SOUND SYSTEM IN JAMAICA

SPIDA SOUND KATAROCK

[@thenowchurch6419]

As a Trini, I say big up and respect to all Jamaican Sound Systems for pioneering the art and pumping your own home grown music. Bless !

[@muskymcg]

that guy connecting the electric could have been the first Jamaican astronaut if he had got it wrong...go rasta ,me a sparky too.. respect from Ireland

[@DreiGuapo]

respect from Ireland too :)

[@eagle1532]

And when the fete is over they have to pack it back up, then unpack it from the truck when they get back home. Music is hard work, respect to the sound systems crews

[@ViktorT6550]

I guess many people do not understand how good and normal this video is until they are the ones to put up a system like that in working order. You all seem bright minded!

[@djbis]

I was incredibly excited to see what came out of the first truck. The anticipation and suspense was tremendous! Then for a moment I didn't know if I should laugh or cry when I saw those sad Mackies. I didn't give up and I watched-on. Solid video. Cool to see how it's done in Jamaica. But you had me scared for a moment there... lol!

[@romainepope]

lol those mackies dj monitors lol

[@tanekathomas6299]

I miss Jamaica. if mi Inna mi bed n hear this mi know seh a mad thing lata.. love when sound just a. string up. love the sound tracks n the oldies they play.. bless up.

[@andreyandreevdjneeds7720]

its good to know that knobs on the amps are attenuating the input level. always good to be cranked up all the way. set levels from your processor/controller.

[@RodrigoOliveira-no8bm]

I'm from Brazil a hug brother of Jamaica

[@MrGflash]

Good to see the Sound System Culture is still alive and doing well! Peace and love Brethren :)

[@BigEsGarage]

I've never been to Jamaica but if I ever go, this would be where I'd want to be! So awesome, Love the sound Love the vibe! Peace!

[@sh585175]

Memories of my dad, aka "Hytrol Disco" in Waterford... Miss standing by the speakers letting the base beat through my body..... Thank you very much for sharing, I really enjoyed it.

[@soundfreak8892]

Stacia Henry you mean bass

[@irandixon78]

Stacia Henry Good for the melanin sister.

[@violencianegra4283]

Exelente audio me recuerda a los sound systems de los 60 y 70 cuando era ska ska ska Rocksteady y reggae muy bien saludos desde México DF

[@melissallab7983]

You gotta be there to get the full effect. Priceless.🇯🇲❤️🎧🔈

[@djxcel23]

RIP Quincey Jones Katarock, the sound full loaded with dub. Hopefully the sound is still playing

[@barringtonbrown3096]

For all u knows it all people ,who does destructive criticism, this is the same method that has built and propelled reggae music so that the rest of the world can enjoy.we dont talk a lot like lots of you first world people who wouldnt

[@juniorh9238]

Huh? First world people?! Who's that?

[@DJDickieH]

Barrington Brown Exactly you guys are the expert of building PA speakers. People don’t check their history.

[@actorchambers72]

Love sounds,love music , when the bass line hits the ground it's no joke .❤❤❤🤠 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@ial2103]

wow a sound system playing good music. big up videos don't do these justice being there in person you can feel it literally in you. the sounds

[@andieslive669]

Love, Honor and Respect to Spida Sound Systems. The men are extremely hard workers because it is not easy setting up Sound Systems.

[@johanes239]

Máximo respeito pela cultura reggae !!! big up

[@engelberthification]

boa tarde amigos... essa aparelhagem toca D+;;;;; amigo tem duas musica pedra que toca no final do video quem canta esse classico... Voce poderia me informar....

[@SoundBarrierEntertainment]

Nice to see all the red clip lights on all night long.

[@Black-en4gb]

💀

[@talkthethings7376]

QCS amps can take loads of rough treatment

[@soundfreak8892]

Peter Gordon the only problem with qsc is the dapning factor

[@fullraph]

Notice how they are all set to about 1/3 volume? Everything before the amps is probably maxed out haha

[@eletronicaontec104]

Em qualquer lugar do mundo a lingua é a mesma quando é som, o mesmo trabalho, a mesma tecnica os mesmos esforços e problemas. very nice!

