Baddis Crew was formed out of five single DJs: Herbal Q, Minista,
3 Star, Trini-T and Rap-E are household names in the Swiss
Reggae and Dancehall scene. Herbal Q, an avid Reggae and Dancehall
record collector, used his first visit to Jamaica in 1988
as a springboard to be a founding member of the Ganglords,
a Reggae/Dancehall Backing Band which recorded two well respected
albums and dozens of 7”s in Kingston in the early 90’s. In
1994 Minista decided to invest some money in two MK II and
a mixing console. Influenced initially by old school Hip Hop
and British HC he has developed into one of the best booked
club DJ in Switzerland, rocking the crowd with his Hip Hop,
R&B and Dancehall style. 3 Star’s affection for Dancehall
and Soca started on a trip to Trinidad & Tobago in 1999. Dancehall
classics from the 90’s are his specialtity. Trin-T’s aquaintance
and well grounded knowlege of Soca and Calypo is surely no
coincidence due to dual Swiss and Trinidadian Citizenship.
Starting out his carreer with Hip Hop Rap-E’s fascination
with Reggae and Dancehall has led to his accompaning
Herbal Q as a sideman before the Baddis Crew times. Everthing
started off with 3 Star and Trin-T promoting an evening at
the legendary Bar 57, called Caribbean Splash. On the turntables:
Minista, Herbal Q and Trin-T. Herbal’s suggestion to found
a soundsystem and including Rap-E as a member was promptly
accepted. After finding the appropiate name Baddis there has
been no looking back. June 2001 finds Minista promoting the
first Baddis Dance at Schüür together with the mighty Pow
Pow Movement from Cologne, Germany. The night was a monster
success and due to popular demand Minista’s promotion of Dancehall
Xplosion is still a very well attended regular event. A trip
to Trinidad & Tobago Carnival 2002 was a memorable time and
served with Trin-T’s warm family connections helped to enrich
the wide musical Baddis repertoire. Once in the caribbean
Baddis took the opportunuity to profit from Herbal’s previous
experience in Jamaica to go over and get their first dubplates
voiced. Once Back in Switzerland the need to promote the realivtely
unknown Reggae, Dancehall and Soca scene became quite clear.
Untiringly they begin to play all over Switzerland and also
in Germany to spread the positive vibes. The universal appeal
of Baddis Crew’s music transcends political and social agendas
while spreading good music and promoting peace and righteousness
on earth. Baddis has big respect for Rastafari and readily
acknowledge their influence on the whole Reggae Music. That’s
why Baddis Crew is playing not only Bashment and Jump Up (like
most of the new sounds do) but also Reggae and Roots in the
tradition of jamaican soundsystems. As Jimmy London would
sing: Baddis is the sound that slowly grows and grows… A highlight
in their musical career was the victory at their first sound
clash called >Guns Out 45 Shoot Out< in Zurich in march 2005
when they eliminated the current Swiss Clash 04 winner Ruffpack,
Fred & Barney from Germany and One Blood Selector from Bern.
