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One of the most significant of the younger generation of Jamaican deejays, U-Brown, was born Huford Brown in Kingston in 8 June 1956. One of 11 children, Brown's musical education began by accompanying his father to local bars, as well as spending quite a bit of time hanging out on Bond Street near Treasure Isle studios. While only 15 Brown began his deejaying career in earnest working for the Philip Monroe-owned Sound of Music, developing his skills while recording tracks like "Wet Up Your Pants Foot" and "Jah Jah Whip Them." In 1975 he began working with Bunny Lee and cut his first album Satta Dread which was released only in Jamaica and Britain.
Brown's principal influence is the great U-Roy and his deejaying retains U-Roy's surreal jive, only its a bit faster and more percussive. Plus, the dub tracks U-Brown toasts over (many of them mixed by King Tubby and Prince Jammy) are deeper and darker than U-Roy's giving the proceedings a more intense vibe. In the latter part of the 70s U-Brown started his own label (Hit Sound) and achieved a modicum of success as a producer and by the 80s he had relocated to Miami where he worked with producer Kenneth Black.
U-Brown returned to Jamaica in 1990 and continues to produce, record, and deejay albeit with less frequency than in the past. He lives a life of semi-seclusion able to pick and choose projects he wants to be involved with. Although he doesn't have to, he continues to work as a sound system deejay. Those are his roots and he, like his hero U-Roy, intends to carry on that great tradition.
Heavily influenced by U-Roy, but also citing Big Youth, Dennis Alcapone, Prince Jazzbo, and I-Roy as influences, Brown began his career on the Silver Bullet sound system in the early 1970s, moving on to Sound of Music and replacing U-Roy on the King Tubby's Hi-Fi system in 1975. Brown was initially given a chance to record by Winston Edwards and then Yabby You, and had a local hit in 1976 with "Starsky and Hutch", which was followed by a series of albums produced by Bunny Lee. He was signed to Virgin Records in the late 1970s, releasing two albums on their Front Line label. The Virgin contract enabled Brown to travel frequently to the United Kingdom, where he performed with the Unity Hi-Power sound system. Brown returned to prominence in 1982, with "Tu Sheng Peng" (a version of Dennis Brown's "If This World Were Mine").
Brown set up his own Hit Sound label in 1977 as an outlet for his work as a producer. In the 1980s, Brown relocated to Miami, returning to Jamaica in 1990. Blood & Fire released a compilation of Brown's 1970s work in 1997, raising his profile and leading to new recordings, working with Jah Warrior among others.
Danny Dread is the baddest selector ever to touch a turntable. Jamaica’s Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport (MCGES) honored living legend Danny Dread and several other Jamaican sound system culture pioneers at the inaugural “Echoes of Sound System” event at National Stadium’s Indoor Entertainment Complex, in Kingston, Jamaica.
An official Reggae Month 2020 event, the “Echoes of Soundsystem” celebration was star-studded and honored pioneering selectors, sound operators, artists, and individuals who’ve made an iconic impact on Jamaican music from Ska, to Reggae, Dancehall, and subsequently today’s pop music culture.
One honoree, who has had a heavy hand in distributing Jamaican music to live audiences across Jamaica and the United States, is Danny Dread. Based in Kingston, and affectionately known worldwide as “The Teacher”, he is one of the most respected selectors in Reggae music history.
A living legend whose career spans about 50 years, Danny was notorious for spinning some of Bob Marley’s most iconic songs throughout the island, long before official release dates, while a selector on Kingston’s Papa Roots Sound. Songs like: Soul Rebel, Sun is Shining, Don’t Rock My Boat, and Keep on Moving are a few of many pre-released songs Danny cut on acetate at Lee Scratch Perry’s studio.
Additionally while on Papa Roots, Danny created and popularized the One Drop mix-down technique, now commonly used during live artiste performances on a sound system.
Besides Papa Roots and Stereomars, some of the sounds Danny Dread has been affiliated with and/or helped to popularize over the years include I-oses, Vice President, King Attorney, Studio 54, King Majesty, King Jammy’s, Volcano, Sturgav, and currently North America’s #1 sound, New York City’s King Addies.
Still actively spinning music in Jamaica, in April 2020 Danny Dread (King Addies) was featured in the “Vintage is Forever” sound clash in NYC, versus longtime rival Jack Scorpio (Black Scorpio).
Негізгі бет Ойын-сауық Jamaica 60 Icons: Selector Danny Dread, DJ U Brown.
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