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"Proper pedigree live roots and dub action from Nga Han outta St Ann Parish, JA (via California). It’ll be a real blessing to hear his meditative vocals over majestic nyabingi-tinged productions, with DJ support from longstanding local heavyweights Dub From Atlantis and the Essential Sounds crew."
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A clubnight held at The Old England Pub on Saturday 16th August. The event starts at 17:00.
We are super excited to announce our next installment of Essential Sessions featuring a live performance from the rising star Nga Han - hailing all the way from St Ann's Jamaica, with support from local selectors outta Dub From Atlantis + Essential Sounds residents Natty Lee, 'Eyes' Isaac an Forwardup powered by Essential Soundsystem.
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Nga Han (pronounced Na'ga and derived from Negus Nagast) is a true roots spiritualist born and raised in the St. Ann's, Green Hill district of Jamaica.
Inspired by stories such as Canterbury Tales and the folk poems of Louise Bennett, his love for writing poetry from a young age translated into songwriting.
These early inspirations led to his first performance in his 6th grade talent show at Bethany Primary School in St. Ann.
Leaving the hills of Jamaica and on a mission to spread the Word, he was in the midst of the evolution of his craft.
Moving overseas to the Washington DC area, Nga started playing guitar and then later bass, producing dub reggae music as one half of a duo called the Dub Rishis; ethereal roots music heavily inspired by Augustus Pablo and King Tubby.
After relocating to California in 2007, bass playing translated into vocals which seemed a natural progression to search deep for the expression of Jah Word, with nyabingi drumming as the backbone.
The journey so far has seen Nga releasing a total of 4 albums to date along with a slew of 7" vinyls and digital singles, including the 7" singles "Open Door" and "Stumble & Fell" which were independently put out on his own Tetra Ark label and others in which were put out in collaboration with international producers.
Nga latest double LP; "Temple In Man" and it's dub counterpart, "Temple In Dub", was produced by Majestic Vision (UK) and Roots Unity Music(NL)
In recent months, "Temple In Man" has surfaced to the #1 spot on the Reggae Vibes Magazine "Top 20 Album" charts Aswell as reaching #1 on the "Top 10 International Albums" chart, from the Colorado based radio station, KGNU in the
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Dub From Atlantis began in 2000 as a club night in Bristol, promoting the finest U.K. Roots and Dub Selectors including Aba Shanti-I, Vibronics, Armagideon Sounds, Mannasah, Daddy G (Massive Attack), Dom Sotgui (Blood and Fire), DJ Perch and many more providing a vibrant and accessible environment for Dub Reggae fans young and old.
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Essential Sounds launched in 2020, is a community oriented soundsystem outta Bristol with a focus on delivering quality roots, reggae and dub music events for the people, with a host of local selectors at the wheels including Natty Lee, Eyes Isaac (Two Step Forward), Sonny Anderson (Ten2onesound) Mark Dub (Dub Revolution) Matt (Forwardup).
Saturday 16th August
£5 entry
Old England
11 Bath Buildings
Montpelier,
Bristol BS6 5PT
Entry requirements: 18+
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Nga Han (pronounced Na'ga and derived from Negus Nagast) is a true roots spiritualist born and raised in the St. Ann's, Green Hill district of Jamaica.
Inspired by stories such as Canterbury Tales and the folk poems of Louise Bennett, his love for writing poetry from a young age translated into songwriting.
These early inspirations led to his first performance in his 6th grade talent show at Bethany Primary School in St. Ann.
Leaving the hills of Jamaica and on a mission to spread the Word, he was in the midst of the evolution of his craft.
Moving overseas to the Washington DC area, Nga started playing guitar and then later bass, producing dub reggae music as one half of a duo called the Dub Rishis; ethereal roots music heavily inspired by Augustus Pablo and King Tubby.
After relocating to California in 2007, bass playing translated into vocals which seemed a natural progression to search deep for the expression of Jah Word, with nyabingi drumming as the backbone.
The journey so far has seen Nga releasing a total of 4 albums to date along with a slew of 7" vinyls and digital singles, including the 7" singles "Open Door" and "Stumble & Fell" which were independently put out on his own Tetra Ark label and others in which were put out in collaboration with international producers.
Nga latest double LP; "Temple In Man" and it's dub counterpart, "Temple In Dub", was produced by Majestic Vision (UK) and Roots Unity Music(NL)
In recent months, "Temple In Man" has surfaced to the #1 spot on the Reggae Vibes Magazine "Top 20 Album" charts Aswell as reaching #1 on the "Top 10 International Albums" chart, from the Colorado based radio station, KGNU in the
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Dub From Atlantis began in 2000 as a club night in Bristol, promoting the finest U.K. Roots and Dub Selectors including Aba Shanti-I, Vibronics, Armagideon Sounds, Mannasah, Daddy G (Massive Attack), Dom Sotgui (Blood and Fire), DJ Perch and many more providing a vibrant and accessible environment for Dub Reggae fans young and old.
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Essential Sounds launched in 2020, is a community oriented soundsystem outta Bristol with a focus on delivering quality roots, reggae and dub music events for the people, with a host of local selectors at the wheels including Natty Lee, Eyes Isaac (Two Step Forward), Sonny Anderson (Ten2onesound) Mark Dub (Dub Revolution) Matt (Forwardup).
Saturday 16th August
£5 entry
Old England
11 Bath Buildings
Montpelier,
Bristol BS6 5PT
Entry requirements: 18+
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