Skrillex X Damian Marley “Make It Bun Dem” video.
posted on September 7th, 2012 by Tobias in Jamaican Artists, Video
Major Lazer X So Me: “Get Free” video.
posted on September 5th, 2012 by Tobias in Jamaican Style, VideoNot totally new but still a total pleasure to watch – Major Lazer’s video for “Get Free” featuring Amber Coffman:
Director So Me pairs Major Lazer‘s surprisingly understated, flute-embellished “Get Free” with the rhythms of life in Jamaica, setting shots of hair braiding, bench pressing and horse jockeying in time with Switch and Diplo’s chugging instrumental.
Via The Fader
“Split your jeans, but don’t break your dick.”
posted on September 4th, 2012 by Tobias in Jamaican Dances, VideoInsight sent some people to Kingston to shoot a short film about
the controversial world of the carnal dance craze known in the Caribbean as Daggering.
Sounds corny but looks quite good anyway.
Sevens Clash Volume 1: The Ballad of Tommy Lee.
posted on August 30th, 2012 by Tobias in Article, Jamaican Artists
Writer Sean Stewart, photographer Alexander Richter and designer Anthony Harrisson just launched a new project going under the name »Sevens Clash«.
Sevens Clash is a series of uncompromising snapshots of a wide range of people, places and events.
Volume One is dedicated to content which they recently gathered over the course of one week in Kingston, Jamaica: »The Ballad of Tommy Lee« – a story about the dancehall artist formerly known as Uncle Demon.
With lyrics that he describes as gothic and a distinctive voice that sounds like a sharper, more melodic version of pre-motorcycle-crash Tiger (imagine Bizzy Bone singing Wanga Gut), Lee’s music trods territory previously unexplored in the genre.
Read the whole story over at the Sevens Clash website.
Art in the Dancehall at PUMA Yard.
posted on July 28th, 2012 by Tobias in Event, GABE, Jamaican Style
Art in the Dancehall – the exhibition featuring Dancehall-related work from legendary artists like Limonious, Jamaal Pete, and Tony McDermott as well as SEEN’s art director GABE amongst other contemporary designers – set up shop in London.
From 27 July to 12 August, the show curated by Shimmy Shimmy und Al Fingers (large up again!) stops by the PUMA Yard to celebrate dancehall illustration and design from 1980 to the present day.
On Monday, GABE will be heading to London to be at the vernissage.
Before leaving, he got one of his artworks at display at the event – a black and white relick of his WORDS, POWER & SOUND design – printed on a super-limited run of 25 tanktops.
There are a couple of Mediums left. If you want one, head over to GABE’s Facebook page. Fast!
