Easy Skankin, African Night Fever and Juke Joint Press presents

Dennis Bovell (DJ Set)

Pressure Drop - Reggae in the Seventies Book launch and Q&A with John Masouri (author)

Plus Easy Skankin DJs

£30 Entry fee includes the event plus a copy of the book (usually £28).

Entry fee for the event only  are also available for £15 each.

Dennis Bovell was born in Saint Peter, Barbados, and moved to south London at the age of 12. Dennis was a member of the prominent 1970s British reggae band Matumbi, and has produced albums under his own name as well as the pseudonym 'Blackbeard.' As a producer, songwriter
and sound engineer, Dennis revolutionised the sound
of reggae and dub music
in Britain. Dennis innovated sub-genres including Lovers Rock, which took its name
from a record label founded in Brockley. He is also a singer, multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer known for his unique style, creativity and experimentality with various styles and musical influences. He has collaborated extensively with poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, as well as artists from Janet Kay to Joss Stone. In 2017, Goldsmiths awarded Dennis Bovell an honorary fellowship.

Pressure Drop by the legendary reggae writer John Masouri is published on 5^th September by Omnibus Press and chronicles reggae’s most tumultuous and influential decade. Beginning in 1970 and unfolding in Britain and Jamaica, reggae flourished against a backdrop of political upheaval, gang warfare, Black Nationalism, race and class discrimination and grinding poverty.

Including an extensive analysis of the decade’s major singles and albums Pressure Drop tells eyewitness accounts and experiences of the decade from artists including Burning Spear, Chris Blackwell, Gregory Isaacs, Bunny Wailer, Jimmy Cliff, Black Uhuru, U-Roy, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Augustus Pablo, Toots and the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, Sly & Robbie, Dennis Bovell, Don Letts, members of the Specials, and first hand anecdotes about Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.

Tickets are non refundable unless the event is cancelled or rescheduled.