favourite carnival sound

[whisperingdave]

seeing as we can't be there, we might as well talk about it.

my vote is split between aba shanti and gladdy wax

 

[luka]

once they introduced kettling and made it much harder to drift around you were sort of forced to pick one weren't you. made it all stressful.

 

[whisperingdave]

yeah I guess so but if you go anywhere north of the westway its been fine for years. can move around easy. also think weight of numbers of more of issue than kettling, but never stressed me out that much.

 

[luka]

 

[luka]

Westwood under the bridge had some great moments. Busta Rhymes. Wu Tang.

 

[luka]

but I think for me it's just been little moments of hype and excitement as you drift. you catch a little explosion of intensity.

 

[whisperingdave]

ah fair play. its more about the long form for me. hours of sustained bubble.

 

[luka]

I've got an allergy to Gaz's Rocking Blues. Doesn't sit right with me that.

 

[whisperingdave]

I mean cmon:

 

[luka]

is that your era? i would have been there then. aged 15. love that era of dancehall.

 

[whisperingdave]

I woulda been 11. my era is when UKG was king.

 

[Simon silverdollarcircle]

I just used to spend all day at aba Shanti, swaying side to side slightly. It was a great way to spend an afternoon.

Sancho panza was brilliant and utterly horrible at the same time

 

[luka]

John Eden please dont defend Gaz it's like seeing Jools Hollands at Carnival

 

[martin]

Can't remember the name, but there was a ragga one on St Luke's Road in '95 which was incredible - bass speakers so loud it was like standing in front of a fan. It's where I heard that "666, the number (?) of the beast / Turn it around and you get the police" tune that nobody's able to identify.

Entering Gaz's section is the bit where you curse and realise you've spent the last half-hour slow-walking in the wrong direction.

 

[DannyL]

I used to bop between Norman Jay and Sancho Panza