Yes people we went and played in the land of Israel and forwarded Jah's vibe to all. I have posted the pictures under Israel 2000.
We played 2 gigs.One in Haifa and the other one in Tel Aviv,and spent a total of 5 days in Israel.
Go to Children Of Israel for the fullness.

Second meeting of Aba and Jah Tubby's with full crews and in full effect.

We arrived early as usual and had strung up,eaten and sound tested the set (allowing for minor adjustments) by 20:30.We then waited for Jah Tubby's to arrive.

This gave us time to meet and greet the travelling massive. King Shiloh and crew along with the mighty Fred from Holland. Tim minus the beautiful Heidi.I hope your broken toe heals quickly and thank you for the gift.Ras Natural, Mark Iration, Dennis Rootical, Dennis, Mark, Barba, Charles, Shashamani, Barry,Tribulation, Marcus, Alston, June, Jacob, Karl, Goma,Tony. Apologises to anyone I have missed.

Tubb's arrived just before the 'Witching Hour' and set about stringing up.
By 0100 it was two,two for the rest of the night.Aba plays two tune and Tubb's plays two till it done.

Tubb's came heavy, but Aba just shook up the place with some serious sound pressure. Even where we had the stall behind Aba's boxes, it was like being in a wind tunnel when Aba dropped the bass line.

All in all it was a good night and we look forward to our next meeting with Jah Tubb's on the 23rd Dec 2000 at the 'Dub School' in Bedford.

Aba will be back at the Brixton Recreation Centre on the 24th November 2000 alongside Jah Tubby's and full crew. If the first meeting of these two sounds was anything to go by then this night will be a scorcher. As I said about the first meeting at Electrowerkz, 10 years is a long time and that was then and this is now !

The first test tune was played at 12:20 and acted as a rallying call to the people and by the time we had ironed out the few bugs in the set and covered them with plastic sheeting in case of the forecasted rain, quite a large crowd had assembled.
By 13:00 the place was packing out quite nicely.By 14:30 the place was jammed and the police were getting quite concerned. Quote "Are you expecting much more people than this?" from a senior police officer.The answer to his question can be seen in the photo gallery.

We had with us a visitor from Australia, Shawnee (I hope I have got her name right.), who was assisting on the 'ISIS Craft Stall'. She had never been to carnival before or experienced the Aba Shanti-I vibe in full effect and she was amazed by it all.

The people who were present as always generated such an infectious vibe, that irrespective of what hooliganism was happening at other sites throughout carnival. Our corner maintained its unique atmosphere of tolerance with peace and love to all.

For this I sent out thanks to all present for the vibe.

Raspect to the travelling crew as always: Asher, Alston, Marcus, June, Dennis, Andrew, Martine, Chaim and Gambian bredrin, Zac from Peoplesound.com, Liam, Trinty, Goma, Shandi-I, Ras Natural, Gill, The Man With the Dog, Benjahman, Di (from Japan who flew in that morning), Joey Jay, Mark Iration, Dennis Rootical, Julian, Tim & Heidi, Colin & the West Midlands crew, Charles, Gemi, Digi, Stryda, Danny;Man In The Hills, Ken, Bigger, Mark, Sylvie, Vallie, Tony, Cutdis, Shah, Sister Millie, Ras Kulcha from Israel, Russ, Stepper, Skopi & Arkology, Nuff soundman ina de place, Christian, and to all who were present,'One Love' from the Humble Lion

Question how would Aba fare against his old mentor? Answer, 10 years is a long time and that was then and this is now.Tubb's ran some nice tune and dropped some weight, but Aba just touch him with the HURTQUAKE !!!!!!!(Earthquake misspelt on purpose. If you were there you know what I am talking about.)

Dixie Peach and Errol Bellot of Jah Tubb's crew you have nice voices, good luck with your new releases.

Raspect to Conqueror, Mark Iration, Dennis Rootical, Goma, Shandi-I, Dennis Rapheal, Pierre from Switzerland, Ldm crew from Italy, Dubhead crew and to all the travelling posses,One Love.

When was the last time you saw the security men of a venue dancing and getting into the vibe?
(pictures soon)

The night was summed up for me when we was approached by the head of security of the venue who came and shook our hands as we were loading the truck with the words,
"That was wicked.So many people and not one bit of trouble. A really enjoyable night. You lot can come and play here any time."

That is what it is all about. Diverse people all coming together as one.

One love to all that came and contributed to such a mellow vibe.

The PA left a lot to be desired,but we are craftsmen and craftmens can make make things happen.

The vibe of the crowd was tremendous and looking out from the stage to see people who have never heard our music vibing out to it, was a sight to behold.
I watched as Mark (one of the co-organisers) with a big smile on his face, was losing himself in the music.

They really loved the live lead guitar (Stanley) and the 'Joshua Horns' (Colin & Digi).
The pictures will be posted as soon as they are back from the developers.

Raspect to the travelling posse;Dennis and family, Alston, June, Marcus, Rueben, Val, Desi, Javeeda, Styler, Hampton, Chris, Silvi, Lioness, Mark The Officer In Training, Sister Milly & Sistrens, Carl, Jennie and to all those that took what for some of them was a very long journey to take in the vibe, BIG, BIG, RASPECT!

Thanks to Ollie , Mark, Danielle of RedZebra for the invite and thank you the Brighton massive for making the event special not just for us, but for all the performers who took part.

One Love.

One Love The Humble Lion

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