Post by echodelic on Jun 7, 2010 18:18:59 GMT
wednesday June 16 Dub Club presents
our summer 2010 kickoff party
with 2 rooms of music!
DAVID RODIGAN
and DOWNBEAT THE RULER
in the Echoplex
and BUYEPONGO
in the Echo
plus the Echodelic Soundsystem DJs in both rooms
enter through Echoplex 1154 Glendale Blvd
doors open 9pm
$10 before 10pm
$15 after 10
advance tickets $10 from ticketweb.com
David Rodigan and Downbeat The Ruler (aka Tony Screw) are 2 of the best known reggae selectors on the planet.
Their arsenal of exclusive dubplates are legendary, as are their live sound clashes. This event however is not a clash in the proper sense, but a night of pure musical madness with the 2 DJs trading sets back and forth and vibing up the dance til the roof comes off the place!
Buyepongo is one of LAs finest young bands representing the Cumbia and Vallento styles. We have been wanting to have them at the Dub Club for a while now and we know it will be a long hot night in the Echo!
David Rodigan may look like a stockbroker or an insurance salesman but he's a reggae superstar, both in his homeland of England and in Jamaica. After hearing Millie Small's massive ska hit "My Boy Lollipop," Rodigan fell in love with every shade of Jamaican music. He became a DJ at the age of 15, and BBC Radio London gave him a shot in 1978. He's been on the air ever since, spending over a decade at Capital Radio before moving to Kiss FM. Through the years he's collected a massive amount of dubplates made exclusively for his Rodigan Sound System. He's clashed with every sound system of note, Stone Love, Kilimanjaro, and Bodyguard to name a few. In 2007 he released The Kings of Reggae compilation for the Rapster label plus the 2008 release Real Authentic Reggae, Vol. 1 and now Vol. 2 for BBE. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
Video here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0oQwrlZD8
Downbeat The Ruler
New York City, home to a sizeable population of Jamaican emigrants, maintained a relatively low profile in the reggae world until the 1980's. Then, the music's transition from roots to dancehall was accompanied by explosive growth in New York's local reggae scene. In the Jamaican tradition, this scene was centered around sound systems, and of these, Downbeat the Ruler has proved to be the most enduring. Founded in the seventies by selector Tony Screw, Downbeat rapidly became not only a regional force, but one that could compete with the strongest sounds from Jamaica.
Downbeat is well known to possess a deep box of "dubplates," exclusive recordings cut by artists for Downbeat alone to play. Featuring custom-built lyrics proclaiming Downbeat’s dominance, these dubplates served the sound well in sound clashes (face-offs in which opposing sound systems exchange exclusive tunes and improvised lyrics in attempts to win crowd support). Armed with its fearsome wax and sizeable host of artists, Downbeat successfully clashed not only American competitors like African Love and Papa Moke, but also top sound systems from Jamaica like Silverhawk, Black Scorpio, Volcano, and Stereo One, who would fly to New York to battle the local champion.
Today, after almost three decades in the business, Downbeat remains a force to be reckoned with. The sound is traditionalist in its choice of artists and songs to voice, and does not constantly chase the most-hyped "bashment" rhythm or artist-of-the-week. Instead, Downbeat maintains what is quite possibly the deepest, heaviest collection of exclusive foundation dubplates in the world, a record box only rivaled by a small handful of other long-established sounds. Unlike so many other sounds from the past that have fallen by the wayside, Downbeat still regularly holds dances, and occasionally flexes its sizeable muscles in clashes. Nearly unmatched in longevity and might, there is no doubt that Tony Screw and his sound have long since earned their title: Downbeat the Ruler. ---(text by M.Villet)
video here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQZwCOL-Z64
BUYEPONGO is a manifestation of the “migration patterns of people of the Americas ”. Carlos (conga) is Guatemalan, Wilfredo (cowbell) if from El Salvador, Edgar (guacharaca) and Randy (bass) parents are from Mexico, Kevin’s (conga) parents come from Mexico and Guatemala, Roberto’s (palago drums) parents are from Mexico and Ecuador, and Bardo’s (accordion) parents are from Colombia and Mexico.
So it is only natural that Buyepongo plays cumbia while consciously pushing the music that runs through its’ veins and always paying homage to its’ originators, Andres Landero and Sexteto Tabala, while consistently moving sweaty crowds with original songs and compositions.
Moving crowds and shaking masses and excelerating souls is what Buyepongo does, beating drums soaking dry dirt with dripping sweat, to uplift and to ground everyone to Earth’s original pulse.
