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Selectors, producers, sound systems, and kindred spirits who carry the culture

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Selector

Cosmic Sound

Sounds from the Universe

Cosmic Sound started back in 2014 when the first vinyls were added to collection. Inspired by the positivity spread around the world true reggae music, decided to make his own selection to share it. From Roots, Dub, Dubwise to Digital with some Jungle, Afro-beats influences Cosmic heads into exploring music with positive message.

Producer / Selector / Edinburgh, UK

Riddim Tuffa

The Riddim Tuffa Crew are an Edinburgh based duo of DJs and producers Adham & Frontline Selecta. They have racked up appearances throughout Europe, with several festival shows and countless dancehall takeovers in the bag. Riddim Tuffa have been hosting their own parties for a few years with a music policy that has won them loyal followers.

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Sound System / Bratislava, SK

Dub Settlers HiFi

Ide o spolok audio sialencov z Bratislavy, ktory sa po rokoch cinnosti na reggae scene rozhodli postavit svoj vlastny system. Datum vzniku je sice pomerne nedavny no clenovia maju na konte uspesne projekty ako Respect Vibration Sound, Foolproof riddims, Get Garden, ci oblubeny indoor festival Flight to Jamaica.

Selector / Bratislava, SK

Ichiman Selector

Ichiman zacal svoju reggae misiu v roku 2005 ako clen legendarneho Respect vibration sound. Znamy je predovsetkym ako organizator vecierkov Flight to Jamaica, Better times division ci festival Pon da river. Na jeho akciach sa objavilo mnozstvo zaujimavych mien europskej sceny ako Soom T (UK), Zion Train (UK), Dr Ring Ding (GER), Blackout JA (JAM), Vibronics (UK), Radikal Guru (POL), Brother Culture (UK). V roku 2015 spolu z dalsimi nadsencami postavil soundsystem Dub Settlers Hifi.

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Producer / East London, UK

Dubateers

East London based Dubateers has and continues to produce some of the heaviest UK Dub and Reggae music to have ever hit the streets. Firmly holding to their foundations as an Underground Sound outfit, based on original rastafarian values. First emerging from Dougie Wardrop’s Conscious Sounds studios, Dubateers quickly established themselves as an exciting UK Dub outfit.

With a reputable record label, groundbreaking new styles of music, remixes from the likes of The Disciples, Bush Chemists, to dubstep legend Skream, Dubateers have inspired a completely new generation of dub producers and sound systems. To date Dubateers has sold tens of thousands of the troubled vinyl format and continues to uphold the traditions of UK Dub against all odds.

Dub Activist / UK

Jah Free

Jah Free aka Dub activist je jako producent a vokalista v jednom soucasti UK dub/reggae sceny vice nez 20 let. Jeho legendarni soundsystem tunes jako “Rod of correction”, “Rydim” ci “Vampire” musi znat snad kazdy, kdo se alespon trochu zajima o dub.

Jeho hudebni nadani a osobita ziva vystoupeni ho dostala do hledacku labelu Universal Egg (Zion Train, Vibronics) pod kterym vydaval hudbu az do navratu pod svou vlastni znacku Jah Free Music v roce 2004. Jah Free hral take zive po boku Mad Professora, Iration Steppas, Conscious Sounds ci Zion Train.

“Veskere me dilo a inspirace, kterou predavam, je pro slavu naseho stvoritele, JAH Rastafari! One Love vsem narodum a uvedomele myslicim lidem. V jednote je sila!”

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AI_IMAGE: A wide photograph of a large DIY sound system in an alternative cultural center, massive speaker stacks decorated with stickers and graffiti, exposed brick walls, industrial space, warm amber work lights strung overhead, the scene feels like a underground fortress of bass, deep shadows and warm golden highlights, tobacco brown and burnt sienna tones | photorealistic | square

Sound System / Zagreb, HR

Digitron Sound System

Digitron, prvni chorvatsky dubovy sound, Balkan Dub Defenders! Vznikl v roce 2007 a vychazi z pusobeni svych clenu ve dvou zivych dubovych kapelach (Radikal Dub Kolektiv a Bamwise), kteri se spojili s umyslem zalozit prvni chorvatsky soundsystem, v zemi, ktera nemela v teto kulture zadnou tradici.

Digitron porada mnoho noci v nejveisim chorvatskem alternativnim kulturnim centru, byvalem squatu s nazvem Medika. Mimo mesicni program klubu stoji Digitron za spoustou dubovych stagei na ruznych festivalech (Modem, Lost Theory, Seasplash). Provozuje take label Digitron Records.