ABOUT THE ROOTS IN SESSION SOUNDS, the member of the Radyoyo music group
ROOTS IN SESSION SOUNDS was found in 2000, when from one week RADYOYO radio show, playing Breakbeat music, became a multi show, playing everything between Drum'n'Bass, Breakbeat,
HipHop, R'n'B, Soul, Funk, Nu Jazz, Down Tempo, Reggae, Dancehall,...
The Wednesday show, under the direcion of PIER selector with selectors FU, MAHOWNEE and SHINE, was named Roots in Session and it covered all Reggae styles.
The leading inspiration for the selectors and others, who helped the show to stay alive over the years, arose from visiting ROTOTOM SUNSPLASH Festival in Italy, since 1999.
Every year one promo mix CD ROOTS IN SESSION is made, and is always accepted with great interest among supporters.
Under the cover of RADYOYO crew, PIER, FU and TIGOR are active in organizing parties (Drum'n'Bass, Hip Hop...) with foreign artists, so desire for Reggae party became bigger and bigger.
In the year 2003 the tradicional 1st of May, two day open-air gathering on Slovenian seaside began.
When the radio show stopped broadcasting, a need for sharing music among people became stronger, so the first promo mix cd named KUS KUS was made and sold out in few months.
It became clear that ROOTS IN SESSION is not just a sound, but also a movement, trying to represent and spread positive vibrations, thinking and philosophy, which derives from the Reggae culture itself.
Today, the ROOTS IN SESSION SOUNDS live performance is a show of all Reggae styles, expanded on to Hip Hop, Jungle and Drum'n'Bass.
2000-2002 - Roots in Session radio show, Radio Gamma MM, Slovenia, every Wednesday night -June 2002 - release of ROOTS IN SESSION I. promo CD -July 2002 - representing soundsystem with live act on Fresh yard, ROTOTOM SUNSPLASH,Italy; ( rototomsunsplash.com ) -April 2003 - release of KUS KUS I. double promo mix CD (selecta FU & selecta SHINE) -1st of May 2003 - organize first reggae gathering on Slovenian sea side -May/June 2003 - Streetball events trough main Slovenian cities; 8 events ( mega3ce.com ) -April 2004 - Ljubljana, organize concert THE SEED and did live act before and after the concert; ( seed.de ) -April 2004 - release of KUS KUS II. double promo mix CD (PIER selecta & selecta MEHOUNEE) -1st of May 2004 - 2nd reggae gathering on Slovenian sea side with performens of several Slovenian soundsystems and special guests from UK -April 2005 - organize concert of the ZION TRAIN band (UK) in Ljubljana ( zion train.co.uk ) - April 2005 - release of KUS KUS III. promo mix CD, PIER selecta, with first dancehall riddim produced by Klasick (Pier, Tigor, JAMirko, released on MIKSMASH vol. I. compilation, mixed by dj FU) -1st of May 2005 - third traditional reggae gathering on Slovenian sea side -May 2005 - SPRING FIVE festival, Gradz, Austria, RDYO reprezent Klasick project with dj Patife ( springfive.at ) -July 2005 - representing soundsystem with a stand (selling promo things, accesories,…) and live acts on Roots yard, ROTOTOM SUNSPLASH, Italy ( rototomsunsplash.com ) -July 2005 - SEASPLASH FESTIVAL on Croatian sea side, Roots in Session Sounds performed on the sound system stage ( seasplash.net ) -September 2005 - live act, KOPALKANJE; event by the swimming pool ( kopalkanje.com ) -October 2005 - DJ set in WARSAW REGGAE FESTIVAL, Poland ( warsaw-reggae.independent.pl ) -December 2005 - live act in ZAGREB WINTER REGGAE FESTIVAL, Croatia -April 2006 - release of ROOTS IN SESSION III. promo mix CD (selectaz PIER, FU & SHINE) -1st of May 2006 - organize the 4th traditional open air reggae festival, with performance of Slovenian and international artists -June 2006 - organize workshop and live act of RODIGAN (UK) -July 2006 - live act (PIER selecta and selecta FU), SEASPLASH event on Croation sea side ( seasplash.net ) -Avgust 2006 - live act, KOPALKANJE; event by the swimming pool ( kopalkanje.com ) -September 2006 - Roots in session sounds & friends presents; resident events once a month, Metelkova city; Club CHANNEL 0, Ljubljana, Slovenia ( channel zero.org ) -December 2006 - release of KUS KUS IV. promo mix CD (SHINE'S striktlee roots foundation selection) -December 2006 - Kus Kus PROMO PARTY, Club Channel 0 -1st of may 2007 - the fifth in a row, 2day open air Reggae festival,organized by Roots in session sounds on Slovenian coast -Avgust 2007 - release of the first dancehall riddim, on debut album of Mc Popay – Kingstoned sound, Zagreb, Croatia, produced by Klasick (Pier, Tigor, JAMirko) -