About Me
Greetings to all : it is just about love and music . Live the life you love , love the life you live .And Reggae music is the inspiration . Cultural vibes and consciousness , peace and justice , equal rights to all . It is also to give thanks every day for life."Riddim" is the name of my company and promoting Reggae music and great other musics too .Reggae.co.il is the name of the Israel Reggae web site that me and my friends and partners , Gilad and Afficoman had just put on the web for your pleasure and to spread the Reggae vibes.Pls check it .Blessed Love .
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ome info on my work :Guil Bonstein - Promotions and Productions
Founder & Manager of Soweto Club -Reggae & African Music
Promoter:1986 – Culture*****
1987 – Exodus Hi - Power Sound System feat. Junior Frass & Senator B.*****
1991 – From Moise to Salomon: The biggest Ethiopian Jews gathering Event.*****
1995 – Gregory Isaacs*****
1996 – Zemah Ragga Festival: Sarjant D., Oxman, and Chronicles Dan.*****
1999 – Coolio – Israel Tour
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2000 - Jah Shaka*****
- Tony Rebel and Mutabaruka*****
- Alpha Blondy and the Solar System*****
- Disciples Feat. Jonah Dan*****
- Aba Shanti I Feat.Blood Shanti
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2001- Mad Professor Dub Show Feat. Denis Nolan*****
- Channel One feat. Mickey Dread , African Simba , Ras Caleb*****
- Rockers International feat. Gabre Selassie and Ras Mallikot*****
Rootsman Sound Feat. DayJah***** -
- Rockers Hi Fi*****
- U. K players feat. Kwesi Asante*****
- Lee Perry & the Sane Inmates & the Mad Professor Dub Show.*****
- Aba Shanti I feat.Blood Shanti I*****
- Disciples feat. Jonah Dan*****
- Saxon Sound feat . Trevor Sax & Daddy Colonel
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2002 - Sir Coxsone Outernational feat. Lloyd Coxsone and Jeremaiah*****
- Positive Airline Sound with Asher Selector and Ossie Gad*****
- Saxon Sound Outernational with Trevor Sax and Musclehead*****
- Clouded (USA*****
- Mad Professor Dub Show*****
- Saxon Sound with Trevor Sax*****
- Jah Mason*****
- Disciples Sound System feat. Russ D.
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2003 - Fairshare Unity Sound feat. Julian Fairshare*****
- Jah Trinity*****
- Saxon Sound feat. Trevor Sax*****
- Tenastelin*****
- Saxon Sound feat. Trevor Sax
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2004 - Cash Money Girlz*****
- Manasseh sound feat. Brother Culture*****
- Saxon Sound feat , Trevor Sax and MuscleHead*****
- Nasty Love Sound feat. Supa C*****
- Stone Love feat. Weepow and Rory*****
- 2 Tuff Sound feat. Oxman and Catman*****
- Mad Professor and Earl Sixteen*****
- Positive Airline Sound feat. Asher Selector and Prince Alla*****
- Disciples feat. Jonah Dan*****
- BUJU Banton and Shiloh Band*****
- Saxon Sound feat. Trevor Sax and MuscleHead*****
- Saxon Sound feat. Trevor Sax and Chukki Starr*****
- Lone Ranger , Soul Stereo with Fatta , French Konnexion , Heardat Sound .
