BRIGHTON DUB CLUB – DENDE SOUND meets JONAH DAN
19th April 2024 – BRIGHTON DUB CLUB IS BACK AT THE KOMEDIA
Brighton Dub Clubs return to the Komedia. Get your monthly medicine of Roots & Culture played on an handcrafted heavyweight sound system. We are up for a treat for this one with as a very special guest, living legend Jonah Dan.
### JONAH DAN ###
Kheru Jahman Jonah Dan has been a record producer/song writer with his own Inner Sanctuary recording studio and label since the early 1990’s and is a keen exponent of Reggae/Dub music with numerous releases to his name. He is one of the original founding members alongside “Bush Chemist” and “Russ Disciples” to promote Roots/Dub music in Europe and on the international circuit from 1995.
Between 2013 and 2015 Jonah went in for further studies at the “London School of contemporary Arts”, where he graduated with a HND certificate in creative Media Production as a videographer and editor, and now films various cultural events, fashion shows, also making music videos.
From the beginning of the new Dub era of the 1990’s he has been the main go to percussionist and has appeared on countless independent labels and has performed on many live shows with Bush Chemist, Russ Disciple, Alpha & Omega including Dub Dynasty and as a founding member of “Shades of Black”, at one time earning himself the title of the most recorded Reggae/ Dub percussionist outside of Jamaica. He also performs as a Dj selector and mic chanter (MC).
During the 1980’s Jonah was a member of the multi-cultural outfit called “Street Service” who played a fusion of various style such as Reggae, punk, blues with rock elements, performing around the London pub circuit and at one time was scouted by the A&R management of the band “Sting”. It wasn’t long after that he was called to do some shout outs on a Longsey D track, who was one of the main exponents of the Skacid period during the late 1980’s.
Jonah has worked with some of the top legendary Reggae artists of Jamaica such as Gregory Isaacs, Linval Thompson, Price Allah, Horace Martin, Bunny Lie Lie, including a great assortment of UK artist including a french female artist called Messalie who appeared on his Inner Sanctuary label.
Other key points to his name is working alongside Bob Marley’s keyboard player Wire Lindo. In 2019 he completed a 3 year study in music production and graduated receiving a BA Honours degree at the university of “The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance”.
### DENDE SOUND ###
Based in Brighton – UK, Dende Sound is a lovingly crafted, custom-built heavyweight Sound System inspired by a long tradition of Jamaican and UK Sound Systems.Dende Sound has been putting on regular dances hosting visiting crews representing the best in Reggae and Dub. They played alongside many artists and crews all over UK (Maasai Warrior, Jah Youth, Brother Culture, Rebel Lion, Roots Youth Records, Earthquake, Emperor DT, Nomadix to name a few) and are always up to play and share their high energy and their roots, dub and dubplates selection. They became a cornerstone on the UK Roots scene.
They also created their record label (Dende Sound Records) in 2020In 2022, Edi Yoyo started setting up Dende Sound System in Gambia and every year he spend few month over there to develop the sound and work with local artists. Bambaman and MC Trooper will represent for this dance as Edi Yoyo is setting up and developing the sound system in Gambia.
+ MCs and players of instruments TBC
This is set to be another uplifting night of bass, mids and tops rumbling the building and healing our souls.
More Love! More Life!! More Fyah!!!
THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE KOMEDIA STUDIO BAR
STANDING CLUB NIGHT
AGES 18+