Wanna find out what happens when one of our very favourite female reggae writers, Erin MacLeod, interviews another sister in mind, Suze Webb a.k.a. The Large? Then head over to Large Up and read about the importance of design for Suze’s zine »No Ice Cream Sound« as well as the story behind her Shimmy Shimmy T-shirts.
I spend my whole time talking to designers. My motto for them is »no weed signs and no red, yellow and green.« I’m so bored of it. I know people like that kind of stuff, but it is just so clichéd and there is another side to it. And I think there is a whole corner of design there that people haven’t tapped into that goes beyond red, gold and green. I wanted to stick with using bright colors and making sure it was fun and represented that bright side of dancehall culture. (via Large Up)
In the interview, Suze also mentions SEEN as one of the labels that influenced Shimmy Shimmy which makes us very happy. Keep doing your thing and hope to be able to link up at this year’s Notting Hill Carnival!
PS: Shimmy Shimmy shirts as well as issue 1 of »No Ice Cream Sound« are available at www.shimmyshimmy.co.uk. No Ice Cream Sound issue #2 will be out on August 22nd.
On September 9th, Amsterdam reggae artist General Trix will celebrate the release of his debut album »Green Light« alongside Rough Lynx from Sweden who produced the 80s and 90s computerized reggae-inspired LP.
Celebrating 49 years of Jamaican independence, you can SAVE 49% ON ALL T-SHIRTS in the SEEN online shop by entering the code GOLDGREENBLACK62 during checkout.
The offer is valid until Monday, August 8th, 2011.
One day when listening to “Slippin’ Into Darkness” by War, I noticed that a riff late in the song was very similar to Bob Marley’s “Get Up, Stand Up”. Sometimes these things just happen. After doing a bit of searching, I found out that Bob’s tune was actually directly influenced by it
