cleanheartsound

CleanHeart guest @ Wake up (Pe)

2007-12-01T21:08:00.000+01:00

...TUNE IN !

2007-11-10T20:21:00.000+01:00

Listen us ! ...Stay tuned every friday live online from 8.00 to 9.30 on RAGGAKINGS.NET ! ...fresh vibes from Hitowa's place ! don't miss it! ..plenty guest stars like Dawn Penn, "Sugar" Minott, Barryngton Levy, Jigsy King, Sud Sound Sistem, Bunna, Raina, Moddi Mc, Zakalicious, Fido Guido, Dj War, SycamoreSound ...and others will join us!

..and from 8.30 to 10.30 each & every saturday in our chronicle set called "RadioCittaReggae" on RADIO CITTA' (just click ON AIR) or 97.80 - 90.10 FM. The place where we host soundsystems call at Pescara in time !
Big up to Asher selecta and Prince Alla, Sylford Walker, Steve Giant, Dj War, Pow Pow mov. , Crucial Sound, OneLove HiPowa, RootsInnaMix, Manu Ranking, VillaAda Posse, I-Scence, Burnin' Melody, U Brown, Earl Sixteen, Taranto's and Pescara's Massive and all the others !

CleanHeart at Spazio Serra

2007-10-13T21:40:00.000+02:00

CleanHeart at TELLINA REGGAE 2007

2007-08-01T13:36:00.000+02:00

(CleanHeart ls Lion D on stage)
CleanHeart ls Lion D were in Siponto Beach to performe with MistahPushman, Jahmano and REVERENDO + KIDO + TORTO (POOGLIA TRIBE) !!
Big up to dis brand nu reggae fest. ! See ya next !!

For Ethiopia Festival 2007

2007-07-14T11:37:00.000+02:00

CleanHeart SoundStation was honered to introduce ya at FOR ETHIOPIA FESTIVAL 2007
with ZIGGY MARLEY , Jamafrica crew, Lion D, Don Tino and MagaDog !!
A celebration fi St.Mary's Hospital in Axum, Ethiopia !!

Big up fi Ziggy and his band !!
Great nite it was !! thanks to all massive Pescara citizens a dance till police stop ! aahahahahhaaah !!

CleanHeart at SOCHA RIVER SUNSPLASH

2007-07-05T16:33:00.000+02:00

Proud to tell ya we performed in Tolmin, Slovenia at
Soca River Splash
on 5 th of July introduced by Asher Selecta

Big up and greetings to all da massive was there !
And a special thanks fi Rakka ! Jah bless ya bway !

www.lakesplash.si/index.htm
myspace.com/riversplash

FRIDAY BACK AGAIN !!!

2007-05-18T23:24:00.000+02:00

CleanHeartSoundStation a promote reggae music each and every friday at NEGRIL CLUB inna Pescara town

LOVE REGGAE MUSIC at all!!
Nah forget it.

New Hut wuk video

2007-05-17T02:47:00.000+02:00

BRIGHTCOVE

Jamaican Dee-Jays get a fight..

2007-05-17T02:29:00.000+02:00

Their gigs have been cancelled all over the world and their names withdrawn from awards. But Jamaica's dancehall stars refuse to apologise for - or even stop singing - songs that encourage the murder of gay people. Alexis Petridis travels to the Caribbean and discovers a culture that can't see a problem, let alone a solution..

Pride and prejudice

Protest music... members of OutRage! protest (top, photo: John D McHugh/AP) against dancehall artists whose lyrics incite homophobic violence, including Elephant Man (bottom)

Looking at their offices, it is difficult to believe that Supreme Promotions is the company behind Sting, Jamaica's most celebrated music festival. Supreme is situated above an extremely insalubrious-looking beauty parlour. The reception area most closely resembles a cab office. A host of men sit on mismatched plastic chairs, watching a small television. They seem a bit sullen, but there's always the chance they have been stunned into silence by the decor. Amid the bright orange stippling and wonkily-painted friezes, an open door reveals a tiny office, crammed with people, some of whom are having a loud argument, some of whom are singing and playing acoustic guitars and one of whom is attempting to make a telephone call. It looks like bedlam to me, but my host, a voluble man called Dennis Howard, clearly sees nothing out of the ordinary. "Some real talent in there," he nods, by way of explanation.

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Like everyone else I meet in the Jamaican music industry, Howard is a "generalist". His job description lasts about 10 minutes and takes in everything from television producer to artist manager to record producer to journalist. He is famous both as a DJ on Irie FM and as a publicist called upon to defend Sting in the Jamaican press when last year's festival ended in a riot. In the aftermath, the Jamaica Observer accused dancehall artists of marketing "degenerative perversity".

Yet even the post-Sting press furore has been dwarfed by the controversy surrounding Jamaican dancehall and homophobia, something Howard claims he has been warning artists about "for years". People have known about and protested against dancehall artists' homophobic lyrics since the early 1990s, when Buju Banton had a Jamaican hit with Boom Bye-Bye, a song advocating shooting and burning homosexuals. In the past six months, however, the protest against homophobic dancehall has gained momentum.

No one seems entirely sure why the campaign of letter-writing and event picketing, headed by UK pressure group OutRage!, has suddenly started yielding results, but you can only gawp at its new-found effectiveness. Since July, 30 US concerts by Beenie Man have been cancelled, as have seven US concerts by Capleton, a Scandanavian tour and four other European dates by Buju Banton, two UK tours and a San Francisco show by Sizzla, two European dates by Bounty Killer and a Reggae in the Park festival scheduled to be held at Wembley Arena.

OutRage's Peter Tatchell says that the campaign has, thus far, "probably cost the singers, promoters and venues in the region of £5m". In addition, Elephant Man and Vybz Kartel had their nominations for Mobo Awards withdrawn, the Urban Music Awards' Best Reggae Act category was cancelled and Beenie Man was questioned by police on arrival at Heathrow Airport. In a matter of weeks, Peter Tatchell has become Jamaica's most unlikely household name.

While you cannot deny the Stop Murder Music campaign's accomplishments in Europe and America, it has been rather less effective in Jamaica. The day after Beenie Man's UK label Virgin cobbled together a statement purporting to offer "sincerest apologies" from the singer, Clyde MacKenzie, from Beenie Man's management company Shocking Vibes, told Radio Jamaica that it was not a specific apology to gay people, that it was initiated by Virgin Records and that Beenie Man reserved his right to continue criticising the "homosexual lifestyle". Two weeks later, according to the Jamaica Observer, Beenie Man denied that he had apologised, then performed several anti-gay songs at aconcert at James Bond Beach in Oracabessa. Similarly, Bounty Killer and Sizzla have refused to apologise.

In October, a group of companies known for sponsoring events in Jamaica issued a statement expressing "concern about the content and tone" of dancehall and agreeing "to develop a code of conduct" for artists, but a spokesman for Jamaica's lesbian and gay rights group J-Flag says no one has contacted their organisation to discuss it further. The spokesman talks to me only on the grounds that I do not publish his name; J-Flag decline to publish their address on their website "due to the potential for violent retributions" in a society where gay sex is still illegal. "One would think that if you were going to create such a code of conduct, it really should be done in collaboration with human rights organisations, such as J-Flag, but so far, we haven't been contacted at all."

The disparity between the Stop Murder Music's success in the UK and in Jamaica seems worth investigating - after all, the ultimate aim of the campaign is to improve the quality of life for gay and lesbian Jamaicans - which is why I'm in the offices of Supreme Promotions, listening to Dennis Howard explain why dancehall is so given to homophobia. It is, he says, all about artists getting a response from the audience called "a forward" during live shows.

