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Sentinel Sound (GER) takes World Clash 2005 Trophy!

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It´s almost impossible to believe, but internationally probably yet not too well-known soundsystem Sentinel Sound from Stuttgart, Germany took the World Clash trophy after a heavy battle with giants like Desert Storm (CA), Immortal (UK), Mighty Crown (JAP), Bass Odyssey (JA) and Black Kat (US) who dropped flat in aforesaid order. Sentinel had a final one-on-one with Black Kat who had to appear without Squingy in a Best-of-11 Dub fi Dub round.

Congratulations from Claat.com to Sentinel for not only being the first german but also the first european sound to ever take the trophy home!

Please read on for full review.

Text and pictures are courtesy of Irish and Chin Promotions and can be found at the following adress: www.irishandchin.com/main.html

WORLD CLASH 2005 - THE REVIEW

By Tommydread

Sentinel Sound takes World Clash 2005 Trophy! - Picture courtesy Irish and Chin

On October 8, 2005, Irish and Chin held their eighth annual World Clash staging at the Elite Ark located in the East New York section of Brooklyn, New York. Based on the exposure, this event defines the reggae sound system champion, more so than other Irish and Chin events. Historically, World Clash was held at Club Amazura in Queens, New York. However, Brooklyn is the North East’s unofficial clash capital. Besides the location, another change was the elimination of round by round judging. Instead, the clash was built on the "last man standing" premise of which sound could make it to the end. This year’s contestants were, in the order of playing, Mighty Crown (Japan), Bass Odyssey (Jamaica), Immortal (United Kingdom), Desert Storm (Canada), Sentinel (Germany), and Black Kat (Jamaica). There were five rounds. Sounds could not be eliminated in the first round. Eliminations were based on the crowd’s approval or disapproval of the combatants.

Round One (No Elimination Round)

Mighty Crown, aka the "Far East Rulers" aka "de Mad Japanese" started the initial round by playing some tunes that are standards in the dancehall within the last 12 months. Some of these tunes were Jah Cure’s "Longing For", Fantan Mojah’s "Hungry", Turbulence’s "Notorious" and Sizzla’s "Rise to the Occasion". Basically, Mighty Crown played good enough to maintain the attention of the audience.

Bass Odyssey the "One Rack System," is one of Brooklyn’s favorite non New York City based sounds. At World Clash 2005, the sound was represented by Worm and Damien. Since Squingy was not able to represent the sound, Worm knew that he had to establish himself in Brooklyn. What better way to do this than to play some dubplates on the Fresh and Showtime riddims.

Immortal had to impress Brooklyn, because sounds from the United Kingdom have a strong history of being ELIMINATED EARLY or LOSING BADLY at Irish and Chin’s World Clash. Unnu tink me lie, remember Coxsone (1998), King Tubby (2001) and Klassique (2004). Immortal tried with a rendition of John Legend’s "Ordinary People" and Maxi Priest’s "Worldwide." But it appeared that recent Irish and Chin history might repeat itself. Closer to the end of their round, Immortal received some forwards for Hopeton James’ "In the Mood" and Bounty Killer’s "Sound Ago Dead."

Desert Storm was in the same predicament as Immortal. Desert Storm played Junior Gong’s "Welcome to Jamrock," which is built for the event but was not massive enough to convince the clash heads in the crowd. The traditional sound clash songs like Uton Green’s "Can’t Take" and Anthony Johnson’s "Every Night There’s a Sound Clash" were played. Based on the crowd’s response or lack of, Desert Storm was lucky that this was not an elimination round.

Sentinel was in a similar scenario as the previous sound, but Germany had no exposure to Irish and Chin’s World Clash events. They drew some heavy forwards for the selections of "Ganja Planter," by Marlon Asher, the Trini based reggae singer and Beres Hammond’s "Many Will Try." Dem learn quick dat first impression last de best, even though this was a no elimination round.

Black Kat won the World Clash U.S. title in 2003 and 2004. Panther stated that "..a trophy me a come for..half dozen.." Black Kat played some tunes on the Far East, Turbo Punanny and Love Punanny Bad riddims. These selections were followed by some boos. Despite the audience not accepting the performance, Panther acted like he was going to win anyway.

Elimination: No one was eliminated, but it was apparent that Sentinel was in the lead.

Round Two (Two Sounds Were Eliminated)

The Far East Rulers addressed Black Kat by stating "…Panther, you are the worst champion…" Mighty Crown proceeded to play an intro from the Jamaican comedy team, Twins of Twins, which imitated Bernie Mac dissing the other contestants. Immediately, Crown started to draw for a few of their heavy tunes such as Jah Cure’s "Love Is the Only Solution," Cocoa T’s "Turn Off the Idiot Sound," and Bounty Killer’s / Cocoa T’s "Guns Out/Lord is my Salvation." A heavy forward was obtained but not maintained. In a sign of desperation, Sammy T, stated that Black Kat and Bass Odyssey tried to bring back Biltmore (famous Brooklyn venues for sound clashes) but they never lived in Brooklyn unlike himself. He then played Buju Banton’s "225" and Louie Culture’s "Bogus Crown." These selections were not enough to reverse the damage that was done.

Worm and Damien followed Mighty Crown by starting the round with Cocoa T’s "Kill Them Now." Bass Odyssey played some tunes on the Sick riddim such as Bounty Killer’s "Scare Dem," Baby Cham’s "Burn Batty Boy," and Cobra’s "Dunn Wife." They received some forwards. Despite this was not the team that represents the One Rack, Squingy and Mark, it’s apparent that Worm and Dwayne learned what tunes to select at World Clash.

