Early Jamaican music....ska/rocksteady/reggae.....from the Crystalites to the Paragons, from Derrick Morgan to Techniques......also, UK bands the Cosmics and 100 Men for leading the way in how it should be done....and US bands Hepcat and the Slackers for setting standards still not beaten. Boss.
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Been called in the press, 'the UK Skatalites'...very nice...also Metal Hammer said we were the UK equivalent of Hepcat, extra nice!!
There are so many good bands playing so called 'trad' ska now, anywhere between Hepcat, Rude Rich,the Slackers and the Aggrolites would make us happy! But everyone has their own flavour, as Greg from Hepcat said..so we sound like us!! It's uncluttered, not too jazzy, plain and hard hitting like the old ska records.....and we write tunes how we think they would have been written....no pop bridges etc where we can help it...but we do like to play the full deck of cards....not just ska instrumentals or skinhead reggae...everything is in the live set.
Playing our own authentic ska/reggae/rocksteady stylings across Europe now for 16 years, with the help of Moskito Promotions. Had the great fortune of playing with and enjoying so many of our heroes, and all the contemporary big guns of ska and reggae....from Rico, Prince Buster, Alton Ellis, Dave Barker, Laurel, Des Dekker, Winston Francis, Dennis Alcapone, Skatalites... to Hepcat, Aggrolites,Dr Ring Ding, Toasters, Selecter, Slackers, etc etc....it's been a blast!!
Check out our releases on Grover Records.........3 studio albums and one live one, aswell as a comp of our early stuff....now a firm headline act in Europe, guaranteed to whip up a storm!!
Check out the stations that support the scene and us.........
Great fun at the weekend guys and girls!! Proud to be a part of the Intense posse and looking forward to the year ahead with you lovely people !!!
Chas x
Nouvel Album: SKAFROBALKANIK JAZZ PROJECT Printemps 2010
Cocktail cuivré aux saveurs "SKAFROBALKANIK", à l image d une rencontre improbable entre les SKATALITES et EMIR KUSTURICA dans un bar a chicha d ISTANBUL avec FELA en fond sonore. A deguster sans moderation dès le Printemps 2010 En attendant ptite mise en bouche avec un medley de ce nouvel album sur: www.myspace.com/gagadilo contact tour:06 74 63 27 83 gagadilo@yahoo.fr
The newest posting deals with different versions of the song
"Perfect". Gossip about Victor Rice, The Ska Festival In Rosslau,
William Shakespeare, The Aggrolites, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ganjan, The Braces and
Marquee.
TO CELEBRATE MUSICAL FEVER'S INAUGRAL YEAR, WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A VINTAGE STYLE REVUE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMNET PLEASURE
DOORS 8pm - 3am - FOR TICKETS CONTACT musical_fever@live.co.uk
OWEN GRAY - ORIGINAL JAMAICAN FOUNDATION ARTIST from 1959 will be singing LIVE, backed by one of the UK's TOP SKA/REGGAE bands - GOLDMASTER ALLSTARS - as well as the hits, he'll be singing more of the connoisseur rocksteady selections [sir collins etc.] that have been causing a real buzz in recent years - more info to follow...
SIR TROPICAL DOWNBEAT aka LIONEL YOUNG - authentic sixties/seventies sound man with a deeply individual and one-away selection. compiler of 'solid gold from the vaults' series, one of the best compilations to ever come out of the TROJAN vaults. aswell as putting the four-part fanzine 'SKA SPECIAL' together, whcih include photo's and memorabilia from his own collection.
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Saw the documentary in Granada - very cool!! It was wild to recognize almost everyone interviewed. Congrats and hope to see you soon. I'll be back in Jan/Feb.
Salut les Intensifiés, Thanks for add! Love your works since many years... Now it's my time to make you moove. I come with a brand new stuff on my player with Jennie bellestar Matthias:
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