SKAVENUE: A MOVEMENT MOVING IN MOTION MAGAZINE

This Magazine came to life by an idea of developing and showing a culture that was not thoroughly written about. In a scene somewhat branch of the ever fostering Punk culture, Ska surged not as a sub-culture but only as a musical sub-genre. But, just like any other musical genre, it has grown to create a musical movement that established to itself its own thoughts, ideas, behaviors and even principles. Coexisting tightly with the Punk culture, the Ska movement began to gain shape and form in a manner probably no one had ever predicted.

In the early years of the 80’s an original idea merged the punk music style with another totally different style, the joyful Jamaican roots/reggae mixed with a fast tempo: Ska. At the same time the punk scene was growing to a degree that was brought to light all around the world through its own cultural publications: the so-called Punkzine. They were nothing more but Cultural Magazines that disclosed the Punk events taking place, cultural principles developments and even interviews with special musician or artists.

30 years after this fluorescing movement came to public knowledge and existence, the sub-culture has grown into a status of sublimation, where its own essence is recognized but not followed, though great and good novelties are occurring within the Ska nuclei. This is why this magazine came to take presence at the online web scene. To take another step towards the disclosure of the Ska movement/genre/culture or whatever one feels should call it. It was launched with the ambition of gathering the Rude Boy community, share ideas, demonstrate the actual state of the culture worldwide, and participate in the present development of the culture itself. It shall embrace publications and articles that vary in its content: musical fresh look-ups, literature reviews, cultural reveries, and reflections upon philosophical further progressions.

In its sense of continuity, evolving and moving Magazine came the name Skavenue, a Ska Avenue: A promenade that everybody is invited to take, and I shall see you across it at some point. Have a nice walk.