Sound System Culture Jamaica & UK 1986–88
Sound System Culture, Jamaica & UK 1986-88. Published by Café Royal Books.
Dancehall Bling Bling at The House of Leo
Dancehall Bling Bling at the house of Leo night club - with the Stone Love Sound System. Kingston, Jamaica 1993.
Pagans Hippies and Travellers. UK. 1992.
Pagans Hippies and Travellers - Glastonbury Festival circus performers. During the summer of 92 I travelled to Sussex, Gloucestershire, and Somerset UK, capturing and soaking up some of the spirt of The New Age along the way. Travellers also adopted aspects of gypsy life, Rastafarianism and circus communities.
Pagans, Hippies and travellers. Summer 1992.
Travellers reading the local news story about themselves, in a field with fellow travellers in the village of Linchmere, Sussex UK. During the summer of 92 I travelled to Sussex, Gloucestershire, and Somerset UK, capturing and soaking up some of the spirt of The New Age along the way. Travellers also adopted aspects of gypsy life, Rastafarianism and circus communities.
Aquarius record store, Half Way Tree, Kingston Jamaica. 1986
Aquarius records on Constant Spring Road in Halfway Tree Kingston, Jamaica, was owned by Lloyd and Daphne Chin-Loy. When this photo was taken in the mid 1980s the shop was a hive of activity and before the transportation hub was built much later, it was also the main transportation point for most routes across the Kingston at that time. The gates on the left of the photo were the entrance to the recording studio, and at one time was one of the most important in Jamaica. Artists who have passed through the gates include Augustus Pablo, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Beres Hammond and Ernest Ranglin. Dancehall DJ Tiger had his first job in the Aquarius store and Bunny Wailer recorded and mixed his seminal album ‘Blackheart Man’ at the studios in 1975. Also Sugar Minott, Earl Sixteen, Little Roy and Triston Palmer, recorded in the studio. Aquarius was on a strip with ‘KG’s’ appliance and electronics store, along with Skateland, skating rink; and Miami Store, which sold the latest style and fashions from the USA. Music would play from speakers outside the store, including the latest 7’inch Jamaican releases before they were played on the radio. Kingston Jamaica. 1986.
Youthman Promotion crew- 1 Robert Crescent Kingston Jamaica April 1986.
Lincoln ‘Sugar’ Minott’s house at 1 Robert Crescent Kingston Jamaica Home to the Youthman Promotion Sound System and crew. April 1986.
Aquarius record store, Half Way Tree, Kingston Jamaica. 1986
Aquarius records on Constant Spring Road in Halfway Tree Kingston, Jamaica, was owned by Lloyd and Daphne Chin-Loy. When this photo was taken in the mid 1980s the shop was a hive of activity and before the transportation hub was built much later, it was also the main transportation point for most routes across the Kingston at that time. The gates on the left of the photo were the entrance to the recording studio, and at one time was one of the most important in Jamaica. Artists who have passed through the gates include Augustus Pablo, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Beres Hammond and Ernest Ranglin. Dancehall DJ Tiger had his first job in the Aquarius store and Bunny Wailer recorded and mixed his seminal album ‘Blackheart Man’ at the studios in 1975. Also Sugar Minott, Earl Sixteen, Little Roy and Triston Palmer, recorded in the studio. Aquarius was on a strip with ‘KG’s’ appliance and electronics store, along with Skateland, skating rink; and Miami Store, which sold the latest style and fashions from the USA. Music would play from speakers outside the store, including the latest 7’inch Jamaican releases before they were played on the radio. Kingston Jamaica. 1986.
Dominoes Players Kingston Jamaica, 2001.
Jamaican Deejay Singer Mad Anju playing dominoes halfway Tree, Kingston Jamaica, 2001.
A woman dances at the Topline Club in Southdale Plaza, Kingston, Jamaica 1990.
Dancing in style wearing a yellow dress at the Topline Dancehall Kingston Jamaica 1990.
Ragga Girls Dancing at ragga club, London, UK.
Trendz Ragga Night Club, Amherst Road, Hackney. London, UK 1993.