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Dutch Sounds & Selectors
Back-A-Wall Movement Strictly positive vibes from Medemblik. Delivered by champions Papa Hobbel, Remy Rootical and Rankin Journeyman.
Empress Sound Sista Donnalee spins conscious tunes with special attention for the sisters and hosts an Amsterdam radioshow.
Jah Sound International They spin dancehall, ragga and reggae sounds all around Europe. Interesting dubplate service on their website !!
King Shiloh The oldest soundsystem in Amsterdam. Playing wicked dubs and conscious tunes UK style.
King Warrior Dj and selector Daddy Benji plays reggae music in it's totality from the oldest to the newest.
Rasta Love The mighty Midas touch! Not just a sound but also a community center with a whole heap a ting a gwan, arts, crafts, clothing, etcetera. Linked to the Twelve Tribes.
SlimmahSound Dub System Out of Groningen comes dubmixer Slimmah. He and his musicians can put up an irie live dubshow.
Souljah Sistaselecta Souljah spins her strictly positive vibes selection regularly at Utrechts Reggaebomb parties.
Togetha Brotha Realtime digital dub versioning on original riddims by highpriests of voices and thundering Bambu and Downpressa. Wickeder than wicked website!
United Sounds This sound from Tilburg spreads the message of one love and unity with music.

Dutch Reggae Artists
Ad Lib Formation of six from Nijmegen. Groovy, danceable reggae with a legendary live on stage status. They play both covers and own material.
Awa Ras Awa Ras is an artist on the rise. As the lead singer of Punky Donch, Awa Ras has performed at some of the biggest Reggae festivals in Europe. He now also works solo. Watch out for this talented, young Rasta. MySpace link!
Beef Very succesful reggae crossover band from Eindhoven. No rastas and proud of it.
Dredda Youthz A large group of Amsterdam North street kids with nuff skills. Sranan and Dutch hip hop and reggae.
Gorgon Massive Five headed dancehall combo from Amsterdam that can play other reggae styles as well. Highly politically engaged.
Jah Stoney Keyboard player, producer and engineer. He plays in several well-known bands and has a home studio.
Johnny Baby One of Hollands best known reggae artists is back on the scene with a new band and album.
Karmakonga An Amsterdam based reggae band with a great website including a nice dub machine.
Messian Dread The music of his 'art is dub reggae in the roots tradition created with modern technology.
Misty Basement Full blown ten-headed roots outfit with a message. From the sunnier southern parts of the Netherlands.
Natural Nation Founded in 2001 and recording since 2007 this roots outfit from Rotterdam has been steadily making waves.
Ollie Q. + The Deep Six Former half of the Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation. These guys rock! Heavenly foundation ska.
Out Of Many Nine piece modern reggae band featuring two singjays who are driven to extremes by a full band including horns.
Poor Man Friend Poor Man Friend (PMF) is a session band specialized in backing vocal reggae talent.
Postman Anonymous Mis is still doing what he does best; crossing hip-hop and reggae's musical bridges and coming up with his own sounds.
Punky Donch This band were elected best Reggae/Roots band in the Benelux in 2009 and have performed at festivals like Rototom, Parkpop and the Amsterdam Reggae festival. They know how to bring good vibes to the people. MySpace Link!
Roots Creation A twelve (!) headed full blown reggae band from Enschede, complete with horns section and accordeon and with a nice website.
Rude Rich & The High Notes Smoking Dutch rocksteady & early reggae. The best foundation reggae band Holland has to offer.
Shain Band Former backing band of now deceased Amara Kabba from Sierra Leone. Strong African rooted roots reggae from Amsterdam.
Smiley Dutch star from Aruban descent, Smiley is one happy Rasta blessed with a powerful voice. MySpace link!
Tallawah Serious business band from Almere featuring two powerful frontladies and two bassplayers; a fadda and dawta combination.
Twilight Circus One of the most creative and original dub wizards in the world! Also a hard-hitting dub soundsystem.
2nfro Two ladies (a singer and a dj) backed by basics (drum and bass, keys ,guitar) bring a broad reggae palette from Eindhoven/Tilburg.
Ziggi Without a doubt the most succesful reggaesinger to ever emerge from the Netherlands. Played all the huge reggaefestivals like Summerjam, Rototom Sunsplash and Two 77 Splash. MySpace link!

