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Patcheye

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Patcheye succeeded Ainsley Grey as Killamanjaro's chief selector in 1985, continuing the sound's run through dancehall's live-artist era before the sound's later dubplate-era selectors took over.

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sound-system fan-archive histories (Reggaepedia; Don Sinclair Reggae Vibes).

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Story · ProbableSelectors: the voice on the mic

The selector went from an anonymous pair of hands on the turntable to the named star of the dance.

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