Something Special

The kind of comment that makes you feel so happy and grateful….
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We’re currently second!
Keep on voting dear !
Much appreciated!

Good morning one and all (well it is for me coz I have started my Chrimbo hols!)
on www.buttondownradio.com and we turn the spotlight on the post 2Tone sound raising its profile high in the mix.

We have just finished playing part two of our best skanking albums of 2023 and the listener's poll is live at https://www.facebook.com/groups/skabuttondownradiohub/permalink/1335885367049923/?mibextid=oMANbw and almost 1000 votes in. Currently in the lead is The Skapones followed by Something Special and AKA The Syndicate.

Get involved!

Last bit of time featured many of the bands... like
Live The Roosterz - Without You
08:30 Random Hand - The Cycle
08:27 The Loving Paupers - Mary
08:24 Flying Raccoon Suit - Swan Song
08:21 Sgt. Scagnetti - Murderhouse
08:17 The Phensic - I Got The Feeling
08:13 Popes of Chillitown - Take a Picture
08:09 Sound System Seven - Wot's All This, Then (2023 Remix)
08:06 The Bakesys - A Penny For Your Thoughts My Dear
08:02 Madness - If I Go Mad
07:58 PorkPie - Skandemic
07:56 Dubmatix - Saturday Nite Ska
07:52 Something Special - Back To Montego
07:50 J. Navarro & the Traitors - For the Broken
07:46 The Resignators - Talisman
07:43 The Oldians - You Better Run
07:40 Barbicide - Jezebel
07:37 Death of Guitar Pop - Ska All Through The Night Feat.Laurie Wright
07:34 Rhoda Dakar - Everyday Is Like Sunday
07:31 SKA Petarda - Kariera frajera
07:28 MR. FREAK SKA - 'Mare Tinc Un Quillo - Calypso'

Our new album “Dance with yesterday” is now among Button Down Radio’s favourite!
Very honoured!

Who said ska's dead?

It really - really isn't. We have whittled down this year's ska releases to our favourite 37. It started as our favourite 10 and then sort of grew!

What with last week's list - here comes your final 17 (It was 16 then Kev from Do The Dog reminded me of the PorkPie album!) tune in to www.buttondownradio.com from 13:00 today
to catch tracks from these beauties:

J. Navarro & the Traitors - All Of Us Or None
Sgt. Scagnetti - At Least More Than Half Way There
Death of Guitar Pop - Be Lucky
The Oldians - Soul’in Jamaica
Barbicide - Songs About Heartbreak & N***s
Madness - Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie
The Loving Paupers - Ladders
Random Hand - Random Hand
Popes of Chillitown - Take a Picture
The Bakesys - King Of Ska
AKA The Syndicate - It's Our World
The Phensic - Don't Test Me
Flying Raccoon Suit - Moonflower
Something Special - Dance With Yesterday
Rhoda Dakar - Version Girl
The Resignators - Rabbithole
Sound System Seven - Seven of Seven
Dubmatix - The Ska Sessions Volume One
PorkPie - Skandemic

And as you will have heard now all 37 albums - go vote for your favourite at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/skabuttondownradiohub/permalink/1335885367049923/?mibextid=oMANbw
then share it and make all your friends and family vote too!

Thanx for your interest and support!

That was a great night!
Perpignan university!
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Something Special met le feu à la MAC ! - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia Pour son tout premier concert de l'année 2023/2024, la Maison des Arts et de la Culture (MAC) recevait Something Special, un groupe de ska/reggae local débordant d'énergie et de bonne humeur.

Hi dear followers, fans and friends!

We’re overjoyed by this uplifting review of our album “Dance with yesterday” on Reggae.fr!
We would like to associate our friends and partners in this musical adventure: Guillaume Bouthié for the live recording sessions, Clément Rubin for mixing our songs and Michael Lowrain for the artwork…thanx a lot buddies, you did a great job!
We also thank Cyril Cucumber from Woom Studio for the amazing video clip he made of “Back to Montego”!
We also would like to mention that two of our songs “Back to Montego” and “There was a time” are on heavy rotation on Reggae.fr!
Bless!
Feel free to share this great news!

Something Special : ska, rocksteady et early reggae made in France ! Avis aux amateurs de Spirit of 69 ! Something Special est le nom d'une formation récente, mais dont les membres eux n'en sont pas à...

Hi dear followers!
We’re delighted to announce that our album “Dance with yesterday” will be reviewed online on Reggae.fr tomorrow….
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Proud of this great partnership with Reggae.fr!!
Review of “Dance with yesterday” to come, one track on the web radio….and other surprises….

Hello brothers & sisters!
If you want to know everything, I mean everything guys, about Something Special, well there you are!
A one hour interview plus an unplugged live at the very end!
Enjoy!

[LOCAL STUFF] Les SOMETHING SPECIAL sont de sortie - Take It Radio 🏝️ BAM ! En octobre dernier, les Something annonçait la sortie de leur tant attendu premier album : Dance With Yesterday. Celui ci est sorti le 28 octobre dernier. Alex, Bob, Davy et Thierry (Ludo étant excusé) sont donc repassé au studio nous présenter leurs création, nous faire un p’t...

Very nice interview at Take it Radio last Monday! A one hour talk show.
Talking about our album “Dance with yesterday”, podcast to come on next Monday!
Stay tuned!
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Hi dear followers!
Here’s the link of our Mexican broadcasting!

Les compartimos el programa del sábado, ya lo pueden escuchar en diversas plataformas.
Programa: https://shorturl.at/rBJO9
Playlist: https://shorturl.at/acIQ8

Mexico here we come!
Let’s listen to Skanking 105 Radio Show from Mexico (4 pm to 6 pm local time) 11 pm to 1 am in France !

Here’s the link below

https://www.imer.mx/reactor/

Arriba arriba!!!

Inicio La emisora del IMER dedicada a los jóvenes y al rock. Ha sido punta de lanza en el escenario rockero independiente de la zona metropolitana de la Ciudad de México con una programación musical basada en el rock en español y en inglés, mezcla diferentes estilos y subgéneros y presenta desde arti...

Keep on listening to good music…

Great news coming for Something Special…
Stay tuned!
Thanx again for supporting us!

You’re now 5000 followers! What a great community! Thanx for your full support and stay tuned!
Nous venons d’atteindre 5 K followers ! Merci pour votre soutien en continu. Nous n’aurions jamais pu y arriver sans votre aide. 🙏🤗🎉

It’s happening now!
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🔥🎶 ce soir dans l'émission Monday Skank.. 🎶 une petite exploration des sorties récentes de la scène ska 🎶 rocksteady 🎶 early reggae... et les presses doivent surchauffer parce que ça n'arrête pas !!! avec Lloyd Charmers, les Hippy Boys et Symarip sur aggroshop.com, RUBIX SOUND, Antwerp Gipsy-Ska Orkestra, Jean Litt, The Oldians et Alpheus sur Liquidator Music, Le Birrette sur ALOE VERA records, The Juks, Something Special, Night Owls feat. Chris Murray, SPACE FEVER , Derajah & The 18th Parallel sur Fruits Records, et d'autres encore... 🎶🔥

ça se passe de 20 à 22h sur le 106.6 FM dans la région d'Andenne ou sur www.frequenceplus.be
(rediffusion le samedi de 17 à 19h)

Thanx so much for supporting the band! This means a lot!!
Check out our new album “Dance with yesterday’ on every platform.
We love you!
From Something Special with love!

Thanx for your full support!!

J’ai reçu plus de 3 000 réactions sur mes publications au cours des 30 derniers jours. Merci pour votre soutien. 🙏🤗🎉

Look that ! 👇👇👇👇!

Something Special — Dance with yesterday Nouvelle sortie le 28 octobre 2023

What a gig what a night!!
A very very good time was had by all!!
Massive thanx to la casa musicale Perpignan!
Bless you all!!

It’s tomorrow!
See y’all there!!
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📣📣📣I tot seguit el Concert del Correllengua 2023 que tanca la Diada!

📍Enguany tornem a la La Casa Musicale amb Belda & Sanjosex ( Carles Belda Valls i Sanjosex ) , els grups locals Something Special i Sabor del puig i les dj's Musical Sisters 🎶🎧

👀Ens trapem a partir de les 19h30⏰️

❗️L'entrada són 5€ i hi haurà servei de menjar🌭

No vos ho perdeu!✊🏽

Sem Catalunya Nord. Fem Països Catalans

Coorganitza: AireNou Bao, Assemblea Nacional Catalana, El Casal de Perpinyà, Delegació Catalunya Nord - Consell per la República i Òmnium Catalunya Nord

This is really good!
Thank you dear followers and fans!
Much appreciated!

