Steel Pulse — Reggae Lake Festival, Amsterdam, 2023

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Why this recording

Nearly fifty years after the band formed in Birmingham, David Hinds and Selwyn Brown, both members since 1975, are still leading Steel Pulse on this Amsterdam stage. Filmed by an independent channel devoted to the genre, the video belongs to a series covering the Benelux reggae circuit, which also includes earlier editions of Reggae Lake Festival, Reggae Geel and Reggae Rotterdam. That body of footage makes it possible to set this performance against others filmed at the same festival. At 65 minutes in HD, it spans the length of a festival set.

— Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

Recording technical sheet

Rights-holding channelReggaeliveconcerts
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Exact runtime
ResolutionHD (720p+)

Metadata checked on YouTube on 29 September 2026.

Published on August 16, 2026 by

Live concert film of Steel Pulse at the Reggae Lake Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2023. Formed in Birmingham in 1975, Steel Pulse is one of the leading bands of British reggae, known for a committed roots reggae rooted in the Rock Against Racism movement and recognized with a Grammy Award. This recording, published online in 2024, documents their appearance at the Dutch reggae festival, staged outdoors by the water. The set foregrounds the vocal harmonies and roots rhythms that have defined the band since its beginnings, combining social messages with stage energy. The full concert will appeal to fans of classic reggae as well as festival audiences discovering a group active for nearly fifty years. This live video is a recent record of Steel Pulse on a European stage, far from their first concerts of the 1970s and 1980s. Amsterdam, 2023: a live concert that extends the story of an emblematic British reggae band, still touring in the 2020s and carrying its founding sound to a new generation of listeners.

Personnel & credits

  • David Hinds — lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Selwyn Brown — keyboards, backing vocals
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