[@valdinojuniorcreations9328]

Muito parecido com o reggae feito no Maranhão, muito legal, viajei aqui! 🇧🇷🇯🇲🔊🎶👏✌

[@joaomarcos-xz5dz]

verdade mano...

[@wandofiuza8425]

Um povo bacana. Já tive o prazer de conhecer jamaicanos .moçambicanos e outros . Boa nação

[@classix2132]

Men i i miss that kind of setup we use to setup big events like and that tap on the wire we do that lol men mis that the old days back in tge 90s

[@mrsolo54]

nice nice bredjrin the bredda on the roof buss me up when he testing to see if it live wire at 6.00minutes , tuff footage 👊🏾😎🇧🇴🇯🇲

[@ZacksScraps]

+mrsolo54 That was the funniest shit.

[@Trpmanne]

mrsolo54 do you know the song at 12:00??

[@mrsolo54]

Carlton Livingston - Don't Follow Rumours

[@Trpmanne]

mrsolo54 thanks a lot great bass!

[@irandixon78]

mrsolo54 Real Jamaican style dat😂😂

[@pojre]

Jamaica has no sound system. Sound system has Jamaica!

[@dr.doctor2620]

and jamaica has the world

[@africangodman6145]

No Jamaicans created the SoundSystem and everybody around the planet has followed, facts.

[@seangriffin4542]

​@@africangodman6145you no that brother

[@africangodman6145]

​@@seangriffin4542👍

[@axelperez4867]

saludos cordiales desde CDMX a todos los sonideros de Jamaica

[@odilavioreis5789]

See you here in november 2019. congratulations! Brazil

[@dubagentselekions8221]

South African stepper here ..... blessed rootsman spreadout....visit South African steppers.

[@ZacksScraps]

I love how love of bass seems to be a universal thing 'nah spida more bass' @15:00-somewhere

[@tashekathomas2062]

me too

[@pinkpanta72]

Wow ; i am amazed at the skill set these dudes have in setting up sounds from back then till now; i can't even get my son to reply per text on an iPhone....just ingenious

[@djmadspida]

Respect to everyone for the comments whether negative, positive or constructive

[@stevendalmida7153]

I wanna build a sound from scratch...can you help?

[@kanyefrench6419]

@@stevendalmida7153 depends what u wanna make

[@PracticeMakesPaper]

Dont worry about the negativity.. You know how da ting go.. You guys inspired me to become a DJ and invest in my own speakers all the way from Florida.. Bless up and keep spreading sound 👊🏾

[@swabwi]

respect! love the fact that sound keep the roots alive! One love!

[@BrandonTatamiBakukin]

it's a pleasure to hear Alton Ellis still playing somewhere...

[@clivejames8110]

Joshua Tripping Alexandrovic Bakukin v6

[@ndubzfullthrottle9524]

Dope ass shit that's why I love Jamaica my friends much respect

[@joshuaryanferguson3702]

Your american

[@ndubzfullthrottle9524]

@@joshuaryanferguson3702 ya bro why whats good?

[@Grovetownyute74]

Some of you guy in here is full of shit. Not every sound system owner can afford top tier equipment, for you to come in here and say what a man should or shouldn't have in his amplifier rack is not needed. Not all of us have 3 or 4 people spending in a sound system, some of we have families and this is a hobby. I buy what I can afford until I'm able to upgrade in the future. Far too many times we only seek to point of the bad instead of highlighting the good. For those of you who have a problem please put your own sound system together and show us how it's done. If not then shut the fuck up. Thank you

[@romainepope]

Some just don’t understand and looking for everything as to say

[@krismilan7842]

Bredda once music a come from it no matter how it look me love it. A one love me seh.

[@andywestcott4908]

Well said. It looks good, it sounds good so what is the problem? If they can do better, then why don't they?

