Dr. Ring Ding is a popular live performer, studio musician, arranger and producer in many different music genres such as Swing, Rhythm & Blues, Chanson, Hip Hop, Rumba-Soukouss and Punk, but, above all, in Reggae, Dancehall and Ska.
Dr. Ring Ding has performed live all over Europe and North America. He has appeared alongside many veterans of Jamaican music (Bob Andy, Doreen Shaffer, Phyllis Dillon, Hopeton Lewis, Derrick Morgan and Dennis Alcapone, just to name a few), and has played in the horn section of the New York Ska band The Toasters, most recently during their 1998 Independents Day tour in the US.
2004 saw him tour the United States and Canada twice as a part of the infamous Ska Mob 2004, performing alongside Washington DC's own Eastern Standard Time and his longtime pal King Django.
In the november of 2005, he had the pleasure and the privilege to play the trombone at eight shows in Europe for the Skatalites, world famous "inventors" of Ska music...
Additionally he has appeared as Deejay or MC with famous sound systems all over Europe, the USA and Russia.
Television and radio appearances in Germany, Spain, France and the US have helped spread the positive vibes that emanate from Dr. Ring Ding. As a Deejay, singer and/or trombonist, he has appeared on a great number of albums from international Ska, Reggae and Hip Hop artists, such as: Stubborn Allstars (New York), Soul Kid Click (New York), Curse (Germany), Adjusters (Chicago), Toasters (New York), Italo Reno & Germoney (Germany), Spook & the Guay (France) and many more.
MONKEY is a 6 piece high-energy organ driven, Ska/Reggae group from the SF Bay Area. Their intense live shows and rock-steady rhythms not only get the crowds dancing, it has won them several awards, like the prestigious California Music Award!
MONKEY sets the pace for the local music scene. The band performs over 200 shows per year, while constantly recording and touring.
MONKEY has 3 full-length albums, and has also been featured on over 25 compilations, video games and film soundtracks, including the new independent horror-comedy Russ Meyer tribute "Pervert the Movie" on Stag Films.
MONKEY has toured the U.S., Great Britain, Canada, & Mexico. Currently, the band is gearing up support their international interests in Japan to support their new Japanese compilation release "Monkeyska" (Disc Union Ltd.).
MONKEY has supported world class acts like: Bad Manners, The Specials, The English Beat, The Skatalites, Fishbone, The Slackers, Hepcat and many more...
RC Dub keeps you dancing while they keep hand-delivering the crucial irie musical message to all planetary audiences. If you're lucky enough to walk past the legendary Zoo Bar in Lincoln, Nebraska on a given weekend, the music'll set you on your heels. One thing for sure is positive--if it's RC Dub on the stage, you'll step inside, back in time, forward in time, and away from time...
Built in 2003 around a core formed by Emily Madison (Sista M) and Calen Olivetti (C'Mo), RC Dub is presently a six piece group based in
Lincoln, Nebraska. Being named a Top Independent Band by Independent
Artist Registry in 2006* served to iconify their street appeal, while
encouraging them on their indomitable focus: original and complex, or
stunningly simple, music that gets everyone's attention, young and
old, dubbers, rockers and all the freedom-loving people on the good
green Earth.
Intent on the unique feel and social conscience of their music and the
venerable tradition of reggae, RC Dub weaves dub, ska, rocksteady, and
jazz to create their own Special Blend Dub Reggae. Their music, to
paraphrase Desmond Decker, "Goes on for extra days." Renowned for
their stamina, RC Dub keeps playing after the lights come up, bringing
to the table an extensive repertoire of island classics including many
Treasure Isle and Studio One tracks, jazz standards and a wide variety
of other influences.
Supported by a diehard regional following, RC Dub released its debut
album, Inna State of Dubmission, in 2005. With a review in Beat
Magazine, constant online exposure, and international radio play, RC
Dub continues to excite listeners worldwide. RC Dub has taken stage as
an opening act for such legends as The Wailers, Calton Coffee (of
Inner Circle), The Big Wu, and HR of Bad Brains. They can be heard on
the soundtrack of the gangster documentary, "Shooting Henry Hill",
released in July 2006. Plans are in the works for new album releases.
RC Dub's performers hail from varying backgrounds, and combine their
strengths in jazz, rock, reggae, and classical European and American
music to create RC Dub's powerful style and sound. Through their work
they endeavor to make a tribute to the indigenous musics and peoples
whose art even now surpasses nearly all commercial music and stands
alone, by its own right, like RC Dub itself.
