and following his performance at the first annual “Black My Story” concert held in Kingston on Feb. 2, 2008 Spice was honored for his positive musical contributions. His 2004 album “Spice in Your Life” was listed among the year’s best reggae releases by the New York Times; “In the Streets To Africa”, released in 2007, reached number 6 on the Billboard Reggae chart and one of the album’s biggest hits “Youth Dem Cold” peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Top 100 Singles Chart and ranked at number 29 on Vibe Magazine’s Best 44 songs of 2007.
Ever since universal hit “Youths Are So Cold,” propelled Spice into mainstream airplay back in 2006, Billboard Magazine ranking him among the top six performers at Reggae Sunsplash 2006 and a succession of hits that have resided in the upper tiers of the reggae charts, Spice is back again, busy touring countries around the world after the release of his recent album, Gideon Boot (VP), in May 2008. The album peaked at number one on Billboard’s Top Reggae Albums, and spurned the culture hit, “The Plane Land,” which took Spice all the way to headlining reggae night at Reggae Sumfest last summer in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Now with the release of “Gideon Boot” even greater recognition is assured for Spice’s talent, as is the expansion of his international fan base.
Fittingly, “Gideon Boot” is the title track of Spice’s brilliant fourth album. Recorded over the timeless “Johnny Too Bad” rhythm (taken from The Slickers 1970s hit of the same name, popularized in the film “The Harder They Come”) the song details Spice’s strategic plan for delivering his musical sermon to an awaiting global audience. Just like the singer’s previous albums “Universal”, “Spice In Your Life” (The New York Times named it one of the best releases of 2004, Los Angeles Times broadened the accolades, citing it as one of the year’s ten best albums of any musical genre and in Jamaica, The Observer newspaper honored Spice as artist and vocalist of the year) and “In The Streets to Africa”, “Gideon Boot” contains inspiring messages specifically aimed at empowering vulnerable youth. Spice confidently juxtaposes his songs of valor with unity themes (“Living In Love”, “Getting Harder”) and the importance of staying focused (“Make Up Your Mind”, “Hang On In There”). Spice’s flawless vocals effortlessly scale the high notes then smoothly segue into scatted improvisations as he weaves intricate, evocative melodies throughout this exquisite 15-track set that is certain to carry his name to unchartered territories for Jamaican music.
Since 2004, when his apocalyptic single “Earth A Run Red” became the year’s most popular reggae song, Richie Spice has performed throughout the world, insuring that cultural roots reggae isn’t relegated to a bygone era but continues as a thriving, evolving musical genre.
Spice’s career has continued to soar as a result of his enthralling live performances and Australia will for the first time have the rare opportunity, of witnessing and celebrating this amazing reggae superstar.
Richie Spice's Best Songs
1. Marijuana 2. Earth a Run Red 3. Brown Skin 4. Youth Dem Cold 5. Righteous Youths 6. ghetto girl 7. The Plane Land 8. Open the Door 9. the world is a cycle 10. Crying Out for Love
Performing in Sydney, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne, strictly one show in each city and staged in limited capacity venues. November 26th – December 6th 09.
“My responsibility is to use the talent that God gave me as an instrument to uplift people who are facing the struggle worldwide and let them feel happy in themselves,” Spice explains. “It is all about righteousness, and endorsing the love of the people, good over evil and life over death.
BRISBANE
Rockafellas
Friday November 27th | 239 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 400
$40 pp + BF More @ Door | 8pm
Local support - ras george, rhythim collusion sound, coolie connect sound system, dj sloane and mc sunnydread
BYRON BAY
Buddha Bar Restaurant.
Sunday November 29th | No The Arts Factory Village
Gordon Street, Byron Bay, 2481
$35 pp + BF More @ Door | 7pm
Local support - Blaze Fire Sound & more TBA
SYDNEY
Manning Bar
Thursday December 3rd | Level 1, Manning House Manning Rd,. University of Sydney NSW, 2006
$40 pp + BF More @ Door | 8pm
Local support -
Sydney Support Lineup:
Nick Toth
Basslines
Ujahmaa Soundsystem feat. Dizzy Dee
ADELAIDE
Live on Light Square
Friday December 4th | Ground Floor, 63 Light square Adelaide SA 5000
$40 pp + BF More @ Door | 8pm
Local support info out shortly.
Demize & Zagga (Brown Sugar DJs) & more TBA
PERTH
The Railway Hotel
Saturday Dec 5th | 44 Tydeman Rd, North Fremantle WA 6159
$40 pp + BF More @ Door | 8pm
Local support -
Jah Wisdom
The Empressions
Platinum Galore
Charlie Bucket
Dj Nudz
MELBOURNE
Sunday December 6th | Billboard the Venue
$40 pp + BF More @ Door | 8pm
Local support - Ujahmaa Soundsystem feat. Dizzy Dee, Chant Down Sound & more TBA
www.bigtunesmusic.com.au
Artist Of The Week :
Elephant Wise’ background is as unique as his powerful voice. Born in Kenya to a fourth generation Indian father and a Swedish mother, Elephant Wise is a descendant of the Coolies. The Coolies were exploited workers who were imported by the British from Asia in the 1800’s to pick up where the slaves left off. Spending most of his childhood and adolescence in Kenya, reggae music and culture are always at the heart of his early memories. Moving to Sweden in his teens Elephant Wise found himself at the centre of an emerging European reggae scene in a country that, whilst in his blood, was not keen to accept him. Unable to find the laidback, tolerant lifestyle that suited him in his mother’s home land, Elephant Wise moved to Australia in his early twenties. It was at this time that his interest in music changed from being a keen listener to putting his creative talents to use behind the mic. In Australia Elephant Wise found a country with a lot to offer and a reggae scene still in its infancy. Now permanently located in Brisbane, Queensland, he is determined to fly the flag for his adopted country and put Australia on the reggae map.
Giveaway :
2 X CD of Sean Kingston New Album ( Vote in This Month Poll To Win )
The Draw will Be on December 1st
About Giveaways: By Joining Dancehall Reggae Australasia (DRA) you will receive award points that you can use to win free stuff from DRA (ex. Gig Tickets , Cds ... )
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