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Notting Hill Carnival 2009 Soundsystems
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By Time Out Editors
Updated: Tue Aug 25 2009 -
Notting Hill Carnival is back for another year of food, parades and parties. Download our map to see the Carnival route and follow our numbered guide to the festival's diverse Soundsystems
1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-38 | Download the map
1. Mastermind Roadshow
Sound Upfront R&B, hip hop, soul, old school and reggae.
Found Canal Way.
Renowned For being the first soundsytem at Carnival to mix records, way back at their first appearance in 1979.
2. 4Play
Sound Across the board.
Found West Row, near the junction with Kensal Rd.
Renowned For celebrating 16 years at Carnival this year. Birthday cakes at the ready!
3. Good Times
Sound Funky house, disco, rare groove, hip hop, jazz and reggae.
Found Corner of Southern and West Rows.
Renowned For master of the Carnival good time, one Norman Jay MBE. Born in Notting Hill and awarded his MBE in 2002, he was also a Time Out cover star for our fortieth anniversary special issue. Feature continuesAdvertisement
4. GI Roadshow
Sound Reggae, bashment, salsa and R&B.
Found Adella St.
Renowned For being big, big fans and active members of the Friends of Brimington Park in Southwark.
5. Sancho Panza
Sound Funky house.
Found Junction of Middle Row and Conland St.
Renowned For their legendary Carnival after-parties!
6. Lord Shane
Sound Across the board.
Found Alderson Street (off Kensal Rd).
Renowned Veteran soundsystems that has passed from father to son. (Covering the Diff’rent Strokes site this year.)
7. Aba Shanti-I
Sound Roots rock, reggae and dub.
Found Corner of East and Southern Rows.
Renowned Heavyweight international roots sound system with a diverse, multicultural audience.
8. Midnight Express 747
Sound Across the board.
Found Corner of East/Southern Row.
Renowned For using 10,000kw to power its three speakers (that’s more than 150,000 domestic light bulbs).
9. Rough But Sweet
Sound Across the board.
Found Corner of Golborne Rd and East Rd. (Covering the Special FX site this year.)
Renowned For having its distinctive green speaker boxes.
10. Love TKO & Ramjam Radio Sound
Sound Reggae, R&B, soca and hip hop.
Found Junction of Golborne Rd and Hazelwood Crescent.
Renowned For playing a strong mix of new and revival music.1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-38 | Download the map
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8 comments
ABA-SHANTI
It is quite difficult to get the main message.
When the Carnival will take place????
Thanks anyway.
Aha! Thanks!
Just lick on "download the nottinghill 2009 map" ignore the save stuff underneath it!
It isn't working, i've right clicked and there isn't a pdf to save.
It is. Click on the red writing that says "Download the notting hill map" or right click on the writing and click on save as.
What are you supposed to right click on?! I already have adobe reader...?
i dont think this download is working for the map!