[@soundsystems101]

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[@revoxjazz8317]

That's the way it is! I completely agree with your comment and I'm also sorry that people are in the habit of making references to this or that equipment, for nothing. This is not a good thing. Good it is when someone observe, listen (not on KZbin), draw sound technical conclusions and recommends the sound service to a new customer. That is what makes the owner of a somehow poor equipment make money and can invest in better equipment. Greetings from Portugal.

[@baraointruso5964]

Eu sou do Brasil Belém do Pará aqui tem muita aparelhagem de som o vídeo que você postou e muito bom

[@soniderocabron.3043]

un saludo, hermanos de Jamaica, buen sistema de sonido, desde Mexico DF, SONIDERO CABRON........

[@romainepope]

+SONIDERO CABRON. respect one love

[@albertosi87]

Hi! I'm from Barranquilla-Colombia and here we've got sound systems as well but we call them pick up ! Every sound system has a name to identify it a Dj who plays African Music and champeta music! Champeta is a Caribbean genre!

[@thatguy_jose]

Omg does anybody see the clipping lights on the amplifiers!!!? poor things are working too hard

[@soundfreak8892]

jose _Leo815 Hey but when you give them the voltage they do fine. in this situation i would use crown xti 6002

[@andrewallen9993]

Well they are distorting like mad (clipping in other words outputting flat topped waves to the speaker and creating noise) but then who can tell chronic distortion and noise from music in Jamaica?

[@isettech]

The goal is LOUD. Notice how they only have 3 QSC amps for that rack of speakers. Distortion is normal. So is blown gear. Loved the on site electrician and electrical safety. A very cringe worthy system. This type of installation is more common than not for carnival. Hearing protection is highly recommended. Some mobile parade systems are running on multiple 5KW contractor generators to run the equipment. They don't bother with silent generators. They just drown them out.

[@andrewallen9993]

isettech He is not an onsite electrician. He is an expert Jamaican onsite thief stealing electricity!

[@isettech]

Missed the sarcasm in my post. LOL.

[@alexmangore8158]

All rigth!!!!!!! Yeah man!!!!!!! Great sound, greetings from Mexico

[@johnhildebrand1991]

Nothin like robing power cant believe the guy is sawing on the powerline with a knife lol but man that's a monster system holy shit

[@RobertLeeD.Manalo]

visit my channel bro..

[@djbis]

That guy tapping to the electrical mains... super sketchy! Does it mean they bypass the meter for free power? Wild!

[@randylahey9953]

Haha all these clowns in the comments talking bout electricity clipping etc. Who cares mon this is Jamaica smoke a doob and get blasted by good music

[@rodolfomorales6456]

Excelente equipo hermanos mis respetos echenle muchas ganas saludos desde tijuana México

[@aj3blt]

They must be trying to play music for the whole country. 🤪👂

[@soapswaby9388]

Just one jamaican party

[@kevonmanuel]

Back in the good ole days, having this much equipment was the standard but in 2015 - 2017 you don't need all that. Two Lab.gruppen PLM 20k44 amps. One DBX driverack 4820 Controller. Add whatever mixer and audio source you want. For speakers: Two Danley Sound Labs SH60s and bass, Two TH118s.

[@djtekitizi]

Hurts my back just knowing no ramp was used getting that gear off the truck.

[@kobegils]

Almost never 😅

[@CedricBogge-nj5dr]

Love it. Greets from Germany ❤💛💚

[@marciosoarespinheiro9102]

Muito massa sou apaixonado por musicas tenho uma balhaninha tbm mais nao chega nem nos pes dessa ai muito maneiro muito ave com o Maranhão (jamaica brasileira)

[@iaia5368]

SAI FORA NORTISTA

[@donaldnelson976]

NOW THESE BROTHERS KNOW BASS... NOW DEM READY TO BOOM DE PLACE.....AS FAR BACK AS I CAN REMEMBER EVEN BEFORE IN AMERICA WE BECAME BASS DEMANDING AS WE ARE NOW THE JAMAICAN BROTHERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BASS HEAVY BIG UP......NUFF RESPECT I CALL THEM THE BASS MASTERS YOU DON'T KNOW I JUST LOVE DEM MUSIC SUBBASS RULES

[@ShaneCarles]

Any distortion is from the camera mic, as all of the RED clipping LEDs on the amps are almost solid! lol At 24:45 the distortion is gone and the MIC sounds just fine. So it can be made clean after all!