Reggae Festivals
Future Reggae Ruigoord - near Amsterdam
   July, 1st weekend, friday - sunday 		A three day low-profile and very cosy reggae and dub festival in a free cultural and formerly squatted village in between Haarlem and Amsterdam.
Couleur Café - Brussel (B)
   July, 1st weekend, friday - sunday 		A three-day massive multi-cultural festival. Every day special themes.
Summer Jam - Köln (D)
   July, 2nd weekend, friday - sunday 		The biggest open-air reggae festival of Europe. 3 days, 3 stages, huge market, camping, great festival grounds.
Two 77 Splash - Amsterdam
   July, 2nd weekend, sunday 		A big bucks one day Mojo festival which shares performers with the German Summer Jam festival.
Dour Festival - Dour (B)
   July, 3rd weekend, thursday - sunday 		Big four-day festival with a diverse mix of reggae, dancehall, dub, worldmusic, hip-hop. 6 stages!
Irie Vibes Roots Festival - Handzame (B)
   July, 4th weekend, friday and saturday 		A two day open-air soundsystem and bands celebration of Selassie's earth day. Nice vibes. Camping available.
Reggae Geel - Geel (B)
   August, 1st friday and saturday 		Probably the nicest open-air reggae festival of Europe. Every year vintage surprises. Going strong into it's third decade.
Splash! - Oberrabenstein (D)
   August, 1st weekend, friday - sunday 		Three days of dancehall, reggae & hip-hop. Many exclusive dancehall artists on stage.
Sundance - Eersel
   August, 2nd weekend, saturday and sunday 		The biggest roots reggae open-air festival of Holland. Two days with very good acts and a seperate camping festival. G(r)oing strong since 1995.
Chiemsee Reggae Summer - Chiemsee (D)
   August, 3rd weekend, friday - sunday 		A three-day festival with lots of reggae, dancehall, dub, worldmusic, hip-hop, electronics, etc.
Rastaplas - Zoetermeer
   August, 3rd weekend, sunday 		Annual open air festival. The organisation's mission is to give new talent a change by programming them alongside professionals. Since 2004.
Feest in het Park - Oudenaarde (B)
   August, 4th weekend, thursday - saturday 		Three-day festival with a mix of reggae, dancehall, dub, worldmusic, hip-hop, electronics, etc.
HoveLive - Hove (B)
   September, 1st weekend, saturday (2005 tbc) 		One of the cosiest festivals in Belgium, this small and cheap muticultural event always has some realy nice reggae vibes in the line up. Once every two years and only 15 km from Antwerp.

Online Reggae Radio
AmsterJammin
   Always, 24/7 		Internet 24/7 radio through Live 365. Lot's of mixes of old and new tunes.
Zionhighness
   Always, 24/7 		Internet 24/7 radio with plenty dedicated selectors from all over the world. All styles
Empress Flavour
   Alternating Mondays, 22:00-24:00 (CET) 		Four impressive empresses play sweet reggae flavours and nuff dancehall niceness. Often with free giveaway tickets for Amsterdam venues. Alternates weekly with Roots & Culture.
Roots And Culture
   Tuesdays, 21:00-24:00 (CET) 		Hosted by Robbie Roots. On his website you can listen live or check out previous editions. After midnight it's dancehall time.
Reggae Café
   Wednesdays, 19:00-21:00 (CET) 		Johnny Reggae is your host in the Reggae Café. His show includes the Dutch Reggae Top 10 and can be found on Tsarina radio.
Bassculture
   Wednesdays, 22:00-24:00 (CET) 		Hosted by Parttime Warrior & Jah Depender. From consciousness to dancehall, new releases, concert guide and giveaway tickets!
Obi's Dubkapital
   Fridays, 19:00-20:00 (CET) 		Hosted by Obi1r (Obi One r) for all reggae and dub lovers. On Intergalactic's 4th channel named CBS.
Empress Sound
   Saturdays, 17:00-19:00 (CET) 		Sista Donnalee's afternoon show filled with roots and culture.
Shoutcast This site is all about internet radio. If you follow this link you'll see their reggae selection first!