"If you are a DJ, a performer in dancehall, you cannot just go onstage and they applaud you, it's not that kind of concert. During the performance, you have to get a forward, which is people holding up their hand or lighters and cheering. They know they'll get a response by talking about a set of things, some of them commendable. It is not homosexuality alone. It is abortion, police informers, paedophiles, rapists, bowcat (which is oral sex). So if the performance is not going well, they say: 'Hold up yuh hand if yuh nuh like battyman, hold up yuh hand if yuh nuh suck pussy, yuh nuh bowcat.' I'm not defending them, because although I'm one of dancehall's biggest supporters, I've been one of their biggest critics, but they're not literally saying kill a battyboy or step on the chi chi man, you understand? It's metaphorical. They have been saying 'informer fi dead', 'bowcat fi dead' for a long time, but they don't literally mean it. It's annoying what the DJs are doing because they are just pandering to the crowd and it's uncreative, but you can't take it in the same context as when someone in your culture does it."

The reasoning behind the homophobic lyrics is unlikely to find much favour with OutRage! Howard says that he has advised artists to "censor" themselves because Jamaica has always been tolerant of homosexuality and the dancehall DJs lyrics give a false impression. "Yes, there is homophobia here, but coupled with that homophobia is a tolerance. We are one of the most tolerant societies in the world. In every community, there are identified homosexuals that are tolerated. There is an anti-gay stance in Jamaica, but it has never been seriously violent. I'm not going to tell you it hasn't been violent, but not so as people die.

"I think a lot of this hysteria and paranoia is being fed by organisations like J-Flag, in their zeal to assert themselves and assert homosexuality in Jamaica, and also the fear that they are persecuted, which they are. But nobody don't kill them. Homosexual deaths in this country are perpetuated by homosexuals. There are famous cases in this country where people are murdered by their lovers. They are heinous and vicious, they cut up people, stab them up, cut them up and throw them all over the place, but nobody talks about that."

Howard dismisses last month's grim report from the US-based Human Rights Watch - which found that violent acts against homosexuals "ranging from beatings to brutal armed attacks to murder" are commonplace, that police harass and physically abuse homosexuals and that "pervasive and virulent homophobia" is contributing to the island's Aids epidemic - as the work of "a ridiculous gay rights group talking all kinds of crap".

Howard's arguments seem a fairly representative example of mainstream Jamaican public opinion. Homophobia seems utterly entrenched in the island's culture, thanks to a combination of the same kind of swaggering machismo that informs hip-hop, and, more seriously, religion. Jamaica has more churches per capita than anywhere else on earth, most of them preaching a brand of Christianity that would seem pretty familiar to your average US Bible-belt fundamentalist. As a side order, there's Rastafarianism, particularly the hard-line bobo ashanti variety adopted by current reggae stars including Sizzla and Capleton. As well as believing in racial segregation, bobo Rastas go in for a fire-and-brimstone reading of the Old Testament that makes Jamaican Christianity look liberal.

Over four days in Kingston, I hear every justification of homophobia imaginable, everything from semantic quibbling ("We can't be homophobic," one person tells me, "because phobia means fear and we aren't afraid of them") to the belief that the Stop Murder Music campaign is a kind of racist post-colonial plot. I'm told over and over again that Jamaica is a tolerant society and that homosexual murders, including the fatal stabbing of Jamaica's leading gay rights activist Brian Williamson in June, were not hate crimes, but the result of lovers' tiffs.

What I never hear is any suggestion that the Stop Murder Music campaign has done anything to change Jamaican views about homosexuality. "Various people have spoken up against human rights abuses of gay people," says J-Flag's spokesman, "but virtually everyone who has spoken up has qualified it by saying, 'Well, I don't like gay people myself, but I don't feel they should be discriminated against in any way.' Do I see that as a step forward? Definitely." According to a producer and artist called Yogie, "I don't think the man on the street cares too much. As much as music is an important part of the culture, the price of flour is more important than music or what artists say."

Of all the people I meet, Yogie is the most dismissive of the Stop Murder Music campaign's effect on the Jamaican record business. He laughs at the idea that the country's music industry might be in crisis. Although his own releases have nothing in common either musically or lyrically with dancehall - they sound like a charming update of the romantic sub-genre lover's rock - he represents the reggae underground, artists who are stars in Jamaica but virtually unknown outside the island. He says that most reggae artists make a living in Jamaica alone, touring and voicing "specials" - tracks commissioned for exclusive use at Jamaican dances - and are at best unconcerned, at worst actively provoked by the campaign.

"Artists are affected if they have a corporate company involved. You take an artist out of that and he doesn't care. He can stay right here and make more money on his computer. Artists might care if England was their food basket, but it's not like most artists go to England a lot - perhaps three times a year or less. And Europe's not the only market for reggae. There's Africa, Japan, South America. There's Middle Eastern countries that listen and support reggae. And in the Middle East, they support a lot of the views being expressed here."

The Jamaican record business has always been something of a law unto itself. You can see its refusal to conform to the standards of other countries' music industries in everything from the chaos of the Supreme Promotions offices to the reggae tradition of "versioning" - releasing endless strings of records with the same backing track. It has spent 40 years making stars out of the sort of people who wouldn't get past a record company's security guards in any other country and turning records that would never get a chance anywhere else in the world into hits. Why should the Jamaican music industry start caring about what anyone outside Jamaica thinks about their music or their morality now?

Like punk or early rock'n'roll, reggae has always thrived on its outlaw status, even within Jamaican society: the country's all-reggae radio station Irie FM was only founded in 1990. For Jamaica's vast rump of underground artists, the Stop Murder Music campaign is merely something else to react against. "Based on some of the issues, there have been new songs recorded, songs of defiance," says Howard." 'We're not bowing, we're not apologising', that kind of thing. What happens in the underground should stay in the underground, because the underground will never change. They will talk about battyman until them blue."

For MacKenzie, however, the situation is different. Beenie Man was not an underground Jamaican artist, but a star who earned the bulk of his living overseas. He had duetted with Janet Jackson and was teetering on the brink of a global breakthrough before the business of his lyrics about executing all the gays and hanging lesbians became a hot topic. As he sits in a hotel's poolside bar, MacKenzie chooses his words carefully, as befits the manager of an international artist, but his views on Jamaican homophobia are essentially the same as everyone else I meet. Jamaica, he says, is "particularly tolerant towards people who are not heterosexual". The Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International reports about gay men and women being beaten and murdered are "raw propaganda that has no basis in fact".

The Stop Murder Music campaign has had an effect in Jamaica, but not perhaps the one OutRage are looking for. There has been a backlash against it, a hardening of anti-gay attitudes. Previously critical of dancehall artists, the church has now bonded with them. MacKenzie says he finds the incitements to homophobic violence in dancehall lyrics "reprehensible from a personal standpoint", but it's "done in a very jocose way, not with any intent to damage or harm. When you move these expressions from one culture to another some of what it might deem to say may seem quite alarming. Because of that, we have had some real problems."

Perhaps the biggest of these problems is the matter of artists apologising for the anti-gay sentiments in their songs. According to the OutRage! website, it is a prerequisite for ending their campaign. According to MacKenzie, it isn't going to happen. There is a widespread belief in Kingston that when the argument about dancehall homophobia first erupted in the early 1990s, Shabba Ranks, then the biggest star in reggae, made conciliatory overtures to pro-gay pressure groups and thus ended his career overnight. Faced with a choice between success in a fickle global market, or maintaining a fanbase at home, most reggae stars would apparently opt for the latter, believing that international success stems from success in Jamaica.

"I think that almost all artists are of the opinion that an apology would have a negative impact on their careers in Jamaica," says MacKenzie. "Whether that is so, I'm not entirely sure. I think that Jamaican people might be more understanding of the international context in which the thing has been done. That said, I think the whole prospect of being accused of bowing is something that every artist is mindful of."

