Cos'e' Vibesonline.net
Vibesonline.net e' un sito web che si occupa di musica e cultura positiva, che fanno vibrare lo spirito e muovere il corpo in maniera vitale.
La storia dell'impatto di questa cultura popolare con i mass media e' una storia spesso fatta di ingiustizie, incomprensioni, mistificazioni, ignoranza. A questo gap nella comunicazione, fa da contrasto l'attivita' di chi in tutto il mondo cerca di vivere, esprimere, diffondere le potenzialita' specifiche del reggae.
Vibesonline.net in Italia e' un piccolo anello di questa comunita' internazionale. Il suo scopo e' quello di colmare il vuoto di comunicazione intorno al reggae, parlando di quelle che riteniamo gli aspetti piu' vitali e autentici di questa musica: sound systems, etichette indipendenti, artisti, spiritualita', realta' sociale.
Storia di Vibesonline.net
Le origini di Vibesonline.net risalgono ai primi anni '80, quando Mimmo produceva le prime reggae fanzine in Italia: Rebel Soul e I-tal Reggae.
Chi e' Vibesonline.net
Vibesonline.net e' diretta da Mimmo Pizzutilo e Pier Tosi. Entrambi collaborano occasionalmente con varie riviste musicali ed offrono consulenze editoriali sul reggae ad etichette e promoters.
Mimmo "Superbass" Pizzutilo e' un graphic designer specializzato nel settore musicale con la sigla VIBRAZIONI VISIVE, ed e' impegnato nel sound system italiano I&I PROJECT come Dj silecta e promoter. Le sue esperienze con il reggae risalgono ai primi anni '80 con i Different Stylee, una delle prime e piu' amate reggae band in Italia, scioltasi nel 1990.
Pier Tosi (RAW 975#) e' un conduttore radiofonico attivo a Bologna dai primi anni '90, con la trasmissione Soul Shakedown Party su Radio Citta' 103, in onda il giovedi' sera dalle 21.15 alle 22.45 (ritrasmessa il mercoledi' mattina dalle 8.15 alle 9.30). Dj silecta nella scena reggae bolognese, collabora attivamente con il sound system JAH VIBRA.
Altri collaboratori di Vibesonline.net sono: Maria Carla Gullotta (Jamaica reports), Jacopo Puggioli (fotografo), Ciccio Manna (inviato da Londra).
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What's Vibesonline.net
Vibesonline.net is a website about positive culture and vital music for the spiritual and physical enjoyment.
Worldwide mass media are telling very often to the people the wrong side of reggae culture, a side built by the media themselves and generating misunderstanding and ignorance about it. This 'official' communication gap is in contrast with genuine people from all over the world, trying to live, express and spread the revolutionary potential of reggae music.
The reggae worldwide scene is not just the business side done by true professionals, but an endlessly cultural exchange between bonafide music lovers trying to give to reggae a deep meaning of a vision, a love language, a way of life with love...
Vibesonline.net history
Vibesonline.net's history started at the beginning of the '80s, when Mimmo did produce the first italian reggae fanzines by the names of Rebel Soul and I-tal Reggae. The VIBES fanzine did start on 1991 clearly inspired by the Bell-Brown brothers' 'Boom Shaka Laka' experience from UK. On the same time in Italy a new musical scene was gettin' on spontaneously around reggae and hip hop, putting the foundations of the italian sound system scene. In this environment Vibes released seven fanzine issues completely autoproduced and distributed by Mimmo and Pier.
Who's Vibesonline.net
Vibesonline.net is directed by Mimmo Pizzutilo and Pier Tosi: both are collaborating occasionally with italian magazines and with reggae labels or promoters.
Mimmo "Superbass" is a graphic designer specialized on music (record covers, posters...) with his VIBRAZIONI VISIVE (visual vibes) firm, and is part of the I&I PROJECT sound system crew as record selector and promoter. He's in reggae from early 80s, being the guitarist of DIFFERENT STYLEE, one of the earliest italian reggae bands, splitted in 1990.
Pier (RAW 975#) is a reggae promoter and a radio deejay in Bologna from the early 90s with his SOUL SHAKEDOWN PARTY show on Radio Citta' 103, broadcasted live every tuesday night 21.15-22.45 (replyed every wednesday morning 8.00-9.30) and available every week on internet (see links below). Pier is a record selector for JAH VIBRA sound system and is doing dance sessions twice a month at Bologna's Sottotetto Club.
Other Vibesonline.net partners are: Maria Carla Gullotta (Jamaica reports), Jacopo Puggioli (photographer), Ciccio Manna (London reports). |