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Vous l'aurez constaté, Reggaefrance traverse une mauvaise passe. En " pause ", le site n'est plus actualisé depuis de longs mois. Il n'y a, hélas, pas de perspective d'évolution à moyen terme. Ce n'est pas faute d'avoir cherché, mais on n'a pas trouvé le modèle économique adéquat pour soutenir la pratique de notre métier telle qu'on la souhaite. Faire perdurer Reggaefrance en dénaturant ce qui a fait sa réputation n'était pas envisageable. Pour autant, pas question que Reggaefrance disparaisse : le site web sera maintenu pour garantir l'accès à nos archives, le fruit de toutes ces années d'activisme.
Il y a des regrets, bien sûr, mais on préfère se focaliser sur le plaisir d'avoir participé avec nos moyens au rayonnement de cette musique, et sur les souvenirs accumulés au fil du temps : les rencontres, les voyages, les rires (beaucoup), la sueur (pas mal) et les larmes (un peu)... Qui pouvait imaginer qu'on s'engageait dans une telle aventure quand Reggaefrance est né en 1999 ?
Merci aux artistes, aux producteurs, musiciens, labels, tourneurs, techniciens et tous ceux dont on a croisé la route pendant ces longues et belles années. Merci aussi à tous ceux qui ont œuvré sur le site, que ce soit pour donner un simple coup de main ou pour contribuer régulièrement... Et enfin, merci à vous, lecteurs, pour avoir rendu tout cela possible. On espère que vous avez pris autant de plaisir à nous suivre dans ces aventures que nous en avons eu à les vivre. Et puis, on ne veut pas insulter l'avenir... Qui sait ?
Nous avons apporté quelques évolutions au site pour afficher aléatoirement nos archives. Bonne lecture !
L'équipe de Reggaefrance
Juillet 2016
Reggaefrance, the reggae and dancehall magazine (1999-2016)
Reports > Photos
Last week, the No Logo Festival kicked off its third edition. In the rain, but in good spirits. A look back in pictures.
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Artists > Interviews
He only has one mixtape and two EPs to his name, but Randy Valentine has already marked himself out as an artist to watch. Interview.
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Artists > Interviews
Protoje looks back with us on the making of the album "Ancient Future". Interview.
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Reports > Photos
A look back in pictures at Ky-Mani Marley's concert in Lyon, as he tours France
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News > Reviews
The Swiss musicians of Najavibes have given veteran I Kong a very fine album for his comeback.
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News > Reviews
Wonderfully composed, Randy Valentine's new EP, "Still Pushing", is polished down to the smallest detail.
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Recently: from the reggae and dancehall archive
With his first solo album, "On Time", only just out, check out the new minimalist video from French breakthrough artist Biga Ranx.
Roots and lovers rock, like the hit of the same name, Daville's "On my mind" is both long-awaited and late. Long-awaited, because it is indeed his first international album; late because the doubles appearing on the Japanese albums are too numerous.
Apart from a low-key LP, "Dragon War", we had never been able to hear Groundation in the particular exercise of dub. That is now done with "Dub Wars", highly convincing.
Met in Paris last month, Turbulence assured us that no LP was planned in the immediate future... Shortly afterwards, however, came this "Stronger Than Before", produced by Byron Murray, the hyperactive Pygmalion of In the Streetz.
The fruit of their meeting with Fabwize, sound engineer for Tu-Shung Peng and Colocks, Bost & Bim release their first dub album, "Dub Monster". Discover it with the title track.
A new revelation from Bermuda, Collie Budz looks set to land his first number one hit. Discover him with the video for the track Come Around, but also an exclusive track to listen to, Another Day, as well as a megamix.
"As long as she's happy, nothing else matters to me." That is the message the two brothers, each the father of a little girl, send out in this new track. The video that illustrates it has a rather unexpected ending.
"It's another day, but the same struggle. Always do your best, because the fight will never stop", sing Capleton and Teflon on their latest single, Same Struggle, produced by Bread Back.
The video for Mama comes at just the right moment for I-Octane, as the English-speaking countries celebrated Mother's Day last weekend. Taken from his second album, "The Journey".
The sublime Patience, over a sample of Amadou and Mariam's Sabali, is among the gems of the album Distant Relatives, where Damian Marley and Nas's successive flows make the most of the hypnotic rhythm.
Two years after his last album "Heart Is Willing", this compilation takes in some of his tracks from 1978 to 2005. An initiative that lets us (re)discover the vast repertoire of this veteran.
After the debut album that made her name, Ayo returns with a second opus titled Gravity at last. Here is the first single, Slow Slow, available on Universal Music / Polydor.
Israel Vibration's videos are not that common. The Jamaican duo shot the one for My Master's will, the opening track of their latest album, "Reggae Knights", released in 2010, in the USA, where they live.
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Reggaefrance was born in 1999 from the wish of its members, driven by a shared passion, to take part in the growth and activism of the reggae / dancehall scene in France and to share their musical discoveries.
After eight years, Reggaefrance.com has become part of the daily life of reggae lovers and industry professionals alike, who find in it an efficient and accurate source of information.
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