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Sunday January 29th 2012 will be the fIrst in the series of this monthly sound clash which is being held @ club krystal, Bedford, MK40 1RA. Held on the last Sunday of each month this event will have all the biggest UK Clash Sounds clashing one another to secure a place in the semi final. The overall prize in this clash series is an automatic place in the USA Killer Cup Clash 2012 which will be held in New York.
The first in the series will be King Tubbys sound from London clashing Natural Affair from Telford. This will be a huge clash to start 2012 with in the Uk and is sure to be an event you dont want to miss
I-Octane will release his debut album Crying To The Nation on Feb 14, 2012. The 16-track opus is a joint venture deal with reggae powerhouse VP Records and Scikron, which is owned and operated by Robert Livingston, former long-time manager of multi-platinum artist Shaggy. On I-Octane's first full-length LP, he will reinvigorate the feeling of roots and dancehall at its purest. I-Octane has already proven himself as a powerful lyricist and unveils his uncanny ability to sing romantic ballads and socially aware tunes on this traditional reggae album.
I-Octane’s “Puff It,” which is featured on Crying To The Nation, is chosen as one of National Public Radio's Top 5 Dancehall Tracks for 2011. NPR's Baz Dreisinger describes I-Octane as “2011's buzzworthy newcomer: a Rastafarian DJ in the vein of Sizzla or Capleton, comfortable moving from conscious music to hardcore dancehall and back again.” The year’s favorite anthem showcases his “signature style: rapid-fire rhyming skills, haunting vocals and simple, singalong hooks,” Dreisinger adds.
I-Octane also renews his Digicel sponsorship deal for 2012. This is second year he will serve as the sole Brand Ambassador for the Caribbean’s largest mobile communications provider. Shelly-Ann Curran, Digicel's Sponsorship and Activations Manager, recently told the Jamaica Observer that I-Octane’s “unique style of music mirrors the youthful vibrancy and positive energy that is Digicel.”
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The remake of “The Harder They Come” is schedule to hit the big screen in 2012.
Filming of the classic Jamaican urban drama movie is schedule to begin later this year. Part of the film will be shot on locations in Jamaica and London.
Casting of the film is now being assembled after which production should be wrapped up in time for a summer release in 2012.
The 1972 classic “The Harder They Come” was starred by the legendary reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, who plays Ivanhoe Martin, a character based on Rhyging, a real-life Jamaican criminal who achieved fame in the 1940s.
The film remake should be exciting
 Resurgent dancehall recording artisteMr. G is a big hit on the Africancontinent. The Swaggerific deejay made a triumphant appearance at a show at the Speke Resort in the town of Munyonyo in Kampala, Uganda on December 31st.
"I knew that the show was going to sell off because from the moment I arrived, the major tv stations such as Capital One TV, and Record TV came to the hotel to meet us, and N TV, the biggest station in the country came as well. The buzz was incredible…even the Meet and Greet brought out a lot of media," he said.
Mr. G was the only dancehall act on the show, which also featured veteran reggae act Chaka Demus and Pliers, as well as major African stars, Bebe Cool, and Coco Finga.
Mr. G was the penultimate act, blazing a high energy 25 minute set that ignited the huge venue of 20,000 patrons. He hit the stage singing his recent top ten hit, Beat Dem Bad, before segueing into Swagarrific which was met with great cheers. He then deejayed a recent single, We Never Like Dem, before launching into a medley of early dancehall hits that included Big Man She Want, Fatty Boom, Nah-nah-nah-na, Work We a Work and Wine Pon It.
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The Jamaica Film Academy announces the Call for Entries in the 2012 Jamaica Reggae Film Festival, to be held from 17th-21st April in Kingston, Jamaica, veneue to be annouced soon.
In keeping with the format initiated at the inaugural event in February 2008, the Festival will showcase films in which aspects of Jamaica's Reggae music culture are displayed, documented and memorialized in feature, documentary and short films, animation and music videos. In the five years since its inception, the Reggae Film Festival has included films made by Jamaicans, as well as global reggae researchers and fans from the Caribbean, UK, USA, Canada, Spain, Germany, Serbia, Italy, Japan, Iran, France and Ethiopia. The focus of many documentaries on the history of Jamaican music and music makers, ensures an archive of historical material on the genre that preserves the oral memories of a culture that has spread to and been honored by the world.
In 2012, in recognition of the 50th year of Jamaica's independence, the Jamaica Reggae Film Festival will be presented internationally in cities of the Jamaican Diaspora, with selected screenings of The Best of the Reggae Film Festival in Toronto, London, Birmingham and New York.
In keeping with the objective of the Jamaica Film Academy to increase and improve the output of Jamaican film making, the annual Make A Film In 24 Hours competition has inspired and produced new Jamaican film making talent, while the Festival has discovered a surprising wealth of Jamaican talent in digital animation. The acknowledged expertise and innovation of Jamaican music video makers exposing the talents of Jamaica's powerful musical artists, provides another area highlighted by the Reggae Film Festival.
Annual Awards are presented in several categories and and the international interest in the unique music and culture of Jamaica. has given prize-winning films further international awards and distribution. The Festival's identification of the genre of 'reggae films' creates a digital archive of films available for research into a variety of aspects of the Jamaican culture that emerged from the Rastafari movement and spread with the music of reggae legend Bob Marley.
 Bramma's first international performance in 2012 will be an appearance at Unity Fest inFlorida. He accompanies Freddie McGregorand other members of the Big Ship Familyand shares stage with the likes of Reggae/Dancehall fire chief, Capleton. It is always like starting fresh at the beginning of each year for the artistes as their focus is geared toward getting the momemtum back up by pumping up releases dropped in late December or January. With a refreshed slogan to the name Dancehall fans have come to know him, Bramma 'Da Gorilla' pushes along with single Never Worry released December 2011 on Big Ship label and already he is encouraged from the feedback. Zimbabwean radio jock DJ Smiley told Bramma on facebook that, "the Harare Dancehall fans are loving the song and 'the feedback is impressive."
Just the tip of the iceberg on what's to come, Bramma's Pressure Demtrack on new juggling out on the Tenement Yard riddim is also getting consistent plays on radio. Also on stream is the 'super-mad colab, Haters Warning with Esco, Chino, Chan Dizzle, Ward 21, Rolling X and Bounty Killer as Godfather. Producer Esco invited Bramma and others to unite in lyrics and create a track that is aimed at sending a strong message of unity to fellow artistes in the industry as he believes there are too many envy and hatred among artistes in general.
A video for Bramma's Never Worry single is already contemplated and will be shot soon. He has come out early in hope of touring this summer as well as picking up as many gigs as possible throughout the Caribbean, United States and Africa.
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