The result, in Jamaica at least, is stalemate. The underground dancehall artists don't care. The biggest stars are unwilling to change for fear of damaging their careers at home. In any case, they genuinely think they have the moral upper hand. "They can't ask me to apologise," said Sizzla recently. "They've got to apologise to God because they break God's law." Back in London, I speak to Tatchell. He mentions that OutRage! and the Black Gay Men's Advisory Committee have had "constructive and hopeful dialogue with leading diplomatic and trade officials at the Jamaican High Commission".

Tatchell says the Stop Murder Music campaign has succeeded in provoking debate in Jamaica, but concedes that, in the short term at least, the debate may have made life more difficult for the country's gay population. "There was a very similar effect produced by the black civil rights movement in the deep South. It provoked a backlash, the number of church burnings and lynchings went up. It was a tragic but necessary process to go through in order to vanquish white racism." He points out that the campaign has succeeded, at least, in stopping "these artists gaining a toehold in Britain and the US and spreading their vile homophobic poison across the world", but it could achieve more. "If we did succeed in ending all the incitements to violence in dancehall music, it wouldn't solve all the problems, but it would help reduce the popularisation of calls to kill gays and lesbians." At the moment, that seems like a very big if.

Next on cleanheartsound blog...

2007-05-02T20:21:00.000+02:00

RRRRrrrrockers !
We're proud to introduce ya our nu own correspondent from da Island !!

The TypicalJungleMaster from Westmoreland Jamaica
will posts some news from di place of reggae !!

Check it !!

Da Melody Night !!

2007-03-17T21:03:00.000+01:00

Sweet Sweet nite with fresh singers : DON TINO Giallo Man and Luca Dread !!

CleanHeartSound present CRUCIAL SOUNDS from Nederland

2007-03-03T21:00:00.000+01:00

Great nite with da sound of Eindhoven CRUCIAL SOUNDS !!

CleanHeart + Ras Dan I & Ras Tewelde

2007-02-16T21:38:00.000+01:00

Villa Ada Crew back in town!!!

2007-01-27T18:12:00.000+01:00

Pull it up and come again!
A big night is a big night,
and good friends are good friends.
Amazing combination, a classical one inna Pescara
CLEAN HEART SOND STATION meets VILLA ADA CREW.
In collaboration with Peskaramanzia sound from Pescara. Bless up to the whole crew!

Nah miss the fyah!

TIME TO UNITE! CleanHeartSound present LION D, JAMAFRICA crew and MARJAS

2007-01-14T18:27:00.000+01:00

Singers and singers and singers!
Deejays and deejays and deejays!
Toasters and toasters and toasters!

The Clean Heart Sound Station is very very proud to promote the young and veteran artists inna the italian reggae scene!

Saturday February the 3rd a new heartquake gonna come to Pescara town.
An amazing combination, LION D (well known and most talented artist from the Burning Melody Sound), MARJAS (one of the best emerging reggae artists inna the business, from the original Kianka Town Crew), JAMAFRICA (The coscious voice of Senegal introducing their new promo cd), ready to mash up the NEGRIL CLUB!

Memba dis massive, Di daakes' part a di night, a when diay soon light.
Good times ah soon come!
Nah miss the fyah!

a message to you

2007-01-02T12:03:00.000+01:00

CLEAN CLEAN !!

CleanHeart + Maga Dog

2006-12-29T11:49:00.000+01:00

MAGA DOG + CLEAN HEART
@ Pescara - "Wake Up", Via Andrea Doria - Pe

Rikey Chaplin @ Caveman's studio_KINGSTON JAMAICA

2006-12-28T12:11:00.000+01:00

Follow di I Clean Heart

2006-12-23T11:39:00.000+01:00

Greetings in the name of Quadamawi Haile Selassie I, Jah Rastafari.
Here's some nice show to go around Italy following the Clean Heart crew performing reggae music... just let the vibes going ...

@ Taranto - Lucky Moment" , Viale Kennedy 3 - Leporano (TA)
ZACALICIOUS + CLEAN HEART (Jah Luka & I Towa) + SISMA SOUND

@ Pescara - Marajah Club, Via del Porto, Pe
JAMAFRICA + COME SHINE BAND + CLEAN HEART (Ras Lion)

da B-BASH 2006 !!! Cleanheart feat. GIOMAN & KILLACAT

2006-12-02T23:55:00.000+01:00

CLEAN HEART B BASH 2006
We seh thankful to Jah for everithings

special guests our bredrins from Calabria ...
number 1 singers in Italy
CleanHeart + GIOMAN + KILLACAT

sabato 2 dicembre 2006
Negril Club
via dei Marruccini (PE) - Italy

Live also at Radio Città Reggae saturday 2nd from 8.30 to 10.30 pm
info
cleanheartsound@hotmail.com
radiocittareggae@radiocitta.org

CleanHeart present MAGA DOG LIVE

2006-11-18T12:32:00.000+01:00

Marajah Club, via del Porto (PE)
MAGA DOG LIVE + CLEAN HEART SOUND

Ecoteca

2006-10-21T17:18:00.000+02:00

More Ises ina di dancehall.
So lets move forward all a my clean heart !
" My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. "
PSALM 45

more info at
cleanheartsound@hotmail.com

SPAZIO SERRA 20/10

2006-10-20T14:56:00.000+02:00

Spazio Serra, Villa Raspa, Spoltore (PE) : Clean Heart + Jamafrica + C.u.b.a + Gente Strana Posse (from Palermo, Sicily)
A new location a come!
Nah miss it!

More works a gwaan

2006-10-07T19:01:00.000+02:00

SO Irie,
are yu ready fi more reggae music ina di area ? ... so check it out some ....

Tonite ! "Negril Club, Pescara" Clean Heart ls. Pure Love Sound , opening the new season at home

Sat 14 Oct "Groove c/o Ex Cofa", Pescara - Clean Heart in session aagain !!

ECOTECA WE A COME

2006-09-16T20:53:00.000+02:00

The 15th Sep. CleanHeart played with PESKARAMANZIA + BALOOBA SOUND
@ 3 PALME, Lungomare Nord (Pe)

and

also was in session workin' for each & everyone
@ club Ecoteca, via Caboto, Pescara www.ecoteca.org

toooo Roots Reggae & Dancehall Culture !

Nota Riflessiva:
One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its seven seals.” Revelation 5:5

The comin of a legend ...Derrick Morgan !!

2006-09-02T20:19:00.000+02:00

Yes Irie people. CleanHeart supported
Mr. DERRICK MORGAN (King of Ska) performin' live at "Festa di Liberazione" @ Villa De Riseis
Just little time before the main show DON TINO & LION D burned the people with lots of plenty reggae tunes in the name of Jah Rastafari.
Clean Heart provided to deliver some music fi di I bredrins ...
Full Program at www.rifondazionepescara.org
and next :
2d September: LION D + DON TINO + CLEAN HEART @ Torino di Sangro (Ch), "Chalet La Maschera"

CLEAN HEART + ZAKALICIOUS ina Barletta

2006-08-21T15:29:00.000+02:00
Yes massive!
Friday, august 25th
Amazing combination inna "Parco delle arti" Barletta.

CLEAN HEART SOUND + ZAKALICIOUS (taranto) + PUSHMAN (foggia)
Whole night long reggae music a gwaan !

Dedicated to all the reggae fanatics!

Big up to Silicius promotah

Nah miss it

CleanHeart ls Jamafrica mc's & ComeShineBand

2006-08-05T15:12:00.000+02:00
1st Ago CleanHeart presented Reggae pon river Trigno !!
@Mafalda, Campobasso.
Tryin' to concious them !!

and

A nice Passa Passa nite in a green place!
We played tune from the middle of the dance floor !! A stirring set it was !
Greetings to Omar and the otha Jamafrica mc's !!

