DJ spinning the latest tracks by artists like Alton Ellis, Don Drummond, and Roland Alfonso. The guys would collect scrap metal and recycle empty bottles just to earn enough cash to pay the door. "If you don't feel the beast, there is no beast," says 99PI producer Christopher Johnson.
Jamaica is famous around the world for its music, including genres like ska, dub, and reggae. It’s tempting to think that the powerful amplifiers and giant speakers at the dance parties were designed to perfectly capture Jamaica’s indigenous sounds. But it’s actually the other way around. Those speakers and amps came first. And the electricians, mechanics and engineers who built and adapted that technology would then play a decisive role in the creation of Jamaica’s modern music. They helped pioneer approaches to making and performing music that would spawn whole other scenes from the Bronx to the UK.
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