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Dr. Ring Ding
Reggae / Ska / Dub

"If you want a doctor - call di DOCTOR!"

Münster,
Germany

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Last Login:  7/24/2008
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   Dr. Ring Ding: General Info
Member Since3/1/2006
Band Websiteringding.de
Band MembersThe Scrucialists (Switzerland), The Sharp Axe Band (Germany), The Ranking Soldiers (Spain/Catalunya), Eastern Standard Time Washington DC, USA), The Drastics (Chicago, USA), Soundsystems all over the world

Dr. Ring Ding is also a member of Kingston Kitchen (jazzy Ska from Netherlands/Germany) and El Bosso & die Ping Pongs (German-singing Ska band) and the Dub Guerilla (Instrumental Dub Jazz from Germany)

InfluencesAnything I listen to really influences me in one way or another. What I like, I try to include, what I don't like, I try to exclude. The fact that I like and listen to a lot of different music types such as Latin, Classical, Country and Western, Blues, Swing, Chanson, Rock, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Funk, Soul, World Music et al definitely influences the way I look at and perform Ska and Reggae.

The Ska style is influenced by the recordings of the originators - the bands and musicians and producers that started the sound in early sixties Jamaica such as the Skatalites, the Supersonics, Desmond Dekker, Toots Hibbert, Bob Marley, Justin Hinds, Lord Creator, Winston Francis, Prince Buster, Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid and many more...

The Deejay/Dancehall/Rub-A-Dub styles of the originators and eighties-performers are another strong influence. The range of people spanning from I Roy, U Brown, Dillinger and Prince Far-I to Josey Wales, Yellowman and later Cutty Ranks, as well as the Britain based Tippa Irie, Daddy Freddy and Macka B

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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 18 2008 8:00P
Mighty Sounds Festival Olsi
Jul 19 2008 8:00P
Open Air Leutkirch
Jul 26 2008 8:00P
Burgberg Festival Homberg/Efze
Aug 2 2008 8:00P
Umsonst & Draussen Porta Westfalica, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Aug 8 2008 8:00P
Bersenbrück Reggae Festival Bersenbrück, Niedersachsen
Aug 22 2008 8:00P
Kulturfest Kreuzlingen
Aug 23 2008 8:00P
Festival Cubelles, Barcelona
Sep 5 2008 8:00P
Festival Arenys de Munt, Barcelona
Sep 6 2008 8:00P
Festival Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Barcelona
Sep 27 2008 8:00P
McCormacks Leipzig, Sachsen

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   About Dr. Ring Ding

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Dr. Ring Ding vs. Mashed Beans - "Ruff Like A Rock"

Black Cat Zoot feat. Dr. Ring Ding - Shake That Bone

Dr. Ring Ding a.k.a. Richie Senior was born in 1970 in Münster, Germany to a multi-cultural and musical household. His introduction to music began with singing along with his family and learning the recorder (deathly boring) but he soon switched to more interesting instruments such as the trombone. From 1987 on he played in the horn section of El Bosso & die Ping Pongs, one of Germanys most famous Ska bands and the only one of its time which sang in German. From this experience he came to love Jamaican music.

Around Christmas of 1992 Richie formed his own band, Dr. Ring Ding & the Senior Allstars. Over the next ten years they would release five albums, numerous singles and two albums as the backing band for Doreen Shaffer (JA) and Lord Tanamo (JA), and in doing so made their mark on the international Ska scene.

Dr. Ring Ding is a popular live performer, studio musician, arranger and producer in many different music genres such as Swing, Rhythm & Blues, Chanson, Hip Hop, Rumba-Soukouss and Punk, but, above all, in Reggae, Dancehall and Ska.

His cooperation with German Reggae producer HP Setter was immortalized on the solo dub album Big Tings and on the compilation Riddim In Exile. His work with the Rock crossover band H-Blockx secured him a hit with the tune Ring Of Fire, which went to number 13 on the German charts (respectively ..9 in the Austrian Charts) in the summer of 2000. Further collaborations with H-Blockx followed; among others on the title track of their album Get In The Ring (2002), which boxing world champion Sven Ottke selected as his entrance music.

Dr. Ring Ding has also made spectacular contributions to single selections for national and international producers: Doctors Darling (Germaica Records) went to the top 20 of the German Black Music Charts at the end of 2002, was released in Jamaica and found its way on the VP-label's "Riddim Driven - Doctor's Darling Compilation", and the German language Vom Vatter (Germaica Records) appeared on numerous Reggae compilations.

Dr. Ring Ding has performed live all over Europe and North America. He has appeared alongside many veterans of Jamaican music (Bob Andy, Doreen Shaffer, Phyllis Dillon, Hopeton Lewis, Derrick Morgan and Dennis Alcapone, just to name a few), and has played in the horn section of the New York Ska band The Toasters, most recently during their 1998 Independents Day tour in the US.

