If you’ve never been to a competitive sound clash please believe it is quite an exciting experience. Since discovering dancehall and Bob Marley in the mid 80’s I’ve loved reggae music. In the early 90’s I became a fan of sound clashes after listening to sound systems like Black Cat, Firgo Digital, Stone Love, Silver Hawk and my hometown favorite from East Ny Brooklyn, King Addies. I really appreciated the creativity and effort that went into making the exclusive dub plates these sound systems would play. You would have an artist remake a popular song, often to a different “riddim” or instrumental from the original, and customize the words to give props to the sound system and it’s members. They would be played in a competition against other sound systems to see who could have the most original and/or exclusive dubs and get the greatest response from the crowd. I even began to make reggae remixes and press them on dub plates to play at my gigs and made custom remixes for many other sound systems.
Feelin Irie is a series where I try to bring elements of a sound clash to a mixtape. From the exclusive remixes to the speeches from the mcs it plays out differently from your typical mix. Enjoy and feel free to flash your lighter and give some “forwards” Available now in the cd shop
