Seeed
<p>1985-98 SEEED members, more or less successfully, try and test themselves in various bands and projects.
<p>1998 SEEED founded with the intention of being a <em>"mobile Reggae task force" </em>of as many heads as possible, that means a marching band in the New Orleans style - but playing Dub and Dancehall instead of the Secondline Brass sound. Including a truck rolling close behind to carry the PA. Because of the demanding concept, in the end it tourned out as a rather classic line-up (of quite many heads though), and SEEED as you know them today played the first gigs. </p>
<p>December 1999 contact to Hamburg-based dub label EchoBeach - indie album scheduled for 2000 </p>
<p>May 2000 first 12" releases indie album turns into major before completion since Downbeat/Warner get some clue </p>
<p>March 2001 <em>"Dickes B" </em>released as a single by Warner video constantly played on the music tv channels - 11 blokes wearing suits, since ages there was nottin' like that </p>
<p>May 2001 album <em>"New Dubby Conquerors"</em> enters charts at #17, remains noticed for some enormous six months </p>
<p>May 2002 Release of the club-smash hit <em>"Waterpumpee" </em>feat. <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=334">Anthony B</a> This is the first international success of the band. All jamaican artists of distinction (from <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=397">Sizzla</a>, <a href="artistDetail.jsp?aid=310">Capleton </a> to <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=178">Luciano</a>) voice the <em>"Doctors Darling" </em>Riddim, produced by Seeed. Especially the <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=1771">Tanya Stephens</a> Song <em>"It's a pity"</em> becomes a big hit and is a number one hit on all important Reggae-Charts and radiostations in the USA, Canada and Japan. </p>
<p>June 2003 Release of <em>"Music Monks"</em> in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, the album enters the german charts at no. 4 The video of the titletrack is known as the best german dance-clip of all <br>
time (whatever this means) </p>
<p>October 2003 The <em>"Electric Boogie"</em>-EP is released. Collaborations with <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=294">Elephant Man</a>, <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=328">Ward 21</a> and others (on Seeed's <em>"Electric Boogie"</em>-Riddim) have become big Dancefloor-hits in the clubs. </p>
<p>December 2003 <a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/labelDetail.jsp?lid=66">VP Records</a>, the biggest international Reggaelabel (<a href="http://www.bigupradio.com/artistDetail.jsp?aid=290">Sean Paul</a>, Elephant Man), plans the release of the seeed-produced <em>"Doctors Darling"</em>, the first release of a one-riddim-sampler, which wasn't produced in Jamaica. The Tanya Stephens Tune<em> "It's a Pity" </em>was already released on VP's famous <em>"Reggae Gold"</em>-collection. This is like an accolade in the scene. </p>
<p>2004 Release of the <em>"Music Monks</em>" album in France, Spain, Netherlands and Belgium <br>
and other countries. A tour in South Africa, Namibia and Madagascar is on <br>
the way </p>