2009 saw Channel One celebrating 30 years on the road as one of London’s heaviest hitting roots reggae sounds. Selector Mikey Dread and his brother Trevor grew up around sound systems. Their father, who had run a sound in Jamaica and then Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, passed the mantle of sound to them. Mikey and Trevor began selecting at parties in London in the 1970s and started to build their reputation as a sound. In the past decades they have emerged as one of the UK’s leading dub reggae sound systems, pushing a positive message of unity and strength, roots and culture through Rastafari. Having recently played Notting Hill Carnival for over 30 consecutive years, the sound also plays all over the UK, France, Italy, Norway, Turkey and Croatia. Channel One continue to stay true to the roots of dub, but are also open to the genre’s modern descendents.
