27/08/2026
Track ID • SUGAR DUB • inspired by Lord Kitchener sugar bum bum..
This year, Notting Hill Carnival marks its 60th anniversary! Just as excited and eager to join the festivities as everyone else, 3dom Music / Open Souls Family are getting involved. We’ve created remixes and original tracks inspired by the legendary calypso and soca anthems that have shaped this iconic celebration. We hope you enjoy what we’ve put together…
Have a wonderful time at the celebrations this August!
DID YOU KNOW
“Sugar Bum Bum” was written by Aldywn ‘Lord Kitchener’ Roberts, who was up to that time, 1978, singing calypso, and very successfully. In fact, Lord Kitchener is generally seen as one of the greatest calypsonians to have ever existed. It is true that before “Sugar Bum Bum,” Kitchener had solemnly pledged never to engage with Soca; however, after the success of “Sugar Bum Bum,” Kitchener never returned completely (if at all) to calypso. The song was produced by Ed Watson and was said to be inspired not by Funk, but by West African highlife, which is in keeping with the experimental period of that time.
