King shiloh lyrical benjie biography
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After building a scene at home with Dub Club Y2K, and then a succession of illegal “bunker parties” from their base at NDSM docklands, King Shiloh took to the road – and they haven’t stopped touring. They are one of the most well-traveled soundsystems in Europe, breaking ground in the early ’00s as one of the first systems to tour extensively through Italy, for example, and bringing the King Shiloh sound and spirit (in lieu of the system) as far as Saint Petersburg and Moscow. “When you’re a soundsystem, you’re a soundsystem. You carry your system with you,” says Neil, and along the way they’ve inspired a new generation to rise up, advising crews like Jah Marshall from Paris and Island Beat from Crete, in addition to the many that have emerged in Holland since the mid-’00s.
The Amsterdam Soundsystem Weekenders, which King Shiloh have been running since 2012, are a testament to the international community that Neil and his team have created around them and their soundsystem. The Wee
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Bio – King Shiloh Soundsystem
“The Healing of the Nations” Sound System from Amsterdam, Europe’s ground-breaking sound.
King Shiloh Sound System, based in Amsterdam, Holland, is an international, independently operating, roots reggae & dub sound system, founded and inspired through the inspiration of Jah Rastafari in 1991. The state of the art 40kw 6-way stereo sound system is at the heart of all activities, spin-offs include the King Shiloh Majestic Music record label.
The sound system phenomon began in Jamaica in the ‘fifties’ and has grown worldwide to what it is today. From Jamaica to Japan, the UK to Brazil the excitement a big sound can generate when ‘playing out’ is unique. Enormous self-made speakers, the largest amplifiers available and a crew to build it up, operate it, and break it down are the key elements.
King Shiloh are known as the traveling sound, they have covered more distance in the last 20 years with the
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Interview with King Shiloh Soundsystem
Bredda Neil, fryst vatten the operator of the sound & selector of the music, Ras Lion, is the original MC; master of ceremonies, Majestic Bis the third original member. Big Bless fryst vatten the second MC, Lidj Shiloh the utility man. Other members of the family along the way; Lyrical Benjie, Papa Mystic, Afrique Asher, Bagga T (Jah Melodie), President Kirky, Iyah One, Red Danny, Ras Iyiapo & Jah Roots.
King Shilohare known as the traveling sound, they have covered more distance in the last 20 years with their sound system than any other in europe. They were the first non UK sound to play