Chalet LA MASCHERA, Torino di Sangro (CH)

2006-07-22T17:05:00.000+02:00
CleanHeart Sound + Villa Ada Posse from Roma

inna dancehall action !!
Da Family a growin' up !!

CleanHeat presents LUCIANO !!!!!!

2006-07-19T13:49:00.000+02:00
"Blessed Love in the Most Name Jah Rastafari
King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Trible of Judah "

Associazione Culturale Negril + Clean Heart Sound Station presents:
C/O AREA "EX COFA" (ex mercati della frutta) , LUNGOMARE SUD ,Pescara

LUCIANO
+ ANDREW TOSH, DEAN FRAZER
backed by Firehouse Crew
warmin' up + sweet endin': Clean Heart Sound

Info: 320-6262191
circolo.negril@email.it
radiocittareggae@radiocitta.org
cleanheartsound@hotmail.com

FEEL REGGAE MUSIC - CleanHeart ls. Campobasso Massive

2006-06-16T00:50:00.000+02:00
Fiveboulos Combination presents:

FEEL REGGAE MUSIC !
First open bash fi 2006 inna Montagano (Campobasso)

CLEAN HEART SOUND - FIDO GUIDO - BURNIN MELODY (LION D & RED EYE) - ALMIGHTY SQUAD - BRIGHELLA SOUND - DON TINO (from Maga Dog band ...)

Rasta a go round dem so please come to share the vibes !

ALL IN DIS 2006

2006-04-30T22:15:00.000+02:00
Greetings one & all ! 30 April 2006 :
after 3 years from the beginning Club Zone's "All in Dis"
come again with the 3rd part !

with : PureLove, Sycamore, CleanHeart SoundStation, RastaUno, Miky'n'Roots, Anthony T, SwingEasy, Peskaramanzia, LaMassara .

All sound systems will join us in harmony...

Clean Heart new website

2006-04-25T10:32:00.000+02:00
Yes massive,
the new Clean Heart family website is ready to come!
Check the net!

WWW.CLEANHEARTSOUND.EU

CLEAN HEART IN SESSION

2006-03-11T17:54:00.000+01:00

CLEAN HEART SOUND STATION (burning all nations)

@ Ecoteca, Pescara

CleanHeart ls. C.U.B.A. Cabbal

2006-03-04T22:56:00.000+01:00
REGGAE MUSIC METS RAP ...
@ Negril club , Pescara
CLEAN HEART SOUND + C.U.B.A. CABBAL
Wher reggae riddims come togheter inna rap style it can be a devastating mixing like this one at Negril Club in Pescara . C.U.B.A. Cabbal rapresent the cultural way of rap music. He tells the people what is goin'on in our society thru his personal experiences delivering wicked lyrics agaist Baylon. On his last musical work "The darvish made me do it" lots of artists joined Cuba like Tabla indiane, Flauto & Kora.
Quando i riddim del reggae si fondono al messaggio forte del rap può nascere una combinazione come questa di scena al Negril Club. Cuba Cabbal è un consapevole rappresentante dell hip hop e del rap che descrive attraverso le esperienze personali la società in cui viviamo, descrive la vita di tutti i giorni con le difficoltà quotidiane non risparmiando attacchi violenti ai mass media e a coloro che governano. L'Ultimo suo lavoro "The Dervish Made me Do It" electro-etno-hip hop vede la collaborazione di più musicisti: Tabla indiane, Flauto, Kora senegalese e voci africane.

Martyr' s day !

2006-02-19T10:46:00.000+01:00

So we performed at Vini e Oli bar on Saturday for a pure & clean selection delivering the vibes of Jah Jah Almithy @ Pescara Vecchia

CleanHeart ls. DADDY FREDDY + Ital Acoustic from Germany

2006-02-11T16:32:00.000+01:00
Sabato sera gettin' the burnin fire ...

CleanHeart played ls.DADDY FREDDY (Jam) + I-tal Acoustic Sound (Ger)
( Daddy Freddy inna dub session)

Push di fire !

Big up the whole Pescara Community performing in perfect I-nity...
Nuff respect & praise Jah Jah Almithy
RESPECT DUE...to all a dem: Peskaramanzia, Pure Love + JamafricaRastafari bring unity & powerful joy !

CleanHeart Sound ls. MAD KID & MODDI MC (Taranto)

2006-02-04T22:05:00.000+01:00

From TARANTO, Puglia
MODDI MC & MAD KID
champion freestyle raider------original juggling master
Negril Club, Pescara
Clean Heart was very proud to present
A nice surprise came out. Mr FIDO GUIDO from Taranto burned the yard with his melodic style.

( Moddi Mc and Fido Guido performin' on air at RadioCittà )

( Mad Kid and Moddi Mc at Negril club )

A huge dancehall nite. Laaarge up Mad Kid, classy selecta. Rispect to Moddi Mc, the 4WD styler man.
Jah bless Taranto things !

CAPODANNO 2006

2006-01-01T22:20:00.000+01:00

Ass. Culturale NEGRIL + CLEAN HEART Sound Station Presented
Chieti Scalo
The Original Dancehall Party ... Capodanno all nite long, inna perfect dancehall style to celebrate with reggae riddims da beginin' of a nuuu year !!

With:Blood & Fire Sound (Eng) U- Brown (Jam) Earl Sixteen (Jam)
and:Roots Inna Mix (Ita)Yaga Yaga Sound (Ita)Clean Heart (Ita)High Grade Conqueror (Ita)

(U-Brown)
SSI MAGNAT.. S'ABBALLAT..E S'APPICCIAT !!!

CleanHeart ls. Jigsy King

2005-12-16T19:39:00.000+01:00

CleanHeart was happy to introduce you from Jamaica another big dj of modern dancehall, he scored plenty big hits during the early 90's ls. the most incredible voices and labels like Roof International and Techniques !
JIGSY KING

the original Gimme de weeeeed

Give thanks and praises to the massive ! An amazin' Jigsy King and a hot crowd !
Bless up HighGrade ConquerorSound!
(Jigsy King down in da crowd)
(Lion D of Burnin'MelodySound performin')

"Love inna di city" RadioCittà Pescara Party

2005-12-09T09:58:00.000+01:00

RADIOCITTA' PESCARA PARTY
ft. Clean Heart Sound
+ Soul Earthquake (Prinipe 23 and MightyCez) from Venezia
+ Plunk (BreakinSoundCrew)

4VELE Rififì Club, Pescara

Ras Lion & CleanHeart Bbash !

2005-12-03T16:03:00.000+01:00

CleanHeart introduced inna perfect inity & love
KISSUSENTI CREW & KILLACAT from Catanzaro
and the Burnin'Melody Sound of Pesaro
@ Negril club, Pescara
Litaaaaa !!!

Clean Heart ls Fido Guido

2005-11-05T16:40:00.000+01:00
Greetings you all !
@ Negril Club, Pescara
CleanHeart performed ls. one of the nicest voice from TARANTO, Mr. Fido Guido.

Givin' thanks & praises unto Exodus, Ethiopian Cultural Services for ospitality in Rome, during the 75th Celebration for His Imperial Majesty Quadamawi, Emperor Haile Selassie 1st .
One perfect Love !

Promise to Hear I Chant
Oh JAH thou has promised to hear I chant
Oh JAH thou has promised to hear I chant
Oh Fari hear InI when I chantSay to teach InI what to chant
Oh Fari thou has promised to hear I pray
Oh Fari thou has promised to hear I pray
Oh Fari thou has promised to hear I pray
Oh JAH hear when I praySay to teach InI what to pray

Coronation Celebration In Italy

2005-11-02T16:52:00.000+01:00

"Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God"-Psalm 68:3

Greetings in the divine and most precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who has in this day revealed himself to us in the wonderful personality of H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I !

