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With great pleasure we present first headliner of this year edition of our festival. DREADZONE, British pioneers of modern rootsy sounds, will rock the main stage of Ostroda Reggae Festival on 10th August. Electro-dub pioneers Dreadzone formed in 1993 when ex-Big Audio Dynamite drummer Greg Roberts teamed up with Tim Bran, with the duo soon joined by bassist Leo Williams and keyboardist Dan Donovan, also formerly of Big Audio Dynamite, completing the group’s first line-up. A festival favourite, Dreadzone opened the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 1994 and began to bring their unique blend of electro, dub and reggae to a wider audience, going on to chart seven Top 60 singles (including their Top 20 hit ‘Little Britain’) and are still going strong after 17 years...
Their second album Second Light (named by John Peel as one of his favourite albums of all time) has now been remastered at the world-famous AIR Studios and is available on deluxe 2CD and download. The Second Light Special Edition comes complete with an entire disc of bonus material including the John Peel session track ‘Maximum’ and a 45 minute live set from Glastonbury in 1995.
Dreadzone have released six artist albums: ‘360’, ‘Second Light’, ‘Biological Radio’, ‘Sound’, ‘Once Upon A Time’ and 2010’s ‘Eye On the Horizon’. They released The Best Of Dreadzone: The Good, The Bad And The Dread - a compendium of their excellent musical story so far in 2011. The all-killer-no-filler 16 tracks collate the many highlights of ‘the Zone’s’ output to date - a coherent and still fresh-sounding body of work. Dreadzone deal in accessible yet credible club sounds with pop nous, referencing everyone from Woody Guthrie and Max Romeo to John Holt and classic films.
They also like to wander into uncharted territory, melding Celtic, Jamaican and Asian influences to their riddims and samples, thus turning out unique, quirky gems like ‘Captain Dread’ and ‘Little Britain’. The latter track is available on The Best Of in its more rare vocal incarnation, which wasn’t featured on the album Second Light (the instrumental was). Their dubwise beats and bottom end, often adorned with the unmistakably dulcet tones of Earl 16 are a product of the cut-and-paste magpie nature of the ever-morphing world of dance music. Other collaborators who’ve passed through the house of dread include cultural figurehead Don Letts, Melanie Blatt and Alison Goldfrapp. Dubstep, UK funky, 2 step, jungle and the multitude of fangled sub genres have been born post Dreadzone, and whilst it maybe a sweeping statement to claim they’ve been a direct influence on all such producers, they can definitely stake claim to a very large branch on the family tree of all things dance, quality and of black origin.
Hit records, critical acclaim and a huge, devoted fan base are theirs, due in part to their utterly storming live shows. The core members Greg Dread and original bassmaster Leo Williams plus the unmistakable MC Spee, legendary reggae vocalist Earl 16 and Chris Compton on guitar make up the current Dreadzone line up.
They will perform first time at the Ostroda Reggae Festival main live stage on 10th August 2012.
„The all-killer-no-filler sound”
Links:
www.dreadzone.com
www.facebook.com/dreadzone
video:
Dreadzone - Zion Youth clip
Dreadzone - Second Light preview
Dreadzone - Gangster clip
Dreadzone - Life, Love and Unity / Get Up Stand Up, live Wrocław 2009
Dreadzone - Return of the Dread, live Wrocław 2009
Dreadzone - Little Britain, live Wrocław 2007
Dreadzone - Gangster in Dub (Studio AS One remix with special guests Crispy Horns)
audio:
http://soundcloud.com/gregdread
Written by roots, on 08-03-2012 14:35 , IP: 83.142.199.43
Osobiście czekam na pradziwe gwiazdy reggae a nie zespoły uprawiające jakieś gatunki luźno związane z reggae. Zaproście proszę BURNING SPEAR, SKATALITES, GROUNDATION, GREGORY ISAACS'a, BLACK UHURU, LINVALA TOMPHSONA,MUTABARUKĘ albo kogoś ich pokroju. Więcej klasyki. BLESS |
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Written by lajonzajon, on 07-03-2012 18:06 , IP: 77.254.225.123
śniegowce? jakiej porażki? organizacyjnie bylo wszystko dobrze jedynie gastronomia w sensie piwo zawiodło...;p drogie bylo a tak to bylo mega jak co roku:) i w tym roku też bedzie:) bless... |
Written by śniegowce, on 01-03-2012 07:41 , IP: 195.116.231.41
ciekawe jak organizatorzy w tym roku zaskoczą i czy wyciagną wnioski z ostatniej porazki pod w/z organizacyjnym |
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Written by kl, on 29-02-2012 18:04 , IP: 87.105.235.136
super, cieszymy się bardzo, bo nie wątpliwie to gwiazda, miejmy nadzieje nie ostatnia :) ale pytanie mam za 100 pkt., gdzie ten dokument co miał niby być, o edycji w 2011? z chęcią by człowiek obejrzał :) |
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