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Welcome to Sound System Fridays — Canada’s first and premiere online Reggae-Dancehall show featured the best in local and international Reggae and Dancehall Sound Systems, Dee-Jays and Artistes playing and performing live every Friday from the ReggaeMania studios at Brimley Rd. & Highway #401 in Scarborough. Picking up from where CKLN Friday Night ReggaeMania left off, Sound System Fridays was video-steamed and broadcast live every Fridays 9 PM – Midnight on U-Stream, iTunes and ReggaeMania.com for all to enjoy. Unfortunately U-Stream was sold and we did not back-up our videos – still hurts. But, you can see the Pics, listen -download the complete Audio archives, and read the show reviews.
Click here to see the complete 2012 – 2014 Schedule for Sound System Fridays. Turn On, Tune In – ReggaeMania – Sound System Fridays…madd!
This SSF show featured Toronto’s KING ATTARNEY Sound with MC Garfield + DJ Gyco + Phantom. Live Performances by Def Shade, Major Current, Diesel High and Shines… King Attarney Sound gets full props for
their show this past Friday on Sound System Fridays. Despite being an ‘overstocked’ Champion Sound, they are often forgotten about by Toronto promoters because they are a Hamilton Sound (out of sight, out of mind) and they don’t kiss ass, mine included lol. That aside, there is so much depth to the King Attarney box – Father Phantom (owner), as youthful and energetic as he could be, still aims high and remains positive when it comes to his Sound moving forward, garnering the respect that they deserve.
No disrespect to Attarney’s MC (Garfield) and DJ (Gyco), but, their dubs were ‘the star’ of the night – not only were they sweet, but, they spoke ‘louder’ than anyone else that night. Big Up Garfield and Gyco jus’ the same – despite not being with the Sound since its inception (1982), both of these youths repped the King Attarney machine properly and brought a nice, consistent Dancehall vibe to the ReggaeManiaRadio studio with good speech and quality dub selections! Also, Big Up Turbo (Attarney Promotions) and Bocca who were in the house as well!
Attarney delivered on the ‘artiste’ front – Major Current, Def Shade, Diesel High and Shines. All of them performed well, but, my favourite was Def Shade. The vibes were positive and everyone was having fun, which made for a great party! King Attarney decided to stay and play past midnight – it made up for their late arrival and late start. Yes, they were partying it up with the artistes, getting into ‘the vibe’ before they took center stage, but, we would’ve liked to have seen them play from 9 PM. I have always respected the King Attarney Sound – underestimated, but lethal! I think it’s just a matter of time before this Sound rises in ‘Sound clash’ popularity again, so, when the war starts…call King Attorney!
This SSF show featured Toronto’s KAT ATTACK Sound with DJ Fadda Kat + Traffic + Sensi + Gems + Tim + Garfield…I had previous conversations with Fadda Kat – MC and DJ for Hamilton’s Kat Attack Sound and was
well aware that I was dealing with a very confident and self-assured selector, despite having only heard this Sound once before. Kat, with his short but sweet performance on Sound System Fridays left no doubts, his Sound is primed and ready to stand up to any Sound that thinks that they can come and test!
Once Kat took control of his music machine, things instantly peaked and the entertainment level remained consistent throughout the length of the broadcast. Kat knows his box well and is totally in sync with the chunes he selects, he does so with an impressive speed and does not sit on dubs.
The majority of the dubs played have been customized for Sound clash and despite having a ‘clash’ upcoming in mid June, this young Hamilton Sound didn’t hold back, thrilling the live chat room crowd with quality chunes and speech that they have come to expect.Thanks for the Blessed dubs! Blessed now resides in Hamilton. Kat Attack tun up!
Congratulations to Kat (a former King Attarney selector)! Big Up Traffik as well, a Hamilton artiste whose performance should let Toronto artists know that there are seasoned and ‘ready’ artists all over the place, so why be so Toronto centric?! This guy had great lyrics and performed well, as he does for the majority of Dancehall/Reggae shows in the Hamilton area where, quite often, he is selected as an opening act. Big Up the other guests in the house, Garfield (King Attarney), Sensi, Gems and Tim! So Kat, congrats again – your only failure was your late notice of your late arrival (you’ll make up for it when we discuss linking Sound System Fridays with the ‘other’ website further – *wink, wink). Enjoy the Podcast!
