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Captain SKA is a politically-active British band which produces and performs reggae and ska songs. The band is composed of unsigned , freelance session musicians . [1] Members of the band have recorded and performed with artists including Culture Club , Paloma Faith , the Friendly Fires , Girls Aloud , The Streets , and Vampire Weekend .
- Captain's Records
- 2010–present
- London, England
About Captain SKA. Captain SKA are an unsigned ska band from London, UK. The group are a collective of freelance musicians, led by producer and instrumentalist Jake Painter. They first came...
Captain SKA is a politically-active British band which produces and performs reggae and ska songs. The band is composed of unsigned, freelance session musicians. Members of the band have recorded and performed with artists including Culture Club, Paloma Faith, the Friendly Fires, Girls Aloud, The Streets, and Vampire Weekend.
Ska ( / skɑː /; Jamaican: [skjæ]) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. [1] It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off beat.
- Late 1950s, Jamaica
