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Being a Trenchtown JA Youthman - i never know reggae was soo big in EUROPE especilly In Germany and France

It may sound ignorant but please forgive me. - does anyone know any god reggae artists outa foreign ie france - i would like to check dem out

THANKS

JAH BLESS

From Spain i like so much Basque Dub Foundation, Loud & Lone.. they are very good

Cañaman are good too (different style)but i dont like them equal, there are more groups in spain like Jah'sta, Jah Macetas... many more have recorded something in JA. In spain there is too much dancehall inside the scene (and a lot of times ever the same), but likewise reggae movement is growing day to day here

VERY big in Great Britain too....

Try Roberto Sanchez from spain... he recorded a full analog 10" last year called "don't use me", with rod taylor on the flip... just MASHING UP vibes... total KILLER one...

Blessings,

Best UK homegrown talent maybe is Aswad. Or was.

(not sure they are all UK born but I think they were considered a UK band, right?)

But their material is sometimes very very good, other times, not so good.

Very good live though!

ist agood surprise for me the knowledge of spanish roots reggae in this site.

Roberto Sanchez its a good producer , musician ,vocalists and a good man too with two albums (three with dub version of Oil&Water lp)and two ten inches ,its a reference in roots reggae stylee in spain (and some good surprises in this new year with productions with veterans jamaicans roots singers and studio one crew in new york)
inyaki yarritu and our projet B.D.F. its anhoter
reference in spanish roots reggae . two albums and plus of 20 seven inches produced from veterans and new reggae artists in Hartical french label. inyaky its a veteran reggae fighter
after 30 years and a good pruducer and musician

steel pulse is a UK band?

Steel Pulse came from Birmingham, England...so yes, a UK band

they still play as far as I know, mostly in the United States

Of course, Steel Pulse!

Before I had given reggae a chance (I was a biker-rocker-punk into thrashy guitar sound) I remember seeing them on Old Grey Whistle test on UK television and thinking:

"Hey, this reggae thing sounds pretty cool"

Just a few days later, I heard Leggo Dub for the first time. The rest is history and the reason I am on this forum today.

try PierPolJak. He was the first to sing reggae in french. Tiken Jah fakoly is very popular in france too. He's from ivory coast and sings in french. How about "gentlemen and the far east band" or "patrice" from germany (they sing in english though) . Steel pulse and aswad from england. We also listen to lots of dub here in europe. Just ask if you wanna know more