As the foundation of popular music culture in the Colombian Caribbean, picós occupy diverse spaces within the local music industry. While the traditional turbo format remains alive and vibrant, some picós have steadily evolved over the decades—from handmade setups lighting up family celebrations to state-of-the-art technological superstructures capable of entertaining thousands of devoted followers. In […]
In the second instalment of the Musical Youth blog series we saw how, from the 1950s to the early 1990s, reggae sound systems provided a refuge for first and second generation African Caribbean communities in the UK who were facing racism and persecution in wider society. After a hiatus during the rise in electronic music, […]
Sonics, long neglected as a sensory realm, has gained increasing attention over the past few decades — both in academia, with the rise of sound studies, and in the arts world. This renewed interest has opened up new ways of thinking about how we experience and engage with sound beyond the purely auditory. In this […]
Sonics, long neglected as a sensory realm, has gained increasing attention over the past few decades — both in academia, with the rise of sound studies, and in the arts world. This renewed interest has opened up new ways of thinking about how we experience and engage with sound beyond the purely auditory. In this […]
With sound system culture emerging across a vast territory and among a diverse population, Australia has been a key country in the SST research (see a previous blog post on Melbourne’s sound system scene by Moses Iten). The SST Australia team, led by Douglas Kahn and Clare Cooper, has not only explored the influence of […]
