Archive for the 'Interviews' Category

High Tone

New podcast!

Follow the link and listen to our interview with High Tone, the famous live dub band from France. Mighty Mat met Dino, the High Tone’s drummer at the Summer Vibration Festival 2014 in Sélestat, Alsace FR, and we are proud to share a nice interview about the musical actuality of this essential band who’s playing a proper urban dub style. High Tone, one of the pioneer of the French Dub scene, is not dead and presents their future projects, from new albums to connections & collaborations with some lyrical artists…

This interview was recorded and edited by Mighty Mat at Summer Vibration 2014 (Sélestat, FR).

LISTEN (in french) :

www.hightone.org

Channel One

New podcast!

Follow the link and listen our interview with Channel One, the UK sound system.

Channel One Sound System are one of the world’s best known dub reggae sound systems. Running for over 30 years, Channel One built up their reputation as one of the main sound systems at Notting Hill Carnival, now they play out every weekend all over the UK and Europe. Channel One is made up of selector Mikey Dread playing roots reggae and consious steppas, the sound is completed by MC Ras Kayleb.

Listen the interview :

The interview was recorded and edited by Jokah Jeff at Reggae Bus dance in 2014

Cultural Warriors

New podcast!

Follow the link and listen our interview with Cultural Warriors, the switzerland soundystem and recordlabel. Mighty Mat and Joka Jeff met Lion Paw at Brussels Reggae Festival in april 2013. He spoke to us about his career, the reggae-dub scene and about so many things».

Swiss roots and ambassadors since 1998, Cultural Warriors is one of the foundation in Switzerland. Cultural Warriors is also an indpendant dubwise activist label own by Lion Paw since 2001.

Listen the interview :

Moa Anbessa

New podcast!

Follow the link and listen our interview with Moa Anbessa, the italian soundystem and recordlabel. Joka Jeff met them in Ostende in the beggining of 2015 at a Black Pearl’s dance. They spoke to us about their career, the reggae-dub scene and about their famous release « watch dem ».

Moa Anbessa is a collective of experienced musicians and singers, a roots/dub reggae sound system and a recording studio based in Venice (Italy) and active since 2001 but in other forms since the early nineties. Moa Anbessa actually runs the « Venice Dub Club » roots and culture monthly session and is regularly having sessions around Italy and Europe. Moa Anbessa Studio unceasingly creates dubplate versions and exclusive music for some of the biggest international producers and sound systems

Listen the interview :

Interview realized and edited by Joka Jeff.  This interview was broadcasted on Radio Panik the 26 of march 2015.

Twinkel Brothers

New podcast!

Follow the link and listen our interview with Twinkle Brothers, the legendary band, outta UK. Jamma Dim and Joka Jeff met them at VK in 2014 for one of their show. They spoke to us about his career, the reggae-dub scene and about so many things.

Interview realized by Jamma dim @ VK. Edited by Jamma dim. This interview was broadcasted on Radio Panik the 22 of januari 2015.

Ackboo

New podcast!

Follow the link and listen our interview with Ackboo, the french producer, outta France. Mighty Mat met him at the second edition of the DubFest in Gourgé (Poitou-Charentes,FR) during Summer 2014. He performed alongside the singer S’Kaya on the Lion Youth sound system. He spoke to us about his career, the dub scene and about his actual collaboration with the famous crew of Conscious Sound.

Interview realized by Mighty Mat @ DubFest 2 in Jully 2014. Edited by Mighty Mat. This interview was broadcasted on Radio Panik the 23 of october 2014.

LISTEN (in french) :

www.ackboo.com

FRF 2014 – Madagascar

New podcast!

Follow the link and listen to our Radiophonic Focus about the Fianar Reggae Festival 2014, in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar. Mighty Mat went during the last edition on this big island in the middle of the indian ocean to meet and interview some malagasy artists… Back in Belgium, he decided to present a radio documentary about the festival and the malagasy reggae scene! Many big vibes are coming from this country far away, and this is a real discovery about some artists living and performing there ! Reggae is everywhere, and in Madagascar for sure, it’s a real mix between Roots and traditional Malagasy music. In this focus, you’ll meet and listen to many malagasy artists & activists : Christian (from Reggasy band/organisator), Valéry (organisator), Lolo Jah-nary (artist FRF), William le Rasta (artist FRF), Sammy (from Tarika Sammy band – artist FRF), Raya (artist FRF), Fony & Naïna (from Eka Zaho band), …

SPECIAL THANKS to Fianarantsoa Alliance Française and Sarondra for the connections!!! To all the Artists & organisators we met on the road: Reggasy, Eka Zaho, Rootsikalo, Majestic Lion, Raya, Sammy, Lolo, William, Jimmy, Ital Tunes, Gilles, Lucie, Sylviane, Jaco Lion, …….

MADA 2014 – Interview realized by Mighty Mat & Matou @ Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, April 2014. Edited by Mighty Mat. This interview was broadcasted on Radio Panik the 11 of september 2014.

LISTEN to the First PART (in french) :
[audio:http://bit.ly/1DVM65j]

LISTEN to the Second PART (in french) :
[audio:http://bit.ly/1z9ZuUN]

FIANAR REGGAE Festival page

Vibronics

New podcast!

Follow the link and listen our interview with Vibronics, the dub producer, outta UK. We met him in Brussels  when he performed with Brain Damage at Magasin 4 in october 2013.  Vibronics created Scoops Records and is involved in the dub scene since many years ago. He spoke to us about his career, the dub scene and of course about his collaboration with Brain Damage.

Interview realized by Jeff & @ Magasin 4 in october 2013, and edited by Ichman. This interview was broadcasted on Radio Panik the 27 of february 2014.

LISTEN :

www.vibronics.co.uk

Dubkasm

New podcast!

Follow the link and listen our interview with the dub activists DJ Stryda and Digistep, members of Dubkasm, outta UK. We met them at the last Reggae Bus Festival in september 2013. Dubkasm is one of the key components in the international roots and dub movement, originally formed in 1994 during the emergence period of the UK ‘digital dub’ sound.

Digistep is playing sax and DJ Stryda is running his own radio show : Suffera’s Choice. They released some of their tunes on their recordlabel called Suffera’s Choice as well. This interview is about the soundsystem culture, their carreer and their big tune called « Victory ».

Interview realized by Jeff & Mat @ ReggaeBus Festival 2013, and edited by Mighty Mat.

LISTEN :
[audio:http://bit.ly/1i6JMy3]

Solo Banton

Nouvelle interview en podcast avec Solo Banton!

Cette fois-ci, c’est au Brussels Reggae Festival que notre micro s’est arrêté. Le chanteur anglais s’est produit sur la dub stage du festival. Solo Banton est un des chanteurs les plus en vue de la scène reggae actuelle et est capable de chanter sur des style complètement différents : dancehall, dubstep, drum&bass et bien sûr reggae!

C’est une première, c’est un autre artiste qui se prend au jeu du journaliste puisque Solo a répondu aux questions de Lion Paw (Cultural Warriors). C’était l’occasion pour ce dernier de mieux connaitre Solo puisque c’était la première fois qu’ils jouaient ensemble. Solo nous y parle entre autre de son backgroud musical et de Dubkasm avec qui il se produit souvent. Portrait!

Listen it :

[audio:http://www.reservoirdub.be/sound/ReservoirDubPocast_ITW_SOLOBANTON.mp3]

Cette interview a été réalisée par Joka Jeff et Mat Mighty Patch.