About this Event
With Oxford City having a wonderful and vibrant music scene over the decades there is a rising of new foundation reggae sound systems that is emerging into the now generation knowing that the local clubs and venues have always delivered on the Cowley Road East Oxford strip for great entertainment at the popular night scenes as long as the academical central England city has been a avenue of the Internaional aspiring graduates and locals
Mackating is a reggae band that is rooted in the Oxford City history taking their music to UK towns and cites into Europe with key members David Norland - Slima Levi - Hugo Borger Daniel Norland - Josh - Ian - Paul Hammond - Lorraine & Vicki to name some members making many great songs that still carries the cause of real solidarity and unity that bless many events and festivals in live reggae music performance that is still today remembered strongly
Since the band has grown up and some members has gone forward to the higher realms due to the works and the road of life realities, The torch of the good souls that has made a serious embarkment on the UK indie reggae scene has given a jewel of good music heritage in a remergence of the Mackating spirit in reggae music works with a new sound system that is getting out into the music arena's to carry on the cause of Unity and Liberation as these examples are the values that the Mackating movement always gave to the cultural music works foundation over the revolving years for quality of true sorts of diversites and racial harmony with the drumming and dubbings of selector Daniel Norland who is in the driving seat of the new Mackating Sound System that has a rounded structure of the reggae foundation sound and tones knowing his abilities as a very good musician with the MC skills of Bro AJ who is the sound regular master of cermonies
Playing alongside MoonWave Music System who's founder is a very close associate to the Mackating family from in the era of the band heights playing nuff tuff sessions on the road that was always very vibrant experience playing tunes we love to salute the people of reggae music life style in keeping the sets real in the band works over the years with care over fears as the durations were naturally spirited going in the music pulse of raw rhythms
There will be a live showcase of the younger generation of reggae got soul with Sta'Sax making a welcome return to the Florence Park community centre playing his multi-flava saxophone in the spirit of the legends who made the instruments classical to the jazz sets as R&B Reggae/Afro-Funk/Rock & Roll Country merits of the solid one drop styles that has the benefits fromthe music forerunners who blazed the funnel chalice of the deepest tones raw soul
Sta'Sax also carries a bountiful collection of reggae vinyls records relases with cd's on the arts/crafts stall for the collecteos who source these timeless edition that has seen the record industry empounded with a surge of soul power backing the music music to hold the course of the longevity that vinyl culture has given to the jukebox to sound system radio station broadcasting incoparations for decades to maximum effects intot he 21st centuries of dubwise without compromise and the growth of recent era stands the test of soul in time
The Moonwave label is constantly investing in the arts of the recorded reggae musc as the authentic vibrations of true to the roots and culture music thet has LIZZI BEE giving her account of the fruits from the roots with some good songs in the points of views from the younger song writers as she has develop into a good soulful reggae singer with a unigue style of her own inner visions towards the modern take of the foundation genre's that reggae has embrace via the bluebeat/ska/rock steady/reggae/rockers/steppers and dub type of songs in sounds of the shift of the Jamrock music revolving scene for the greats who have push the bars forward in making the uptappable natural force of JA always fresh & pure from the arts of the heartbeats via the african drum and musicial instruments
The music of the reggae history is important to say the least as the influence of reggae dub culture has galvanise into most genre's that has the rhythmic heartbeat circle that impulse the infusion of the stay with live syndrome and not gone total unlike what nature planned in the natural elements of the riddim and blues into the groove of the higher meditation realms that is the healing within a dancing mood that triggers energy you didn't think you had until you hit the dance floor for hours with sweat without no tears for total joy soaked to your heart and souls, strange enough you rarely caught a cold in winter from a heated session
The cause is of the needy social bonding effects that a good session usually delivers for those who embrace the dance elevation as a marvellous sensation to forget about the weeks chores and tainted hardship as we all have some type of inner or outter struggles in these trying times of world affairs and getting over the feeling of depression or confusion is the best way to approach the coming weeks that we all have in this busy productive life as the music affair is the great therapy to encounter our inner strength to get over the fears and doubts that these conditions may bring to mindset to effect bodies and souls emotions
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Florence Park CC, 94 Cornwallis Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
GBP 8.00