Foto della cerimonia del 75° anniversario dell'incoronazione di Sua Maestà Imperiale,
Haile Selassi I, Leone Conquistatore della Tribù di Judah
Roma, November 1st & 2nd 2005

Pictures !

Give thanks unto Exodus Ethiopian Cultural Service www.exodus.3000.it
& Sis Marydread 2005 from www.rastaites.com

TERRA DI CONQUISTA BY FIDO GUIDO

2005-10-31T00:23:00.000+01:00

01 intro
02 no ne stonne
03 a' vota bona
04 sogna
05 fore de cape
06 puerche
07 t'agghie ditte
08 fume scure
09 da sud a nord
10 damme nu' suene
11 tataranne
12 core sus' a core
13 no ne tenime bisogne (remix)
14 tataranne (remix)
executive producer: FIDO GUIDO for: Zuingo Comunication
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Alberto Dati at "HOMEGROWN" studios - Taranto.
For booking and contact: zuingocomunication@libero.it

Reggae for the massive

2005-10-08T10:12:00.000+02:00
Inna bar !
CleanHeart ls. PureLove to start Negril's winter season of reggae in Pescara !
Big things a gwan !!

CleanHeart supported Pinchers

2005-10-01T12:15:00.000+02:00
CleanHeart gone to Roma supportin' Pinchers and Lion Face !!
Delroy Thompson aka Pinchers the " Original Bandolerooo " from Kingston !! 1st time in Italy !!

...aAHAHHAAHAHAha ! Wha a man !!

Some pictures available HERE!

LITTLE ROY live FOR ETHIOPIA Children of tomorrow 2005

2005-08-27T15:51:00.000+02:00
CleanHeart proudly presents Little Roy live inna Pescara !!

The cashing was given to the St. Mary Hospital in Axum, Ethiopia,
in order to help the restoration of its structures.
..No excuses, you can do somethin' for them !

A nite full of massive and da big man called Little Roy performing inna real roots reggae style ! Still a big voice ! Deep and strong !
Jah bless him!

August holiday pon da beach inna TARANTO!

2005-08-17T12:30:00.000+02:00
15 August
CleanHeart was one of da guested selectors at ' 1st Taranto Sounds Connection '
longside CaptainSteady, Sciamano, Tan-J Selecta (RootsInnaMix), Digital (Sisma Sound)
(Hitowa at controls)
and the Mc's : Fido Guido, Malatesta, Ionio Roots, and Zakalicious !

Thanks and congrats to Fido Guido, ComitatoDiQuartiere and Ciccioman !
We love da illegal-beach party mood !

17 August
CleanHeart played on the beach guested by Zakalicious to present again his first smashin' Ep.
" La Casa della Parrucca " ( Riddims selected by RootsInnaMix, Price 7 euros per 7 songs, contacts at lacasadellaparrucca@hotmail.it )

Clean Heart sound goes to CALABRIA

2005-08-04T09:09:00.000+02:00

Yes massive from Catanzaro !
Clean Heart Sound played ls. da Kissusenti crew inna Catanzaro, Calabria.

Many sigers was there !... Lion D, Killa Cat, Gioman, Claudia Ranks !! Untill the rain comes !!

Big up to Kissusenti crew and all the massive deh!!(KillaCat)

CleanHeart ls. Silford Walker, Prince Alla and Asher selecta

2005-07-23T00:59:00.000+02:00
Sea side time it was!
CleanHeart ls. Positive Airline Sound with Asher Selector (Switzerland) Prince Alla and Silford Walker (first time outta Jamaica !!) A Set of experienced Tools of JAH to Unite Di World with Equal Rights & Justice!
JAH Love FIRE FI BUN !!!
A Perfect nite it was !!
An good selection with lots of international tunes ! Asher made the girls gone wild !

a deeply moved Sylford Walker (in the picture) made the feelin' and Prince Alla was da fireworks !! How can ya loose it ?
..Thanks to everyone was there to celebrate !
You were beautyfull !!

respect to aVantBraS grafics!

LA CASA DELLA PARRUCCA BY ZAKALICIOUS

2005-07-07T20:59:00.000+02:00

CLICK THE TITLES TO LISTEN

1 La Festa ;
2 Se Mi Vuoi ;
3 Saporita ;
4 Ançela (Ft.Fido Guido)* ;
5 Le Dread (Ft.Alissio) ;
6 Salinella ;
7 Grazie Mamma .

Produced and realized by Zakalicious fi "JONIO LION Productions" Taranto;
Recorded at Solid Music Studio, Bologna by Solid Crew;
*Saporita & *Ançela are recorded at RootsInnaMix Studio, Taranto;
Mixed and arranged at RootsInnaMix Studio, Taranto by Bombhead;

We love our friend Zak and we see you too !! So we will ever happy to turn ya message but You can do it straight postin' at http://www.myspace.com/zakaliciousrebelsoul

Contacts and live:
lacasadellaparrucca@hotmail.it / zakalicious@lycos.it

CleanHeart at Spiaggia (MC)

2005-07-02T13:45:00.000+02:00
Big FREE danz on the beach fi CleanHeart hosted by CALIGULA Sound and them selfmade sound & cheap drinks !!!!
Porto Sant'Elpidio Beach !

CleanHeart supported Barrington Levy

2005-06-24T21:07:00.000+02:00
CleanHeart supported the "Mellow Canary" from West Kingston ! The drivin' force in reggae music Mr. Barrington Levy live in Giulianova (Te)

(Mr.Levy and Hitowa)Have you listened him at Satta Reggae Show ??
It was a full long day with a very nice man !

Click here for a concert comment (big up Paolo)

Asafa for all jamaicans

2005-06-14T17:29:00.000+02:00
JAMAICA'S Asafa Powell scorched the track at the Athens Olympic Stadium today to set a world record 9.77 seconds in the men's 100 metres.
Competing at the Athens Super Grand Prix meet, the 22-year-old Jamaican sprinter delivered in spectacular fashion after predicting a fast time on the eve of the meet. His new mark broke the 9.78 set by American Tim Montgomery in Paris on September 14, 2002. He had been threatening to beat the world mark all season. The St. Catherine native ran a world-leading 9.84 at the May 7 Jamaica International Invitational meet and followed that up with times of 9.84 (wind-aided) and 9.85 at a meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic last Thursday night. After the race, an elated Powell told The Gleaner: "I did this for all Jamaicans. I hope that everyone is happy and the support is there. I thank everybody for supporting me."
Powell added: "It was a pretty good race although I thought it could be a little bit better. But I am quite happy with it, because I got me a world record." Asked if he could have gone faster yesterday, Powell replied: "As I got close to the finish line, I looked at the screen (clock), but I am not sure that did much."
PLANS TO GO FASTER

Powell joined Americans Montgomery (9.78) and Maurice Greene (9.79) as the only athletes to run under 9.80 seconds. The new world record holder who had the entire field covered after 40 metres is planning to go even faster. "Well, yes, I have it in mind and I have the confidence and the ability to do it," he said.

WE SOON COME !

2005-06-03T13:09:00.000+02:00
...ARE YOU READY ?
...the winter season hot endin' party at ClubZone ! girls start to spread dem bodies and the boys start to sweat !...so see ya at beach side ! seen !

