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Rastera

Brazilian Reggae from Bergen, Norway

About Me



Rasteira started as a group when they appeared for the first time in public at a party on New Years Eve in Bergen 2006. They've played several concerts in Bergen under various names, most notably at The Reggae/Dub club Cushion and the World Music Festival in Bergen Oct. 2007. They finally settled with the name Rasteira in the summer 2007. The name is derived from the Brazilian martial art of Capoeira, a move that makes the opponent fall on his ass...

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Member Since: 11/1/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/rasteira
Band Members: Lelo Bala (vocal, gitar)

Sara Ferrara (vocal)

Bård Hugås (saxophone/trombone)

Inge Vadla (bass)

Geir Svensson (percussion)

Hades Hernandes (drums)

Influences: Bob Marley, Burning Spaers and the Jamaican reggae scene in the 70's, contemborary Brazilian reggae groups and artists such as Natty Roots (Nativus) and Tribo de Jah.
Sounds Like: An iceberg colliding with a Caribbean island.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Finally! New videos added!

Finally we managed to record some material from a concert. This is from Victoria Pub & Café in Bergen, Norway. Hope you enjoyRas Rasteira @ Victoria Pub & Café - Adão Negro Add to My Profi...
Posted by Rastera on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:08:00 PST

Tour in end of March 2008 - bookers look here!

We are schedualling a tour in late March on the Eastern part of Norway. We'll be on the road for about a week and as of primo November we've got two shows confirmed and working on three more, maybe fo...
Posted by Rastera on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:35:00 PST

First Blog

So we finally made a myspace-page. All in a good day's work...After we started getting gigs we thought it would be a nice idea. We'll try to keep this space updated with anything remotley related to o...
Posted by Rastera on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:23:00 PST