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Sounds LikeBIOGRAPHIE en français réalisée en juillet 2007 par lui meme.... IJAHMAN LEVI Le 19 Juin 1946, les collines Jamaïcaines de Christiana dans la Paroisse de Manchester, au centre de la Jamaïque, voient naître Trevor SUTHERLAND. C’est dans le ghetto de Trenchtown à Kingston, que je jeune Trevor passe toute son enfance. A l’instar de toute la jeunesse des ghettos de la fin des 60’s qui rêve et aspire à une carrière musicale, il est très tôt passionné par la musique. Fan de Joe Higgs, il fait ses premières armes dans Third Street à Trenchtown. C’est justement au contact de StrangerJah Cole qu’il enregistre en 1963 son premier vinyle, Red Eyes People, produit par Duke Reid. Cette même année Trevor suit ses parents pour Londres. Dans la capitale Britannique, il forme différents groupes tels que The Vibrations en 1965, Youth & Rudie & The Shell Shock ou encore Nyah and The Snowflakes , avec qui il enregistre plusieurs morceaux. En parallèle, Trevor débute une carrière solo dès 1966 sous le nom de «The Youth». Il sort plusieurs vinyles chez Polydor en 1967, pour Decca en 1968 et en 1971 Fire Fire sur le label Pama. Le cours de sa vie est perturbé lorsqu’il est incarcéré en 1972. Il va y étudier la Bible et prendre le nom de IJAHMAN. A sa sortie, en 1974, seul, sa famille l’ayant abandonné, IJAHMAN repart pour la Jamaïque où au contact de l’Organisation des 12 Tribus d’Israël de Frère Gad, il découvre que son mois de naissance le définit comme LEVI. En 1975, IJAHMAN enregistre Jah Heavy Load pour le label Concret Jungle. Sa rencontre en 1976 avec Chris Blackwell, patron d’Island, lors de sa collaboration avec le tromboniste Rico Rodiguez, pour l’album Man From Wareika, sorti sur le label Island, va être déterminante pour la suite de sa carrière. En effet, le producteur Britannique le repère et lui propose de le produire, ce après avoir définitivement confirmé son jugement à l’écoute de Jah Heavy Load. IJAHMAN co-produit avec Geoffrey Chung neuf titres qu’Island sortira en 1978 sous le nom de Haile I Hymn puis un second, Are we a Warrior, en 1979. Ces deux albums installent IJahMan au firmament du Reggae Roots. Deux ans plus tard, il fonde sa propre maison de Production Tree Roots International et son label Jahmani afin de maîtriser sa propre carrière. C’est en 1982 que sort Tell it to the Children, premier album pressé sur son tout jeune label, opus qui se compose de textes à dimension spirituelle profonde, à l’image de ses deux premiers. Les 80’s vont être très fertiles pour Ijahman qui aligne régulièrement des albums de haute tenue tel que Africa en 1984, Lily of My Valley en 1985, I do en 1986 avec Madge,(le titre I do est resté six semaines à la première place des charts Reggae Britannique en 1986), Culture Country suivi de Forward Rastaman en 1987 ou encore Over Europe Live en 1988, véritable office Religieux tant il se dégage de cet enregistrement public une grande spiritualité et un tel mysticisme. Indépandemment de l’évolution que connaît le Reggae à la fin des 90’s et tout au long des 90’s avec le Dance Hall et le Ragga éclipsant quelque peu la scène Roots, la discographie de Ijahman Levi témoigne d’une survivance, toujours axée et centrée sur Jah. Il produit pas moins de 15 albums dont Kingfari en 1992, Gemini Man en 1993, Two Double Six 701 en 1994 (266701 étant son matricule lorsqu’il était incarcéré), Live In Paris 1994. En 1995, il rend un superbe hommage à un de ses grands amis avec Ijahman sings Bob Marley, album qui sera décliné dans une version dub en 1996. Dans l’année 1997, ne paraissent pas moins de 3 albums, Beauty and the Lion suivi de sa version Lion Dub Beauty et Live at Reggae on the River qui connaît une déclinaison vidéo. Les années 2000 s’avèrent toutes aussi prolifiques avec Arkart, l’édition d’un DVD, On a Journey. Son dernier album en date, Versatile Life, est paru en 2006. En embrassant la foi Rasta au début des 70’s, Ijahman s’est fait depuis Ambassadeur de Jah, la plupart de ses compositions étant issues de ses rêves qu’il perçoit et décrit comme des messages du Tout Puissant. Ayant toujours su s’entourer des plus grands musiciens de studios Jamaïcains, parmi lesquels Sly and Robbie, Lloyd Parks, Dwight Pickney, ChrisMeredith, Earl China Smith, Earl Wire Lindo ou encore Bobbie Ellis, mais aussi Anglais, ses thèmes de prédilection (Rasta, l’Afrique, Zion, la Justice, l’Egalité et l’Amour) sont portés au plus haut des Cieux, non seulement par des partitions des plus soignées et mélodieuses, mais aussi par sa voix si angélique et profonde. A l’image de quelques autres artistes Jamaïcains de la même génération musicale, tels Bob Marley, Burning Spear, u roy,Joseph Hill du groupe Culture, Albert Griffith des Gladiators, Ijahman a toujours su rester Maître de son --uvre qui comptabilise, aujourd’hui, 36 albums, sans jamais dévier de sa sensibilité première strictly Roots and Culture. Ijahman aujourd hui avec ses 13 enfants et ses 36 petits enfants coule des jours paisibles au milieu des siens.Il continue de faire de la scène et réside à la jamaique sa terre natale....bio réalisé avec le concour de GREGORY ''JAH GREG''HAUTBOIS.
Record LabelJAHMANI/ARKART
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The Anonymous





