DJ duos take over

September 1!!! BMX and inline contest in Riga’s central mall “Galerija Centrs” will be followed by quite mad afterparty in Cream Cafe (Dzirnavu 55). Party concept is DJ duos,  3 tandems:

1) Club owner, promoter and veteran Akmens along with great underground promoter Kaplis spinning whatever;
2) Crystral Sound System girls blazing 70-190 bpm choons that somehow concerns reggae;
3) Couple of dreadlocks – bassline and garage addict Moire and his musical soulmate BRO87, big fan of UK funky.

Dubplate from Jamie Irie

This one is joyful dubplate from JAMIE IRIE. His dubplate speacials are one of a kind that can kill any soundbwoy. Jamie is working with top reggae band, “HOUSE OF RIDDIM”, and RCola, top jungle and D’n'B producer from CANADA and is running his own label Saysell Music.

Crystral Dubplate feat. Jamie Irie – UUhLaLaLAAA

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Beach party inna Riga

Zvērā Festival live mix & video

Finally we publish the video from Zvērā Festival, that took place in the end of July in Latvia along with our live mix from Electrus stage, second day of the festival. BigUps to our wikkid crew – DJ Rcola and Jamie Irie, all the friends and supporters!!!

Crystral Sound System live@ Zvērā Festival Electrus stage, Saturday, July 31, 2010

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Video from Electrus stage: Crystral with RCola and Jamie Irie

Cristofari interview in Stereo Sala

Yesterday evening in our radioshow Stereo Sala on radio SWH we had exotic and super-irie guests: reggae band Cristofari from Chile / Sweden. This weekend they perform in Waves bar in Vecāķi, Pludmales str. 4.  You’re all welcome to listen to the interview and live songs here:

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Fontaine warm-up

No, no, no, it’s not about warming-up fontaine, it’ about Crystral Sound warming up Fontaine festival along with two ska bands THE CAPITAL BEAT (FIN) and MANGO (LV) in club NABAKLAB this Thursday. If you love ska and dancehall music say “YE-EEESSS!”

Kaituss video

Month ago Crystral Sound took part in organizing watersports event Užavas Kaituss in wild, romantic and scenic spot by the Baltic sea – Užava. Thank’s to our friends from wakeboarding club 1080 we have short movie how everything happened:

Zvērs Goes Ragga

Riga Goes Ragga event is going outdoors! This weekend Crystral Sound System is packing the speakers, tent, all the reggae – friends and the biggest and freshest tunes in a van and going to Zvērā Festival near Saldus. Don’t you miss that, because the collection of artists here will give you the true essence of Jamaican inspired music – from dub-ish downtempo till roots reggae, dancehall, dubstep and ragga-jungle. The most important acts will be UK’s Jamie Irie reggae-set on the first day, followed by our Lithuanian friends – reggae classics by E-Roott and raggajungle floorfillers by Cr-edit. Dr_Ups from London will bring us the real bashment feeling again. Of course, we don’t forget the local forces; full lineup here:

30.07.2010

22:00 Dr.UPS (UK)
23:00 MAX VOITECH
00:00 DUB:RA
01:00 JAMIE IRIE (UK)
02:00 E-ROOTT (LT)
03:00 CR-EDIT (LT)
04:00 CRYSTRAL SOUND SYSTEM

31.07.2010

21:00 Dr.UPS (UK)
22:30 SHUREZ
00:00 ZIGGY
02:00 APOFEOZ SOUND SYSTEM
03:00 PUMA & RAHAZ BUZZ
04:00 CRYSTRAL SOUND SYSTEM

P.S. On Saturday, July 31 we also expect great ragga-jungle set from ragga-jungle top producer RCola (Canada) on festival’s Electrus stage.

Laba Daba

After some years of silence, the festival of positive music “Laba Daba” is back again! Reggae, dancehall, etno, world, jazz – and great atmosphere, this year with more participants on 4 festival stages. Programme – here. Crystral Sound plays on Friday, August 6 from 21.00 on DJ stage. No shiny plastic, just real, rockin’ reggae. See you there!

Flower carpet guinness world record

This Saturday in the lovely seaside city Ventspils they will try to challenge the guinness world record and create the world’s largest flower carpet. This is going to be a massive event with activities and workshops, main stage with well-known bands and afterparty in Renķa dārzs. Crystral Sound spinning the most summer-ish tunes from midnight till 01.30.

Baltic Beach Party

This year Latvia’s largest beach event Baltic Beach Party lasts 3 days: from July 22-24.  On Thursday night we promote our reggae/dancehall radio show STEREO SALA and blaze the faya on radio SWH stage. If you are there, come and enjoy the vibes.

Stereo Sala on radio SWH

Wednesday nights on radio SWH belong to Crystral Sound System and our reggae/dancehall/tropical bass show STEREO SALA. So, if you love these vibes, tune in 105,2 FM / Wednesdays / 21:00-23:00 and listen to fresh choons and classics, enjoy our guests, take part in contests and feel the positive vibes spread through radio speakers all over Latvia.

Fonofest 2010

First of this summer’s big festivals coming up this weekend – Fonofest 2010 in Uplandi, near Cesis. We are playing in the DJ tent Friday from 04.00 till the last one dropping. Others spinning in the DJ tent: Toms Grēviņš, AI-VA, Artis Dvarionas, Indrikkis and Chabucca. Not only bands and sports competitions, also quality dance music two nights, 80 km from Riga.

Užavas Kaituss

Wow, summer is really here! So this weekend we are going to chill in wild waters of Baltic sea and try some SUP boarding, skim boarding and in the case of wind also wakeboarding or windsurfing in event called Užavas Kaituss.

But what is the main thing – we will set up our sound system and play wicked watersports afterparty in country house “Garvasari” 6 km from the beach: fireplace, grill, beach-bar, dancefloor etc.

We are also expecting to hear some tunes from our new born deejay Oldschool Ilze, expert in all kind of board sports, selecting bouncy Latvian sound of 1950’s – 1970’s.  And also concrete jungle rasta, selector Bassline Chris, ir preparing something for you. Sooooo, here is the map:

Positivus 2010

The artists list  of Red Bull Music Academy stage in 2010 Positivus Festival is out and published! And the lineup is MAD! We play their tunes in our sets weekly, and now we are playing together with them. See you on the second day of the festival, warming up the dancefloor with our special tropical-bass selections.

Muse, Scissor Sisters and UNKLE are the headliners of this year’s Positivus fest in Latvia, one of the most popular musical gatherings in the Baltic area. The Red Bull Music Academy will host its own stage on both days, with former participants Madis Nestor and DJ Quest manning the decks alongside international guests such as Benji B and the South Rakkaz Crew, plus a special PA by future soul’s golden girl Muhsinah. Think Positivus!