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Sounds, selectors, deejays, clashes, tapes and the culture behind the speakers.
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Stereo OneGrant's Pen Road, St. Andrew · 1980s
A Jamaican sound system and record-label operation that became an important development ground for deejays and singers during the 1980s.
View Stereo One →KillamanjaroKingston, Jamaica · Founded 1969From the 1980s live-artist tradition to the international dubplate and clash era.
View Killamanjaro →MetromediaWoodford Park, Kingston · 1970s–presentJimmy Metro, Peter Metro, Sky Juice and generations of live deejays and selectors.
View Metromedia →Youth Promotion / Youthman PromotionKingston · late 1970s–presentSugar Minott’s artist-development sound: selectors, young singers, tapes and clashes.
View Youth Promotion →Black ScorpioDrewsland · 1968–presentThe Horseman Sound: Jack Scorpio, Sassafrass, General Trees, clashes and the sound-to-studio pipeline.
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