EVENTS and promotions company, Quiet Jamaica hopes, that its headphone-based technology will revolutionise the Jamaican party scene after its launch on Monday night at One Hundred, Hope Road, St Andrew.

“The technology has been available worldwide now and we believe that the Jamaican market is now mature enough to handle it,” Cortia Bingham, Quiet Jamaica’s PR and sponsorship manager, told Jamaica Observer.

Quiet Jamaica’s system — which is available on a rental basis to private events including parties, movie nights, presentations — allows an audio source to be broadcast directly to each patron’s headphones. This is significant for party promoters, according to Bingham, as this removes the legal restraints on time.

“Parties can now go on beyond 2:00 am or happen at certain locations where noise would otherwise make it prohibited,” she explained.

The headsets can support up to three channels as demonstrated at the launch with three separate DJs: Smoke — soca, Coppershot — dancehall, Shane ‘Firestarter’ Graham — EDM, playing simultaneously. Patrons could switch between the three channels with a visual alert via the glowing colour on the headphones. The headphones also retain their own volume control.

Gary Dixon, marketing director — J Wray & Nephew, announced that Quiet Jamaica had partnered with SKYY Vodka for a series of parties called Quiet SKYY to roll out the technology. The first to be held at One Hundred, next Friday and conclude on Christmas Eve, at The Jamaica Pegasus, New Kingston. Quiet SKYY also ventures to Pier 1, Montego Bay on November 23, to offer out-of-towners the Quiet experience.

— Rory Daley