With the Caribbean Fashion Week coming up, I was asking myself once again why there is still no Jamaican street fashion blog out there and why there isn´t even one single Jamaican submission on sites like Lookbook.nu which has pictures from e.g. Malaysia, Mexico and Brazil.
Is it the lack of money for equipment? Is it the lack of access to the online world? Is it Jamaicans not being interested in style and fashion? Is it the lack of attractive people?
I don´t think so. Look at the music business which has always been at the edge of the technological evolution. Look at sites like the Afflicted Yard and the vast number of Jamaicans on social networks like Facebook and Hi5. Look at pictures from back in the days as well as shots from today. Look at these girls.
Today is show-off-your-favourite-shirt day. And while it´s not me on the pic (I showed some of my faves over there) and it´d be slightly exaggerated to say it´s Diplo favourite shirt – I have to admit that I still love that one pretty much and that Diplo liked his Bounty Killer T-shirt quite a bit as well.
Fred Perry is a brand which – in its 100 year history – has been featured in
almost every British youth subculture. From Mods, Suedeheads, Ska/Two Tone, Punk, New Wave, Casuals/Perry Boys, Britpop, Electronic/Rave to the latest Indie revival.
Shook magazine #05 is out now and holds very valuable stories for dub, reggae, and dubstep lovers: a portrait of Kode 9´s Hyperdub label, “Sleepy Meets the Ballistic Brothers – an afternoon with Horace Andy and Ashley Beedle” – and a feature about Jahtari, the Leipzig-based 8-bit-dub collective that e. g. delivered the mad opener for Tim Turbo´s latest podcast with Dubmood´s “Monkey Island” version.
For all my skankers warming up for a hot weekend, I got the reggae ragga dancehall garrisson tech tunes to make you feel alright.
Let´s start with what you see above: that´s the official video for the massive forthcoming single from Fr3e – “Tribal Skank”. In addition, I recommend the following:
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Delle´- Fly Away (via Germaica)
After Peter Fox and Boundzound, a third member of Germany´s most successful reggae combo tries to pull off a solo career: Dellé. His debut album „Before I Grow Old“ will drop in summer. Decent roots reggae material.
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