Reggae in Australia

As a music genre Reggae in Australia was known in the late 1960s. In the Australian music scene today, there are a number of bands and sound systems that play their own interpretations of Jamaican reggae. Australia has a relatively small Jamaican community. However, this influence based on the Jamaican influences of reggae popularity in England in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the Australian music scene sustainable. Many indigenous musicians attacked the reggae as a form of musical expression and as a form of resistance. Examples of this are the bands No Fixed Address and Coloured Stone. Even young, internationally successful bands such as Blue King Brown are in this tradition. It developed its own Australian roots reggae scene.

History

Bob Marley & The Wailers toured in 1979 by Australia and played in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. In 1984 the Australian Corroboree Records label his first single titled Dangerous Times. This single was recorded in the Channel One Studios with the Roots Radics. The single for the song Dangerous Dub on B-side, which was mixed by King Tubby was known. The record was released in Jamaica, the United Kingdom and Australia.

The first noteworthy dub release in Australia was Ten Dubs That Shook The World by Sheriff Lindo And The Hammer from the year 1988. She appeared on the label Endless Recordings. The LP was re- released in 1998 on the label Creative Vibes with five additional tracks. In EM Records in Japan this record was released in 2006 on CD and LP ( limited to 500 copies) again.

In September 2006, Astronomy Class Exit Strategy published on the label Elefant Traks. He mixed reggae with hip hop. In February 2007, the Melbourne producer Mista Savona Melbourne Meets Kingston published on Elefant Traks. On the 21 songs -containing plate, he brings Jamaican singer along with deejays such as Anthony B, Determine and Big Youth. Reggaeton, a genre that reggae, hip hop and traditional Latin American music mixes, is also popular in Australia. The Puerto Rican artist Daddy Yankee made ​​the genre known for his hit Gasolina on Australian radio in 2006.

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
Sound system (Jamaican) Roots-Reggae
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