Festus Media Profile | Festus Coxsone

A Reggae Sound System Icon Reimagined

– The Return of The Dub Organiser

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Festus

Celebrating over 50 years of Sound System Innovation, Dubplate Culture, and Reggae Heritage.

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Origin: UK (Jamaican heritage)

Associated: Sir Coxsone Sound

Genres: Ska, Roots Reggae, Rocksteady, Dub, Dancehall

Style: Rooted in classic Jamaican sound system tradition

Key Highlights

Sir Coxsone Outernational Selector and Engineer
Plays all genres of Jamaican music – ska, rocksteady, roots, dub, and dancehall – with razor-sharp delivery
Known for originally mixed classics, exclusive dubplates, and signature sound weight
Collaborated with many Greats in with custom dubplate sessions
Performs globally and engages in cultural panels, youth workshops, and heritage talks
Brings over 50 years of authentic sound system mastery to every stage

Sound System Pioneer

In reggae’s golden age, selectors were cultural curators aiming to be sonic masters–champions and ambassadors of Jamaica’s sonic legacy.

Festus emerged as a visionary, blending engineering precision with deep musical insight to redefine dub and sound system presentation.

Spearheading a new wave of sound innovation, he helped lay a firmer foundation for how roots music was engineered, presented, and felt across the UK and beyond.

"The Dub Organiser"

After years spent refining his archive and crafting legendary collaborative mixes, Festus Coxsone returns with a renewed sonic force.

These powerful new sets revisit the essence of his signature “sound weight” – translating deep-rooted studio techniques into live wave baths that ignite every space he plays.

Today, with an expanded catalogue and exclusive dubplate mixes, Festus continues to showcase the legacy he helped build.

The name Dub Organiser captures his lifelong devotion to shaping sound that moves both spirit and speaker – a true architect of reggae’s living frequency.

Roots, Bass Legacy

“Those who have witnessed Shaka and Coxsone

in club conference will know that in following Shaka’s distorted swirling dubonics and sheer physical weight, Coxsone would operate one piece of amp less and maintain a sharpness and clarity, a kind of “round-beat” and initially let the music do the work, before Poppa Festus – the Coxsone HiFi controller put on the pressure, injecting tension into the rhythm and building the climax into the dub cuts”

NME 1981