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sound system
sound system in Jamaica
- The sound system culture has emerged in Jamaica in the ghettos of Kingston (Jamaica) in the late 1940s Born exclusion of poor and black population without access to theaters and clubs (monopolized by white and mestizo rich), more modest Jamaicans then broadcast their music in the street...
The concept of "sound system" first became popular in the 1950s in the ghettos of Kingston. DJs were loading a truck with a generator, turntables and speakers and installing a street party (street party). At first, the DJ played the American R & B but progressively, the Jamaican musical production raps began to expand and sounds took typical local sounds...
- What began with a simple copy of the US R & B made by local musicians became the first original music Following Jamaica ska. As and when this new trend took successful, the two DJs invested more in production. The production studio Coxsone became a renowned studio, while Duke Reid founded the famous Treasure Isle.
Following the emigration of many Jamaicans to England, sound systems implanted it gradually. They eventually spread to different countries in varying styles of music they produced, first ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub and ragga or raggamuffin - Jamaica forces - and finally more and more different music, often electronics such as electrodub the hardtechno, jungle, drum and bass, etc.
It is this kind of dub sound systems that have rubbed shoulders in their early sound systems English, considered the parents of the "free party movement."...
- , Kwame Nkrumah, High Fight, King Dragon Blues Party, Stand Tall, Earthquake, Jah Wisdom, Ragga Dub Force Posse Ital ...
Today, there are many French sound systems, spreading Jamaican music in its original form, the 45s or exclusive form of specials dubplates (unique pieces played by each sound)...