JAMAICA JAM 2006, Ocho Rios, Jamaica

2005-05-31T20:53:00.000+02:00

About Jamaica Jam
Based in the Caribbean and the UK, Jamaica Jam aims to establish a unique annual multicultural event which will attract a diverse international audience to Jamaica. The inaugural Jamaica Jam event will take place May 27-28, 2006 at James Bond Beach venue (one of Ian Fleming’s original settings for the James Bond story Goldeneye) in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Much of today’s dance music and pop culture is rooted in Jamaica’s inspiring musical history. Jamaica Jam aims to bring together and celebrate essential international dance music DJs, Sound Systems, and performing artists from Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America and the Caribbean. The program will feature a variety of music such as Reggae, Hip Hop, House, and more!
Line up:
Canada: Gunz n' Rozez, Lexus Supreme
Belgium / Luxemburg: Tribulation
Germany: Pow Pow, Bam Bam
France: Soul Stereo, Legal Shot
Holland: Jah Sound
Italy: Clean Heart, Bass Fimas, Villa Ada, One Love
Jamaica: Stone Love, King Jammy, Fire Link (TBC)
Japan: Mighty Crown
Spain: Nyahbinghi
Sweden: Trinity
UK: Silver Star ( BBC 1xtr) Saxone - TBC
Finland : Komposti
Portugal: Reggae Portugal Sound System

Comperes and DJ’s.
Barry G / Hot FM (JA)
Carl Bradshaw / Jose, The Harder They Come
Chris Goldfinga / BBC Radio 1
Elise Kelly / Irie FM
Gammo Speng / Choice FM

Click here to read more

JUNIOR KELLY 'S BIG EVENT !

2005-05-28T13:39:00.000+02:00
From HighGrade promotion:
JUNIOR KELLY , a.k.a. Mr. Nice, from Spanish Town, cames to show us his conscious voice
supported by RAS SHILOH (Big up heartbreakers ! see ya soon !)
A big event promoted by CleanHeart, ClubZone and Negril

"He must be a wonderfull person ! "..this is what I and I heard strollin by the over 1.500 people filled the warehouse to see this Junior Kelly 's touchin' and excitin' show !
Respect to Ras Shiloh ! ...A silk and lash show man !
Big up to Michael, Perrel and all the other musicians !
...and thanx to everyone collaborated in this event for the hard job them did !
...Greetings and respect to all da reggae fanatics a were there in spite of 'that dog' !......SEEN I !

Dem a talk a freedom !

2005-05-13T11:31:00.000+02:00
...and we don't stop ! ..'cause we kyaan stop !

FREEDOM ! Every time !

CleanHeart ls DJ WAR

2005-05-06T20:24:00.000+02:00
Dj War comes again in Pescara !
From Salento the pioneer of the Italian reggae scene with SpeakerTex and LuMarra.

What a hell are you waitin' for ?

CleanHeart ls MightyJanhoySound of London (UK)

2005-04-29T14:33:00.000+02:00
CleanHeart ls Mighty Janhoy Sound from London (UK) and
Caligula Sound

GIOIA ED EMOZIONE AD AXUM PER IL RITORNO DELL'OBELISCO

2005-04-25T21:51:00.000+02:00
Felicità e grande soddisfazione", con queste parole il Comitato nazionale
etiope per il ritorno dell'obelisco di Axum ha salutato stamani l'arrivo in
Etiopia del primo troncone del monumento storico e religioso che venne
portato in Italia nel 1937 dalle truppe fasciste d'occupazione e che in base
agli accordi presi tra i due Paesi avrebbe dovuto far ritorno nella città
settentrionale di Axum già dal 1947. Il grosso Antonov partito da Roma
durante la notte è arrivato ad Axum poco dopo l'orario fissato, le 6:15, ad
accogliere la prima parte dell'obelisco, visto che per il trasporto è stato
diviso in tre sezioni, una delegazione governativa etiope guidata dal
ministro della cultura Teshome Toga. ''Sono emozionato, travolto dalla
gioia. È un momento storico per noi, abbiamo dovuto aspettare così a lungo
per ottenere indietro l'obelisco'' ha detto Toga. L'arrivo del secondo
troncone è previsto per venerdì e il terzo per lunedì prossimo. Portata in
Italia dall'esercito fascista nel 1937 per celebrare i 15 anni della ‘marcia
su Roma’, la stele - antico simbolo della città sacra del Tigray e capitale
del più antico regno dell’Africa - dovrebbe tornare nel cuore del Parco
archeologico di Axum, proprio di fronte alla chiesa di Maryam Sion (la
basilica più importante del cristianesimo etiopico) e a fianco di quella
riserva di acqua conosciuta come il Bacino della Regina di Saba.

Dreadlocks, a conscious superhero !

2005-04-23T02:30:00.000+02:00
Who is DreadLocks ?
Dreadlocks is guided by the Gods of Alkebulan (Africa) and born as a sacrificial lamb to the Gods of ancient Alkebulan. Dreadlocks has no physical sight for the Gods are his guiding light from within his third eye (spirit/conscious). He is a revolutionary hero based in the urban world. His primary task is bringing Ma'at (universal order, justice and righteousness) to the lost tribes of Alkebulan. Dreadlocks is a hero for the people. He serves only the Gods/ancestors that walked before him.
HE IS OUR SITE GUARD !
Check him at www.urbanstylecomics.com , good site with a web episode, free desktops and cool links !

JAMMIN INNA PESCARA TOWN

2005-04-22T14:16:00.000+02:00
Picture is courtesy gift of Peter Dean Rickards at www.afflictedyard.com
Yes people!
The positive vibrations of reggae music still fly high inna pescara town.
Clean Heart Soundstation inna session @ Club Zone.
Nah miss it!
Bless!

From Italy to Ethiopia...the obelisk will be in Axum !

2005-04-22T03:47:00.000+02:00
Italy - Nearly seventy years after Italian troops stole the ancient Axum obelisk from Ethiopia as war booty, the first part of the priceless 24-metre high column, has been returned. The obelisk, built in the first centuries AD by the ancient Axumite people, was brought to Rome under the rule of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. It was been the Negus in person (said the notary Barziza on his website) "to put in a word to the Italian plenipotentiaries to agree upon the necessity of an hospital", after realized by Italy – as a sostitution of the monument returns agreed in early afterwar. The Italian authorities finally dismantled the immense obelisk in October 2003, but technical problems meant it has been languishing in a hangar near Rome airport since then. The first segment, weighing 60 tonnes, arrived in Ethiopia on Tuesday morning. One of the biggest problems was finding the right aircraft to carry the precious basalt column back. The Antonov 124 aircraft, the biggest civilian plane in the world, is one of just two aircraft able to manage such a load. The first segment of the stele, its archaeological term, touched down in Axum, 850 kilometres north of the capital Addis Abeba, after a six-hour flight from Rome. The runway there has had to be extended to permit the Antonov to land. The monument was accompanied by the engineer who oversaw the division and dismantlement of the monument, representatives from the Italian Culture Ministry and UNESCO. Italian experts will help in reassembling the column in an archeological park in Axum. Ethiopians see the obelisk as a continuity of their links with their ancestors and major celebrations are planned for when it is once again in situ; the remaining two segments are scheduled to be returned home in separate flights next week. However the re-erection of the stele, which will be overseen by the same Italian engineers who cautiously and delicately dismantled it in Rome, is expected to take several months. The obelisk is considered to be among the finest from Axum, the centre of early Ethiopian civilisation and the city of the legendary Queen of Sheba, who ruled 1000 years before the birth of Christ. Under the peace deal in 1947, Italy agreed to give back all material taken from Ethiopia. As it was for the Lion of Judah that was in front of Termini Station. However, over the years, technical difficulties,political instability, and a certain reluctance from Italy to hand the monument over, (we can say that with a bit of shame) meant it remained where Mussolini had placed it - in front of what is now the headquarters of a UN food agency in Rome. It was only when Ethiopia threatened to cut off diplomatic ties in 2003 that things began to move. Celebrations for the return of the ancient are planned in Ethiopia. The Italian government initially released 1.5 million euros for the project, but the costs have since risen to an estimated six million euros. Other costs added by the restoration of the summit dammaged by the thunderblot in 2002.
The eagerly awaited first part of the historic Axum Obelisk arrived in Ethiopia's northern ancient town of Axum from Italy early Tuesday. The cargo plane, which loads the historical Obelisk, arrived atAxum Airport at 6:30 a.m. (1130 GMT).
Ethiopia's Culture Minister Teshome Toga, also chairman of the National Committee for the Return of Axum Obelisk, and other senior government officials received the obelisk at the airport. Cheering crowd, religious leaders and invited guests also attended the ceremony marking the return of the obelisk, looted bythe then Fascist Italy. Brochures heralding the return of the obelisk were being air-dropped in Axum town. Speaking on the occasion, Teshome expressed happiness to the Ethiopian people over the return of the historic obelisk. He said the return of the obelisk was made possible through theunstinted effort of the Ethiopian government and the full cooperation of the Italian government. The Ethiopian minister said the return of the obelisk would further bolster the historical and diplomatic relations between the two countries. Ethiopia's Information Ministry said in a statement that the decision of the government and peoples of Italy and the subsequentsupport they rendered to materialize their decision is expected ofa civilized nation and is highly commendable. The Italian ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi,(and our shame is big) played in this regard merits particular mention as he did this with a great sense of responsibility, it said. The ministry said the restitution of the obelisk after a successful diplomatic effort by the government of Ethiopia and thepositive response of the government and people of Italy will scaleup and open a new chapter in Ethiopian-Italian relations. Residents of Axum on their part expressed their joy through various traditional dances and songs at the airport throughout theprevious night. Residents from Shire, Adwa and other neighboring localities have begun to enter into Axum town to witness the return of the obelisk. The remaining two parts of the obelisk, which weighs 58.2 tons, are expected to arrive in short period of time. The event marking the return of the Axum obelisk has been postponed as the transportation of the obelisk, which was supposedto arrive on April 13, has been delayed for six days for technicaland logistic problems, earlier reports indicated. ( because of Pope affair Rome is full of people from all over the world) The stele, weighing 160 tons and standing 24 meters high, is around 1,700 years old and has become a symbol of the Ethiopian people's identity. Following the signing of two agreements by Italy and Ethiopia,in 1956 and 1997, Ethiopia formed a national committee for the return of the obelisk.

