Mission

RIDDIM is where reg­gae cul­ture lives. We’re an online mag­a­zine ded­i­cat­ed to reg­gae, dance­hall, and Jamaican cul­ture — past, present, and future.

RIDDIM is built on decades of jour­nal­is­tic expe­ri­ence and a deep love for — and appre­ci­a­tion of — Jamaican music and cul­ture. RIDDIM draws from a rich foun­da­tion: 123 Ger­man-lan­guage print issues, a spe­cial edi­tion on Bob Mar­ley, and sev­en Eng­lish-lan­guage mag­a­zines – a pow­er­ful cul­tur­al archive shaped over 25 years. This isn’t a trend. It’s lega­cy. 

Since 2001, RIDDIM has been one of Germany’s strongest voic­es for reg­gae and dance­hall. Through our Eng­lish-lan­guage edi­tions (2005–2007) and the influ­ence of the Ger­man mag­a­zine, RIDDIM has grown beyond nation­al bor­ders into an inter­na­tion­al­ly rec­og­nized brand. RIDDIM is an insti­tu­tion.

RIDDIM offers curat­ed depth — not noise: well-researched arti­cles, detailed biogra­phies, crit­i­cal per­spec­tives, thor­ough analy­sis, con­cise news, grip­ping reports, opin­ion­at­ed com­men­tary, mean­ing­ful reviews, and long-form inter­views that zoom in on artists with­out los­ing jour­nal­is­tic dis­tance. Hip­ness and his­to­ry go hand in hand.

In a world of scrolling, short­cuts, and sur­face-lev­el takes, RIDDIM stands for knowl­edge, con­text, and sub­stance. We don’t do click­bait. We don’t chase out­rage. We don’t let algo­rithms dic­tate cul­ture. Real talk over fake news. Real con­nec­tion over fleet­ing atten­tion.

RIDDIM is home for the glob­al reg­gae com­mu­ni­ty. To us reg­gae, dance­hall, dub, and oth­er Caribbean sounds are not only musi­cal styles, they’re liv­ing cul­tures, vibrant worlds, and pow­er­ful atti­tudes. RIDDIM cov­ers the full spec­trum of reg­gae, dance­hall, and sound sys­tem cul­ture — from under­ground to icon­ic. From Kingston to the dias­po­ra. RIDDIM rep­re­sents the scene in its entire­ty, guid­ed by con­vic­tion and the belief in strength in uni­ty.

On RIDDIM.world, you get access to brand-new con­tent and a con­stant­ly expand­ing archive span­ning 25 years. We spot­light upcom­ing, estab­lished, and over­looked artists. We track cur­rent devel­op­ments, trav­el through his­to­ry, look behind the scenes, and beyond the obvi­ous. Hard­core, but nev­er nar­row-mind­ed.

None of this comes off the top of our heads nor out of thin air. Over the years, RIDDIM has built a net­work of pro­fes­sion­al writ­ers and pho­tog­ra­phers from all over the world. Their work — and ours — is dri­ven not only by love for Jamaican cul­ture, but also by ded­i­ca­tion, research, and count­less hours of effort.

That’s why we ask: Become a mem­ber of the RIDDIM com­mu­ni­ty.
With a small month­ly con­tri­bu­tion, you unlock unlim­it­ed access to every­thing on this site — con­tin­u­ous­ly grow­ing with new con­tent and mul­ti­me­dia fea­tures. Join us. Dive deep­er.

Ellen & Pete