reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, " Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use ...
record label and recording studio.
Since its inception in
New York City
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1997 by local ska veteran
King Django
King Django (born Jeffrey Baker) is an American bandleader, singer, songwriter, arranger, engineer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, especially in the genres of ska, rocksteady, reggae, Dub music, dub, dancehall, rhythm & blues and soul music ...
, it has changed its location to its current home in
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat, seat of government of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Version City Rockers. This ensemble usually includes musicians involved in the New York scene such as "Agent"
Jay Nugent
Jayson Nugent (born 1972; also known as Agent Jay, and Crazy Baldhead) is a guitarist and DJ from New York who plays in the style of several Jamaican music genres.
Nugent's experiments with ska, reggae, rocksteady, dub music, and skinhead re ...
and
Vic Ruggiero
Victor "Vic" Ruggiero, (also known as Rugaroo, Bad Vic or Lord Sluggo) is a musician, songwriter and producer from New York City who has played in reggae, blues, ska and rocksteady bands since the early 1990s, including The Slackers, Stubborn ...
of
The Slackers
The Slackers are an American ska band, formed in Manhattan, New York in 1991. The band's sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz. The Slackers' notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of Nort ...
,
Eddie Ocampo
Eddie Ocampo is a drummer of the Third Wave Ska movement. He performed in several bands, such as The Insteps, Stubborn All-Stars, Dave Hillyard Rocksteady 7, the Jammyland#Jammyland All Stars, Jammyland All Stars, the Fandanglers, and many mo ...
Jammyland
Jammyland Records was an independent music retailer in New York City. It opened in 1993 at its location on 60 E 3rd Street (Manhattan), 3rd Street in Manhattan, by owner Ira Heaps. The store specialized in Music of Jamaica, Jamaican music, specif ...
All-Stars. Since August 2006, Version City parties have been held at the Knitting Factory in New York City, on the first Saturday of every month. These events usually showcase the work of at least one Version City artist, as well as touring bands involved in Jamaican music.
American record labels
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