Count Matchuki

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Count Machuki or Count Matchuki (* 1939 in Kingston , Jamaica ; † 1995 ; actually Winston Cooper ), was the first Jamaican deejay . Machuki was the pioneer of chatting or toasting . In the 1950s he began working on his own sound system .

Life

His career began in a different genre . In the fifties he worked as a dancer with the Sound System Tom the Great Sebastian . Following his increasing popularity, he was next active as a Jamaican DJ, as a selector . In doing so he developed his special ability toasting. An additional specialty of Machuki's performances were dance interludes, which he performed on stage in addition to deejaying. As the founder of toasting, he received a contract from Sir Coxsone Dodd , which paved the way for him to become a toaster in his own right. Machuki concretized and defined the role of the toaster through more and more rhymes, jokes and speeches to the audience, which he selected especially for the evening and the mood. He was later signed to Prince Buster , where he became a recognized and enduring staple as a toaster. His work helped Prince Buster to the top of his popularity.

Machuki became the model of Sir Lord Comic and King Stitt , neither of whom, however, achieved his skills as toasters. Machuki not only toasted, but also interpreted the rhythm of the respective track in detail. Machuki did not record any records himself during his work.

As the founder of toasting and above all with his personal development of this new way of acting of the DJ, Machuki was a pioneer and thus also the pioneer of the legendary U-Roy.

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literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wynands, René. Do the reggae. Reggae from Pocomania to Raga and the legend of Bob Marley. Pieper-Verlag and Schott, 1995. pp. 110f.
  2. ^ A b c d e f Bradley, Lloyd: Bass Culture. When Reggae Was King. Hannibal Publishing House. 2003. pp. 262-266.
personal data
SURNAME Matchuki, Count
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Machuki, Count; Cooper, Winston (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jamaican deejay
DATE OF BIRTH 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston , Jamaica
DATE OF DEATH 1995