Minimal dub produced with software and hardware.  

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Originally from a reggae background, just like the world its time for a slight change in direction. The message behind in the lyrics are the key to my music. Music is life, music is love music is the only word that can bring the world together.


I'm back to a basic account so a lot of my old tracks and mixes are down. But stay tuned to my Bandcamp and Youtube for more stuff in the future and you can still find the full raggamuffin hip hop series on Mixcloud.

Anancy Sound
In the year of 2008 two selectors @i-onemusic and @cujah from Petersburg decided to combine their collections of vinyl and love to music into a unique sound system and called this phenomenon «Anancy Sound». Having a solid experience in performances and organization of parties in their hometown, they decide to continue developing reggae music in Russia, aiming to bring it to a whole new level. Anancy Sound can be called  pioneers of the north reggae. These guys have travelled through quite a number of Russian towns: from spaces of Murmansk Region through Karelia to the central part of the country.
One beautiful morning, fully packed with recordings, Cujah heads off behind the polar circle, to the city of Kirovsk, Vans camp, thus becoming, probably, the first Russian man, playing dancehall on 45s in Arctic Circle. Time passed by. Years of cooperative creativity and connections with foreign artist resulted in good benefits.
In February 2011 they bring a French-speaking artist of Switzerland, Ауа Waska, who writes them first dup plate in history of Russian selection in French. The history continues, and in the same year  l-one goes to Switzerland, where he plays some sets in different cities of the country.
In 2011 Anancy Sound gets a new character, which, until then, was a grey figure and always helped in organizing and especially, recording of tracks. His name is Ganjet. Young and talented sound producer and trombone player, who had played with plenty of reggae and hip-hop artists. During the years of hard work in studio he had worked out his own sophisticated style, distinctive by its love to massive bass and bright band section.
From now on, Anancy Sound – an organization, combining within itself a booking company, a sound system with its own production and, of course, parties in beloved locations of their hometown and beyond.

Main Performances:
Saint - Petersburg. Ryazan. Petrozavodsk. Kirovsk, Murmansk. Lausanne, Vevey, Nendaz etc.

Members:
l-one  (selector)
Cujah  (selector)

If there's an artist that is slowly but surely getting attention by the international scene, surely that would be Raphael. Born in Savona from Nigerian father and Italian mother, he starts his musical path still as a teenager, by setting up the Eazy Skankers reggae band in 2002.Trough the years the ensemble collects important appearances on festivals like Rototom Sunsplash and Arezzo Wave, hundreds of live shows and two totally self-produced albums : “To the Foundation” recorded in 2008 in Kingston, Jamaica, at the legendary Tuff Gong Studio and “Changes” (2011) recorded and mixed by Madaski, leader and producer of the veteran Italian band Africa Unite. And with its front man, Bunna, Raphael shares the “Double Trouble” project since 2010, a tribute to Bob Marley with the songwriter Zibba's guitar as the only instrument, which would lead the trio to step on many clubs and festivals stages all over Italy. In the same period Raphael begins to perform in showcase style, often supported by Genoa's sound Groove Yard, and starts his collaboration with the Modena based label Bizzarri Records, with whom he delivers his first solo EP “My name is Raphael” in 2012. The solo activity continues with the release of many singles for several italian and international labels (some pressed on vinyl like “Good Old Vibes” by UK's Peckings Records), a jingle for the italian broadcaster “Radio 105”, and culminate with his debut solo album “Mind Vs Heart”, produced by the Vienna based label Irievibrations Records, issued on October 2013. Featuring Jamaican singer Skarramucci and Tiwony from Guadeloupe, the album is the result of Raphael cooperation with producers like Syrix, Reggaesta, Nite Lite, Leo Bizzarri, Andrea Bottaro from Eazy Skankers, who had played on several tracks. The video of the first excerpt “Soundblaster” has today reached more than 300.000 views and the album had received good feedback from both critics and audience. In 2014 the Mind Vs Heart tour takes off : more than 150 gigs in 15 different countries in Europe and South America, sometimes in showcase, often backed by bands like Eazy Skankers, the Austrian Fireman Crew, and Belgian Asham Band. In this 2015 Raphael surely didn't stop : He's in the “Better Run Riddim” line up, produced by Dub Inc among names like Kymany Marley and Morgan Heritage, he's featured in the latest Africa Unite's album and he delivered “Here comes the Soundblaster” mixtape in combo with the German sound Sentinel. The summer tour is fully planned and will take Raphael all over Europe, with some prestigious opening acts like the one to Manu Chao, in front of 40.000 people in Monza, Italy, or to Jimmy Cliff. 

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