[@thedogememesproductions6354]

I never push my system even close to clipping and i gets clean and loud

[@violencianegra4283]

Esos poderes QSC son de lo mejor y tú crossover mis respetos para el equipo que traes yo aquí en México también tengo sonido aunque aquí se toca más cumbia y salsa

[@melodicdub996]

Saludos compa. En México también hay cultura sound system de música del caribe y sus derivados

[@MrMotoden]

5:40 I'm praying for the best....but expecting the worst.

[@jamesotienoochieng1683]

Must be his everyday role!

[@luisoliva4504]

mis respecto a todo pais de jamaica a todos y todas desde panama los quiero mucho a todos por su humilda sus raice y musica mi respecto

[@trelawnny]

I can't believe I enjoyed watching the setup :))

[@lukesalter1272]

Did you find out?

[@trelawnny]

Luke Salter Mhmm ?

[@lukesalter1272]

trelawnny sorry wrong comment😬😂 trying to find a track sorry.

[@trelawnny]

Luke Salter Gotcha LOL

[@DJBMan330]

Nice Set Up...Guys... Props from the Lake Erie Midwest (N. Ohio)

[@wave7707]

I really respect this video fam.

[@OGxBUCCWEET]

I'm amazed to see all of the concert grade equipment set up in the middle of nowhere. Nice

[@Grovetownyute74]

Where about Manchester are you guys from? I own Angel Eyes Sound from Grovetown, look like Puseyhill. Link up, would love to book for anniversary in April

[@romainepope]

Yeah spider sound is from pusey hill It just played with star lord sound At henrys place in grovetown

[@Grovetownyute74]

Yeah, I know. It's sound good fi real. Who mek your box dem

[@Grovetownyute74]

Sometime in April, finalizing the details. Daroyalgeneral you are right, I had to prove myself playing along King Klepto in St. Mary a few years back. You have to play your style of play and you good

[@Grovetownyute74]

+Grovetownyute74 This is where is all began, back in the day you had to do the running of the wires, hooking up the currant wire, lifting equipment, if you were lucky you would play early warm. That's when a selecta would have to play foundation chunes until the main selecta come to the dance. So if you are on the sound for a while you would graduate to the main selecta. As a result you know quite a few things about the sound. From stringing up the sound to trouble shooting any problems that may come up during the dance. Now everyone with a laptop is a selecta. If I ask them to play an hour of quality foundation chunes, you hear the same things stone love, black kat, Bass Odyssey and the rest of big name sounds playing. They have no identity, you can learn from the elders but implement your ways and style into it making it unique to you and you alone. They Label Angel Eyes Sound as a foundation sound, however I'd like to think that we are just a sound. When I decided to make the sound in 2005 I was Iraq in the military at the time. The first cd I bought was the best of Studio One Vol.1, the first Dub I cut for the Sound was three John Holt, Stealing Stealing, Burial Camp And Tonight. I made sure that we would never have any problem playing foundation chunes, I pride myself in having the ability to play anything. I can play along side any sound, I may not have as much Dubs as they do but lets be honest Dubs don't even buss dance like that. It can but you have to know when to play them. Fit them in to your Juggling. From R & B, Rap, Soul, Mento, Ska, Reggae, Dancehall, Country and western. My greatest joy as a sound man is spending time going through my catalog gathering chunes and presenting them to the fans and seeing the reaction on their faces when they hear the quality songs being played. Some they might know and some they hear for the first time. Anyone can tell me when was the last time you heard Stone Love in a clash? Quite a long time. Stone Love can play multiple places in one night, and the quality of the music never alters. Remain the same

[@Grovetownyute74]

Daroyalgeneral hit me up with your email and I'll send you the links to a few of Angel Eyes Mixes and you can give me your feed back

[@djtracks22]

Hello friends, sounds of jamaica, congratulations, very good sounds, I want to ask a question who sings the song with which he tests the audio spida soud I really like the music of his country, thanks.

