Jose Cuervo Presents MARGARITA FIESTA 2023 Supproted by ageHa
ジャマイカに生まれ、8才で両親とUKに移住。'60年代後半、ラスタファリのスピリチュアルとマーチン・ルーサー・キング、アンジェラ・ディヴィス等、米国の公民権運動のコンシャスに影響を受け、サウンド・システムを開始、各地を巡回する。ズールー王、シャカの名を冠し独自のサウンド・システムを創造、'70年代後半にはCOXSON、FATMANと共にUKの3大サウンド・システムとなる。'80年に自己のジャー・シャカ・レーベルを設立以来『COMMANDMENTS OF DUB』シリーズを始め、数多くのダブ/ルーツ・レゲエ作品を発表、超越的なスタジオ・ワークを継続する。 30年以上の歴史に培われた独自のサウンドシステムは、大音響で胸を直撃する重低音と聴覚を刺激する高音、更にはサイレンやシンドラムを駆使した音の洪水 !! スピリチュアルな儀式とでも呼ぶべきジャー・シャカ・サウンドシステムは生きる伝説となり、あらゆる音楽ファンからワールドワイドに、熱狂的支持を集めている。heavyweight、dubwise、 steppersなシャカ・サウンドのソースはエクスクルーシヴなダブ・プレート。セレクター/DJ/MC等、サウンド・システムが分業化する中、シャカはオールマイティーに、ひたすら孤高を貫いている。まさに"A WAY OF LIFE "!
Jah Shaka, also known as the Zulu Warrior, is a legendary reggae/dub soundsystem operator and producer. Based in the UK, he has been operating his sound since the mid-1970s. In the 1980s, he was famous for keeping up his roots and culture agenda, while most of the UK soundsystems followed the Jamaican trend for digital dancehall riddims and "slackness" lyrics. While this move placed him outside the reggae mainstream, he aquired a new (white as well as black) following. His fans and musical cooperators, like The Disciples, Jah Warrior and Iration Steppas went on to coin a distinct electronic style of dub nowadays typical for the UK. With his strictly Rastafarian attitude and the dry and heavy sound of his productions, which are (in contrary to most of the more recent UK dub) recorded with live instruments, yet stripped down to the maximum, Jah Shaka is considered the forefather of UK Dub.
On his label, Jah Shaka Music, which has been operating since the early 1980s, he released not only crucial dub albums, like his classical "Commandments of Dub" series, but also various vocal cuts by artists like Max Romeo, Horace Andy and Johnny Clarke.
Jah Shaka still plays on his soundsystem on a regular basis in the UK and from time to time in other countries, finally having recovered after heavy house fire injuries in 2000. His soundsystem gigs are a cultural institution that layed a huge impact not only on the developement of dub, but on English popular music altogether. His sets introduced not only many future apostles of UK dub to roots music, but also influenced mainstream producers like Basement Jaxx.