Jul 6 2009 7:05 PM

I think that our performance society finally must recognize its fruit...STOP THE VIOLENCE!!!
Lagatavajunto Reggae Festival 24 y 25 Julio 2009





Jul 6 2009 1:56 PM

Hola! Aquí te dejamos algo de info de nuestro festival.
Saludos y gracias!!

LAGATAVAJUNTO REGGAE FESTIVAL 09
6ºFestival de Aragón de Música Jamaicana
24 y 25 de Julio de 2009. en Lagata (Zaragoza)




ZONA DE ACAMPADA. Sounds durante todo el día. Actividades. Mercadillo.

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La entrada es única y es válida para los dos días. ENTRADA ÚNICA.
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Grupos noche:
Mr. Vegas & Thugz Band, Burro Banton, Bitty McLean, Jahsta Reggae Band, The Pepper Pots, We&Dem, Rebel Spell, La Tribu Selektahs, Supaherokru, RudeWago, Timbalao Batucada
Sounds día:
Dabo, Rootikaly, Suizo, Rudewagon, La Tribu, Supaherokru, Zoko, La Garra, Napo, Risspect Krew.

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Jul 6 2009 5:32 AM

Love !
LionHeart aka DANGER RAS 1st





Jul 5 2009 3:25 PM

People desire many things, but it is the individual's duty and responsbilty to desire the proper things.
A noble failure may be of more value than a petty success.
Anyone who makes the wrong choices will be a burden, not only to themselves but to future generations.
though life is often short, one should live and act in such a way that their achievements will bring them and their country a good name forever. If they do not use their training for worthy ends, they will be an enemy to themselves and an obstacle to others. they will, indeed, be sick while supposedly heathy and dead while still alive.
The obligation to improve oneself does not cease simply because one has a regular job.
Simply watching other peoples achievements is a characteristic of the lazy person.
There is no person in this world who is free from lifes responsibilty.
If the wealth of a person cannot be for the general welfare, what would they gain for themself and their offspring but grudge and hatered?
A qualified person with vision, unmoved by daily selfish interests, will be led to moral decisions by their conscience......
HAILE SELLASSIE RASTAFARI RULES IRATION
IOIOIOIOMORELUVIOIOIO
Jah warisound





Jul 5 2009 3:15 PM

NEW ALBUM,8 TRACKS ( LP) AVAILABLE NOW..(limited edition)
Zahi Issa





Jul 5 2009 2:39 PM

El Koño de la Bernarda





Jul 5 2009 12:30 AM

¡¡Saludos!!
Dejamos por aquí un video de nuestro
último disco, esperamos que lo disfrutéis.
Un abrazo !!

