
Daddy Lion Chandell - Halcyon the Air - Clocktower - WPS1 - Feb 2006
Submitted By:
Glamazon
Genre: Ambient
Date of Set: Feb 17th, 2006
Filesize: 57.78 MB
Total Downloads: 1
Biography of Daddy Lion Chandell
Daddy Lion Chandell [Roots Dynamic, NYC]
Daddy Lion is a selector of the Jamaican sound system stylee and a real NYC renaissance man. He's been spreading the dub gospel throughout the city for years on the radio, at parties and anywhere where open ears and minds may gather to listen.
Known in many circles as either 'The Professor', 'The Roots Warrior', or 'the original underground soldier', Daddy Lion has led the charge for years for the respect of the underground (way before there finally became a full-fledged 'underground scene'), for the preservation of media arts (classic television, motion picture company logos, etc.), for the utilization of art as a tool for upliftment, inspiration, and expression, for the worldwide unification and empowerment of Nubian, Isrealite, and African people (Earth's original dwellers), and most notably the worldwide unification of men and women, of which he ultimately and passionately calls for a PERMANENT END to the 'War Of The Sexes' -- an issue he has been actively working toward for almost two decades.
As a journalist/historian, Chandell has taken his passion for the underground and his vast knowledge of the industry and, in 1995, put it into his own operation, DLC IndustryWatch, which was responsible for publishing the local New York newsletter, 'deep in the nooz'.
As a recording artist and performer in the Reggae scene, he was a regular deejay with the Black Redemption soundsystem as well as one of the last regular deejays at the Easy Star Reggae Tuesdays in NYC which ended early 2004, and he has performed with the likes of Congo Ashanti Roy, Glen Brown (of The Upsetters), Susan Cadogan (of 'Hurt So Good' fame), Judah Eskender Tafari, Dub Champions, Sister Nancy, Fireproof, The Rudy Crew, King Django and Jammyland All-Stars. Daddy Lion currently performs with True Love International, and records and performs with Subatomic Sound System, and has recently been featured on Easy Star All-Stars' 2006 album project, Radiodread, the follow-up to the 2003 smash hit Dub Side Of The Moon.
Daddy Lion Chandell is the host, along with fellow Dancehall artist and friend Treasure Don, of Dubwise Sessions the monthly event at Williamsburg's cool spot Studio BPM presented by multi-genre label, Bastard Jazz.
As a selector and veteran indie/college radio disc jockey, Daddy Lion is the drive behind the Roots Dynamic Soundsystem, who's devoted to the original foundation and origins of true Reggae music as well as the roots of its blessed offspring, Hip-Hop. A long-time, major catalyst for Reggae and Hip-Hop, DLC (who at one time was known as R.G. [rapologist guardian]), holds a personal responsibility of keeping people informed and educated of true meanings and aspects of Black music--both negative and positive--thus driving to protect the Culture by whatever means necessary. It is this same attitude and approach he has carried over through the years and holds steadfast with Nubian music and culture today. You can listen to the Roots Dynamic MP3 mixes at the Halcyon The Shop website.
Daddy Lion Chandell's debut solo release, 'Breakin' Down The Barriers' is featured on the new Subatomic Sound System album, On All Frequencies, now available on ITUNES, DJMR, BEATPORT, EMUSIC and most every download service worldwide.
http://www.halcyonline.com/
http://www.myspace.com/daddylionchandell