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Dub Camp : un festival indépendant dédié à la culture des sound systems reggae

La culture des sound systems reggae constitue l’un des principaux domaines d’intérêt du projet de recherche Sonic Street Technologies, compte tenu de sa longue histoire et de sa diffusion mondiale. Au cours des deux dernières décennies, l’Europe est devenue l’un des continents les plus actifs en matière de sound systems reggae et dub, avec une […]

  • Posted on 20 March 2023
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Dub Camp: an independent festival for reggae sound system culture 

Reggae sound system culture constitutes one of the primary areas of interest for the SST research, given its longstanding history and truly global spread. In the last two decades, Europe has slowly become one of the most active continents for reggae and dub sound systems, with a new generation of practitioners putting into practice what […]

  • Posted on 10 March 2023
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“Yo No Soy Guapo”: una película que te hace bailar

La cultura sonidera es particularmente fuerte en la Ciudad de México, donde la cantidad de practicantes activos, simpatizantes y fieles seguidores es verdaderamente sorprendente. Esto ha inspirado a académicos, fotógrafos (consulte este blog anterior), así como a cineastas independientes que han documentado esta escena SST increíblemente animada. Entre ellos, la cineasta Joyce García, cuya película […]

  • Posted on 1 March 2023
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Dub Camp : un festival indépendant dédié à la culture des sound systems reggae

La culture des sound systems reggae constitue l’un des principaux domaines d’intérêt du projet de recherche Sonic Street Technologies, compte tenu de sa longue histoire et de sa diffusion mondiale. Au cours des deux dernières décennies, l’Europe est devenue l’un des continents les plus actifs en matière de sound systems reggae et dub, avec une […]

  • Posted on 20 March 2023
  • by Guest Author
  • Read More

Dub Camp: an independent festival for reggae sound system culture 

Reggae sound system culture constitutes one of the primary areas of interest for the SST research, given its longstanding history and truly global spread. In the last two decades, Europe has slowly become one of the most active continents for reggae and dub sound systems, with a new generation of practitioners putting into practice what […]

  • Posted on 10 March 2023
  • by Guest Author
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Sonic map

Launched in September 2022, the Sonic Map aims to provide an extensive coverage of different type of sound systems operating across the globe. It focuses on the three main elements which make an SST: the sound technologies employed, the crew which operates them, and the environment in which they operate. It aims to give exposure to the diverse but equally vibrant street sonic cultures, allow comparison between different SST, foster mutual recognition and cross-fertilisation between practitioners and aficionados from different backgrounds, and provide fellow researchers and academic institutions with a glimpse of what is currently happening out on the streets.

The Sonic Map is an open-project which relies on the crucial collaboration of the SST communities involved. If you know, own or operate an SST which is not currently listed on the map, or if you notice some amendments needed in an existing entry, please contribute!

Sonic Street Technologies (SST) is a European Research Council (ERC) funded research project (2021 – 2025)

The project aims to map the distribution and history of these SST worldwide; to investigate the social, economic and cultural conditions from which they are born; and to achieve a deeper understanding of the nature of technology itself and its uses for social and economic progress.