However, Chin is looking towards the time when there will be an event in a physical location - with a sound system in place, naturally. A dubplate is an acetate disc usually of 10 inches diameter, traditionally used by studios to test recordings prior to mastering for the subsequent pressing of a vinyl record, but pioneered by reggae sound systems as a way to play exclusive music. "You end up putting more into the business than you can get out of it," Chin said.įor its first two years, after an online announcement, winners in the World Clash Dubplate Awards have been handed their plaques at various locations where the organisers catch up with them. A new 45 with the A side taken from the forthcoming Lee Perry album on Pressure Sounds Sound System ScratchA superb Black Ark dub plate previously.
So, Chin said that for many sound systems, cutting dubplates is really a hobby or something done more for bragging rights than a realistic hope to realise returns. Think about it - if you spend US$20,000 and lose the clash, there is no return to carry you to the next clash. Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. "That is why you do not have many clashes anymore. Ive been feeling this track since I heard it on a Joe Nice live. Listen to your favorite songs from Dubplate Pressure. But the high cost of dubplates, which are a must-have for clashes, was affecting that part of sound system culture badly. Seriously deep and ruff AF original Housed in debossed, screen-printed paper sleeve lined with antistatic. Irish and Chin staged the Death Before Dishonour sound clash in Montego Bay, St James, up to the earlier part of this decade. "The dubplate business is now a full-blown industry, which is not healthy for moving forward the sound-system culture," Chin said. However, there have been instances when a selector approaches an artiste with money, but has to be satisfied with two dubplates, as the artiste says that is all they are going to voice that day. He said that artistes charge between US$7,000 and US$10,000 to voice 10 dubplates.
However, Garfield 'Chin' Bourne of Irish and Chin, which stages the annual World Clash sound system battle, last held in Canada last October, gave The Gleaner, an approximate range of going prices. There is not a hard and fast price scale for an artiste to voice a dubplate for a sound system or selector.
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