King Shiloh is a roots reggae

Roots reggae

Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that deals with the everyday lives and aspirations of the artists concerned, including the spiritual side of Rastafari and with the honoring of God, called Jah by rastafarians. It also is identified with the life of the ghetto sufferer, and the rural poor...

 soundsystem

Sound system (DJ)

A sound system is a group of DJs and engineers contributing and working together as one, playing and producing music.-Origin:The sound system concept originated in the 1950s in Kingston, Jamaica. DJs would load up a truck with a generator, turntables, and huge speakers to set up street parties...

 from the Netherlands. According to their profile, they were "founded [...] through the inspiration of Jah Rastafari

Rastafari movement

The Rastafari movement or Rasta is a new religious movement that arose in the 1930s in Jamaica, which at the time was a country with a predominantly Christian culture where 98% of the people were the black descendants of slaves. Its adherents worship Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia , as God...

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Their first album was released on Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Haile Selassie I , born Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974...

's birthday, July 23, 1997.

As well as regularly ragging their enormous system at Amsterdam's DubClubY2K, King Shiloh have a show on the city's Radio 100 FM and occasionally appear in the UK. They also play in other countries such as Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Members

• Jah Rootz
• Bredda Neil
• Ras Lion
• Lyrical Benjie
• President Kirky
• Billyman
• Iyah One
• Danny Red