BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:372@lewesconclub.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240907T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240907T233000 DTSTAMP:20240212T164434Z URL:https://www.lewesconclub.com/events/channel-one-sound-system-easy-skan kin-djs/ SUMMARY:Channel One Sound System / Easy Skankin DJs DESCRIPTION:Easy Skankin presents: Channel One Sound System + Easy Skankin DJs\n\nTickets from £10: www.tickettailor.com\n\nBar from 5:00pm. Doors 8 :00pm - 11:30pm\n\nIn 1979\, Mikey Dread and his brother Jah T began to pl ay at blues parties and local dances having spent many years under the wat chful eye of their father\, owner operator of the famous Admiral Bailey So und. They chose the name Channel One in homage to the legendary Jamaican r ecord label of the same name whose tunes featured heavily in those early s elections.\n\nInspired by Bob Marley’s belief in uniting people through reggae music\, Mikey was keen to introduce new people to dub reggae music and started touring around universities\, where he secured a solid fan bas e.\n\nChannel One’s mission is to break down barriers via reggae music\, they have achieved this by playing new venues\, new festivals and differe nt countries\, taking their unique sound to Australia\, New Zealand\, Isra el\, Turkey and all over Europe. Channel One also celebrated 30 consecutiv e years at the Notting Hill Carnival making them one of the must see sound systems for attendees to Europes biggest street festival.\n\n2009 saw Chan nel One embark on their hugely successful national Dub Blackroutes and sup port from Punch and Vagabondz. Channel One took their sound system to 6 ci ties\, touring alongside Kromestar\, RSD and Jazzsteppa\, showcasing their dub reggae sound system as part of the tangible heritage behind dubstep. In 2011\, Channel One have been on another tour\, this time Dub to Jungle alongside Congo Natty\, Tenor Fly\, Congo Dubz\, Nanci and Phoebe and Klos e One. And finally in 2012 Channel One went on a Jamaica Party tour\, cele brating Jamaica’s 50th year of independence – alongside Coki\, Mala\, Shy FX\, The Bug and Flowdan\, Top Cat\, The Heatwave\, General Roots\, Ro xXxan\, Rtkal and Screama. Finally\n\nChannel One have toured with the leg endary Twinkle Brothers\, a concept put together by Mikey Dread. These tou rs have been a great way for Channel One to reach new audiences.\n\nChanne l One Sound System were the Red Bull Culture Clash winners in November 201 0\, beating Skream and Benga\, Metalheadz and Soul Jazz. Channel One compe ted in the Culture Clash in 2012 at Wembley Arena\, against Major Lazer (w ith Usher and Rita Ora)\, Boy Better Know and Annie Mac Presents. Channel One are the first reggae sound system to have taken their sound to Wembley Arena.\n\nChannel One Sound Systems hand built custom speaker stacks prov ide a rich heavyweight bass sound which compliments their tight selection of old and new dub reggae classics\, all played from a single vinyl deck a nd accented with echos and sirens. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.lewesconclub.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/12/Ch12024.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR