Although the SST project formally ended in December 2025, we are very happy to continue receiving proposals for contributions to this platform, which has clearly filled a gap for researchers, artists and practitioners working at the intersection of popular music, sound and technology, as these fields come together within the diverse sound system cultures found […]
SSO is pleased to announce the initiation of a new research project in Bochum, Germany. The research period in the field kicked off at Cute Community Radio on 17th June. Julian Henriques and Brian D’Aquino gave a talk Sound System Cultures: Knowledges and Practices followed by a vinyl session from Brian. This resulted from Guy […]
The dubplate has been the vital recording medium since the inception of the sound system scene—and even before that. Angus Tarnawsky traces the hidden history of a key instrument in this story, the Presto 6N disc cutting lathe. This particular technology provides an instructive example demonstrating how Jamaican creative imagination repurposed an instrument for recording music into one for creating it. The […]
SSO is pleased to announce the initiation of a new research project in Bochum, Germany. The research period in the field kicked off at Cute Community Radio on 17th June. Julian Henriques and Brian D’Aquino gave a talk Sound System Cultures: Knowledges and Practices followed by a vinyl session from Brian. This resulted from Guy […]
We are pleased to announce our sister research group Sound System Outernational (SSO) is making good use of the SST research resources. On Wednesday 17 th June at 5pm UK time Julian Henriques and Brian D’Aquino will be giving an online radio talk “Sound System Cultures: Knowledges and Practices”, followed by a Q&A and DJ […]
