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This is largely thanks to a local sound system crew, Soldia Sound, who’ve been bringing the champion sounds of reggae and dancehall to the people of Lausanne for the last 10 years. On Saturday ...
and the Metromedia sound system, plus 40 dancehall artistes of these superstar selectors’ choosing. The format is a nod to the storied dancehall sound clash history in which each sound system ...
Ewart "U-Roy" Beckford, who transformed the Jamaican art of toasting, or deejaying, from a sound system phenomenon into a hit-making art form that deeply influenced generations of dancehall ...
As a kid, he grew up near House of Leo, an iconic dancehall venue in Kingston, Jamaica. As a young adult, he joined Black Chiney, a Jamaican sound system. And for the last several years ...
“This initiative is dedicated to preserving, promoting and protecting the heart and soul of Jamaican sound system culture and dancehall music, both locally and internationally. This isn’t just ...
With Jah Seed as the DJ and The Admiral as the selector in the tradition of Jamaican reggae and dancehall sound systems, the pair became known as the African Storm Sound System and ran Ragga ...
Several Jamaican dancehall artists have had their U.S ... Brooks), Aidonia (Sheldon Ricardo Aitana Lawrence) and sound system selector Ricky Trooper (Garfield Augustus McKoy).
All it took was heat, barrels of homemade hooch, a microphone and sound system, and “80 people ... DJ Negro, and dancehall artists that looks ripped straight from VHS.