[@DukeBaysee100]

I REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THIS. USE TO DO THE SAME THING IN LONDON AS A KID

[@1fastlex]

Same here , I grew up in Trinidad and always had that sound system passion ... Great video and I enjoyed watching these two sound system equipment and wish I could have been there just to experience this ....

[@martinfarias2936]

como se llaman las vandass qe suenan ?

[@Chapbossmusic]

i need u to listen thisz dada

[@andrewallen9993]

What steal electricity like a Jamaican thief?

[@prakashrabha5473]

DUKE BAYSEE #theculturaltube

[@jaypinnock173]

I just watched the entire thing, jah kno this brings back memories

[@user-ox7bd8dq9m]

that dog was like "yeaa mon."

[@CurtisBenjaminIsrael4453]

Big up all sound systems. Dis is what mi use to...speakers high to the sky. Brap brap.

[@jesussave3220]

Where is the electric meter located?????? Any way I don't think a meter wood be able to keep UP.

[@waluztervideo]

they have nice QSC amps and EV speakers what a gig, i love it

[@soundfreak8892]

Sam brick Wall but they did fine bro i fucking abuse them and they just dont give up

[@hqdefault]

Are they really bypassing the electricity meter?

[@bullswarriors]

No wonder, this is Jamaica.

[@ke0kie]

If you're going to do a temporary direct tap off the service head (in this super-unsafe manner), why not use insulated alligator clips or similar quick connect rigging?!

[@andrewallen9993]

They are black.They are Jamaican. What do you think?

[@BartManNL]

Probably bypassing the main fuse...

[@milonso650]

fuck you racist!

[@markdelany1895]

Some great vibes, tunes after 6mins respect rasta

[@RWL2012]

sub amp - QSC kickbass amp - QSC low mid amp - QSC high mid amp - QSC highs amp - American Audio will do :P

[@soundfreak8892]

On subs I’d go crown but the unstable power would be a nightmare to work around with those amps

[@JSosaOfficial]

Jamaican has this thing with sound system now, they always use a type of smooth reverb in one of those expanders or compressors

[@normellow]

Just make an electrical breakout box inside the facility. Plug and play mon !

[@emilioesmeral9576]

I from Colombia one country speak spanish i like the reggae music becouse the good music Reggae i bealive Jamaica no males reggae only pasas dance Hall

[@polypaulpylen]

I need to feel this some day

[@TheMrBrunobmx]

respect for sound support for Italy sound reggae system

[@lavar2273]

Sound a slap as a sound man nah lie

[@RIDDIMDON4LIFE]

AUTHENTIC!!! Much thanks for the upload! Subscribed! Bless

[@vestaxpmc17]

Soooo. Nobody in Jamaica owns rubber gloves? Really? Watching those guys splice into the main power line is so scary.. Dem a need rubba gloves fe tie in powa! Smoke de collie ganja, not de engineer!

[@vestaxpmc17]

I know.. I know.. Couldn't resist.

[@markdelany1895]

vestaxpmc17 lol

[@josephnjenga2981]

vestaxpmc17 lmao

[@amethystobsidian6115]

was thinking same . oh mi gosh mon. not di live wya

[@andrewallen9993]

He is not an engineer, he is a thief, he is stealing the electricity.

[@sensacioncanitovalledupar3169]

Interesante y muy bueno saber que en jamaica tambien haya sonideros como en mexico ...saludos hermanos

[@klb71497]

yo big up yourself me love the video na lie

[@romainepope]

Respect boss man

[@Trpmanne]

romaine pope hey mate please what is the track at 13:00 it's got some good bass & vocals. Need to play through my 18" sub bins

[@adyessex]

Don't Follow Rumours - Carlton Livingstone (Solomon Riddim)

[@IrwinCespedes]

MAAAD!!!!! Top video! The essence of the Jamaican Sound System culture lies in here!!!

