The downtown Reggae vibe was brought uptown last Friday night for Sound System Fridays.  Host Sounds - Noble Works and Xixgon International featured live performances by veteran Foundation artiste, Otis Gayle and one of Dancehall’s most cultured - rising artiste, Jesse Royal. Things got underway just after 9 PM with Noble Works at the controls.  As a stranger to the downtown Reggae Scene, I had never heard of Noble Works previous to Deejay Shai's (Xixgon International) request.  Noble Works, to [...]

Sniper Sound represented on Sound System Fridays last Friday night with DJ Bigga Boss at the helm.   The remaining members of the crew were off promoting their "Fine Juggling" event for the following weekend.  Bigga arrived an hour late, but, played for two hours straight.  I liked the vibes he sent out.  This Sound got beat up 'musically' in their last two clashes, Bigga said, "no more"!  Perhaps that was the inspiration behind his playing that night - he dropped [...]

Big Up Tempo Sound - hosts of Sound System Fridays last Friday night on ReggaeMania.com.  The crew showed up on time (a first in a while) and were ready to represent.  In the house was Soujie (original owner of Tempo alongside Shabba Ranks), DJ Redout (MC/DJ), Ivan - (a visiting DJ/Promoter from the Slovakia Reggae Scene), special guest DJ passing through - Bigga Boss (Sniper Sound) and artiste - Jah Leon.  This crew was excited!  They were well prepared and [...]

The Winning Combination of Metromedia and Renaissance Reggae + Poker = Perfect Fridays   The Sound System Fridays’ line-up saw legendary Sounds – Metromedia, Renaissance, Heatwave, and Step-A-Choice tearing it up inside the ReggaeMania studio. Earlier that day, I received words from the promoter that Bass Odyssey wasn’t able to make it to Canada due to circumstances beyond his control. So now, it was up to Metromedia and Renaissance to carry the show alongside Heatwave and sidekick Step-A-Choice Sound. The [...]

Thunda Hawk Sound (reppin' Lawrence Heights aka Jungle) hosted Sound System Fridays this week.  I was introduced to them by my boy, Plucky (aka J-Nyce) who's been trying to get me to book them for Sound System Fridays for the last eighteen months or so.  I never took him seriously because I didn't think that he took the dubplate/Sound system business seriously - little did I know.  I spoke to Plucky the day of the broadcast, he explained to me [...]