proudly
presents the
eldest
reggae
sound
system
outta
Czech
RepublicSWAMP SAFARI - REGGAE UNIVERSITY
reggae * dancehall * soca * ska * rocksteady * dub
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Kaya (Zizkov, Prague) and Vincent (Portland, Jamaica) first met in
September 1989 on the Open Air
Reggae Fest at Revnice. At
that time none of them was a DJ, and probably would never expected such
a turn. Kaya was a vocalist of the reggae ska band AMARILLO and Vincent
the festival MC just started his studies at the Czech Technical
University of Prague.
Some time after Vincent joined the band SVIHADLO, where he performers until now, and together with other former member of Svihadlo Jirka Simsa (nowadays Tea ingle  )
introduced to the Prague public first original Jamaican dance. Simsa
being the DJ and Vincent a MC „properly“ commenting on the music.By the way Jirka Simsa and Tomas Toula (DJ DOUBLE T) are historically the first Czech players of reggae. At this point I would like to point out that instead of the steady terms taken from hip hop, in Jamaica the SELECTOR is the person selecting the music and which we here call DJ, and DJ is the one who we here call MC, and MC is the one that presents performers to the public. Quite confusing isn’t it?? During the 1989 and 1990 reggae discotheques moved from Sporilov house of culture to the D club in Vinohrady. With the foundation of the civil Reggae club union the frequency of discotheques also multiplied, and new selectors appeared on the scene such as: Martin Tankwey (BABALET), Bourama Badji (BABALET, HYPNOTIX), Jirka Charypar (BABALET, SVIHADLO), Uncle Mísha (RADIO 1) and last but not least Kaya and Vincent were meeting each other on various stages and for couple of years more or less competed with each other. Everything changed in January 1998, when Kaya invited Vincent as a regular guest to his residential Thursday nights at the SWAMP Smichov. Somewhere about that time they also started using the name Jamaica Swamp Safari Sound System when playing outsider Swamp, more or less, because they wanted to drew attention to the fact they were also playing somewhere else, but are the same Dj (or Selectors )The name of the
sound
system is taken from the now again existing club Swamp, but also from
the
 The
name
was
shortened to SWAMP SAFARI SOUND
SYSTEM.Members of the SWAMP SAFARI CREW are Kaya, Vincent (together with Svihadlo is also a singer of Dub-O-Net band), Since 2005 Swamp Safari Crew are Kaya, Vincent, Hroutil & Hopi. Members of SWAMP
SAFARI own more than 4500
original CDs, mostly of the
original Jamaican music such as ska, blue beat, rock steady,
roots
reggae, dancehall, lover’s rock, ragga, bogle etc., but also with the
african
music: yu yu, soukous, jive, chimurenga etc. as well as Latino
American: soca,
salsa, rumba, samba, cha cha cha, calypso etc., hip hop a r&b can
be found
too.
In case a club or festival stage is equipped with the projection technology, we can provide the projection of some Jamaican movies, music video and concerts (more than 40 titles on original DVD or VHS tapes). SWAMP SAFARI SOUND SYSTEM plays regularly in most of the We are very proud that we were able to play alongside top reggae stars such as Burning Spear, Black Uhuru, Luciano, Mad Professor, Bushman, Anthony B., Derrick Morgan, Horace Andy ....... ... and in case you will invite us, we can play for you too!!!!!!  2009 update: by the way Vincent writes monthly two pages Jamrock to the Rock & Pop magazine. Since 2006 Kaya is the head of Ska & Reggae section of Czech Pop Music Academy (The Czech Recording Academy) and since 2009 also works in the European Reggae Contest finals jury as a representative of the Czech Republic. Copyright © DJ Kaya, January 2002 - February 2010 Translation © Sister Martina, May 2005 |
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