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Ventilators & DJ Ras Claude at Kuppel, Biel 1993

The Ventilators plus DJ Ras Claude live in concert for the release party of Blue Beat Train at Coupole/Chessu in Bienne/Biel on Sat, 11-December-1993. Bienne / Biel is a town in the Berne region of Switzerland where everything is French and German or Swiss-French and Swiss-German. The place is full of tradition (see ajz.ch or […]

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Bad Manners live at Schüür, Luzern 1993

Bad Manners, Ventilators & DJ Ras Claude at Schuur, Luzern on Saturday, November 20 1993 In the backstage there is a lot of people. But Buster is coming late and goes straight on stage. I have not talked to him. At the end of the show, I stand just beside the stage and Buster is […]

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Ventilators & DJ Ras Claude at Wohlgroth Zurich 1993

Thursday night at the Wohlgroth Jazzclub in Zurich with DJ Ras Claude plus concert with Ventilators & Splash Invited to a place, where the whole community is living illegal on that area. Wohlgroth is just a few days before the police will clean the area with a special team by helicopter. To enter this place […]

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The Skatalites live in Holland 1993

The Skatalites Euro Tour 1993, September 9, Tivoli, Utrecht, 11, Effenaar, Eindhoven, 12, Melkweg, Amsterdam Tivoli, Utrecht, Thursday September 9 I travel to the Netherlands by train. All I know, The Skatalites are playing tonight. I guess it will be easy to find the club. But I can see not one poster in town and […]

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Peacestreet live at Wärchhof Luzern 1993

Saturday, 4th of September 1993 the very first show with Peacestreet is held at Wärchhof in Luzern as support act for M.D. Moon from Zurich who’d just been left by Lucernes Rockstar Hösli and Gret The article welcomes Peacestreet as possible new party band but before they are they should learn a few more tracks. […]

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Messer Banzani live at Sedel Luzern 1993

This is one of my favourite events I managed. The band was almost unknown. But they were big already. Coming from the eastern of Germany, Leipzig meant, that most of their time they spent behind the iron curtain. Leander Topp became the Pionear of the German dancehall with his label Germaican (but this started in […]

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Maroon Town live at Schüür Luzern 1993

Rock Against Racism with Maroon Town, D.J. Ras Claude & Friends, Friday, January 29th 1993 at Schüür, Luzern Maroon Town is quickly one of my favourite bands in the early 90’s. A mix of ska and hip-hop plus woman sings. I’m proud to be able to invite this band to Luzern. Vin the manager of […]

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Laurel Aitken live at Wärchhof, Luzern 1992

Laurel Aitken Pressure Tennants Wärchhof Luzern The Roots Connection presents live in concert october 8th 1992

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Mad Lighters live in concert at Sedel Luzern 1992

Mad Lighters from Neuchâtel at Sedel Luzern for the second show September 4th 1992 presented by The Roots Connection

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Festival Les Escales, St. Nazaire (FR) August 1992

Festival Les Escales, St. Nazaire (France) from Fri, 21-August-1992 to Sun, 23-August-1992 with The Skatalites, Linton Kwesi Johnson & Dennis Bovells Dub Band, Fab 5. Yes, after the first NoF-NoF session in Neuchâtel, I take my bicycle to drive 600 miles to Saint Nazaire in western France. The plan is: Meeting The Skatalites for the […]