This committee, working with the International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), has carried out research and technical analysis to prepare the segmentation and transportation of the obelisk to Axum. Ethiopia is one of the oldest continuous civilizations in the world. The first known civilization in Ethiopia was that of the mighty Aksumite Kingdom. Having established itself in 1,000 BC, innorthern Ethiopia, it eventually spread over all of northern and even central Ethiopia. The ancient city of Axum, which was startedby the Aksumites, was Ethiopia's first capital city.

CleanHeart supports MAX ROMEO

2005-04-15T12:59:00.000+02:00
Clean Heart Sound supported MAX ROMEO in Roma !
..a drowsy Murda (author of these pics) said :
"We arrived in Pescara at 8 in the mornin'...so tired..but it was a great nite, Max Romeo was so soulfull and da people of Rome is always ready fi good reggae !"
(LionHeart aka Carlos at controls)

Engjell birthday celebration

2005-04-10T13:37:00.000+02:00
10-04-2005.....a big birthday today!
Greetings to the man that makes this possible!
Engjell, the rispect for you is gigantic!

Big things a gwaan!

Hitowa.

A muse Carla Campbell

2005-04-09T20:18:00.000+02:00
Carla Campbell is da smashin' Jamaican model inspired me to name and design da site spirit doll SISTA CARLA !
This is Carla Campbell with her juicy, doll-like features and the jaw droppin' body ! She was FuBu compaign girl in 2003. Her best pics are from www.antoineverglas.com for Maxim magazine.
Can ya tell me somethin' more ?
....SEEN !

JAMAICA IS CALLING !

2005-04-05T13:00:00.000+02:00

...and we don't stop ! inna 'roots and culture' style !

ALL IN THIS TOGETHER pt.2

2005-03-25T19:07:00.000+01:00

Clean Heart soundstation was very proud to present:
ALL IN THIS TOGETHER pt.2!
feat.
Clean Heart, Balooba, Pure Love, Sycamore, Swing Easy,
Peskaramanzia, Omnibass, La Piga, Rastauno

All the sounds from Pescara play together to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the new Club Zone.via Campobasso, Pescara
Free entry
Nah miss it!!!!!!!!
Blessed love
(thanx Kuno..ahahahha)

Clean Heart ls VILLA ADA POSSE and TERRON FABIO e DON RICO !

2005-03-11T13:07:00.000+01:00
...SEEN I ! ....straight from Roma da VILLA ADA POSSE with da nu tunes fi da crazyman RAINA "Weed" and "Berluscone" ...and DON RICO E TERRON FABIO from da famous SUD SOUND SISTEM of Lecce ! ...dont't miss it !

CleanHeart at CSA INTIFADA roma

2005-02-27T00:00:00.000+01:00
"UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL" at c.s.a.Intifada Roma

CleanHeart Soundstation
Senza Freni
Yaga Yaga Soundsystem

To arrive in Roma from Pescara was not easy by the snow
...but nothin' can stop da Family !

JahLuca, Hitowa and DonCarlos da Lionheart on set !
..OOH WHAT A BASH !.....Lots of respect to YagaYagaSound and SenzaFreni

CleanHeart presents SUGAR MINOTT and BUNNA !

2005-02-26T12:26:00.000+01:00
Italy mets Jamaica !
Dj style nite with Bunna and Lincoln "Sugar" Minott ! ...from Kingston a Big Studio One singer ! and producer of Black Roots and Youth Promotion labels, mainly dedicated to launching new talents and reissuing his incredibly big catalogue... International Reggae Star!

CleanHeart presents DAWN PENN

2005-02-20T17:26:00.000+01:00
A big event with a fine fine feelin' with Dawn Penn, she spents three days in Pescara followin' all the CleanHeart programs for the week end !
..we continue to miss her ! ...ooh what a diva !

LEAVE THE TREES

2005-02-18T22:39:00.000+01:00
Carnival !
(MarcoBudda, JahLuca, Lion D from Burnin'Melody, Hitowa)

A GIFT

2005-02-05T12:00:00.000+01:00
Bless this houses this crew
Ho lord we pray
make it safe by night and day
Amen
by the courtesy of BrianJahn at www.brianjahnphotography.com

This is a gift fi everyone support and love our music and works
This is a gift fi everyone a feel himself a member of da CleanHeart' s family

JAMAICA TIME !

2005-01-28T23:55:00.000+01:00

CLEAN HEART inna JAMAICA

2005-01-26T11:12:00.000+01:00
Welcome to Jamdown. Kingston Airport.
The Family. Ready to go!
Records shop at tuff gong. Kingston
Rikey Chaplin, a big deejay, Charlie Chaplin's brother.
Rikey inna dubplate style at Caveman Studio, Kingston.
Ras Lion aka Carlos aka Lionheart
The family at Studio One
The best jamaican label gives its name to Bentford Road
Assault to Studio One store!
Hitowa with the Studio One staff
Wild Jamaica_01
Wild Jamaica_02
Murda!
Longo sistas & Jessie Black
Italian style @ Port Antonio
The "musical" school @ Port Antonio
A Jah Jah Fever! Respect to Jessie Black!
Winifred
Babylon
Ganja bay
Port Antonio
Coconut ladies
Jamaica way
Jamaican autogrill
Clean Heart & Queen Ifrica
Rebel Salute_before the show
Rebel Salute_the crowd
Rebel Salute_till a mornin'
Rebel Salute_colours!
Rebel Salute_sun is shining
Negril sunset
The Cool ruler
John Holt
Montego Bay
Jamaican wisdom
See you soon!!