[@andrewallen9993]

Irwin J. Céspedes Yeh Mon, it de Jamaican culture to steal de electricity an everting else!

[@1javii75]

katarock sound nah use di right speaker wires dem thats why dem a have suh much problem .dem wire deh afi car sound

[@jamescollins6085]

Wow, that's some really nice equipment, especially the amps, mixers and speakers.

[@brinkybrinkz]

All that work and only 3 people showed up, and one was just asking for directions. Riiiigghhhtt!!

[@corovid.33119]

here in colombia we say it pick up and the favorite music in this system sound is champeta

[@KillahManjaro]

Foundation of Hip Hop music right here.

[@jed1540]

Alot of them didn't know that.

[@f67739]

facts

[@daggah76220]

trop fort les gars, what the music start at 7mn23 please, jah love from France

[@victormondragon4741]

Los bafles se Ben muy llamativos por el color morado pero los amplis son buenos Qsc es uno de los amplis más vendidos de México esos bafles si revientan o nomás es para apantallar con ese equipo que tienen podrían hacer unos bailes en la calle una tardeada para que se den cuenta lo que traen y así tener más fiestas en donde sea yo digo no cren eso

[@djgazaaka5000]

which one did some much heavier country song or town song?

[@Grovetownyute74]

I Don't think four double 18s can beat as heavy as 4 scoop, then again Spider Sound is only playing 3 scoop bass bins per column. Is hard to say, but what I have learned is that you can not judge a sound system by its size. Make no mistake Katarock has bees in the business 20 plus years. At the end of the day this is part of the culture we do not get to see, so we give thanks for this anyway. Bless up

[@romainepope]

spider sounded better over all they had about the same amount of bass

[@Grovetownyute74]

You know how us Jamaicans are sometimes, we look at the Stone Love, Jaro, Bass Odyssey and a slew of other well known sound and follow them. They have no Identity. You want to be a Stone Love look alike or be unique and do your own thing. Buying equipment that you do not understand the purpose or how to use it what sense does that make. Use what you have because we caah follow Stone Love, dem have three sounds with a variation of columns. Its my belief that descent audio and quality music will take you far in this business. Give thanks for the videos bredda

[@genilsondamasceno6908]

Lembrei do meu Maranhão brazil

[@felipeviana05]

Gosto mais desses do que reggae remix aqui do Piauí.

[@davevantilburg]

Begin 90´s i visited a band from Jamaica and they are use Bose 802 tops and 302 subs. The sound was so loud en overcurrent that the speaker cabinets gave as much light as sound hahaha

[@soniclab-cnc]

And nobody was seriously electrocuted in the making of this video... man if I roll into a gig and ask where to plug in and they point to some wires on the roof... fuck me.

[@954brent954]

Remind me of the Domino club days off 95 and Broward Blvd. Love from Fort Lauderdale!

[@deejayvibes99]

what video editing software was used in this?

[@romainepope]

+DJVibesSCS final cut

[@justyna4276]

One of the best videos on utube and its only 27:24 long.... Shame

[@Tacomuch]

21:54 “Longest Chin Master” is a dope nickname.

[@dj-erickroots2252]

Blz curtindo melhores reggae da jamaica so pedras

[@Karizma231]

I dont 100% understand why there has to be soo much tuning done when they are probably playing outside quite often. If it's in an open space like this surely it cant vary that much, but I can more understand if theres quite a few buildings that are close by or they are indoors.

[@romainepope]

Karizma231 subpar equipment ,power , lack of knowledge, Bunch of guies doing what they like , culture , style of music

[@Karizma231]

I get and hear that, just seems like they waste soo much time with all these test...surely they could just have a few basic presets ready from what type of places they have been already and just do minor tweaks to suit whatever they feel is necessary at the time. But I agree it's all 'part of the culture', like a ritual...they could have been to the same place the week before and I bet they would still be setting up like they never been there lol.

[@romainepope]

Different venues

[@Karizma231]

I hear that point with indoors, not so outdoors in open spaces

[@Karizma231]

😂

[@jcisneros76]

bonita cabina felicidades muy buen video saludos desde mexico