Coxone Dodd is a pioneer. In 1952 he started building his own sound systems and was involved in starting to amplify at 250 watts. He would play American Rhythm and Blues, Jazz, Bebop and Boogie Woogie. Soon after Rhythm and Blues gave way to Rock and Roll, the music was harder to find. He felt the necessity to make original music; his competition with (fellow Jamaican pioneer) Duke Reid was intense, they always traveled to buy records that no one else had.
When the local Jamaican music was made the pre-releases were covered with white-labels so no one would know the origin of the record. Does this sound familiar?



Jamaican culture has given us more than just reggae and dub. It has influenced everything we enjoy in dj / club and dance music culture. It has always been based on Rhythms.
They were immitating Rhythm and Blues music and its shuffling, bouncey beat, but they were making something entirely their own through experimentation.

Rhythm and Blue is about experimentation; it's also about respecting the influence of the Jamaican innovators and creating something entirely new based on the essence of dance music--its rhythm!

Take any funky rhythm known or unknown; Incredible Bongo Band's Apache is one of the most sampled, remixed and popular rhythms. There are countless versions of it throughout the world.
as an example the concept of Rhythm and Blue is to take the Apache rhythm and showcase it. We will play different variations of it and maybe even other tracks that use bits of it in samples.You could hear an entire 4 hours of music based on one simple rhythm, but with creative programming and djing, it will be fresh in a completely different context.

soon come...