The Rootsman

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The Rootsman is a musician and DJ based in Bradford, England. His musical career began when he was living in Edinburgh, Scotland and taught himself to play guitar in 1978 at the age of 13 and formed his first punk band. With his group “State Oppression” he made his debut gig in 1981, supporting the Angelic Upstarts. After 3 concerts, he decided that being a guitarist in a band was not for him and he retired from that aspect of the music business. He moved to Bradford in 1983 and quickly immersed himself into the local reggae scene. He worked for over two years in the local Roots Record Shop, where he began to be known as “Rootsman”. In 1985 he started selecting on local sound systems and the following year began to play on university radio and local pirate radio stations. This continued for a number of years until he founded his own club night “Dub Me Crazy” at the end of 1991.

“Dub Me Crazy” was extremely successful in promoting roots and dub music in the north of England and also giving a platform for up and coming artists to play their own material. A residency with the innovative Soundclash club in Leeds followed a couple of years later, and Rootsman began playing alongside leading DJs like Dr Alex Patterson from The Orb, Andrew Weatherall, Justin Robertson (Lionrock) and others. In this period, Rootsman also founded the Third Eye Music label and released the debut album from Dayjah and The Disciples, entitled “Storm Clouds” which was very popular on the roots scene.

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1	Ta Travudia full track	116
2	Exodus	29
3	Tremors	22
4	Fittest Of The Fittest	21
5	Sounds Of Freedom	15
6	Show Me Some Love	12
6	We Nuh Rap (Remix By El Jethoor)	12
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RUTSDC wrote:
September 2009

SCHÖNE MUSIK

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infectiphibian wrote:
August 2009

One of my favorites! I just love this music ..

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pokolo wrote:
June 2009

finally found some of this guy's stuff.. nice

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caronte2 wrote:
May 2009

let's do it naaan

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TenienteRipley wrote:
March 2009

Ta Travudia es increiblemente bueno! (¿qué significa?)

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shesavage wrote:
March 2009

pls pls pls come play for Bulgaria!!!!!!!!!!

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Aijela wrote:
February 2009

i agree with audiobrown. ta travudia is awesome!

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audiobrown wrote:
August 2008

keep up the good work man.. ta travudia is the best tune ive heard in a long time

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stanmsl wrote:
February 2008

Nice to be second.....anywhere I can downloads this???

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junkissime wrote:
August 2007

what an honour & shame to be the first to shout...

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