Like any town, Cambridge has always had a solid core of reggae enthusiasts. At the end of the 70s and the early 80s, local band Hondo would always attract a good crowd. In the 80s and 90s local sound systems would play where and when they could. For a few years a summer community radio broadcast brought a much needed injection of roots, dub, ska and dancehall to the airwaves and listener surveys showed that reggae was the most popular of all styles of music put out by the station.
By the time the new millennium came around it had been clear for a long time that Cambridge had the potential for reggae to become a regular musical fixture. The obstacles to this were also clear lack of suitable available venues and lack of any organised co-ordination. With all this in mind, a group of local reggae enthusiasts were invited to a meeting in August 2000 with the aims of establishing a community based collective organisation which could promote reggae and help people develop skills, and become a significant community and cultural resource.
Thus Revelation 2000 was born. Since that time the organisation has seen members come and go, has been responsible for the Reggae Tent at four Strawberry Fairs, put on numerous events at venues such as Café Afrika, the Man on the Moon and Legends, provided music for occasions from May Balls for private parties and brought other sound systems to the city as well as putting on an event in Northampton featuring Sugar Minott and other well-known artists. We have also helped individuals to develop skills they might never have realised they had resulting in the formation of a band and also in people branching out to establish their own creative projects.
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with a live reggae and dancehall show from YT and ASHANTI YARD!!
- his first album STRAIGHT OUTA BRITAIN firmly established YT as the hottest new reggae artist in the uk. featuring tracks like Wicked Act , England story and innit his show will be BIG. currently on tour with his new album BORN INNA BABYLON.
we've also welcomed in a few of cambridges best roots and reggae singers to vibe up the place!
J Levi
Ras Lenard
Bagga Shines
Dylan Jah
and of course REVELATION 2000 and UPRIZING SOUNDS will be bringing you some BIG roots to ragga!
drum and bass / jungle / ragga jungle / tear out / dub meets dance
DIGITAL (one of metal heads longest standing producers,
STIVS (Life4Land's very own ragga jungle champion!)
JAHBA (back for a short time! we wanna hear as much from this producer as possible)
THE NEXT FATTY! REGGAE LIVE PA AND THE BEST DRUM AND BASS/JUNGLE/RAGGA JUNGLE/BREAKCORE EAT ANGLIA HAS TO OFFER!! WITH A NEW VENUE! BIG RIG! CHEAP DRINKS
Uprizing and Guillotine Present: THE BIRTHDAY BANGER!
We had a hard time putting together something to follow our first event at the junction in december. but we've done it! we're celebrating our 4th birthday with the best line up we've ever brought you!
Remember if you've got something coming up, let us know and we'll post it.
In the meantime, check out this bad boy:
A.R.E. Weapons + ULTERIOR + Canaveral
Soul Tree, Cambridge - 27th Oct
A.R.E. Weapons
No other band captures the essence of New York City like electro-punks ARE Weapons. This is a rare chance to see these NY underground legends play the UK.
London 4-piece Ulterior are attracting growing acclaim. Featured earlier this month in NME, who described them as: Face-melting, uncompromising, drum machine-propelled assault rock.
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BLESSED I COME SHARE SOME VIBES ONE LOVE STAY BLESS .. ANTHONY JOHN - REGGAE SUNSET- ARENES DE SOUSTONS FULL SET envoyé par sistaedmee.. ANTHONY JOHN IS AVALAIBLE FOR FESTIVAL,SHOW(acoustic,live band,sound system),production,dubplate CONTACT SISTA EDMEE +33662183356 sistaedmee@yahoo.fr
one coming up real soon (friday the 12th september) in the cufc(newmarket rd,cambridge) it'll be a two room link up with dance 4 tibet,, real fat sounds! jungle, d an b, breakcore, ragga jungle, dubstep, roots2ragga, and dub meets dance!! all profits to go to free tibet..
heres the promo-
and looook out!! uprizing starting at the junction in december!!!!! big tings!!!
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Hosted By: Dubateers When: 05 Sep 2008, 21:00 Where The Royal Hotel 1, The High Street, Southend-On-Sea, London and South East|66 SS11JE United Kingdom Description: Dubateers
****2 BIG SUMMER SESSIONS NOT TO BE MISSED!! RSVP!!!! RUN COME RALLY ROUND>>>RUN TELL YA FRIENDS TIME TO RAM UP THE PLACE!!!!BIG DANCEHALL VIBES!!!!****
Hosted By: The Dubateers When: 01 Aug 2008, 21:00 Where The Royal Hotel 1, The High Street Southend-On-Sea, London and South East|66 SS11JE United Kingdom Description: The Dubateers
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