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YUSH, it was crowded, it was the first time since the very beginning of the Summerjam Festival
that the cash desks had to be closed. On Saturday evening more than 30.000 people
were on the festival island. About 25.000 sold tickets (plus a huge amount of employes,
vendors and guests) is the biggest audience that has ever been to a Reggae event in Europe.
But Summerjam posse kept calm, having party, fun, smoking, drinking,
no hussle, just relax and dance. It was absolutely wicked to see
this lovely crowd every year at this festival.
On the other side it was an incredible chaos on Summerjam 2001: Too many people on the island, too many people on the
campground, not enough space on the campground due to very high level of water in the lake,
parking places still too far away from the
camping and the area, heavy rainfall during Friday night and all day long on Sunday.
Summerjam was a happy festival, well organised even for this huge number of attendants, of course, it wasn't perfect and people
will find enough things to complain about but: It worked out, the festival took place without any big problems, the
lineup was (nearly) complete and scheduled times (on the mainstage) were kept.
On friday the kickoff on the mainstage was done by Germanys I-Shen Rockers, first time on Summerjam. Due to Mr Vegas' late arrival
the schedule had to be changed what lead to some confusion. Even after Third World was
finished Mr. Vegas was still not there and Anthony B was announced. The confusion was complete after the break when all
of a sudden Vegas appeared instead of the announced Anthony B. Anyway, both Vegas and Anthony did great shows.
Meanwhile on the tent stage surprisingly good Roots shows took place: The upcoming Nazarenes and the
"almost forgotten" Prezident Brown (together with Germanys Patrice) showed that there is not only new Dancehall coming!
The late show in the tent was done by Hypnotix, outside heavy heavy rainfall, inside a packed tent and a hot Dub-Show.
Saturday was Germany day: Five bands from de-land celebrated the new upcoming "homemade" sound:
Starting with the long time Reggae-stars Dr. Ring Ding and the Senior Allstars, playing original dancehall tunes
with Roots and Ska elements! Big Up to the great entertainer Ring Ding!
Next on stage Berlins newcomer band Seeed, great show, great sound, the new German dancehall crew! Patrice was the
afternoon show was the likkle gials, sweet and cheering ;-) before Gentleman
for the third year in a row presented his version of Jamaican Dancehall.
With Jan Delay the successfull journey through Germanys new scene was closed before the three
big Jamaican acts came on stage: Black Uhuru perfectly dubbed by the crazy
Sly and Robbie, the Morgan Heritage family and finaly the dancehall masters
Cocoa T and Sizzla (great shows although they could get much more
sympathy if they wouldn't advocate discriminating against homosexuals...)
Meanwhile in the tents the crowd was rocking! Both the live tent with a Hip Hop oriented program and the Soundsystem tent with Soundquake, PowPow and the magicians of Blood and Fire were packed!
Sunday was rainday. It rained cats and dogs during the whole afternoon ...
Summerjam - for the first time on the second weekend of July (formarly the Chiemsee date ...) -
drowned, but amazingly still the crowd was grooving. On the main-stage
great Roots Reggae by Sixth Revelation, Misty in Roots and Dawn "No No No" Penn,
as well as Frankie Paul and Everton "Blend Dem" Blender was presented, meanwhile in the
tent the real roots of the Reggae were played: classical Ska and Rocksteady Rhythms
by UK's Intensified , Court Jester's Crew from Tübingen and Laurel Aitken, later
the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari brought the other Roots: Traditional Nighabinghi
drumming - a perfect finish for such a heavy weekend.
Meanwhile on the mainstage both Burning Spear and Culture didn't really
get the crowd back to party, the weather was simply to bad.
So, what is the summary of Summerjam 2001? Europe's Reggae posse once again met to have a huge friendly party. The shows on all stages were just one part of the festival. The festival island itself with all the shops, especially the many record dealers, was always grooving and moving.
Review by Peter Beckhaus with inputs by Martina Markwart (thanks for the photos!) and Anne Budnik! For more infos about the content of the pictures just move your mouse over the picture. Please respect that copying of photos is prohibited! Please contact the mentioned photographer
The following list of acts is the rough running order that happenend on summerjam 2001. The PDF Version shows the last announced time schedule as of 4th July 2001: PDF-Version
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Main Stage |
Yellow Tent |
Green Tent |
White Tent |
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Third World
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Nazarenes |
Skill Battery Soundsystem Adrian Sherwood & Skill Battery Soundsystem |
Ganja Riddim Crew Jambo Soundsystem Rightous Movement Deebuss South Connection Lucky Punch feat. Mc Malek Fred and Barney Sound Massive Joey & Untouchable Sound feat Jah Secco South Connection Classics (please check the tent for time shedule) |
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Main Stage |
Yellow Tent |
Green Tent |
White Tent |
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Gentleman & KRS
Cocoa T / |
Levi Roots, Johnny Clarke, Prince Alla and the Dub Asante Band
Afu-Ra
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General Levy & Badadub Beez Sound Soul Jah Sista Love Vibration Ragganoya Zion Sounds Studio One Session Culture Rock (please check the tent for time shedule) |
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Main Stage |
Yellow Tent |
Green Tent |
White Tent |
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Misty in Roots Dawn Penn Frankie Paul / Culture |
Court Jester's Crew Laurel Aitken The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari |
Soul Jazz Soundsystem |
TALENT STAGE! open forum.... |
Info Status as of 8th July 2001, all Information given without any guarantee! Reggaenode.de is not responsible for the lineup, please contact the organisers at contour-music.de for any inquiries!
Parallel programm during the whole festival:
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