Post by rasadam on Jun 14, 2010 0:57:01 GMT
Musical Fever Presents - Pirates Choice (JP) meets Ras Digby (UK)
Start Time:
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 8:30pm
End Time:
Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 2:30am
Location:
The Copperfield
Street:
Station Approach, Catford Bridge
City/Town:
London, United Kingdom
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Description
MUSICAL FEVER ARE PROUD TO PRESENT – AN EXCLUSIVE ONE-AWAY SESSION – GUARENTEED TO BRING BACK THE DAYS WHEN DANCE USED TO NICE.
HEAD-HONCHO OF ‘DRUM AND BASS RECORDS’ OUT OF OSAKA JAPAN, THE HOME OF THE NOW LEGENDARY ‘ROCK-A-SHACKA’ IMPRINT - ‘MASSA’ [AKA ‘PIRATES CHOICE’], IS MAKING A SPECIAL VISIT TO PLAY ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE UK’S MOST REVERED VINTAGE SOUND-MEN. OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO HE HAS HAD PLENTY OF CONTACT WITH NEARLY ALL THE PRODUCERS AND MUSIC-MAKERS IN JAMAICA AND ELSEWHERE; HAS PLAYED ALONG WITH TOMMY ROCK-A-SHACKA PLENTY OF SESSIONS ALL AROUND THE WORLD – BUT STILL WANTED TO MAKE A EXTRA-SPECIAL APPEARANCE IN THE SPIRITUAL HOME OF REGGAE REVIVE – LONDON, PLAYING WHAT HE LOVES BEST: ROOTS ROCK REGGAE – SOUND-SYSTEM STYLE.
GET A TASTE OF HIS DEEP SELECTION @ WWW.ROCK-A-SHACKA.COM/PIRATES_CHOICE.HTML
REPRESENTING THE LONG LINEAGE OF UK’S SOUND-SYSTEMS WILL BE THE GRACIOUS ELDER STATESMAN OF ROOTS REVIVAL ‘RAS DIGBY’. A MAN WHO’S PEDIGREE STRECTCHES BACK TO THE 1970’S WHEN HE WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE SHEPHARDS BUSH SOUND SYSTEM ‘SIR JESSUS’. HE WAS SCHOOLED IN SOUND-SYSTEM DUTIES FROM WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG CHILD, AND HAS MANTAINED A CONSISTENT PRESENE ON THE SCENE FOR THE LAST FORTY YEARS. A MUSIC MAN TO THE CORE, HE HAS EVEN RELEASED MUSIC IN HIS OWN RIGHT AS A SINGER WITH HIS MENTOR, FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ‘THE GAYLADS’, BIBY SEATON. THE RAS S STILL ACTIVELY FLYING THE FLAG FOR ORIGINAL SOUND-SYSTEM STYLE PRESENTATION IN THE DANCE – AND PLAYS MUSIC TO PLEASE THE CROWD AS WELL AS EDUCATE.
CATCH HIM ON HIS REGULAR TWICE WEEKLY RADIO SLOT ON WWW.OMEGARADIO.CO.UK 104.1FM THURS 7-9pm / SUN 8-10pm
SUPPORT ON THE NIGHT WILL BE PROVIDED BY GOOD FRIENDS OF MUSICAL FEVER: TINY T [MIGHTY CLOUDBURST] BACK AT THE ORIGINAL HOME OF HIS OUTSTANDING REVIVAL SESSIONS 'SKA BAR', AND ONE OF THE DEADLIEST YOUTHMAN SELECTORS, FRESH BACK FROM PLAYING IN L.A. AND MEXICO - ASH [AQUARIUS].
TICKETS NOW ON SALE BY CONTACTING musical_fever@live.co.uk OR FROM EVENT DJs.