In our modern age of “infinite playlists,” music can feel weightless—an endless, ethereal stream of ones and zeros from a cloud. We’re served tracks by cold algorithms on a map that seems to have no destination.
Studio 67 is a journey to a different time: 1960s Jamaica.
It takes you into the packed dancehalls and concrete yards of Kingston, where music wasn’t weightless. It was heavy.
The “Selector” wasn’t just a DJ. He was an “audio gunslinger” in a sonic shootout. He was a “navigator of sound” , a “master of time” , and the undisputed house gambler who “always knew the odds.” The art was in the curation—the agonizing decision of which tunes were heavy enough to earn a spot in that box.
The A-side was the hit, the familiar road everyone traveled together. But the real magic, the “ace up his sleeve”, was the B-side.
The “version”. The instrumental. The raw, uncut riddim that could stop the clock , win the soundclash, and build the foundation for an entire global movement.
Studio 67 drops the needle on that history. We trace the grooves of Ska and Rocksteady to uncover the songs, the artists, and the selectors who forged the entire world of Reggae from a crate of 45s.
Forget the algorithm. Forget the shuffle. We’re dropping the needle. Sundays on Hawaii Reggae Network