Temple of Sound feat. Mykael S. Riley
If solid walls separated club and cumbia, and kept break beats and Afro-beat apart, Neil Sparkes and Count Dubulah are in the forefront of those ripping the barriers down - using energy powered by a kicking horn section, rolling big beat basses, talking drum and Arabian rap. Former members of legendary Transglobal Underground, they helped pioneer five of world club sounds' most successful albums. Since the new millennium, poet Neil Sparkes and dubmaster Count Dubulah have extended their repertoire through their own Temple Of Sound project, with rhythms inviting half the world to hit the dance floor. They are coming to Berlin with reggae legend Mykael S. Riley, whose work since his early Steel Pulse days has guaranteed his place in Jamaica's annals of music.The Shrine feat. Shoniwa & Populare Posse
In the UK, the global blast of Afro-beat, Senegalese hip-hop and Afro-Caribbean dance sounds runs under one name - The Shrine. This DJ and sound posse headed by Max Reinhardt and Rita Ray have worked on numerous projects, and even started their own club, to preach their message of Afro-centric musical beats. Now a name to be reckoned with on dance floors everywhere, their work has also opened the eyes of many Black Music fans to how a myriad of today's club sounds are firmly rooted in Africa, whether in the music of Afro-beats pioneers Fela Kuti and Tony Allen, or in the West African Griot tradition, where storytelling techniques provided a key input into hip-hop's development.
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