Upfull Soundsystem born in Oporto in the heart of a young family: Sista Irie, Cupido and I-ara. Strongly influenced by their travels, African Music and Dance, surfing and living, this Soundsystem is creative, dynamic and powerful.
Cupido was one of the first Reggae selectas in the city, soon he developed is performance skills inside a great variety of sounds that goes from the pure Roots to the old skool Dancehall- that is one of the specialities of this soundsystem, as they have a great collection of vynil from the 60..s to the 80..s most pure rub-a-dub.
Sista Irie has a wide curriculum on Tradicional West African Dance, she created her own dance style mixing tribal dance with Jamaican moves and rythms. She started as a dancer, opening concerts as The Jamaican all Stars, The Wailers, Zion Train, Mad Professor...
She was the founder of the first female soundsystem in Portugal- Soundsista..s.
Princess I-ara (six years old) participates in studio, singing and toasting and a lot of joy.
They lived in Bristol, U.K. where they were blessed and inspired by the Jamaican artists and the Rasta comunity.
Recently with one more member- Skata Man. This brother, mixer and producer gave another dynamic to the group as now Sista Irie does toasting and singing and Skata Man and Cupido are in charge of the system.
They had the priviledge to open concerts of great Reggae artists as: Israel Vibration, Horace Andy, Zion Train, Mad Professor, Kussondulola, Jahcoustix...
And Venues as: Festival Vilar de Mouros (35 anos), Casa da Música, Hard Club, Maus hábitos, Industria, Swing...
They..re also a reference on the Surf Championships and on the Snowboard Portugal Showrooms.
****Upfullsoundsystem always tuff inna dance!!!!!!********
Movimento Wontanara is another project which aim is to spread African Culture, by dancing and drumming, raising funds to help children in Africa.
CHECK US ON MYSPACE.COM/MOVIMENTWONTANARA
Greetings from Tighten Up Radio Show, We wish to inform you about a brand-new 7 inch single from CARLTON LIVINGSTON and ECHO MINOTT published during this summer 2009, A wicked combination : CARLTON LIVINGSTON and ECHO MINOTT on the same 7 inch single !!!
Greetings from The Dynamics!!!
Thanks for looking and listening! We are playing in your area! Saturday Arena Lounge!
A segunda edição do Sky Fest realiza-se entre 14 e 17 de Maio (da quinta-feira da próxima semana até domingo) e conta com actuações de Nneka, Edson Cordeiro, Dynamics e Lila Downs. The second edition of Sky Fest takes place between 14 and 17 May (from Thursday until Sunday of next week) and includes performances by Nneka, Edson Cordeiro, Dynamics and Lila Downs.
Os concertos realizam-se todos às 22h00 no Auditório dos Oceanos - excepto o dos Dynamics que acontece no Arena Lounge. The concerts take place all at 22:00 in Auditorium Oceans - except for what happens in Dynamics Arena Lounge. a actuação dos Dynamics é de entrada livre. Dynamics of the action is free entry.
hope to see you there!!!
-flab
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