No disrespect to Attarney’s MC (Garfield) and DJ (Gyco), but, their dubs were ‘the star’ of the night – not only were they sweet, but, they spoke ‘louder’ than anyone else that night. Big Up Garfield and Gyco jus’ the same – despite not being with the Sound since its inception (1982), both of these youths repped the King Attarney machine properly and brought a nice, consistent Dancehall vibe to the ReggaeManiaRadio studio with good speech and quality dub selections! Also, Big Up Turbo (Attarney Promotions) and Bocca who were in the house as well!
Attarney delivered on the ‘artiste’ front – Major Current, Def Shade, Diesel High and Shines. All of them performed well, but, my favourite was Def Shade. The vibes were positive and everyone was having fun, which made for a great party! King Attarney decided to stay and play past midnight – it made up for their late arrival and late start. Yes, they were partying it up with the artistes, getting into ‘the vibe’ before they took center stage, but, we would’ve liked to have seen them play from 9 PM. I have always respected the King Attarney Sound – underestimated, but lethal! I think it’s just a matter of time before this Sound rises in ‘Sound clash’ popularity again, so, when the war starts…call King Attorney!
This SSF show featured Toronto’s TWIN STAR INTERNATIONAL Sound with DJ Junior D’Selector + Jr. Flex + Jermaine ‘Unruly Twin’. Live performances by DJ Chrome(NYC) and Wizzla(JA)… I’m surprised how many
people had never heard of Twin Star International (judging from our Chat room on ReggaeMania.com), but, after the show was done, it was clear that Twin Star International, though relatively unknown, must be ranked as one of Toronto’s Top 10 Sounds.
Friday’s show was madd from start to finish – nuff big chunes, wicked speech, braggin’, boasting, cussing and dissing! The entire broadcast is a nice example of a hype selector delivering a solid radio show, where, just like in a Sound clash, killer dubs are in perfect harmony with speech that is extremely on point.
Junior D’Selecta – a one man machine who plays the sound and talk the mic at the same time, is no stranger to Sound clash, he started in the 90’s with Casino Sound before switching to Black Melody, but is best known for his days playing with Studio Mixx Sound, and will always be remembered for taking out and defeating Japan’s Mighty Crown and America’s mighty King Addies in a Tag Team Clash also featuring partner King Turbo a few years back, as well as a victory over Blackat witih selector Panther back in the Zone One days.
If you know Junior D personally however, you’ll find him to be a very obsessed, confident and sometimes cocky MC/Selector just waiting for his next opportunity to kill Sound – any Sound, no matter the territory or rank. Personally, I think he is one of the smartest selectors in the business, he attends every clash and studies clash DVDs and Cassettes going back to the foundation of Dancehall.
You’ll see from the broadcast that Twin Star International is not afraid to talk di talk and call ‘Sound-man name’, especially because they have the dubs to back it. The ReggaeMania chat room, normally full of critics and hecklers, seemed very tame on this night, as surprisingly, Twin Star International Sound were getting propa ratings by all for their enjoyable Sound System Fridays performance.
And people, check out what happens at 10:30 PM, when Twin Star plays a Twin Star ReggaeMania Dub! Damn impressive, where did that love come from?!! Twin Star – you are seasoned, ripe and ready to kill Sound, and I look forward to seeing you back on the Sound clash stage in the near future. I could go on and on about this Sound and the show they delivered, but, the broadcast speaks for itself (according to Twin Star, Jamaica’s Frankie Paul was scheduled as their special guest artiste, but his work permit was denied).
