Located at Colville Gardens
Nasty-Love (Mixin Lab) is known to be the sister sound to the legendary Nasty-Rockers, which today still exhibits its heavy clash and dancehall music as one of the biggest sound systems in the UK.
Nasty-Love is the brainchild of some original members of the Nasty-Rockers family which was formed in 1979. However, the rebranded Nasty-Love we find today was created in 1990. Nasty-Love brought a new style of presenting reggae music to the dance world. This style was to become the way forward for all sounds that were active and intelligent enough to follow suit. It presented a situation of redundancy for MC’s & DJ’s who rapped and sung on the reggae versions (instrumentals), replacing this with the sound effect and vocal introductions played on, two, three or even four turntables simultaneously on the beat- a style which is called ‘Dancehall Jugglin’.
Nasty-Love sound system attract a predominantly female following wherever the sound system plays out. Nasty-Love has flavour, music, presenters and a sound system to stand alone or battle any sound that is prepared for a challenge. For the past three decades Nasty-Love is still regarded as the no1. ‘Jugglin’ sound in the UK (albeit that most of their original team are now well into their 60s).
Ages aside, you have to bear in mind this is the ‘nastiest sound in the world’ and if the sound system itself doesn’t capture you- the music certainly will.
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The BASS member sound systems are predominantly made up of the Sound Systems that you will find located at the annual London Notting Hill Carnival (Europe's largest street festival) which takes place every year over 2 days, during the August Bank Holiday weekend in London.