World Clash is an annual

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sound system clash. The World Sound Clash was started by World Promotion in 1993, the first clash was at the Roller express in London. Bodyguard sound system was the first world sound champion. The World Clash started in 1998 by promoters Irish and Chin and held in a different location each year. Precursors to World Clash include the UK World Cup which took place in 1993 and 1994 in

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, and the Canada World Clash which took place in 1993 in

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History

1993

* Location: Roller Express,

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* Host: Sass * Participants: **

Coxsone Clement Seymour "Coxsone" Dodd (26 January 1932 – 4 May 2004) was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond. He was nicknamed "Coxsone" at school due to his talent a ...

Saxon Studio International Saxon Studio International is a reggae sound system from London, the first UK sound system to win an international competition. Saxon Studio International began operating in Lewisham, South London, in 1976. The sound came to prominence in the e ...

Afrique Afrique is Africa in French. It may also refer to: * Afrique (impressionist) (1907-1961), South African singer and impressionist, born Alexander Witkin * ''Afrique'' (album), a 1971 album by Count Basie * Afrique, an American R&B-jazz studio band ...

** Bodyguard * Winner: Bodyguardjamworldreggae.com
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1994

* Location: Sanctuary Music Arena,

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* Host: Sass * Participants: ** Kebra Negus **

** King Addies ** Bodyguard * Winner: Saxon Studio International

1998

* Location: Club Amazura,

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* Host: Squeeze * Participants: **

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Killamanjaro Founded in the summer of 1969, Killamanjaro is a Jamaican reggae sound system, sound system best known for their sound clash, clashes and large amount of classic reggae dubplates. It is owned by Noel "Papa Jaro" Harper and named after Mount Ki ...

* Winner: Killamanjaro

1999

* Location: The Warehouse,

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, New York City * Host: DJ Roy * Participants: **

Bass Odyssey Bass Odyssey is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall sound system founded in 1989 by Keith Walford. History Founded in Alexandria, St.Ann, in rural Jamaica, hence the famed tagline "from way out in the country", Bass Odyssey is one of the few s ...

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) ** Killamanjaro **

Mighty Crown Mighty may refer to: * ''Mighty'' (The Planet Smashers album) * ''Mighty'' (Kristene DiMarco album) * ''The Mighty'' (1929 film), a 1929 American action film *''The Mighty'', a 1998 comedy-drama film * ''The Mighty'' (comics), a DC Comics title *Th ...

Tony Matterhorn Tony Matterhorn (born Dufton Taylor on 13 March 1972) is a dancehall reggae deejay and sound system selector from Kingston, Jamaica. Matterhorn got his start in the sound system arena in the early 1990s, on Inner City Sound System first, then ...

* Winner: Mighty Crown

2000

* Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City * Host: DJ Roy * Participants: ** Bass ** Killamanjaro **

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** Tony Matterhorn **

* Winner: Killamanjaro

2001

* Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City * Host: Bounty Killer * Participants: ** Bass Odyssey **

Black Kat Black is a color which results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or figuratively to represent darkness. Black and white have ...

** King Tubbys ** Matsimela ** Mighty Crown **

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* Winner: Bass Odyssey

2002

* Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City * Host:

Elephant Man Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man" and then wen ...

* Participants: ** Bass Odyssey **

King Agony King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen regnant, queen, which title is also given to the queen consort, consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contempora ...

Rebel Tone A rebel is a participant in a rebellion. Rebel or rebels may also refer to: People * Rebel (given name) * Rebel (surname) * Patriot (American Revolution), during the American Revolution * American Southerners, as a form of self-identification; s ...

** Red Spider ** Ricky Trooper ** Tony Matterhorn * Winner: Rebel Tone

2003

* Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City * Host: Bounty Killer * Participants: ** Black Cat ** King Agony ** Matsimela ** Mighty Crown ** One Love ** Rebel Tone * Winner: Black Cat

2004

* Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City * Host: Irish and Chin * Participants: ** Black Kat ** Klassique ** LP International ** One Love ** Ricky Trooper **

Young Hawk Young may refer to: * Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents * Youth, the time of life when one is young, often meaning the time between childhood and adulthood Music * The Young, an American ro ...

* Winner: Black Kat

2005

* Location: Elite Ark, Brooklyn, New York City * Host: Noah * Participants: ** Bass Odyssey ** Black Cat ** Desert Storm ** Immortal ** Mighty Crown **

Sentinel Sentinel may refer to: Places Mountains * Mount Sentinel, a mountain next to the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana * Sentinel Buttress, a volcanic crag on James Ross Island, Antarctica * Sentinel Dome, a naturally occurring grani ...

* Winner: Sentinel

2006

* Location: Club Amazura, Queens, New York City * Host: Irish * Participants: ** Bass Odyssey ** Black Kat **

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** Ricky Trooper **

* Winner: Bass Odysseydancehallmusic.de » Blog Archive » Bass Odyssey gewinnt World Clash 2006 (New York)
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References

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External links

Irish and Chin website
*(http://www.worldpromotionuk.com) Music competitions Dancehall Reggae culture