The World Loves Reggae - Echo Festival

A promotional video for the 2003 ECHO Festival on Big War Island in Belgrade, Serbia.

"Mired in what, from the outside, looked like true Balkan chaos," wrote a visiting BBC reporter, "the festival always looked as if it was on the brink of falling apart."

For TV adverts, see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPN_KE...

And: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFRTjh-RI2c

Other promotional videos are here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDZ7Q8sdxP8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58J-mWmAaKQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWoCZkMS_58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al2rSG-fo90

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En2KsyuhcN0

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TRANSCRIPT:

Mass immigration from the Caribbean in the 1960's brought Jamaican culture to Britain, where reggae started to evolve into urban roots music.

British reggae artists developed their own sound and approach, vocalising the frustrations of the new Afro-Caribbean minority and taking a radical stand.

Some bands even refused to allow white faces into their concerts.

But reggae's popularity continued to grow. The laid-back vibe and lyrics from the heart appealed strongly to other frustrated people in society, particularly punks.

The Clash were the first big rock band to wake up to reggae. The trend they started transformed popular music.

As Britain became more multicultural, black and white artists borrowed from each other heavily. Nowhere was the impact more apparent than Bristol, one of the few cities in the world to develop its own sound.

DJ SHENDEK:
"It started with rock music, and moved through hip-hop, beats, breaks, reggae, roots. So our music intertwines all that from the Bristol scene really"

For the past two decades, Bristol artists have been fusing different styles. The new sounds they create are not always easy to classify.

PETER D (Smith & Mighty):
"A lot of people like to describe our music as trip hop which is a kind of saying we don't like"

Its influence is often subtle, but the essential ingredient in the Bristol Sound is reggae.

PETER D:
"The root of our music is dub. There's a lot of heavy breaks, a lot of heavy basslines and a lot of sweet vocals"

No other genre of music has had the same impact around the world as reggae. Without it, many of the sounds we listen to today's simply wouldn't exist.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• reggae
• sonic
• youth
• electronic
• music
• festival
• alternative
• indie
• hip-hop
• belgrade
• serbia
• balkans
• echo
• DIY
• anarchy
• UK

[pablavalenti]

who sings rock the casbah?

[vojinvidanovic79]

Hvaka, profesionalno uradjena sinhronizacija, obzirom da ovakvih stvari na "Balkan" jezicima ima malo, zaista znacajno. Svet voli rege :-)