Gondwana (musical group)
Encyclopedia
Gondwana is a reggae
group from La Pincoya, Santiago
, Chile
, founded in 1987 by I Locks Labbé. They have been produced by Dr. Dread of RAS Records
. Their charismatic leader "Quique" Neira brought real success in Chile and abroad, as the band played shows in the United States
and Jamaica
, cradles of the movement.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
group from La Pincoya, Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, founded in 1987 by I Locks Labbé. They have been produced by Dr. Dread of RAS Records
RAS Records
RAS Records, also known as Real Authentic Sound, is a reggae record label.-History:RAS Records was founded in 1979 by Doctor Dread. In his travels to Jamaica he created a network within the reggae artist community there. By the early to mid 1980s RAS had signed artists such as Black Uhuru, Inner...
. Their charismatic leader "Quique" Neira brought real success in Chile and abroad, as the band played shows in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
, cradles of the movement.
Discography
- Gondwana (1998)
- Alabanza (Por la Fuerza de la Razón) or Second Coming (2000)
- Made in JamaicaMade in JamaicaMade in Jamaica is a remix album by French DJ Bob Sinclar album released in 2010 by Yellow Productions.The album is a compilation of his greatest hits but mixed in reggae music style. It also includes two additional songs "I Wanna" and "Rainbow of Love"...
(2002) - Crece (2005)
- Resiliente (2007)
External links
- Official site (in Spanish)