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The beginning of...
In the peaceful streets of Bruges Rock City some yute were occupied promoting reggae, ragga and dancehall music.
North Venice Crew excists of two respectively music groups. One is called skavosalamosana productions, a resident soundsystem providing carribean vibes in a local cocktail bar called Relax. The sound consisted of two members: Skandalamophana & Eagle I.
Since 2002-2003 they were playing live on the famous german internet radio raggakings.net.
The other dancehall reggae group was called Flying Sound with following members: FLD and Six-Am. Also Eagle I was often there mc.
They played at different venues and organised every month a big bashment under the name ‘Showtime’. The best belgian sounds passed the revue:
Civalizee, Far West Crew, Bassculture, Uphill sound, Uruhu sound, Massive sound…
In the beginning of 2006 the 2 crews merged and with selector six-am, mc eagle i and with the allround skandal together they formed North Venice Crew.
Bruges, the city were all 3 live, is also called The Venice of the North because it’s old look and the small canals are very similar with Venice, Italy.
As an official startoff they organised two big events with famous international artists in februari 2006. The first gig they welcomed the infamous Shinehead! They surprised the audience with a big artist from new york: Jamalski…
Together, and longside original messenjah, they mashed up the club!
A second gig, only one week later, was another succes. They invited the best austrian soundsystems: badfish (bredren fi real!!), jah power sound (i lik chalwa bullit!) and bunfiresquad. A special surprise on this edition was an unofficial battle versus the belgian dancehall queen 2005 Monique and the austrian dancehall queen 2005 Valerie!
Only one month later they were invited by the austrian topsound Badfish.
Together with our big belgian talent Original MessenJah and a top mc called spok (www.indigenous.be) they did a small tour through austria and slovakia. That week they played longside Bass Odyssey (jamaica), Daddy Freddy (jamaica), 3gga (austria) and different sounds from austria and slovakia.
Around that time they started off a brand new radioshow on the famous german internetradio raggakings.net. The two weekly show is called Bruges Rock Reggae. From time to time they invite other belgian sounds and do specials with lyrical machines like original messenjah, spok and eagle i.
Still ready to spread the good vibes and messages they continue their mission.
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Nuff respect to all massive and crew allover the world!
North Venice Crew played longside:
Blaze dem fire, Tempestaz, Massive sound, Samurai movement, Shinehead (ny), Jamalski (ny), Dinamik Sound (fr), Straïka D (fr), Legal Shot sound (fr), Runn sound (nl), Drop da Funk, Bass Odyssey (ja), Daddy Freddy (ja), 3gga (at), Badfish sound (at), Jahpowersound(at), Jah Division (sk), Roots&Culture (sk), Waddup! Sound (cz), Ivory sound, Tribal Poursuite, NSG sound, Uphill, Civalizee Foundation, Rootsman Dirkie, Lionheart sound, Pumsafi Sound, King T, Art1, Crucial P, Hype Squad, Selector Waxx, Inch by Inch, Justice sound, MoerRo, Raggance, Afkell (ja), Original Messenjah, FLD, Spok, Dj Dab & Rukshun (nl), Iper’s finest, Thabazzco, Dope Shit, Uruhu sound, Uberdope, Sjen Anoubis, Pureblend, Skylarkin sound, Forward Fever, Waxfiend (nl) & Rollarock, Restless, Daddy K, Trichomatric sound (at), Silver Bullet Sound...
North Venice Crew played in following venues:
Sous Sol (K-town), Bargehuis (Bruges), Club LIC (Ostend), Mooie Molen (Roeselare), De Spiegel (Avelgem), De Nieuwe Herberg (Alveringem), Relax (Bruges), Le Quartier (Ghent), Entrepot (Bruges), DooWop (Bruges), Comma (Bruges), De Kelk (Bruges), Reggae Geel, Van Eyck swimming pool (Ghent), Tati's Jazzclub (Ostend), Club Flamingo (Neerpelt), The Zoo (Hasselt), Fanclub (K-town), Rumba (Leuven), Rector (Ghent), Tivoli (Utrecht, NL), Wieberknechtenkeller (Vienna, AT), Celebrations (Vienna, AT), Reigen (Vienna, AT) Sub Club (Bratislava, SK), Hodokvas Festival (Piestany, SK)...