The Brooklyn-based selector, sound system operator and host of Fire Sundays on HOT97 offers a fascinating link to the New York dance scene in the 90s.
New York City maintains a very special place in Jamaican culture and Bobby Konders maintains a very special place in Jamaican culture in New York City.
Selecting on the club scene since the '80s, running the Massive B sound system with Jabba since '92 and holding down the reggae show on HOT97 since '94, Bobby Konders' career has alternately paralleled and driven the rise of reggae and dancehall internationally.
Like reggae, Bobby's music influences have been diverse. And like most New York deejays in the 90s, they include a hearty dose of house music--one of the few genres that shares Jamaica's appreciation for oversized speaker set-ups.
Check out these house, reggae, dancehall and soul selections from Konders' catalog and a Massive B sound system recording for a playlist we call, Welcome To Bobby's House...
Bobby Konders - Nervous Acid, 1990
One of a string of local and internationally successful club tracks Konders produced.
Bobby Konders Feat. Mutabaruka - The Poem, 1990
Roots and culture from Jamaica meets classic New York house.
Bobby Konders & Massive Sounds - Rising To The Top (Bobby's Quiet Storm Mix), 1992
The soulful mix Bobby made for his Massive Sounds party project.
Massive B Alongside King Addies At Fully Loaded 1996
Listen to the Massive B crew perform at the iconic sound system event.
TOK - Gal You A Lead, Prod By Bobby Konders, 2003
A Billboard Hot 100 charting song and one of Blender mag's Top Songs Of 2004.
Richie Spice - Youths So Cold, Prod By Bobby Konders, 2006
The reggae anthem was featured on Massive B's Culture Jugglin release.
And many more...
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