Posted on 18 March 2011. Tags: asher senator, cockney translation, daddy colonel, daddy rusty, daddy sandy, diamond, diamond mine, maxi priest, papa levi, peter king, police officer, saxon, saxon sound, smiley culture, tippa irie, warlingham
Smiley Culture was one of the soundman behind the internationally known Saxon Sound System, a leading British mobile disco that was also the training ground for talent like Maxi Priest, Tippa Irie, Asher Senator, Papa Levi, Peter King, Daddy Colonel, Daddy Rusty and Daddy Sandy. This motley crew came to prominence in the 1980s around [...]
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Posted in HeadLines, Hot Steppers
Posted on 17 March 2011. Tags: british, cockney translator, dj, murdered, police, police officer, smiley culture
Even now, two days later, it still does not make any sense. The death (or killing) of British reggae pioneer DJ Smiley Culture. On Tuesday, March 15, the British police ‘raided’ his home in Warlingham, Surrey, of DJ Smiley Culture. The first news reports gave the impression the raid related to an earlier arrest and [...]
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Posted in Editorial, Hot Steppers