videos tagged reggae

That Reggae Music and Ska Music are connected, is not known by everyone. In fact, Ska Music as well as Rocksteady are the Jamaican predecessors of Reggae. The Ska-vibe is strikingly present in this short video clip of a concert with none other then Jamaican vocalist Cornell Campbell. The music is definitely Roots Reggae in the 1970's style of the Revolutionairies and Aggrovators. Cornell Campbell himself can be compared with Johnny Clarke, who also made countless of good tunes around that time. this v

Hailing from the UK, where he has his Ariwa Studio's, the Mad Professor has been producing an endless stream of heavy DUBS in extraordinary style. This style made him be loved by both the Reggae and Dub audiences as well as people who like electronic dance music. In this Video Clip, the mixing skills of Mad Professor are visually translated in a really nice way. We see fragments of Mandela's release from prison, but also funny psychedelica, which is also one of Mad Professor's trademarks.

In this 23 minute documentary, we are taken to Jamaica - to the Dancehalls in Jamaica, to be precise. Opening up with a news item about police raiding a dance, the video sets the tone straight from the start. The camera turns from the police to Capleton, who has a different approach to the violence so often connected with this form of music. More fire, but righteous fire this time. And so, Capleton calls a townhall meeting. But there, it is decided that politicians only lead the people astray, and so

In this rare piece of footage, shot in the 1980's, Jah Shaka and Mad Professor reveal back ground information about Dub and Sound Systems. Shaka speaks about his usage of home-built equipment and the main emphasis on the conscious use of frequencies (EQing), which can make or break a good musical work in the mix. Mad Professor speaks about the influence that a good Dub can have one someone's mood, for it can give strength in a time of downpression. A nice and almost humoristic clip from the movie

Even after his death Bob Marley remains to be an icon of Freedom for the millions and millions of sufferers world-wide. In 1980, he recorded a track which unfortunately hasn't lost one inch of it's meaning. It was never brought out on an album, though. But now, twenty-five years later, the track has been released and is available for free download.

The track is called "Can't Take Your Slogans No More" and it could have been written today. And so, you wouldn't notice the very recent pictures of&n