Reggae in Australia
As a music genre was Reggae in Australia known in the late 1960s. In the Australian music scene today there are a number of bands and sound systems playing their own interpretations of Jamaican reggae . Australia has a relatively small Jamaican community. However, this influenced the Jamaican influence of the popularity of reggae in England in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the Australian music scene. Many indigenous musicians took up reggae as a musical form of expression and as a form of resistance. Examples of this are the bands No Fixed Address and Colored Stone . Young, internationally successful bands like Blue King Brown are also part of this tradition. It developed its own Australian roots reggae scene.
history
Bob Marley & The Wailers toured Australia in 1979, playing in Brisbane , Adelaide , Perth , Melbourne and Sydney . In 1984 the Australian label Corroboree Records released its first single called Dangerous Times . This single was recorded in the Channel One Studios with the Roots Radics . The single became known because of the song Dangerous Dub on the B-side, which was mixed by King Tubby . The record was released in Jamaica, the United Kingdom and Australia.
The first notable dub release in Australia was Ten Dubs That Shook The World by Sheriff Lindo And The Hammer from 1988. It was released on the label Endless Recordings . The LP was re-released in 1998 on the Creative Vibes label with five additional tracks. At EM Records in Japan this record was released again in 2006 as CD and LP (limited to 500 copies).
In September 2006, Astronomy Class released Exit Strategy on the Elefant Traks label . He mixed reggae with hip-hop . In February 2007, Melbourne producer Mista Savona released Melbourne Meets Kingston on Elefant Traks. On the record, which contains 21 songs, he brings Jamaican singers together with deejays like Anthony B , Determine and Big Youth . Reggaeton , a genre that mixes reggae, hip-hop, and traditional Latin American music, is also popular in Australia. The Puerto Rican artist Daddy Yankee made the genre through his hit Gasolina on Australian radio in 2006 known.
Australian reggae singers and bands
- Blue King Brown
- Declan Kelly
- Fyah Walk
- King tide
- Matty Woods
- Mista Savona
- Nicky Bomba
- The Red Eyes
- The Strides