{"id":3829,"date":"2009-11-09T21:30:42","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T02:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2009-11-09T21:36:25","modified_gmt":"2009-11-10T02:36:25","slug":"q-recaps-reeewind-feat-king-stur-gav-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/?p=3829","title":{"rendered":"Sound Liberation Front recap of Reeewind feat. King Stur Gav Hifi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/soundliberation.org\/2009\/10\/reeewind-a-journey-into-sound-system-culture\/\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"King Stur Gav sound. Photo by Q Master.\" src=\"http:\/\/soundliberation.org\/wp-content\/gallery\/reewind-amazura-100709\/qs-pics-4.jpg\" alt=\"King Stur Gav sound. Photo by Q Master.\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month, I had the pleasure of attending one of the most remarkable sound system events I have ever seen: the legendary <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.dancehallreggae.com\/showthread.php?t=63531\" >King Stur Gav Sound<\/a> live and direct at Club Amazura in Jamaica, Queens.<\/p>\n<p>My friend (and fellow <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/soundliberation.org\/\" >SLF<\/a> member) <strong>Q Mastah<\/strong> managed to get a press pass for the event and did a little write-up\/photo essay on how the night went down that I wanted to share with y&#8217;all. Here&#8217;s an excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.irishandchin.com\/\" >Irish and Chin<\/a> have been notorious for staging mega productions worldwide, the most legendary being their prestigious <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Clash\" >World Clash<\/a> series held in New York, London, Jamaica and Antigua. With <strong>\u201cReewind: past meets the present\u201d<\/strong>, their concept was to combine a vintage rub a dub show headlined by the legendary <strong>King Sturgav Hifi<\/strong> with the star power of popular contemporary artists such as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capleton\" >Capleton<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luciano_(singer)\" >Luciano<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beenie_Man\" >Beenie Man<\/a>. The bill also advertised <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U-Roy\" >U-Roy<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brigadier_Jerry\" >Brigadier Jerry<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlie_Chaplin_(singer)\" >Charlie Chaplin<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Trees\" >General Trees<\/a> (all of whom were affiliated with the sound in its heyday) and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mightycrown.com\/\" >Mighty Crown Sound<\/a> who was entrusted with the task of warming up the audience. With such a stellar lineup, this was undoubtedly the most anticipated dancehall event of the year and it was clear that it was going to be a memorable night. &#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To read the rest, you can check out the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/soundliberation.org\/2009\/10\/reeewind-a-journey-into-sound-system-culture\/\" >full recap on the Sound Liberation blog<\/a>, including some of <strong>Q<\/strong>&#8216;s dope photos from the night, and healthy bit of historical context.<\/p>\n<p>For reference, here&#8217;s the flier for the event:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/reeewind.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/reeewind.jpg\" alt=\"Reeewind: The Past Meets the Present\" title=\"Reeewind: The Past Meets the Present\" width=\"424\" height=\"560\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/reeewind.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/reeewind-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/reeewind-775x1024.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, I had the pleasure of attending one of the most remarkable sound system events I have ever seen: the legendary King Stur Gav Sound live and direct at Club Amazura in Jamaica, Queens. My friend (and fellow SLF member) Q Mastah managed to get a press pass for the event and did a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,104,122],"tags":[819,1238,1206,1205,1237,841,1204,1241,1240,1032,1239,1242,1101],"class_list":["post-3829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","category-nyc","tag-amazura","tag-beenie-man","tag-brigadier-jerry","tag-briggy","tag-capelton","tag-jamaica","tag-king-stur-gav","tag-king-sturgav-hifi","tag-mighty-crown","tag-q-mastah","tag-q-master","tag-slf","tag-sound-liberation-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3829"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3841,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3829\/revisions\/3841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}