Pama International April News 2006
Massive thanks to everyone who came out to our London, Milton
Keynes, Bangor and Newbury shows in March, especially Mad Professor,
JC @ Muffjam, Titan System, Rhys-Hendre Hall and Paul-The Pitz.
We had an absolutely amazing night at Cargo with Mad Professor!
Much fun was had. Great to play with Sir Horace Panter on bass
again, been a few years and also a pure delight to have the legend
Nick Mannaseh mixing front of house for us. Fantastic stuff.
Here's some live reviews from the March shows...
"one of the best dub-reggae bands I've ever seen live"
FACT Magazine
"Pama International make the most of the venue,s superior
PA and play an effortlessly slick set and cementing their reputation
as one of the tightest bands in town" Reggae News.co.uk
"Great energy and live vibes. Quality reggae produced
by few musicians i realised: keyboards, bass, drums, trumpet and
voice. Great sound control and dubbity from Nick Manasseh at the
controls. Singer had got a great voice. Quality reggae flow courtesy
of the bass lines... BIG UP everyone!!"
Soundclash.org
So whats new?
In The Studio
We're still busy recording the new album and Mum's still the word,
but we can say there are some 8 legendary reggae guests appearing
on the album, which has been recorded in UK, Jamaica and USA.
It is sounding sensational. Watch this space!!!!!
Live & Direct
"Healing the nation with musical vibration"
We've got four shows this month including the first two Pama
Intl Good Medicine Shows at Camden Town's infamous Dublin
Castle (see flyer above). The idea of the Good Medicine Shows
is to do some smaller more exclusive London shows in boozers around
the capital, with fantastic up and coming support acts (including
London sensation Rank Deluxe (just signed to Fat Cat Rcds),
the reggae sounds of the Rough Edge Quartet, punk-fuelled
indie sounds of south London boys The Dice and legendary
DJs Don Letts (on the Saturday) and Greg Dread-Dreadzone
(on the Friday).
For those of you new to the DJs....Don Letts is a Grammy award
winning British film director, founder member of Big Audio Dynamite
and DJ, famed for introducing dub & reggae to the London punk
scene at the legendary Roxy nightclub, whilst Greg Dread is the
creator of Dreadzone and also original member of Big Audio Dynamite
who spins heavy dub-inspired tunes from roots to dance to breaks.
We've put together what we think are two sensational nights and
hope if you're anywhere around the capital you'll beable to make
it along. Please get tickets first though as this is only a 130
capacity a night show. You can get tickets from www.wegottickets.com
<http://www.wegottickets.com> (only 50p booking fee) or
www.ticketweb.co.uk <http://www.ticketweb.co.uk>
Shows for April and May 2006 go something like this......
April 2006 gigs
21 Brighton Komedia + Titan System
www.komedia.co.uk
27 Chester Telfords Warehouse Funkdub night
http://www.funkdub.info/
28 London Dublin Castle Pama Intl Good Medicine Show w/Greg
Dread (Dreadzone) DJ set & Rank Deluxe
www.wegottickets.com or www.ticketweb.co.uk
29 London Dublin Castle Pama Intl Good Medicine Show w/Don Letts
DJing plus The Dice & Rough Edge Quartet
www.wegottickets.com or www.ticketweb.co.uk
May 2006 gigs
27 Falmouth The Stanary
29 Kingston Green Fair
http://kingstongreenfair.org.uk/
Some major festivals are currently being booked for all over Europe.
Details in next months mail-out. For full details of all shows
see the Gig Page.
The joy of My Space....
Check out some of the bands and DJs we'll be playing with in April.
Also some who'll be playing at our 'Work Your Soul' club night
www.myspace.com/titansystem
www.myspace.com/gregdread
www.myspace.com/therankdeluxe
www.myspace.com/thedice
www.myspace.com/roughedgequartet
and our My Space site is www.myspace.com/pamainternational <http://www.myspace.com/pamainternational>
Work Your Soul club night
...goes from strength to strength. So much so that we're putting
on 3 shows in May at Northcroft. If you haven't come along yet
you're missing out on a night of the very best Reggae, Ska, Dub,
Mod & Soul sounds around.
Next nights go like this
Sat 6th May- The Lock Up + Rank Deluxe
Newbury ska reptrabaits play first hometown show in awhile plus
support from one of the hottest bands in the UK
www.myspace.com/thelockup www.myspace.com/therankdeluxe
Sat 13th May - SATORI + support
Guys from USA's RX Bandits do their old school reggae thang.
This is part of their debut UK tour, which only takes in 5 dates.
Unmissable.
£6 on the door
www.myspace.com/satorimusic
Sat 27th May - We're very proud to annouce we've got NYC's ska
legends THE TOASTERS playing in Newbury. As part of their
UK tour the hardest working ska band in the world will be stopping
off at Work Your Soul. Support from Bristols finest The Scrub.
£7 on the door.
www.myspace.com/thetoasters www.myspace.com/thescrub <http://www.myspace.com/thescrub>
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Lastly...Pama Intl won't be playing at this we're just
helping to spread the word...
THE LONDON INTERNATIONAL SKA FESTIVAL 7
@ The Underworld, Camden High St, London NW1
Friday 19th May - 7pm
THE BEAT
The Big
Rough Kutz
The Lock Up
Saturday 20th May
DO THE DOG 10TH ANNIVERSARY BASH
Smoke Like A Fish
Too Many Crooks
Rebelation
Splitters
Skylar
Duff Muffin
Catch It Kebabs
3 Minute Warning
Sunday 21 May
THE TOASTERS
Skaface (from France)
The Scrub
Rank Deluxe
Obrint Pas (Spanish chart toppers)
The King Blues
The Darling Reds
Southshore
Tickets are £10 a day (should be on sale shortly from www.ticketweb.co.uk ) or All Ages Records, Pratt St, Camden or The Underworld/Worlds End Pub.
or a 3 day ticket (available only from Do The Dog) £25
for all three days from
Do The Dog Music, 65 Blackdown Way, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19
3FY. (cheque payable to Do The Dog Music)