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Pirat's Sound Sistema
12+ albums
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"Pirat's Sound Sistema" is a Catalan reggae group born in Barcelona in 2002. The group has done more than 250 gigs in open-air festivals, small clubs, popular and social meetings, large hall festivals. The group features upbeat and socially consciousness rhymes in Catalan. Pirat's Sound Sistema has toured all over the Catalan-speaking countries (Paisos Catalans), as well as in the Basque Country, Galiza, Madrid, Aragon, Andalucia, France and Germany. The sound system concept first became popular in the 1950's, in the ghettos of Kingston. DJs would load up a truck with a generator, turntables, and huge speakers and set up street parties. In the beginning, the DJs played American R&B music, but as time progressed and more local music was created, the sound migrated to a local flavour. The sound systems were big business, and represented one of the few sure ways to make money in the unstable economy of the area. The popularity of a sound system was mainly contingent on one thing: having new music. The band has been included in compilations with DIY demos. Pirats Sound Sistema released their first album "Sants Sistema" on April 2005, under the label "Propaganda pel fet !" Winners of the "2006 enderrock awards to revelation band" for his great job during the two previous years. On April 2007 Pirats Sound Sistema released their second album "Vol. II" (Propaganda pel fet !). The band is already rehearsing new songs: reggae, ragga, dancehall and drumnbass are the tools. [The
