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Ainsley Grey

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Ainsley Grey was Killamanjaro's premier selector during the sound's breakthrough in the early-1980s live-artist era, a period in which Killamanjaro helped launch the careers of deejays including Early B, Super Cat, Lone Ranger and Ninjaman. He left Killamanjaro in 1985 to join a rival set assembled by Skeng Don.

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Killamanjaro, 1984, at Success Club Kingston Jamaica

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