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¡¡SALUD Y LIBERTAD!!
Courtney John





Jul 4 2009 5:14 PM

nandoman





Jul 4 2009 4:11 PM

11 notte rock
The Anonymous





Jul 4 2009 2:32 PM

A man died after the media killed him 'bout 15 years ago. I respect that man for all the marvellous talents he had to be the absolutely great artist he was. But, unfortunatley thanks to what he has done to his body, he had to suffer an early death…I hope where he's now he will find peace.
And I hope that many people stop follow the media, because the media does not foster artists who realize their own ideas, but boost preformers who do what the media (big business) tells them to do...
RIPMJ
God Bless You
PS: I respect all independent artists; it's easier for men to sell his soul than to find himself. An artist realize his own idea, lives and gives his true messages, a performer plays what the masses want or is dictated to hear, it isn't his own idea, that's why he has to sell himself to Babylon System. An artist is a medium out of himself, a perfomer is also a medium but actualy plays for another medium (the media), because he has sold his soul...
RayI*Original Music*





Jul 4 2009 8:15 AM

Greetings, Is'nt This True?

There is no end to the different ways that people look at life. People view existence in this world through very different sets of eyes. Even when people look at the same circumstances and situations, different people have totally different views. Let me use two examples as illustrations. 

To some people, life stinks. No matter what the circumstances are or the situation is, they always see the stinky things. Trouble chases them like a vicious dog. Problems cling to them like ticks. Tragedy rains on them like hail stones. When something good happens, they cannot enjoy it. They spend their time wondering when the bad will come. If they win a million dollars, the taxes are horrible. When someone is kind to them, they wonder, "What is that person trying to do to me?" To them, life is horrible, so they look for the bad in every situation. 

To some people, life is wonderful. Everything is wonderful! If trouble chases someone like an angry dog, that person irritated the dog. If problems cling to someone like ticks, that person walked among the ticks. If tragedy falls on someone like hail stones, that person chases tornadoes. Life is naturally good! Bad things do not happen unless you invite them into your life. They never look at life and see anything bad. 

Have A Positive Weekend
Peace And Love. Jah Guide. 
Ras DaMula





Jul 4 2009 3:17 AM

jah jah love.respect
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Jul 4 2009 3:15 AM

Mr votre musique...........
Elle est Excellente.
Musicalement votre voix est parfaite.
Jean.
YEASOUND





Jul 3 2009 2:10 PM

YEA SOUND
Sharon





Jul 2 2009 9:05 PM

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Jul 2 2009 6:57 PM

Bless King and all respect. True Inspiration from You. Always so conscious vibes from de I. True inspiration from de Highest. 

  New song pon I site called "Revolution". Hope you have time to check it out and give some feedback. Hope you like it.
All de best
Senior-I
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Jul 2 2009 2:20 PM

Blessed king
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The Anonymous





Jul 1 2009 5:54 PM

I am supporting some unconventional artists and posted a blog for them where you also can play one of their trakcs.

Enjoy listening...

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God Bless You
T.A.
TUNE IN CREW





Jul 1 2009 7:23 AM


Hi ! we've just put online a hot new remix so we wish to share it with you!
We invite you to listen and download, feel free to comment!!

Here is the link to download :

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Also, be sure to check out 2 more recent Tune In Crew remix: Blame it & Love sex magic
Have a nice day

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Jul 1 2009 6:54 AM

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Jun 30 2009 6:19 PM


Thank to all the massifs

Please  make the message pass to all your friends


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Jun 30 2009 3:51 PM

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Jun 30 2009 3:31 PM

                     Thanx Reggae

Reggae teach me a lot of different things
and me know much love it brings
it make me think and use my brain
to smoke the Herb and not Kokain
to eat no Pig and eat good food
give me always a positive mood

teach how to dance and skank
and also the important Chant
it's for me not just "only" Music
is my life style, no one refuse it
it's my Family, my daily Bread
if this would not be there, then me go mad

it make me read the Bible without Church
it make me for the truth to surch
it's amazing what it do
Reggae, my big love is YOU
me know nuff people, them don't know Reggae
like Susi, Mike or also Freddy

together with me, after a wile
them start to dance inna Reggae style
me tell them about the Reggae Teachers
about the Artists, the Messengers
soon them start to overstand
that there is a promised Land

Reggae brings me close to God
Reggae for real, me love ya a lot

let me give thanx to all the Artists
who are Messengers and no Racists
thanx " Bunny Wailer " for all the years
who make me cry big tears
thanx for the vibes, " Everton Blender "
thanx for Reggae full of tender

thanx for the Reggae seed from " Junior Reid "
and for the " One Blood " indeed
thanx for real to " Studio One "
the real Sound you've done
thanx to all of you so far
my space friends, you're my star

no matter if you just the Administrator
Respect, it's Reggae you're working for
so give thanx to all of you
One Aim, One World, One Crew

me could continue again
with all ya Names
but all is in rhyme
sorry, it takes to much time

One Love and Nuff Vibes to ya
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