Amplifyah Music fresh release in the steppers style with etno elements!
Amplifyah Music label from Zagreb presents a special release! Steppers-style riddim, Balkan traditional melodies, and three female vocals!
Dr.obi stands behind the riddim enriched by an original bass line created and played by Sacher (Haustor), while Anja G, Roo T & Sistah Tena take on a modern twist on harmonies of the traditional chant. The chant “Oj Dodole” was performed, alongside many others, in moments of summer droughts, when young women dressed in leaves and branches would go around the village houses singing and dancing to summon rain.
Dr.obi, Anja G, Roo T & Sistah Tena perform as a live dub & reggae act bringing rough riddims with heavy bass lines powered by three female vocals which makes them unique worldwide. The single “Oj, Dodole” is their first collaborative release.
Srđan Sacher, one of the most known Croatian bassists, showed great support to the underground scene by recognizing the originality of the project and recording the bass line for the release.
Dr.obi has been active on the music scene since 2005 as a selector/DJ, audio engineer, producer and professor. He is one of the founders of the dub-reggae project Jahstice Sound, Digitron Sound System, Bamwise, and Amplifyah Music. Together with Anja G, he started a musical collaboration in 2017 that includes live performances and production of original music. At the beginning of 2018, they jointly launched the independent platform Amplifyah Music, which provides musicians from all over the region with the publication of dub and reggae releases. As a producer and mix engineer, he has collaborated with various domestic and foreign performers such as Anja G, Roo T, Sistah Tena, Dubble, One Dread and Queen Omega, Mexican Stepper, Pablo Raster, Jah Free, Zion Train, and many others. From 2019 to 2023, he signed a total of eleven vinyl releases which led to nominations for various awards on the domestic and foreign music scene. In 2023, he began a musical collaboration with Anja G, Roo T, and Sistah Tena that includes live dub mix performances. In the same year, they won the Ambassador Award in the category for best dub reggae project of the year. Since 2011, he has been the leader of various audio engineering workshops within which he transfers knowledge gained during work at festivals, as well as in various clubs. In the fall of 2023, in cooperation with the First Gymnasium in Zagreb, he launched an educational program of audio engineering as part of extracurricular activities of the secondary education program.
Anja G is a reggae singer and songwriter from Zagreb. She performed alongside Dr.obi at many dub and reggae festivals and parties in the region ( Outlook Festival, Seasplash Festival, Dub Lab, Roots in the Woods, Dub Corner, Overjam Festival in Slovenia, Love & Rage in Italy, Contact in France, Escape The City, Membrain Festival, Zion Boška, Dub Universum in Germany, Pandemonium Festival and many other). Her first official EP featuring two songs “Bang! Bang!” and “Raggamuffin” was released in 2018. by Amplifayah Music Label which she started up with Dr.obi. Anja G releases her first vinyl “Wrong System” with Japanese producer Dub Kazman for Woodland Records. Not long after she released a 12″ vinyl “Corruption” with Kai-Dub. Since then she has been collaborating with many artists and producers from around releasing many vinyl and digital releases. In 2023, Dr.obi and Anja G were joined by Roo T and Sistah Tena, forming a unique live act with three female vocals.
Roo T is a young vocalist and instrumentalist. She started with formal education in flute, but later, under the influence of various genres of music, she developed a love for many other instruments as well as for singing. Her voice first appeared on a sound system in 2019., and after many local performances at Medica and Masters, Roo T in festivals such as the Seasplash Festival, Escape the City, and Roots in The Woods alongside Digitron, Mexican Stepper, Roots Daughters and others. In 2023 Roo T and Sistah Tena joined Dr.obi, Anja G in a new live act on the stage.
Sistah Tena is one of three singers (TNT vocal force) of Zagreb reggae/dub/dancehall band One Dread. She has been involved in music all her life, and since 2012 she has been actively performing with the band One Dread. After a few years, she joined the pioneers of reggae music in a domestic context – the band Brain Holidays with whom she recorded an album (System error, 2017). Her passion and love for reggae and dub music began about fifteen years ago when she discovered bands such as Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, Third World, and MC legends such as Sista Nancy and Lady G. She has performed at many festivals in the region (Seasplash Festival, OverJam Festival, The Outlook Festival, Reunited Festival, Hoomstock, etc.). She also recorded several releases for Amplifyah Music and recorded the song “Liberation” for the first Croatian riddim EP “Bun Dem” together with Queen Omega and Anja G.
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