Something Special gig will start at 10.30 PM on Saturday!
We’re expecting you!

Something Special next gig will be Saturday at La Casa Musicale!
Come shake a leg with us!

Aquí us presentem el cartell del tradicional concert de la Diada de Catalunya Nord. Aquest any el cartell el composen els perpinyanencs Something Special amb la seua proposta de música jamaicana dels 60s i els joves rumberos del barri “Sabor del Puig”. Des del sud, acollim Belda&Sanjosex, que tornen a girar per presentar el Càntut, el seu projecte per recuperar i revisitar cançons que pervivien tan sols a la memòria popular (Carles Belda Valls, Sanjosex). Tot plegat serà amanit pel col·lectiu de Djs Musical Sisters Vinyl amb la seua proposta de ritmes sincopats caribenys. Entre concerts hi haurà una mostra de cultura popular amb AireNou Bao.

Hi haurà servei de menjar. El preu de l’entrada és de 5€. Tot plegat tindrà lloc, com sempre, a La Casa Musicale de Perpinyà.

💿Notre premier album « Dance with yesterday » vient juste de sortir !

🇯🇲10 titres de pur rocksteady, ska et early reggae bien à l’ancienne comme on les aime

🎙️On a pris soin de l’enregistrer dans les règles de l’art en utilisant les méthodes des années 60

❤️ On y a mis tout notre cœur, on espère qu’il vous plaira autant qu’on en est fiers

👇Cliquez sur le lien en dessous pour l’écouter sur votre plateforme de streaming préférée

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ENGLISH VERSION

💿Our first LP “Dance with yesterday” is officially out!

🇯🇲 10 ska, rocksteady and early reggae songs in the old fashion way.

🎙️Great attention was taken to record these songs and produce them with an authentic sixties sound!

❤️ We put all our heart and soul in this record and we hope you’ll like it as much as we do.

👇Click on the link below to listen to “Dance with yesterday”

! Everybody enjoy !

Something Special — Dance with yesterday Nouvelle sortie le 28 octobre 2023

As Button Down Radio says…it’s today folks!!
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Something Special — Dance with yesterday Nouvelle sortie le 28 octobre 2023

Don’t forget!
Something Special’s first LP out tomorrow!
28th of October!
Have a listen and Bless u all

Something Special — Dance with yesterday Nouvelle sortie le 28 octobre 2023

Demain soir à la Maison des Arts et de la Culture de l'UPVD, concert de Something Special !
Le concert est évidemment réservé en priorité aux étudiants mais, dans la limite des places disponibles, le public extérieur peut participer. Attention : inscription obligatoire (ici : https://www.univ-perp.fr/vie-de-campus/concert-something-special )
Si vous n'êtes pas sur la liste, vous ne pourrez pas rentrer dans la salle ! Même si vous êtes mon frère ou mon banquier...
Merci de votre compréhension !

Concert : Something Special - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia Les données sont à l'usage exclusif de l'UPVD et uniquement afin de traiter votre réponse. Les données seront conservées 3 mois. Vous pouvez accéder aux données vous concernant, les rectifier, demander leur effacement ou exercer votre droit à la limitation du traitement de vos données à dp...

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Something Special — Dance with yesterday Nouvelle sortie le 28 octobre 2023

5 days left…
Don’t miss it…

Something Special — Dance with yesterday Nouvelle sortie le 28 octobre 2023

A massive thanx to La Bulle Sonore for having Something Special!!
We had a ball!!
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A very warm welcome to our Super Fans!
Thanx for supporting Something Special!

Check your favourite page tomorrow...we might have something special for you and only you...

Big news to come! Keep you posted very soon ladies and gents!
Thanx for supporting Something Special, we received loads and loads of real warm messages!
Spread the word “we’ll be back!”
Cheers!

Something Special’s very first gig: we had a ball!! On behalf of the band and from the bottom of my heart people of Ponteilla:

Get ready...