Other Reggae Links
Black Star Foundation Promotes and stimulates artists from abroad and, more in general, promotes the exchange of western and non-western art, music and culture.
ACRoots: All Classic Roots Reggae on eBay. Find all classic roots reggae albums and singles, on vinyl or CD, by reggae genre or artist name, right now to be found on eBay.
Classic Reggae Interviews The place for interviews with legendary reggae artists.
Dread History Learn more about reggae, rasta and Jamaica on this site from the Smithsonian Institute. Education is the key!
Dub Dub.com is the best place to start your worldwide dub searches. Nuff information and links to Dub related sites.
Dutch Jamaica A Dutch view -in English- on Jamaica. With information on all major cities and parishes, this site holds all you'll ever need to know for a trip to the island in the sun.
Fath Records & Studio The preferred Amsterdam studio for reggae recordings. Also a label for new talents.
Imperial Ethiopia The official site of the Crown Council of Ethiopia. Learn all about Haile Selassie, the Solomonic dynasty, and much more.
Infinite Wheel Cool flash site! Become an instant dubmaster with this crazy Dub wizardry machine!!
Muzik Media Reggae and dancehall television. Take a first look at the latest reggae videoclips, see interviews with artists and check the latest Caribbean news.
Reggae Ambassadors (RAW) One of the most respected and well-known reggae organizations for artists, industry folks, journalists, and fans.
Reggae.Be Reggae & ragga inna Belgium. All you need to know about the scene in Belgium plus plenty links.
Sista Anya Sista Anya's personal and positive site about reggae and rasta with special attention for Surinam.
Speak Jamaican Not only a Jamaican patois language course but a full comprehensive guide to the island's culture. Check out the online glossary for words yuh nah know!
Sun Splash Amazing new booker and promotor that brings amazing line-ups to amazing parties at amazing venues.
Talawa Productions Complete Swedish production company which boasts artists like Horace Corn, Anthony John, Ronnie Thwaites and Admiral Tibet. Talawa stands for strength!
Yardie's Reggae Collections Yardie's very personal site filled with reviews of mainly 70's roots reggae music. Albums, books and DVD's, none shall escape Yardie's judgement!
Zion Byte Forum for registered members on all reggae related topics. Easy registration!
Reggae Ring The starting site for the Reggae webring. A great place to start your search for Reggae related sites.
Reggae.pagina.nl Links galore!
Google Reggae Page Plenty links!

Dutch Venues
P60 Amstelveen; Stadsplein 100a
Tel: +31(0)20-3453445
Paradiso Amsterdam; Weteringschans 6-8
Tel: +31(0)20-6268790
Melkweg Amsterdam; Lijnbaansgracht 234/a
Tel: +31(0)20-5318181
Willemeen Arnhem; Willemsplein 1
Tel: +31(0)26-4426021
W2 Den Bosch; Boschdijkstraat 100
Tel: +31(0)73-6123422
Paard van Troje Den Haag; Prinsegracht 12
Tel: +31(0)70-3601838
Burgerweeshuis Deventer; Bagijnenstraat 9
Tel: +31(0)570-619198
Effenaar Eindhoven; Dommelstraat 2
Tel: +31(0)40-2435559
Oosterpoort Groningen; Trompsingel 27
Tel: +31(0)50-3680111
Patronaat Haarlem; Zijlsingel 2
Tel: +31(0)23-5175858
LVC Leiden; Breestraat 66
Tel: +31(0)71-5146449
Doornroosje Nijmegen; Groenewoudseweg 322
Tel: +31(0)24-3559887
Watt Rotterdam; Wester Kruiskade 26-28
Tel: +31(0)10-2179199
013 Tilburg; Veemarktstraat 44
Tel: +31(0)13-4609500
Tivoli Utrecht; Oudegracht 245
Tel: +31(0)30-2311491
De Kade Zaandam; Zuiddijk 9-11
Tel: +31(0)75-6176972