Israel Vibration - Reggae Knights - Hand numbered edition
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- Artist : Israel Vibration
- Label : UTOPIA
- Format : 2 x 12" (g)
- Country : Jamaica
- Genres : Reggae
- Pressing : 700 Copies
- Estimated shipping date : Delivery within 2 to 7 days
Description
Our "Knights of the Reggae" still defend the traditional values of "Roots Music" since they started in 1976 and their famous single "Bad Intention" which we find here recorded for the first time on an album! (It was only release on a single before).
The production includes their faithful sound engineer Christopher Daley (who mixed in 2009 the Burning Spear Grammy Award album “Jah is Real”!) Dean Fraser and Steve Golding (Original Roots Radics) for the arrangements and respectively for the artistic direction of brass instruments and guitars (magnificent chorus played by Golding).It is the vocalist Grub Cooper which orchestrated choirs. The album brings us in Jamaica such as we love it, definitely roots with "Bad Intention" or “Poor and Humble”, and also a return to the roots of Mento with the track "Cantankerous" where they describe the perception of people of the island by the English colonists.
Wiss and Skelly remains faithful to their ideas and their line of conduct determinedly pacifist and turned into the love of people and life with all the same new influences as in the song "Original Gangster" where they hijack the dancehall to criticize the lifestyle of a generation in loss of marks!
Israel Vibration est un groupe légendaire de reggae jamaïcain, formé dans les années 1970 et reconnu pour son influence sur la scène reggae internationale. Composé à l'origine de Cecil "Skelly" Spence, Albert "Apple Gabriel" Craig et Lascelle "Wiss" Bulgin, le groupe se distingue par ses harmonies vocales uniques et ses textes conscients abordant des thèmes sociaux, spirituels et politiques. Malgré les défis physiques auxquels les membres ont dû faire face, notamment la polio, Israel Vibration a su transcender les difficultés pour créer une musique inspirante et militante, devenant un emblème du reggae roots et de la résistance culturelle.
Israel Vibration is a legendary Jamaican reggae group, formed in the 1970s and known for their profound influence on the international reggae scene. Originally consisting of Cecil "Skelly" Spence, Albert "Apple Gabriel" Craig, and Lascelle "Wiss" Bulgin, the group is celebrated for their distinctive vocal harmonies and conscious lyrics that address social, spiritual, and political issues. Despite the physical challenges the members faced, particularly polio, Israel Vibration transcended their hardships to produce inspiring and activist music, becoming a symbol of roots reggae and cultural resistance.