Originally from Baja California, Kinky P is a Vinyl Reggae Selectress, Reggae Visual Artist, and co-founder of Beatdown Soundsystem in Chicago. Lover of all reggae genres in specially Dub, Kinky P started a clothing company in 2001 called Kinky Reggae,  sponsoring Chicago Reggae Selectors and  Bands while visually telling the story of reggae music through hand silk screened custom made apparel. As a vinyl Selectress, Kinky P has played nationally from coast to coast, as well as Mexico, and Costa Rica, while maintaining a residency for eight years at the oldest reggae music venue in Chicago, the Wild Hare.

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During her travels to Europe, Kinky P experienced the Soundsystem culture in London’s Notting Hill Carnival and the University of Dub where the amplified HiFi sound, heavy bass, and conscious lyrics inspired her to share that dub mass experience with the city of Chicago by co-founding Beatdown Soundsystem in 2018 and creating Dub Club Chicago. Kinky P continues to advocate, promote, and represent Reggae-Dub-Roots music through Soundsystem sessions and with a growing art exhibition that depicts the roots of Soundsystem.

Elis, is a professional broadcast journalist with a lifelong passion for reggae music. 20 years ago she was already reporting from the early editions of Rototom Sunsplash in the North-East of Italy with articles focused on the social topics and the rasta message of reggae music. In 2007 she felt in love with radio as a medium to spread the message. Various radio stations have passed through her in the last 15 years: her debut was in English on Life FM 103.6 (Bang Radio), a Community radio station on FM in North-West London, where  she broadcasted Italian reggae, then she developed her own show 'Elis reggae world' - a show that focused on international reggae artists and the social and environmental issues represented in their lyrics- that she broadcasted first on Rare FM -UCL radio station in London, then for a couple of years moved on One Harmony Station (London), one of the first webradios in town.  2009 she moved back to Rome, Italy and was invited to became the female voice of "Bababoom Time" a reggae radio show on FM on Radio città aperta. Here again she put forward the social and educational message represented in reggae songs including many life interviews of the international reggae artists wh ocame over to play at Bababoom Time gigs. In 2010 she created her own webradio, Deliradio.it, and taught more than 300 youths how to become a professional radio speaker. 2012 she developed together with Macky Banton the base to create Dub Force Radio- helped him to create a networking webradio who included sound system culture from around the globe with the collaboration of a huge part of the international dub family & scene. In 2014 Elis became a mother and her radio show moved to "Elis reggae world inna mamatime" with the focus shifted to the world of new mothers and all parents and how to bring up their children in accordance with nature and roots culture. With the closure of Deliradio.it she stepped to Potradio.it with a new format "Elis Green Pot" - focused on green news & roots& dub music and broadcasted it from 2020 to 2023. As a press officer she worked for several editions of the One Love World Reggae Festival in Italy and was founder & media responsibile of the early One Love Associaton who managed to organise the only reggae festival that took place  in Italy under covid- restricitons in summer 2020- "One Love Reggae Reunion" which ended up to permit the whole original Italian reggae family to come together and celebrate music after months of lockdown restrictions.

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