New names have been announced by Garance for this summer main event in South of France : - Jimmy Riley's son, Tarrus Riley, will be there to represent the nu roots movement. Although it is not my favorite branch in reggae, he is certainly the best of...

The purpose of this post is to bring you a selection of main festivals in Europe and interesting elements of their line up. I will keep it updated during the coming months. - 2nd July => 4th July : Summerjam in Cologne, Germany: - Bands and Singers: Nas...

Unity Sounds was in the 80's one the of the biggest sound system in England with Saxon and Jah Tubby's. At this time Unity was directly connected with Jammy's and Striker Lee : Unity would get exclusive dubplates to play in London and Jamaicans producers...

That's wright, the original Bunny Wailer is coming to Bagnols at the end of July. He already came in 2006 for the last editon of the festival. This year, Garance Reggae Festival will be huge with other reggae legends like John Holt (1st venue in France)...

Koffi Dread is a very good friend and we are playing live together since last year. Although we love roots reggae and dub from the 70's, when we play live, our selections are mainly rub a dub and early dancehall. Here the tracklist is obviously in an...

Tonight riddim has been sampled to death from1967 untill today, from rocksteady to dancehall music. What I like in this riddim is the melancoly you can feel in almost every tune. The orginal tune is Tonight by Keith & Tex produced by Derrick "the Charriot"...

Maffi are digital riddim producer, its 2 members, Moog & Junior, are based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Maffi is also a label since they teamed up with their german friends of Jahtari. Maffi's sound is a combination of 8-bit sounds, cheap synth and heavyweight...

I recently discovered the War Series in a vinyl shop in Paris, which is specialised in all kind of electronic music. I was searching for reggae-dubstep, when I saw a white label 12" with Zion Gate War Series 13 written on it. The tune was exactly what...

First of all,a little bit of history about past reggae events in Bagnols. In 2005, Ja'Sound Festival moved from Lezan to Bagnols-sur-Cèze in South of France, close to Avignon. First Edition in 2005 was just amazing : Yabby You and Trinity, Twinkle Brothers,...

Heavenless riddim is my favorite riddim because it has a very long history and its evolution follows every reggae fashion since 1970. The original version is an instrumental track composed by Don Drummond for Studio One. This version is amazing, 6 minutes...