As the new club season starts, we are hyped to announce our forthcoming residencies at Club Control. While these sessions are rooted in dub and bass music, we continue to collaborate with our friends from Riddim Bandits, who will amplify each session with their fresh, upgraded 6-scoop sound system, built to emphasise low frequencies while bringing clarity and spark to the mids and highs.

When you talk about UK sound system culture, one name echoes through the streets: Aba Shanti-I. From his early days as Jasmine Joe, an MC for Jah Tubbys, to commanding his own legendary sound system, Aba Shanti-I has spent over three decades shaping the vibrations that move both body and mind.

As we move on to our residencies at Control, we are happy to announce that Aba Shanti will join our curated events on March 8, 2025, marking his first session in Bucharest.

A monumental night approaches as the Riddim Bandits gear up to power the 11th edition of Black Rhino Residency.

Dubkasm's dynamic fusion of traditional dub with contemporary beats has earned them worldwide fame. Experience their genius alongside Footsie at the next Black Rhino Residency.

Weeding Dub's "Where We Come From" is a sonic odyssey that transcends genres, inviting listeners into a captivating reggae and dub realm.

Immerse yourself in the vibrant and influential world of sound system culture, spanning from its origins in 1940s Jamaica to its global impact today, as Black Rhino Radio's Electric Castle Roots Stage brings together local and international purveyors of this transformative musical movement, featuring powerful amplifiers, microphones, and loudspeakers that transcend description,celebrating heritage through collaborative performances, immersive bass-heavy experiences, and the blurring of lines between performers and audience.

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After a while of silence regarding sound system culture events and parties, Romania steps out with a festival dedicated to this music - DubCamp festival 24-26 of June. We had our moments. The sound system on the streets of Bucharest during Street Delivery at the beginning of 2010, One Love Festival, Subsonic Festival, Reggae Pon di Hills, and some other small gatherings pinpointed the first local steps in the sound system culture.

Prince Fatty is famous for his work engineering, recording, mixing, and mastering Jamaican sounds, ever since 1996. With his famous alternative versions, Prince Fatty has always created bridges to connect reggae, dub, ska, rock, disco, electronic, and hip-hop. The interview with Prince Fatty and Shniece followed topics such as recording, mixing in Thailand, touring Brazil, friendships, and studio time.

George Mandas, aka Blend Mishkin, and Georgia Kalafati, aka Sugahspank, are two Athens-based musicians working on spreading a great message on top of addictive sounds. The duo is active since the mid-90s.

The latest release of Tenor Youthman is signed for Dub Universe Records, an imprint of the Big Roba Sound System duo, Pavel and Sergey. These guys have crafted some envy-attracting riddims for this 2021 release. Without a doubt, Tenor Youthman can be called the inexhaustible bard of the East.

Following the interview, you will get to know the musical genius and the prolific artist behind the name of The Scientist. From mixing techniques to LP visual covers and King Tubby’s legacy, our conversation took a tour of this impressive engineer and artist work.

Already a drummer for some time, Winston Williams, aka Horseman, made his MC debut back in 1985, on the Rusty International label. The UK’s premier reggae drummer, Horseman, worked with producers such as Mad Professor, Adrian Sherwood, Scientist, Jah Shaka, and Prince Fatty, to name a few.

Four years ago, when I first visited Israel, I had a special feeling. It was the young’s people energy surrounding the cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. I was impressed about the vast music community and their love for sound system culture and Jamaican music. So, my exploration into the Israeli's sound system culture began with last year interview with Miss Red.

Our conversation with Matteo Anselmo is following the music scene in Italy, with a special focus on Genoa, through the eyes of a visual artist. Anselmo is a teacher at the Genoa International School of Comics – Academy of Visual Arts and new media, and co-founder of the Rebigo Illustration Studio.

With a strong career spanning over three decades, experimenting with electronic music, reggae, psychedelic, dub, and world-music, Gaudi is a truly innovative artist. Fascinated by synthesizers and sound-distortion of any kind, Gaudi’s motivation to pursue his music career started in the early ’80s.

From club events, festivals and movie screenings, to managing the dub legend Scientist, Rory Taylor is a good example of a music business professional. Based in Liverpool, his passion for sound system culture and Caribbean music is hard to match. Rory is also the co-founder of the Positive Vibration agency, a structure that holds all his musical activities.

Lukasz is a multidisciplinary artist and my conversation with him took a nice detour touching all kinds of subjects related to arts - the local visual art and the history of the Polish poster, the legacy of Polish art cinema, music, Paprika Korps albums, and the Karrot Kommando record house.

Natural Selectas is releasing their fifth record featuring Anatta Sound after releases from Somah, Mungk and major Oak.

Romanian reggae label Dancehall Tradition announces their first 12'' release, featuring vocals from Tenor Youthman, Echo Minott and Bunny General. Long time label collaborator  Bwoy Injektah signs the music and the mixdown.

Ras Zacharri's brilliant vocal gets a proper relick when Roommate & Unity Selekta step to the remix.

Seizing the spotlight for Sub Audio Records' fourth 12" pressing, Vienna's very own Scooped untethers his long-awaited debut vinyl release.

Like most of the independent labels, Dancehall Tradition is also founded by the passion and love for music. The interview with Sheba is following the label mission, collaborators and future plans in the amazing world of reggae music.

Our march session in Expirat Club is welcoming Radikal Guru. One of the brightest lights of the roots-influenced underground community, Poland born Mateusz Miller has pioneered a compelling and unique fusion of sounds that encompass dub, reggae and dubstep under his Radikal Guru moniker.

We begin the 2019 monthly residence in Expirat club by inviting the french dub and bass music producer Von D. With three albums and multiple EPs under his belt, Von D is also recognised for featuring exclusive and unreleased dub or dubstep tunes, alongside his own music.

The militant lyrics and the attitude towards the Big Brother oppression have formed a strong connection between punk and reggae. From the UK punk attitude of rejecting the establishment, to the squats of Berlin and the rasta hooligans in the Netherlands, the punk and reggae have formed an alliance in fighting the extreme right groups and promoting the...

I had the pleasure to meet and talk with the Norwegian trumpet player Nils Petter Molvaer at the 22nd edition of Garana Jazz Festival, where he performed alongside the reggae legends Sly & Robbie, and his Scandinavian collaborators Eivind Aarset & Vladislav Delay.

After almost 50 years of a solid reggae genre where the harmony, rhythm, percussion and sounds where well established comes a new approach. Straight from the mother island of Jamaica, a new concept is born – the reggae revival. A term coined by Protoje, Chronixx and Jah9 to help them better market their sound.

Disturbing the Comfortable - Comforting the Disturbed is On-U Sound's motto, Adrian Sherwood’s longstanding label. Recurring through our interview is the theme of avoiding musical safe explorations, taking the audience out of their comfort zone and the demystification of music through the lack of enthusiasm from music lovers.