Babylove And The Van Dangos

The soldiers of ska, rocksteady runaways and rebels of reggae bring you music for dancers and lovers.

Babylove And The Van Dangos is a tight group of bonafide musicians and nomatter if it’s live acoustic performances on Japanese television, cramped bars, bass booming festivals, this band always delivers. So keep your eyes peeled, because any stage, anywhere, at anytime BvD might be bringing their rocksteady ska and reggae to your town.

After more than 200 shows played throughout the 4 year life of Babylove And the Van Dangos, their soulful sound has earned them a place up with the top live acts on the ska scene. Doing it the old fashion way BvD has toured Scandinavia, all over Europe and Japan to build a solid fan base and show that this is a band that always gets the peoples feet, moving to the sweet ska beat. The band has also toured as an opening act for The Toasters in 2008, which expanded their viewing audience tremendously, getting them shows in countries they couldn't previously had ventured into. This also landedJohan Bylling Lang a slot playing saxophone for The Toasters during their fall 2008 European tour.

In the spring of 2004, this seven piece outfit was formed in Copenhagen Denmark by lead singer Daniel ”Babylove” Broman to express the soulfulness of ska music. Less than 3 months later this baby was already up and running wild on the Danish ska scene.

After a year of song writing beer drinking and dancefloor shaking, Babylove And The Van Dangos recorded, produced and mixed their debut album ”Run Run Rudie”, which was self-released.

In January 2007 the album was re-released us here at Megalith Records with both a US MEGA 026 and European ME 015 pressing and worldwide digital distribution.

In February 2007 Babylove And The Van Dangos released a 7” vinyl recorded the classic way. One take, no cuts and lots of old school feeling. The single called “Big Big Baboon” was released by, Germany based label, Mad Butcher Records and features the amazingly talented Coolie Ranx (ex-Toasters, ex-Pilfers) from New York who brings his personal ”rudeboy style” to the track. The release was followed by heavy touring all over Europe in April 2007.

Later in 2008, "Lovers Choice" was recorded and released once again by Megalith Records in a European pressing ME 027 along with worldwide digital distribution. The album was also released on Mad Butcher Records in vinyl LP format as well. The album features 14 brand new songs with special guest appearances by Doreen Shaffer of The Skatalites and was mixed by the legendary Victor Rice from New York.