Interviews

Everybody knows by now that reggae has advanced to a big thing in Germany nowadays. This didn't happen by a matter of one night, but took years of preparatory work. Cla.at took the opportunity to speak with someone who was among the first to pave the way for reggae in Germany: Gerd Gummersbach, founder of one of the first German soundsystems, ex-owner of an excellent recordstore and nowadays staff-member of the riddim magazine. The interview is German-only due to lack of time, English version may come up later if there is enough demand.

As Youth Promotion toured around Germany in December 2002, we had a chance to have a talk with two artists outta Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion camp: Junior Cat and Bobby Crystal, two artists who've been around since the early 80s. Both had to tell us - about the old times as well about recent happenings

After we brought you the superfresh studiosession with the veteran sound around Lloyd Coxsone, here is the long-awaited interview done with the man himself after the studiosession. The man has pretty much memories to share, so check it out..

Finally, with quite some efforts, we are able to bring you the long desired interview with the man who inspired European soundsystems like perhaps noone else - David Rodigan.
Radio moderator, one-man soundsystem, interviewer, and last but not least, a dangerous opponent when it comes to clashes - Rodigan experienced and built over 30 years of reggae history, playing Jamaican music since the late 60s. After having a nice talk with Mr. Rodigan during his last visit to Cologne, we sent him a questionnaire..

French artist Yaniss Odua just brought out his new album "Yon Pa Yon", and after his promotion show in FNAC, Redlion had the possibility to talk with him about his life and music.

The NY-based soundsystem and label Massive B is well-known in the whole world for their successfull riddim releases, for their mixtapes and their powerful soundsystem performances. We had the possibility to talk with Bobby Konders, the founder of Massive B, via email.