Stone Love

Stone Love Movement, commonly referred to as simply Stone Love, is one of the major Jamaican sound systems.

History

Based in Kingston, Jamaica, Winston “Wee Pow” Powell built the Stone Love sound system in 1972, using locally-built amplifiers. These were soon upgraded, and the equipment has been kept up to date over Stone Love’s four decade history, with long-time engineer Winston Samuels in charge of technical aspects of the sound system^] It became Jamaica’s most popular sound system, known for its superior sound quality, and maintained this position into the 21st century. It has also played overseas in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Stone Love is renowned for its exclusive dubplates, which have included sides by many of the artists which it helped to establish, including Buju Banton and Wayne Wonder, and Johnny Osbourne and Shabba Ranks, Sanchez, and Beenie Man.