SOUND SYSTEM CULTURE is an aggregator website about sound system history, a place to promote communication, tolerance, respect, consciousness and knowledge about the reggae and sound system culture and community. So we’ll expose stories, witnesses and opinions about the culture and the world we all live and love by sound system veterans friends, producers, singers , musicians, promoters and reggae activist who stands for their commitment, honesty and obligation to to the people who makes all this possible, the sound boys and finally to the music.

SHEBEEN : NOTHING BUT A HOUSE PARTY

June 18, 2024

“SHEBEEN come and shebeen go, so right now – you’d better take what you can get,” Weasel, the...

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Interview with EARL “CHINNA” SMITH

June 16, 2024

by Stephen Cooper at Reggae Vibes   A KINGSTON REASONING WITH LEGENDARY GUITARIST EARL “CHINNA” SMITH (THE INTERVIEW:...

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Interview with Tena Stelin

June 15, 2024

Nearly 20 years that Tena Stelin released his first album, Wicked Invention. This singer has always delivered conscious...

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Interview with Donovan Kingjay

June 14, 2024

by ConsciousLee  #ReggaeRoast #Soundsystem family member Donovan Kingjay has had a long and illustrious career in #Reggae music. From his time with Sugar Minott‘s Youthman Promotion Sound & Phillip...

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Interview with Count Matchuki

December 28, 2022

Winston Cooper (–1995), better known as Count Matchuki or Count Machuki, was a Jamaican deejay. Cooper was born ...

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Interview with King Stitt

December 12, 2022

He earned the nickname as a boy because of his stuttering and decided to use it as his stage...

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Interview With IROY

December 1, 2022

Roy Samuel Reid (28 June 1942 – 27 November 1999), better known as I-Roy, was a Jamaican deejay who...

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Interview with Cedric Myton

November 30, 2022

Cedric Constantine Myton (born 1947) is a Jamaican Rastafari reggae musician who was a founding member of the roots...

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Interview with Reggae Roast Soundsystem

November 30, 2022

Reggae Roast Soundsystem is the UK’s #1 Reggae & Dancehall Sound! Reggae Roast’s regular events & festival appearances bring...

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“The 5 Fundamental Men of Jamaica Recording Industry ”

August 25, 2022

Kenneth Lloyd Khouri, Graeme Goodall, Stanley Motta, Linford Anderson, Sylvan Morris   Kenneth Lloyd Khouri Born 1917 in...

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Interview with Smiley Culture

August 23, 2022

David Victor Emmanuel (10 February 1963 – 15 March 2011), better known as Smiley Culture, was a British reggae...

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“The studios keeping dubplate culture alive”

August 21, 2022

Meet the studios keeping dubplate culture alive Oli Warwick 12-15 minuti Written by Oli Warwick
 Published on August...

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Interview with Saxon Studio International

August 20, 2022

Saxon Studio International Saxon Studio International is a reggae sound system from London, the first UK sound system to...

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Interview with Aba Shanti-I

August 17, 2022

Aba Shanti-I (born Joseph Smith) is a sound system operator and dub producer from the UK. Aba and his...

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Interview with PAPA LEVI

August 12, 2022



 Real Name: Phillip Williams 
Born: unknown 
Place of Birth: London, England Papa Levi originally rose to fame on...

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