The original practitioners established dub not just as a distinctive reggae offshoot, but as the prototype for all electronic music and its associated practices. By Patricia Meschino On a balmy late ...
Techno and reggae fans are usually a different breed, at least on the surface. But on his latest album Kalaatsakia, out now on The Bunker New York, Gunnar Haslam looks to various Caribbean music ...
Tributes have been paid to Jah Shaka, also known as the Zulu Warrior, who has died aged 75. The Jamaican-born singer, producer, musician and label owner was a pioneering leader in the UK’s soundsystem ...
The bass-heavy sound of Jamaica had a huge cultural and social impact on London and beyond, as a new exhibition shows Music producer Mad Professor has been mixing dub reggae in his Croydon studio for ...
Soundfingers tells us that the Dub Stage Piano is not a classic piano - they say that its sound is designed to be bright and modern, tailored for genres ranging from Reggae and Dub to Hip-Hop and Rock ...
David Bowie‘s 1972 opus The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was his first truly classic album, and it remains one of the most important rock records of all time. Fifty-one ...
Reggae was born in Jamaica, but it found a second home in the UK – the result of waves of post-war Caribbean migration, and the curatorial ambitions of labels like Chris Blackwell’s Island Records, ...
When it comes to the history of reggae, Bob Marley is almost always the main event. This month and next, though, another iconic Jamaican artist gets the spotlight. On the heels of his 75th birthday, ...
Reggae Land is back for 2024, descending upon the iconic Milton Keynes National Bowl on Saturday, 3rd - 4th August. Consistently delivering one of the UK's best celebrations of reggae music and ...
Lee "Scratch" Perry, the wildly influential Jamaican singer and producer who pushed the boundaries of dub reggae, has died at the age of 85. Perry built the backyard Black Ark studio in Kingston in ...