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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
The young Jamaican group Mystikal Revolution reveal themselves with this lovers rock track featuring Queen Ifrica, ahead of the release of their first album, "Divide and Rule", in March.
The 2009 vintage of the Drop Leaf riddim is out: it is called Changes, and brings together Tarrus Riley, Richie Spice, Alaine and Peter Morgan around producer Don Corleon. Gentleman, whose track gives the riddim its name, does not appear in the video.
Fifteen years after their last album, Big Red and Daddy Mory are back. Between tradition and modernity, " Raggasonic 3" opens a new chapter for the raggamuffin duo.
Busy Signal is determined to have a "royal night": a new cut from his album "Reggae Music Again", released last year, Royal Night is produced by Donovan Germain.
We already knew Get out, the first single and title track of Ziggi Recado's forthcoming album, due on Greensleeves in June 2011. Here is another single, Mary.
In the single Bare Tings (Bun Drama), Mr Vegas steps back from his own story and puts into pictures his recent marital troubles, which he had aired on social media.
Taken from his latest album to date, "Book of Job" (under the title Better tomorrow), here is the video for New Day, in which Richie Spice implores Jah to give him the strength to face the day ahead.
Still looking for the woman of his dreams, Tarrus Riley waits for her patiently, as he sings on this Chimney Records single, already available.
A new signing to Don Corleon, meet the Hawaiian singer J-Boog with Let's do it again, a tune recorded on the Major Riddim.
After We Run England, Mr Williamz widens dancehall's sphere of influence to the whole world on Run The World, a track from his new album, "Set The Standard", on Necessary Mayhem Records.
Having gone to war against Tommy Lee and his demonic songs, Bounty Killer has not taken long to find a worthy opponent in the new sensation of Jamaican dancehall, who compares him to... a goat.
After Busy Signal and Mavado, the highly innovative Daseca label strikes very hard again with Bugle and this haunting What we gonna do, already a hit, played on a loop on every Jamaican radio station.
A new single from Ilements' EP "Skin A Burn", produced by Street Rockaz Family and released earlier this year, Weh Dem A Feel Like revisits and energises the Swing Easy riddim.
A former bodyguard initiated into production by Bunny Lee, Tapper Zukie is back in business, more than fifteen years after his last album. Discover Rasta People, from "X is wrong".
After "Digitall.5" in 2008, Mc Janik is back with his sixth album, "Master Classe", entirely in English. Check it out with this trailer.
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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.
Our development relies on a network of partnerships with players on the French and international reggae scene (artists, labels, record shops, producers...), who have trusted us for several years now and help us reach a wider audience. |
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