Founded near Milan (Italy), Rootical Foundation is a group of musicians all from different musical backgrounds but with a shared passion for reggae music. Their reference is the original ‘Roots Reggae’ and more specifically the later wave of new roots in the late 90s / early 2000s. The band, while still respecting the up-beat roots of this music, immediately started to experiment its own approach and its own original and recognizable sound. With songs in both Italian and English, the band’s first self-produced album entitled Ri-Uscire was released in June 2006 at the same time they began performing live. Fast forward ten years and the band has been on line-ups not only numerous Italian reggae festivals but also in Switzerland, Slovenia (Overjam Reggae Festival),
Germany (Chiemsee Summer), Austria (Reggae Jam) and Spain (Rototom Sunsplash). In 2012 they released the Human Rights CD: a concept album dedicated to human rights, part of the profits from which were donated to the Stand Up For Jamaica NGO, with wich the collaboration still goes on. Their subsequent Reload EP came 2 years later and included the track Smile with Romain Virgo (JA). In 2016 they released another EP entitled Forward featuring a track with Attila titled We ah deal wid. Their fifth release entitled Still Learning album came out in 2018, produced by Princevibe. In 2023 the band has released more new singles: The Trap, Black Lives Matter, an Afrobeats episode titled Grateful and the special combination Diritti & Rovesci feat. Bunna (Africa Unite). Latest new singles released in 2025 are No Bad Vibes, Watermelon and The Game. In 2026 Rootical Foundation is going to celebrate 20 years of original reggae music. Still looking forward!
