Created in Yorkshire in 1971 but transplanted to Belgium when he was just 3, CJ Bolland received an early on education in dance music; his parents went a golf club in Antwerp, and his mom DJed there. He was raised hearing the synthesizer music of many eras — from Jean-Michel …

Probably one of the most influential and prolific makers in reggae background, Bunny “Striker” Lee pioneered the artwork of the dub — expanding the guidelines of studio room technology like zero Jamaican maker before him, he and his engineer, the equally legendary Ruler Tubby, maximized the creative likelihood of every …

Ladbroke Grove, London-based Michael Campbell and Ruler Sounds shaped Grove Music, that was in charge of promoting the professions of Aswad, Sons Of Jah and Brimstone. Brimstone was created in 1977 by Sam Jones (b. Samson Jones, 1945, Dominican Republic; tempo acoustic guitar) and Gus Phillips (b. 1957, Sierra Leone; …

Ms. Dynamite (aka Niomi McLean-Daley) was raised in North London, hearing reggae and embracing hip-hop at age 12. Even though she wished to become the primary school instructor or a public worker, her interest for music was more powerful. After getting started within a pirate radio place called Organic FM, …

Hailing from eastern Ontario, Orval Prophet was referred to as “the Canadian Ploughboy.” He journeyed south lengthy enough to create his effect on nation and traditional western music in the first fifties, after that retreated back to state his place as an area legend. The start of the big style …

The consummate vocal group, the Maytals are inextricably linked with Jamaica’s music history, and their longer and prolific profession has seen the group in the forefront of just about any shift in music direction until the ragga period. Their influence continues to be therefore vast, both on the homeland and …

Vocal trio the Mighty Gemstones were probably one of the most internationally well-known reggae groups to emerge from the ’70s roots era. Even more accessible than a great many other origins outfits, the Gemstones boasted soulful, gorgeously genuine harmonies and limited, catchy songwriting, a lot of it from within the …

Technique Man was the 1st single celebrity to emerge from the groundbreaking Wu-Tang Clan. His mush-mouthed, sandpaper-rough bellow (sometimes recalling EPMD’s Erick Sermon) and imaginative rhymes very easily made him probably one of the most recognizable, unstable MCs within the group, however his circulation was even more deliberate and laid-back …

b. Calvin Curtis Whilby, 2 June 1976, St. Catherine, Jamaica, Western world Indies. Whilby grew up by his grandmother within a Christian environment and demonstrated loyal towards the beliefs until she passed away. Pursuing his grandmother’s demise he shifted to Kingston and resolved within the notorious Rema region where he …

A well-known figure in the wonderful world of house music and DJ culture, Judge Jules (given birth to Julius O’Riordan, Oct 26, 1966) got his career rolling in 1987. Throughout his profession, he maintained a higher profile along with his radio system, his frequent looks at a few of Europe’s …