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Gladdy Wax at Carnival 2005 © Franz Jobs
Gladdy Wax, has played soundsystems for over 35 years. As a callow youth he recalls sitting inside big bass speaker boxes. Then at the age of 14 he came to the UK; that was in 1966. Since then he has come through the hard school of Jamaican DJ's. Birmingham, his first UK home, was a great breeding ground for sounds in the 70's. Gladdy at first played his own Leisure Sound with his brothers and was then recruited to one of the best, the mighty Quaker City. A move to London saw him recording with Dennis Bovel of Linton Kwesi Johnson & the Dub Band fame. Stints on BBC Radio London, BRMB, and various community radio stations brought Gladdy to the attention of Reggae fans of all ages and his Nottinghill Carnival sessions with his gigantic Gladdy Wax soundsystem are attended by young and old from all around the globe who come to sample the delights of one of the worlds greatest Reggae collections. Gladdy's famous shop in Stoke Newington was the place where many other collections started. After 15 years it has now closed down but the man still regularly brings Reggae to the people at Tighten Up, Coast to Coast and other sessions around the UK. |
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