Rototom cultural association is a collective that is devoted to combining music with its cultural contents, by organising live shows that often involve a strong social commitment.The association is non-profit and it donates its income to charity. (beneficiaries of our donations).
It was November 13th 1991 when Rototom Cultural Association was created in Gaio di Spilimbergo, a secluded village in a piedmont above the province of Pordenone. With the opening of Rototom disco-club it gave life to its first music and alternative culture project.
Many of you know us only because of our Sunsplash, although this project started only 4 years later. We take advantage of this circumstance to tell you a little more about the history of our association and its 18 years of life....
Rototom Sunsplash was born in Gaio di Spilimbergo, in the province of Pordenone, in the Rototom Disco-club, which had already been hosting the most prominent talents of the world-wide reggae music scene since 1991
1994-1997 | Disco and Rototom Summer Camp - Gaio di SpilimbergoThe first gathering of the Italian reggae scene took place: Rototom Sunsplash was born in Gaio di Spilimbergo, in the province of Pordenone, in the Rototom Disco-club, which had already been hosting the most prominent talents of the world-wide reggae music scene since 1991 (Burning Spear, Steel Pulse, Buju Banton, Black Uhuru, Inner Circle, Third World, Cultures, U-Roy, Yellowman, Itals, Meditation, Junior Reid, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Misty in Roots, Gladiators, Pablo Moses, Shaggy…).