CleanHeart presents TARANTO SHOWCASE

2005-01-21T23:47:00.000+01:00
...AAAHH ! Hitowa's birthday bash with the best MCs from Taranto !
FIDO GUIDO,
the great MODDI MC and
the incredible Zakeo aka ZAKALICIOUS

CleanHeart presents GENERAL LEVY

2004-12-31T01:09:00.000+01:00
Fires, dinners blessed with everything, drinks, girls and an ovacrowded ClubZone was the scene...Great performace it was fi General Levy in Pescara singin' till 5.00 in da mornin' ! No one could stop him and his show !
There was our family feelin' to celebrate the meetin' of General Levy with his brother Winston Irie from Bahamas after such a long time !

HAPPY NU YEAR !!

CleanHeart present ANTHONY JOHNSON

2004-12-17T18:15:00.000+01:00
CleanHeart present Anthony Johnson from Kingstone
Original rockers veteran ! Gunshot man !
Max respect !
Pure 70's selection ! Wha set them did ! (JahLuca and Mr.Johnson)
Every night is a soundclash !

CATCH A VIBE

2004-11-12T11:19:00.000+01:00
ClubZone as a home !

CleanHeart presents SISTER NANCY

2004-11-05T19:04:00.000+01:00
CleanHeart is proud to host Miss Bam Bam ! Sista Nancy !
supported by LegalShot Sound & Jezzai (Fr)

CleanHeart presents POW POW

2004-10-11T21:49:00.000+02:00
Great great nite with Ingo and Markus from the PowPow movement of Koln

[in order l to r: AnthonyT, Alessandra(SycamoreSound), DjEngjell, DonCarlos, Hitowa, Ingo, JahLuca,Daniele and Pietro(ClubZone), Markus, Silicius, BigFabio and Raina]

CleanHeart meets HIGHGRADE

2004-10-01T14:31:00.000+02:00
Greeting to the HighGrade ConquerorSound of Bari !

SUMMAR REGGAE DANCE

2004-07-30T18:33:00.000+02:00
HOT HOT PASSA PASSA NITE !

CleanHeart meets BURNING MELODY of Pesaro

2004-07-23T23:16:00.000+02:00
Sea side party with Massi, the talented singer LionD and someone of their massive !

HOW FI DANCE REGGAE

2004-07-09T11:21:00.000+02:00
...Strange things a happened on friday nite !

JAMAICA MI LOVE !

2004-07-02T19:17:00.000+02:00
Summer time !

SOUL FOOD from JAMAICA

2004-06-25T17:20:00.000+02:00
Summer time !

PRIVATE BEACH PARTY

2004-06-11T17:43:00.000+02:00
The illegal issue !

Big up to all massive them were there ! It was a great nite !

SWING A LING !

2004-06-04T17:37:00.000+02:00
Hot time it was !

PULL UP !

2004-05-27T12:36:00.000+02:00
Happy party it was !

ClaenHeart presents VILLA ADA POSSE of Roma

2004-05-21T18:16:00.000+02:00
Family feelin' that nite!
Dj Pecoz, Ginko and Raina on da mic ! and da audience them do at ClubZone ! BIG UP TO EVERY ONE WAS THERE !

DECLARATION OF REGGAE

2004-05-14T23:40:00.000+02:00
In memory of Clement Dodd !
Rrrroots music !

JUICY ROOTS

2004-04-30T12:23:00.000+02:00
...aahh ! this my favourite flyer I did in 2004 !

ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

2004-04-02T12:17:00.000+02:00
ClubZone opened the season with CleanHeart ls the best reggae sounds of Pescara !
Greetings to all boyz and gals them trust in reggae music !

CleanHeart presents One LOVE HI-POWA

2004-03-20T23:34:00.000+01:00
yyy !! People !

CleanHeart ls DJ WAR of Lecce

2004-01-24T03:05:00.000+01:00
A special nite at Kabala with DJ War !
..he is the history of the dancehall jugglin' for the Italian selectas !
DjWAR and MilitantP founded the first nucleus of the SUD SOUND SYSTEM in 1998
..Big up to the foundation of the Italian soundsystem culture !

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CleanHeart guest @ Wake up (Pe)

...TUNE IN !

CleanHeart at Spazio Serra

CleanHeart at TELLINA REGGAE 2007

For Ethiopia Festival 2007

CleanHeart at SOCHA RIVER SUNSPLASH

More videos from the Clean Heart crew

FRIDAY BACK AGAIN !!!

New Hut wuk video

Jamaican Dee-Jays get a fight..

Pride and prejudice

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Da Melody Night !!

CleanHeartSound present CRUCIAL SOUNDS from Nederland

CleanHeart + Ras Dan I & Ras Tewelde

Villa Ada Crew back in town!!!

TIME TO UNITE! CleanHeartSound present LION D, JAMAFRICA crew and MARJAS

a message to you

CleanHeart + Maga Dog

Rikey Chaplin @ Caveman's studio_KINGSTON JAMAICA

Follow di I Clean Heart

da B-BASH 2006 !!! Cleanheart feat. GIOMAN & KILLACAT

CleanHeart present MAGA DOG LIVE

Ecoteca

SPAZIO SERRA 20/10

More works a gwaan

ECOTECA WE A COME

The comin of a legend ...Derrick Morgan !!

CLEAN HEART + ZAKALICIOUS ina Barletta

CleanHeart ls Jamafrica mc's & ComeShineBand

Chalet LA MASCHERA, Torino di Sangro (CH)

CleanHeat presents LUCIANO !!!!!!

FEEL REGGAE MUSIC - CleanHeart ls. Campobasso Massive

ALL IN DIS 2006

Clean Heart new website

CLEAN HEART IN SESSION

CleanHeart ls. C.U.B.A. Cabbal

Martyr' s day !

CleanHeart ls. DADDY FREDDY + Ital Acoustic from Germany

CleanHeart Sound ls. MAD KID & MODDI MC (Taranto)

CAPODANNO 2006

CleanHeart ls. Jigsy King

"Love inna di city" RadioCittà Pescara Party

Ras Lion & CleanHeart Bbash !

Clean Heart ls Fido Guido

Coronation Celebration In Italy

TERRA DI CONQUISTA BY FIDO GUIDO

Reggae for the massive

CleanHeart supported Pinchers

LITTLE ROY live FOR ETHIOPIA Children of tomorrow 2005

August holiday pon da beach inna TARANTO!

Clean Heart sound goes to CALABRIA

CleanHeart ls. Silford Walker, Prince Alla and Asher selecta

LA CASA DELLA PARRUCCA BY ZAKALICIOUS

CleanHeart at Spiaggia (MC)

CleanHeart supported Barrington Levy

Asafa for all jamaicans

WE SOON COME !

JAMAICA JAM 2006, Ocho Rios, Jamaica

About Jamaica Jam

Line up:

JUNIOR KELLY 'S BIG EVENT !

Dem a talk a freedom !

CleanHeart ls DJ WAR

CleanHeart ls MightyJanhoySound of London (UK)

GIOIA ED EMOZIONE AD AXUM PER IL RITORNO DELL'OBELISCO

Dreadlocks, a conscious superhero !

JAMMIN INNA PESCARA TOWN

From Italy to Ethiopia...the obelisk will be in Axum !

CleanHeart supports MAX ROMEO

Engjell birthday celebration

A muse Carla Campbell

JAMAICA IS CALLING !

ALL IN THIS TOGETHER pt.2

Clean Heart ls VILLA ADA POSSE and TERRON FABIO e DON RICO !

CleanHeart at CSA INTIFADA roma

CleanHeart presents SUGAR MINOTT and BUNNA !

CleanHeart presents DAWN PENN

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