1977 - birth in Mendrisio (Ticino)

1990 - discovery of reggae, through a Bob Marley tape

1996 - start collecting reggae music, and reading about it

1997 - first reggae show, Ras Michael in Geneva

1998 - first trip to Jamaica

2000 - start DJ'ing, in the "Conquerin' Glion" (the name of my village) "sound system", with my friends Greg and Julien
             - first meeting with Prince Alla, in Geneva

2001 - trip to Ethiopia

2002 - first reggae article, in La Liberté
             - change in name for the "sound", which becomes "Soul of Anbessa"

2oo4 - end of my Contemporary History master degree work at Fribourg university : "It a go dread inna Switzerland"

2005 - first contact with BB Seaton through email

2006 - second trip to Jamaica
             - recording of the Shuttle riddim, official birth of the Soul of Anbessa record label
             - interview about rastafari on swiss french speaking national radio station RSR La Première, in the "Un dromadaire sur l'épaule" show

2007 - third trip to Jamaica
             - interview about reggae on swiss french speaking national radio station RSR La Première, in the "Un dromadaire sur l'épaule" show
             - interview about homophobia in dancehall music in 36oº magazine 
             - first reggae articles in 24 Heures, also published in Racines swiss reggae magazine

2008 - first releases on the label "Foward" by Prince Alla, "Life goes on" by BB Seaton, and "It goes like that" by Dennis Alcapone
            - design of the sleeve of BB Seaton's anthology CD

2009 - fourth trip to Jamaica
            - conference at Mona University, Kingston  : "Reggae music as a bridge between worlds"
            - recording of the second riddim on the label, "Tizita" by the Roots Radics
            - interview in jamaican national radio RJR's show "Beyond the headlines"
            - interview in the Jamaica Observer
            - workshop at the Montreux Jazz Festival : "Roots, rock, reggae : the revolutionnary sound of Jamaica"
            - conference at Zurich Kunsthaus museum about ethiopian music
            - design of the sleeve of BB Seaton's "Ready for the world" LP
            
2010 - article in the Jamaica Institute's publication Jamaica Journal "Reggae music as a bridge between worlds"
            - article in the black music magazine Vibrations "King Tubby, l'autre king"
            - release of the final single on the Shuttle riddim, "Why did you go" by Leroy Sibbles, and "La Linea crossing" by Inyaki
            - "Don't play" by Stranger Cole  is selected by french music magazine Les Inrocks to represent Kingston in their "Saga Cités : 12
               villes de musique" CD

2011 - fifth trip to Jamaica
           - recording of "Together again", the official Gaylads reunion song 
           - first releases on the "Tizita" riddim : "Maybe (one day)" by Prince Alla, and "World Crisis" by the Tamlins
           - live interview from Kingston with Prince Alla, on french radio Prun FM          
           - interview on swiss french speaking national radio station RSR La Première, about the heritage of Marley in Switzerland, in
              the "Radio Paradiso" show
           - interview in the Jamaica Observer, for the International reggae day
           - interview on radio station RSR La Première for the "Face b" show, about Peter Tosh and Buju Banton
           - design of Ras Obi's debut LP "Xterminate hate", relaeased by Soul Beat records
           - official member of the Jamaican association of vintage artists and affiliates (JAVAA)