Immortal requested the audience to boo Mighty Crown for their inconsistent performance. Their initial tune was a counteraction of Fantan Mojah’s "Hungry," which was played by Mighty Crown. Immortal’s attempt at a comeback received no response. Selections on the Rule the Nation/Hypocrites riddim, including Luciano’s "Give Thanks to Rastafari" and Cobra’s "Press Trigger" were too little and too late for the England based sound. Based on the crowd’s response, they could form a loser circle with all the other British sounds that were in previous World Clashes.

Desert Storm started their second round by claiming to have the baddish Biltmore Bounty Killer dubplate, "Trying to Dis de Big Bad Desert Storm…" The song got them nowhere. Immediately, Desert Storm played some more Bounty Killer dubplates that did not help their fate. To make matters worse they played back Cobra’s "Press Trigger," which was played by Immortal. This basically sealed their fate. Close to the end of the round, they played some dubs on the Java and Mr. Brown riddims. Desert Storm’s performance showed that some creativity but the playback made them history like 1991 invasion of Iraq.

Sentinel started a round by playing an unknown singer dissing up the competition, which the crowd liked. Apparently, Sentinel also has some creativity, as they played a Shabba Ranks/Admiral Bailey combination on the Boops riddim. In addition, they dropped Vybz Kartel‘s "I Never" and Beenie Man’s "Any Pussy, Any Man" over a soca riddim. For this, Sentinel received massive forwards.

Black Kat relied on their old dubbox, like Federal Prison Industries Incorporated aka UNICOR, depends on cheap labor of inmates. That being stated, they played the following dubplates on the Answer riddim, Yunzi’s "Another Day in Paradise," Chuck Fender’s "Shut Your Mouth" and Wayne Wonder’s "Live and Learn." If Black Kat played any new tunes, they were insignificant. Black Kat received the biggest forwards of the round.

Elimination: Immortal and Desert Storm without controversy.

Round Three (One Sound Was Eliminated)

Before playing a tune, Sammy T stated that Mighty Crown "popped down" in the second round. Mighty Crown redeemed them selves by starting Round Three with Israel Vibration’s "Rude Boy Shuffling." The Mad Japanese even played a Nicodemus dub. Toward the end of the round, Mighty Crown received massive forwards for the Shabba Ranks/Buju Banton combination "Ready Fi War/No Respect." It was evident that Mighty Crown played the best round in the dance.

Bass Odyssey started with a plethora of Bounty Killer, which kept the Elite Ark pacified. Their selections/performance, (including climbing on the speakerbox) combined with the nostalgia of Biltmore, prevented Bass Odyssey from being booed. Bass Odyssey finished with a Michael Buckley/Johnny Osbourne combination "What a La La/Send Another Sound Home."

Sentinel commented on the One Rack, indicating that Damien and Worm cannot handle it. During this round, Sentinel indicated that they are not a novelty act. They played a Shinehead/Shabba Ranks combination "Golden Touch/Kill Them With It" but the audience was not feeling it. Toward the conclusion of their set, Sentinel played Junior Cat’s "Iron Gloves" and a pair of Ninjaman dubplates "Test the High Power" and "Live Bloodclat."

Panther made a reference to Damien climbing on the speakerbox, which was shot down. The initial tune was Lukie D singing a rendition of "Angel in the Morning." This selection was followed with some tunes that were popular such as Ras Shiloh’s "Unto Mount Zion," Sanchez "Praise Him" and Fantan Mojah’s "Praise the King." At this point, maybe I should have been drinking liquor instead of roots.

Elimination: Mighty Crown was eliminated, not sure how this happened.

Round Four (One Sound Was Eliminated)

Bass Odyssey started this round by playing a rendition of Kanye West’s "Get Down." During the round, Bass Odyssey was not as impressive as the previous rounds. However, one main thing caught my attention, tunes on the Bob Marley War riddim.

Sentinel started to bring some life into this World Clash, since the wrongful elimination of the Mad Japanese. Sentinel was the only sound to play a King Kong and Tony Tuff dubplate, "Trouble Again" and "Come fi Mash It" respectively. Creativity was truly displayed when Sentinel voiced Beres Hammond’s "Double Trouble" over the Studio One version of the Stars riddim. The final tune in this round was Hopeton Lindo’s "Territory," which was well received.

Black Kat started off this round by stating "Worm...you play back 565 chune….unnu let down Jamaica…" What else do we expect from someone who refers to himself as the "Five Star General?" Other than Sanchez singing the Jamaican National anthem, there was nothing to really note tune wise.

Elimination: The dual of Dwayne and Worm was good. However, they were eliminated by the audience after this round.

Dub-fe-Dub (Best Out of 10 Tunes)

Knowing Black Kat’s history, most people believed they knew what Black Kat was going to play. It was truly a surprise that Black Kat did not play any Gregory Isaacs in this round. Initially, Sentinel was up 5-0. Black Kat worked their way up and won five consecutive tunes, making the score tied at 5-5. When Sentinel dropped a final selection of Junior Byle’s "Fade Away," Black Kat’s chances at World Clash 2005 were literally faded away. Sentinel’s selection crushed Black Kat’s draw of "Teach the Youth." Sentinel walked away with the coveted Irish and Chin World Clash title. For the first time in World Clash history, a European sound became the victor.

Winner: Sentinel

Further information:
Pre-Worldclash Information on Claat.com
Irish and Chin - Worldclash Series Promoter
Worldclash Image Galleries
The original text

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