2004 saw him tour the United States and Canada twice as a part of the infamous Ska Mob 2004, performing alongside Washington DC's own Eastern Standard Time and his longtime pal King Django.

In the november of 2005, he had the pleasure and the privilege to play the trombone at eight shows in Europe for the Skatalites, world famous "inventors" of Ska music...

Television and radio appearances in Germany, Spain, France and the US have helped spread the positive vibes that emanate from Dr. Ring Ding. As a Deejay, singer and/or trombonist, he has appeared on a great number of albums from international Ska, Reggae and Hip Hop artists, such as: Stubborn Allstars (New York), Soul Kid Click (New York), Curse (Germany), Adjusters (Chicago), Toasters (New York), Italo Reno & Germoney (Germany), Spook & the Guay (France) and many more

Additionally he has appeared as Deejay or MC with famous sound systems all over Europe, the USA and Russia.

In brief, Dr. Ring Ding lives music, particularly the music of Jamaica! As one of the first performers in Germany who bridge the Ska and Reggae scenes, he has opened many ears and hearts for the Good Vibes of his favorite sounds.

 


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Jul 24 2008 2:16 AM

Kann mal jemand nen Arzt rufen

Guck mal -> Brandnew Blog
http://radiosunflow. blogspot. com

Brandnew RMX
http://fairtilizer. com/track/LiveItUpRMX

Bless
Andrés
bacaroodaz





Jul 24 2008 4:34 AM

GREAT MUSIC! Danke für's Freunde sein!
Revolda Sound System (NEW DUBPLATES)





Jul 24 2008 6:17 AM

Hi Doctor! What' up? everything ok? Greetings from Cracow!

oliver





Jul 23 2008 12:56 PM

I told you take care....ricardo...
nice work...
wait your mail...take care
Junya Be





Jul 21 2008 8:57 PM

BLAZING MUSIC. . FEELIN THE VIBES...
MORE LOVE , MORE LIFE !!!
kikina





Jul 21 2008 9:38 PM

thanx for ADD..:))
King Shoka





Jul 22 2008 4:45 AM

Danke fürs Freunde sein ;-)


Tippa Irie





Jul 22 2008 8:02 AM

yes Dr!

will mash up Muenster next friday!

hope 2 c u r face inna di place

respect

Tipps
Midnight Fish





Jul 20 2008 5:55 AM

Greetings Dr.ring
give thanks...

Jah bles
NAN2MUSIC





Jul 21 2008 4:03 AM

thanks for the add, una abraçada des de Valencia.
original rude boy style, briiiiii!!!
Huggi





Jul 21 2008 12:29 PM

Hi..photos from MightySounds ;)

rhizopus. net - Mighty Sounds 08
Bára





Jul 21 2008 1:32 PM

Thanx for your gig at Mighty Sounds! For me, it was one of the highlights of the festival and I was really happy to hear you sing with Polemic!
Much respect
Bara
655321





Jul 14 2008 12:14 PM

seeeeehr cooles Video!
Und das Lied is eh gut ;)
Cheers
Nika





Jul 15 2008 2:47 AM

Lasst mich durch, ich bin Arzt!

Hallo, Herr Doktor:)
Wie läufts so?

Wann sieht man dich mal in Peine.
Da gibts auch einen netten Insider Schuppen.
UJZ.
Vielleicht schaust du ja mal rein.

Make Love No War,

Nika
Ali Seftali





Jul 14 2008 3:31 AM

moiiiiinnn alles fresh mit cash im flash??? back von türkei und direkt ein track:D hömma ya und comment wär noch fresher:D cucuuuu
Fernsehkonzert auf Kanal 21





Jul 13 2008 2:25 PM



Herr Doktor,

herzliche Grüße aus der Meisenstraße!

Dein Fernsehkonzert
DJ Redoo





Jul 14 2008 1:22 AM



Was geht?

Danke fürs adden...

DJ Redoo
TULMEN GRAFIX - Come to look at my graphic works!!


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Jul 11 2008 4:25 AM

PEACE to YOU..Walter
Photobucket
Abby





Jul 11 2008 5:39 AM

Big hugs from Brooklyn!

Even though I'm in Queens now...

:P
Andreas





Jul 13 2008 9:13 AM

Hey Dr., freut mich tierisch mal wieder mit dir zu spielen. Man sieht sich auf dem Mighty Sounds. Viele Grüße

Andi / moskovSKAya
Ca55i0peia





Jul 10 2008 3:37 AM

Dankeeee!
Scumpies Support





Jul 10 2008 6:13 AM

Scumpies Support sagt vielen Dank für's Freunde sein!