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Bass Odyssey
12+ albums
reggaeoldschoolsound systemdancehallsound killer
about
There are at least three groups with the title Bass Odyssey: 1) A nineties dub trance artist, Jamie Meakes. His only album, Clipping The Wings Of The Imagination, was popular in the dance chillout scene at the time. 2) A Jamaican Reggae sound system. Bass Odyssey is best known outside Jamaica for their clashes. Selectors on Bass Odyssey are Mark, Worm, Squingy, Dameion, Dwayne, Charly Blacks, Lexxy, Keithy, Harry D and Shootah. The sound system features a large amount of Bounty Killer, Buju Banton, Luciano and Garnett Silk dubplates. Besides playing in Jamaica and the United States, the sound has performed in Europe on several occasions, including David Rodigans birthday bash in 2003 and the Riddim Clash 2006, a yearly sound clash sponsored by the German reggae magazine Riddim. Bass Odyssey have played and won the UK Cup Clash in 2006 and 2007 also the 2008 title making it three consecutive years. The sound has also been nominated for the category Best Sound System at IRWMA two years in a row. 3) An Irish breakbeats/drum and bass group. Bass Odyssey were a Cork (Ireland) band formed in 1996 by Graham Finn and Alan O’Keeffe, deciding that they had a shared interest in breakbeats, drum and bass, and various other leftfield musical forms. What started off as an ambitious DJ project, quickly turned into a proper band of merit. Because of Graham’s earlier achievements with Emperor Of Ice Cream, a passion to write and perform their own music soon became apparent. Two years of