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2005 – Turbulence*****
- Meditation Sound with Top Secret Crew and special guest Fitta Warri*****
- Saxon Sound feat . Trevor Sax*****
- Ethiopia Tour with Trevor Sax : 2 Dances in Addis Ababa and 1 Dance at Shahamane*****
- Stone Love Feat. GeeFuss*****
- Entebbe Sound*****
- Bambu Station – Israel Tour*****
- Positive Airline Sound Feat. Asher Selector . Special Guest : Sylford Walker*****
- Soul Stereo feat.Fatta . Special guest : U. Brown*****
- Tribe of Kings feat.Dash Eye*****
- Aba Shanti I Sound*****
- Saxon Sound feat. Trevor Sax and Mickey Boops*****
- Soul Stereo feat.Carlton Livingston*****
- Matisyahu – 4 shows
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2006 – Roger Steffens– 6 Multi Media Presentations : The Life of Bob Marley - The Tel Aviv Museum , The Jerusalem Cinematheque,Kibbutz Zeelim , Rosh Pina Cinematheque, Sderot Cinematheque and Kibbutz Yotveta***
- Aba Shanti I***
- Soul Stereo feat. King Kong***
- Matisyahu***
- Eek A Mouse***
- Ziggy Marley***
- Luckie D and JP from Special Delivery Sound
*********************************************************** 2007 - March : Easy Star All Stars , 2 shows Barby Club ***Matisyahu , 2 shows ,Jerusalem Convention Center and Hangar 11 Tel Aviv ***** The Congos - 2 shows Barby Club Tlv**** The Abyssinians and Black Uhuru - 2 shows Barby Club*****Perfect,Barby Club*****
********************************************************** 2008 - Erik Sumo Band feat Kiss Erszi, Barby Club*****
Max Romeo - 2 shows Barby Club *******Israel Vibration & Roots Radics - 2 shows at Barby Club********Steel Pulse - 2 shows at Barby Club**********Groundation Israel Tour ************************************************************
**** Promoter of the The Ahziv International Reggae Beach Festival :
* 1993 – Israel Vibration & Roots Radics*****
* 1994 – Al Anderson, The Vitals, Jamaica Papa Curvin*****
* 1995 – Israel Vibration & Roots Radics, Twinkle Brothers, Sister Aisha, Principal & Chronicles*****
* 1996 – Culture, Third World*****
* 1997 – Buju Banton & Shiloh, Misty In Roots
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ecords Producer:Sister Orli – DJ’ Queen / World War Connection. Lost Tribes, 1983*****
Culture – Good Things. RAS Records, 1986*****
Admore – Humus Metamtem. Ben Mouch, 1993*****
Maximum Bassim – NMC Records, 1993*****
Reggae Collection – NMC Records, 1996*****
Avi Matos – Best of – NMC Records 1996*****
RAS Dan – Life Struggle – Lost Tribes, 1999*****
Shabak – Cna'an 2000 - The Jamaica Project 1999 – NMC
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our coordinator:
1982 – Reggae Movies Festival – Tel Aviv Museum (5 movies : Rockers, The harder they come,
Babylon, Bongo Man, Reggae Sunsplas)*****
1982 – Aswad*****
Dillinger & Brimstone*****
1983 – Aswad*****
Amazulu*****
Kabbala*****
1984 – Musical Youth*****
1985 - Wailers*****
1988 – Mory Kante*****
1989 – U.B 40*****
1993 – Inner Circle
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estivals Coordinator:1988 – Oasis Peace Festival – Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers, Alpha Blondy & the
Solar System, Toure Kunda, Manu Dibango, The All Star Steel Band.******
1990 – Oasis Peace Festival (2) –The Wailers, Burning Spear*****
1991 – Jaffa nights Festival – 3 nights of Gospel, Reggae, Ethiopian & African music.*****
1995 – Tel Aviv Beer Festival – 2 nights of Reggae & African music*****
The Groove Tent at Hag Ahagim - Haifa –2000
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ideo-DVD Producer :
Musiques Sans Frontieres – Le Rock En Israel, Antenne 2 France, 1994*****
Israel Vibration – Reggae In Holyland – RAS Records, 1995 DVD******
The fifth Ahziv Reggae Festival – 7 TV chapters of 50 minutes, 1997******
Alpha Blondy Live at Shantipi Festival –Israel , 2000*****
Africa Unite – Ethiopia 6 February 2005 – 15 min doc for Channel 2 – Israel – (Consultant)************************************************
***********Book :
Translator to Hebrew: Bob Marley, by his mother Cedella Marley Booker – 2001-Modan
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ock – Blues –Jazz
Promoter :Radiohead (1994 First gig ever out of UK), Australian Doors (1993), Kingmaker (1993), Babes in Toyland Therapy? (1994), Entombed (1994)
Tenzin Gonpo – Tibet – Beresheet Festival 1999
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rtistic Director & Tour Coordinator :Dead Sea Blues Festival – Mick Taylor, Climax Blues Band, Manu Dibango, Jimmy Whiterspoon. (1987)Haifa Seaport Blues Festival – Bob Dylan, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, James Cotton (1993)
Independence Day Celebrations – Inner Circle, Dr. Alban, Ace of Base (1993)Two Unlimited, Cappella. (1994)******************************************************
*****Tour Coordinator :Peter Green, Stranglers, John Martyn,Siouxsie & the Banshees.
Miles Davis (1987), Chick Corea, Billy Cobham, Tracy Chapman, Marc Almond & the Mambas, Bauhaus, Uriah Heep,Marillion, Hanoi Rocks, Girlschool, Peter Hammil, Ian Dury.
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