Sound System Culture Vol.2

Sound System Culture Vol.2

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02/12/2017 @ Red Sea Reggae House

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A night of Roots Reggae & UK Dub Pressure

guests: Lord Ambassador Sound System (London, UK) & Roots Sensation (London, UK)

warm up: Systematic (Origins Sound System)

powered by Origins Sound System

vegan food by Roots Food and Culture

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Alvin Roots

Alvin Roots got involved in the sound system scene in the 80s with a sound called «Gee Teck» Sound System. In the early 90s Alvin Roots and his brother formed a new sound that was called «Love Shock» and came back on the road playing sounds like »Sir Coxson» Sound System plus many more. ‘Love Shock’ was a clash sound as well as a party sound. In the late 90s Alvin got involved with »Channel One» Sound System that was busy playing with the biggest UK Sound Systems such as »Aba Shanti», »Jah Youth», »Iration Steppas» etc… In the early 2000 he started building his own sound and in 2002 ‘Lord Ambassador’ was born. The first session was with the »Mighty Tabot» Sound System from Bristol, nowdays called ‘Roots Injection’. After that, numerous sessions with many UK Sound Systems followed, all over the country. In 2007 he took over a corner at the »Nothing Hill Carnival» where he is a regular up until now. Notting Hill Carnival changed everything for Lord Ambassador, as the sound became popular and started getting attention from European promoters. Since then, Lord Ambassador has participated in dances all over Europe, in addition to the sound clashes in the UK and his residency at the Carnival.