This SSF show featured Toronto’s SNIPER Sound with DJ Necus + Big Roy + DJ Bigga Boss… Sniper Sound gets a ‘thumbs up’ for their performance on Sound System Fridays this past Friday Night. I was pleased that
they “brought it” despite arriving late and failing to deliver an artiste to perform live. From the time they touched their Itch console (after 10 PM) ’til their end of show interview with myself (11:50 PM), they did so for about 110 minutes, not the 180 minutes that they would’ve played had they arrived and started on time (9:00 PM).
Back to the review…Sniper has a deep dub box and they proved it! Big Up Big Roy, owner of Sniper Sound and owner of the legendary ‘Sniper Dub Plate Studios’ – cutting dub plates for decades now for many of Canada’s and the World’s finest Sounds, whilst sharing intimate recording studio experiences with some of Reggae’s finest International artistes! This adds up to a deep Sniper dub plate collection.
This should explain why we got that quality of performance from Sniper – the dubs came hard, then even harder, then harder after that. After a few complaints (due to the late start), the ‘live’ chat room dynamics suddenly changed from pure heckling to pure niceness. It’s as if Sniper had all of their fans listening – the listeners and viewers kept bigging up Sniper’s performance – crazy! First, Twin Star International did it, now Sniper – buttering up the chat room diehards and getting nothing but love from haters! What’s going on T.O.? LOL.
I’m glad that Big Roy has found a team that seems like they’ll stick with the Sound for a while, I’ve seen a few Sniper selectors come and go over the years. I’m also surprised and happy that there’s such good chemistry between the Sniper DJ – Necus, and the MC, Bigga Boss aka Mr. Dockery aka Fatman, equally talented when it comes to juggling for the ladies or bullying over competing sounds in Sound clash competition. The two were in perfect sync for the majority of the night, delivering a solid performance with owner Big Roy overseeing the whole thing from his chair in the corner of the studio. At the end of the night, he was proud, as Sniper Sound exposed just as much as I think he wanted to be exposed, probably less than 10% of their musical arsenal. There’s a lot more left in that Sniper box that I’d still love to hear! Enjoy the Podcast!
This SSF show featured Toronto’s SILVER BULLET Sound with DJ Snyper + Rally Benz. Live performances by Mally Bless, Cyberg, and Long Bless….I didn’t quite know what to expect from Silver Bullet Sound this past
Friday – I had mistakenly thought they were a young two year old Sound, but in fact, they’ve been around since the 90’s only parking for the last two years. Well, for those who missed this show, I’ll say Big Up Silver Bullet and the crew of artistes they brought to the studio to perform! For a Sound I’ve never heard before, I will say, I was very impressed overall by this relatively unknown Sound who claims not to be from the East or the West (says owner Rally Benz), but from everywhere! MC and Selector ‘Snyper’ (formerly of Military Sound) arrived on time and held it down as a one man machine from 9 PM ’til after Midnight, delivering a good variety of dubs.
It was interesting, people in the chat room wanted Snyper to take to the mic which he didn’t do much of in the show’s first hour, but once he did, he sounded good. Snyper is a light skinned man who may look like a ‘white boy’, but is a more authentic sounding patois talker than DJ Whitebwoy himself (no disrespect to DJ Whitebwoy).
I gotta Big Up the live artistes who performed in the studio – Cyberg, Mally Bless and Longa Bless. Big Up DJ Sheldon, DJ Connect, Lexx, Soljah, Crunch and DJ Mix Masta Vybz as well. Cyberg, Mally Bless and Longa were tough on the mic and delivered one of the better artiste performances that we’ve seen all year. I saw a lot of potential here and I especially liked the sound and style of Mally Bless – dunno why, but I felt his vibes that night – he was so totally on! Listen and judge for yourself.
Silver Bullet, Big Up for a well executed show – overall, a solid performance! I hope to see you in the clash arena one day. For the record…there were a few skeptics from the chat room who swore that several of the ‘Luciano’ dubs played by Silver Bullet were “carbon chunes” – (tunes knowingly or unknowingly featuring fake artists trying to impersonate the real artists on dubplates). Watch the show to see how Snyper responded to these accusations and well you’re at it, judge them yourself! Enjoy the Podcast!
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