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SHEBEEN : NOTHING BUT A HOUSE PARTY

“SHEBEEN come and shebeen go, so right now – you’d better take what you can get,” Weasel, the dread deejay of Mossiah Sound toasts ominously into the mike....
INTERVIEWS

Interview with EARL “CHINNA” SMITH

by Stephen Cooper at Reggae Vibes   A KINGSTON REASONING WITH LEGENDARY GUITARIST EARL “CHINNA” SMITH (THE INTERVIEW: PART 1) When: March 9, 2020 Where: Kingston, Jamaica Reporter:...
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Interview with Tena Stelin

Nearly 20 years that Tena Stelin released his first album, Wicked Invention. This singer has always delivered conscious and inspired roots reggae, working with UK’s top producers as...
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Interview with Donovan Kingjay

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 “Fatis” Burrell right through to working with Conscious sounds Bush chemists & Channel One...
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Interview with Count Matchuki

Winston Cooper (–1995), better known as Count Matchuki or Count Machuki, was a Jamaican deejay. Cooper was born in Kingston, Jamaica,and began working on sound systems in the...
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Interview with King Stitt

He earned the nickname as a boy because of his stuttering and decided to use it as his stage name. Stitt began deejaying on Clement Dodd‘s Sir Coxsone’s Downbeat...
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Interview With IROY

Roy Samuel Reid (28 June 1942 – 27 November 1999), better known as I-Roy, was a Jamaican deejay who had a very prolific career during the 1970s. Biography Born...
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Interview with Cedric Myton

Cedric Constantine Myton (born 1947) is a Jamaican Rastafari reggae musician who was a founding member of the roots reggae band The Congos. Myton was born in Old Harbour,...
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Interview with Reggae Roast Soundsystem

Reggae Roast Soundsystem is the UK’s #1 Reggae & Dancehall Sound! Reggae Roast’s regular events & festival appearances bring the positive vibrations wherever they go. Pushing the boundaries of...
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Interview with Smiley Culture

David Victor Emmanuel (10 February 1963 – 15 March 2011), better known as Smiley Culture, was a British reggae singer and DJ known for his “fast chat” style. During...
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“The studios keeping dubplate culture alive”

Meet the studios keeping dubplate culture alive Oli Warwick 12-15 minuti Written by Oli Warwick
 Published on August 28, 2017 From Jamaican soundsystems to jungle, garage and grime,...
SOUNDSYSTEM CULTURE

Interview with Saxon Studio International

Saxon Studio International Saxon Studio International is a reggae sound system from London, the first UK sound system to win an international competition. Saxon Studio International or Saxon Soundsystem...
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Interview with Aba Shanti-I

Aba Shanti-I (born Joseph Smith) is a sound system operator and dub producer from the UK. Aba and his sound system have been playing through UK and Europe for...
INTERVIEWS

Interview with PAPA LEVI



 Real Name: Phillip Williams 
Born: unknown 
Place of Birth: London, England Papa Levi originally rose to fame on south London’s Saxon sound system in the early 80s. His...