Words by Gary Garay (Mas Exitos)
video here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8d5ct1vcko
our summer 2010 kickoff party
with 2 rooms of music!
DAVID RODIGAN
and DOWNBEAT THE RULER
in the Echoplex
and BUYEPONGO
in the Echo
plus the Echodelic Soundsystem DJs in both rooms
enter through Echoplex 1154 Glendale Blvd
doors open 9pm
$10 before 10pm
$15 after 10
advance tickets $10 from ticketweb.com
David Rodigan and Downbeat The Ruler (aka Tony Screw) are 2 of the best known reggae selectors on the planet.
Their arsenal of exclusive dubplates are legendary, as are their live sound clashes. This event however is not a clash in the proper sense, but a night of pure musical madness with the 2 DJs trading sets back and forth and vibing up the dance til the roof comes off the place!
Buyepongo is one of LAs finest young bands representing the Cumbia and Vallento styles. We have been wanting to have them at the Dub Club for a while now and we know it will be a long hot night in the Echo!
David Rodigan may look like a stockbroker or an insurance salesman but he's a reggae superstar, both in his homeland of England and in Jamaica. After hearing Millie Small's massive ska hit "My Boy Lollipop," Rodigan fell in love with every shade of Jamaican music. He became a DJ at the age of 15, and BBC Radio London gave him a shot in 1978. He's been on the air ever since, spending over a decade at Capital Radio before moving to Kiss FM. Through the years he's collected a massive amount of dubplates made exclusively for his Rodigan Sound System. He's clashed with every sound system of note, Stone Love, Kilimanjaro, and Bodyguard to name a few. In 2007 he released The Kings of Reggae compilation for the Rapster label plus the 2008 release Real Authentic Reggae, Vol. 1 and now Vol. 2 for BBE. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
Video here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0oQwrlZD8
Downbeat The Ruler
New York City, home to a sizeable population of Jamaican emigrants, maintained a relatively low profile in the reggae world until the 1980's. Then, the music's transition from roots to dancehall was accompanied by explosive growth in New York's local reggae scene. In the Jamaican tradition, this scene was centered around sound systems, and of these, Downbeat the Ruler has proved to be the most enduring. Founded in the seventies by selector Tony Screw, Downbeat rapidly became not only a regional force, but one that could compete with the strongest sounds from Jamaica.
Downbeat is well known to possess a deep box of "dubplates," exclusive recordings cut by artists for Downbeat alone to play. Featuring custom-built lyrics proclaiming Downbeat’s dominance, these dubplates served the sound well in sound clashes (face-offs in which opposing sound systems exchange exclusive tunes and improvised lyrics in attempts to win crowd support). Armed with its fearsome wax and sizeable host of artists, Downbeat successfully clashed not only American competitors like African Love and Papa Moke, but also top sound systems from Jamaica like Silverhawk, Black Scorpio, Volcano, and Stereo One, who would fly to New York to battle the local champion.
Today, after almost three decades in the business, Downbeat remains a force to be reckoned with. The sound is traditionalist in its choice of artists and songs to voice, and does not constantly chase the most-hyped "bashment" rhythm or artist-of-the-week. Instead, Downbeat maintains what is quite possibly the deepest, heaviest collection of exclusive foundation dubplates in the world, a record box only rivaled by a small handful of other long-established sounds. Unlike so many other sounds from the past that have fallen by the wayside, Downbeat still regularly holds dances, and occasionally flexes its sizeable muscles in clashes. Nearly unmatched in longevity and might, there is no doubt that Tony Screw and his sound have long since earned their title: Downbeat the Ruler. ---(text by M.Villet)
video here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQZwCOL-Z64
BUYEPONGO is a manifestation of the “migration patterns of people of the Americas ”. Carlos (conga) is Guatemalan, Wilfredo (cowbell) if from El Salvador, Edgar (guacharaca) and Randy (bass) parents are from Mexico, Kevin’s (conga) parents come from Mexico and Guatemala, Roberto’s (palago drums) parents are from Mexico and Ecuador, and Bardo’s (accordion) parents are from Colombia and Mexico.
So it is only natural that Buyepongo plays cumbia while consciously pushing the music that runs through its’ veins and always paying homage to its’ originators, Andres Landero and Sexteto Tabala, while consistently moving sweaty crowds with original songs and compositions.
Moving crowds and shaking masses and excelerating souls is what Buyepongo does, beating drums soaking dry dirt with dripping sweat, to uplift and to ground everyone to Earth’s original pulse.
Words by Gary Garay (Mas Exitos)
video here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8d5ct1vcko