BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – BLACK CHINEY, one of the most prolific sound systems in the entertainment industr, will return to St. Kitts for a major dance at Club Kactus on Saturday, May 29.
Black Chiney, the Jamaican sound system based in Miami, Florida and consists of members with Chinese-Jamaicans mixed with African descent, has travelled around the world performing at night clubs and participating in sound clashes.
The event, which is being presented by Five Star Promotions, will also feature the ‘baddest’ female DJ in the business hailing from St. Kitts, Sweet Sister Sensia; Nevis’ top sound Recklife; one of the Federation’s top sounds, Evolution; and the uprising sound, which since 2009 have been hitting the airwaves, Chalice.
SKNVibes Pep spoke with Nicole Bass of Five Star Promotions, who said they are also looking at adding Small Axe Band to the lineup to satisfy the quench for Soca lovers who would be attending the event.
She said Black Chiney was the best choice for the dance.
“We were looking at the deejays to see who could juggle the best, and we chose them. They’ve been to St. Kitts and people are more familiar with them, and we just wanted to do something for the people,” she said.
Bass, who is originally from St. Kitts, explained that Five Star Promotions was given birth this year following her involvement in getting local artiste Infamus on a gig in St. Croix in March.
“When I was home in December, I fell in love with Infamus’ music and I got his CD and took it back to St. Croix and introduced it to Daren ‘Bogle’ Stevens, and we just went from there. The event was a hit down there and that’s how I got started from being involved with Infamus for that show, which developed a love for me organising events,” she said. “Being able to do that for him was a rewarding feeling for me.”
Raymond Maynard, a.k.a. Mogo, is also a part of the promotions company. “So we thought since we tried to push Infamus there, we can try push other acts overseas. I also would like to have our local acts performing on events in New York as I’m planning to get as many people from here out there.
“In the future, we want to bring a lot of big artiste and bring as much as we can and big up the country at the same time. In the past, Black Chiney has always done well here…they’re really good, and I think people are gonna like what they get,” she said.
Black Chiney made a name for themselves and earned respect from the sound clashes in which they participated. In 2002, at an annual event in Jamaica dubbed Fully Loaded, reigning ‘king’ Tony Matterhorn lost the sound clash against Black Chiney. In a rematch later that year in Miami, Matterhorn was once again defeated.
