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Dj' Zee roy

Born 1966 England London in a big Jamaican community in a time where Reggae Music was at it highest pint the sound systems and the Dancehall scene in the 1970s Generating Business and Community development for the Caribbean sttlers throughout England.
 
As a teenager he COLLECTED VINYL records starting form his mothers STUDIO ONE selection ARTISTS like DENNIS ALCAPONE ans SLIM SMITH thoo his teens listening to artists like LONE RANGER, JOHNNY OSBOURNE, I ROY and BOB MARLEY to the UK SPECIALS and UB40.
 
ZEE ROY at the age of 15 as a BOX BOY joined EXODUS HI POWA in 1980s one of the biggest SOUNDSYSTEMS in LONDON....EXODUS HI POWER a sound from south and north London who player with sounds such as...SAXON..COXSONE...UNITY..FATMAN and many sounds all over England DENZIL the manager of EXODUS and former member of original sir COXSONE SOUND SYSTEM of JAMAICA in 1970s would circulate guest singers such as SUGAR MINOTT, GREGORY ISAACS, EEK A MOUSE and HORACE ANDY and many other CELEBRATIES would perform on EXODUS HI POWER until the early 90s.
 

At this moment ZEEROY started to learn to play MUSICAL instruments such as BASS and PIANO also PERCUSSION which lead to forming various local bands like CONCRETE DIAMOND and JAH FLESH AND BLOOD and the LOVINGLY JAH BAND playing bass guitar for astists as KENNY KNOTS lovingly Jah band and SELAH COLLINS from CHAPTRS IN DUB BAND wich playe in NANTES France and lead to RECORDINGS with engineers like DUB JUDAH studio and also DOUGHIE WARDROP from CONSCIOUS SOUNDS BUSH CHEMISTS studio.

After 10 years of playing bass ZEEROY then created his own MINIBUS entrerprise DRIVING bands to gigs and festivals around the UNITED KINGDOM and EUROPE such as BLACK UHURU feat DUCKIE SIMPSON and local bands like NO FREETOWN featuring on drums the legendary JAH BUNNY on drums. 

While travelling qith bands ZEEROYU player KETTE drum original JAMAINCAN style percussion her performed with VIVIAN JONES AND TENASTALIN drummers and also played Bas Drum for BONGO NOAH form AFRICAN HEADCHARGE and later formed TENASTALIN a NYAHBINGHI DRUMMING BAND who also featurered on NERIOUS JOSEPH video THIS GUETTO.

ZEEROY on percussion often filled in playing kette drum at various gigs with other bands like NO. 1 station lead vocalist MARCUS UP BEAT who backed the likes of ALTON ELLIS and PRINCEBUSTER......ZEEROY also played KETTE drums for ZION TRAIN and CHAINSKA BRASSIKA 

SKA band form south London and at the present ZEEROY is playing percussion for CONGO NATTY 

ZEEROY has enjoyed his musical journey with the Uk born Caribbean bands such as the RASITES  and other local bands around the UK too many to mention

Now ZEEROY is of age he has turned his attention to his vinyl collection influenced by his musical journey has returned him to the very beginning of his musical career playin tunes from the early 1970s until the late 90s from SKA STUDIO ONE, LOVERS ROCK and ROOTS DUB and CONSCIOUS DANCEHALL all ORIGINAL CLASSICS collected with passion and is delivered form the heat of the people who found peace and tranquility in this music they call REGGAE MUSIC.

Zeeroy is quickly establishing a reputation as a formidable selector of classic reggae tunes, both for the generation who grew up with the music and for today's clubbers and ravers. He has a regular Sunday night residency at Isla Ray Café in Deptford, on Obssession digital radio, transmission radio and can also be heard at other venues across London.